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The entrance application should be like those art school apps that make you draw copies of pictures to determine your aptitude. Instead they'll send you a Mr.Beer kit and a bottle of randomly selected craft beer. The instructions will say make a copy of this beer the best you can.

Hmm. The guys at my LHBS suggested that it was fine due to the lactose and cocoa powder content. I'm not worried as the green beer tasted fine, no noticeable sweetness or anything that would indicate it was totally off. I used S04 for it which tends to attenuate out pretty high anyway. Also I...

I just bottled my own version of a Milk Chocolate Stout last night. I came out at 1.032 which was not unexpected. I wondered if it was gonna be 1.024 like predicted because when I added the lactose to the fermentables section, the prediction didn't change. Honestly I think if its a thick milk...

They're not in great condition so I'm using them for sanitation. Starsan buckets mostly. I've got five 3 gallon fermenters so I don't really need another.

How are you transferring your wort to your fermenter?

For a second there, I thought you were talking about two general purpose apps. Boy did I feel dumb when I realized what you meant. Stupid new fangled technology.

Thanks to everyone who responded. I picked up the mash tun and gear today. Apparently I read the ad wrong and it was a 5 gallon mash tun. Still works for my purposes as I typically make 2.5-3 gallon batches. It's small for making a full 5 gallons but lucky for me I don't make them anyway due to...

When you show up at the LHBS 10 minutes before they open on a Saturday because it's the only time you'll have to pick up supplies if you brew that night.

Congrats! I wasn't even brewing when you started this thread and now I dream of following in your footsteps. Very inspiring!

You should also check out Micro Homebrew in Kenmore. Tony's awesome.

If you are doing full extract batches you should add 1\3rd of the extract when the water starts boiling. Then when it gets back to boiling, start your timer and add your hops per your schedule. Then at the 5-10 minute mark. It will slow the boil down but don't worry about it. Let it get back to...

Actually up to this point I've never used one. I figure that the less time the beer is in contact the better if it had a few scratches, I could soak it in bleach and rinse thoroughly then use as a bottling bucket. Volume wise I was thinking either one 5 gallon batch or two 2.5 gallon batches...

He's throwing in 12 swing top bottles, a bunch of caps, a thermometer, a hydrometer, and a carboy brush. The buckets look too old to use for anything except as a soak bucket or maybe a bottling bucket.

The ridiculously low price of 100 bucks for the lot. One kettle is a little banged up and enamel coated. The other is stainless steel and supposedly in good condition. There's no heat source included. I planned on brewing with my stove top, boiling 3 to 4 gallons and using top up water. I'm...

I was recently offered another home brewers old all grain set up for a ridiculously low price. His kit includes a 48 qt mash tun, immersion chiller, two 5 gallon boil kettles, two 6 gallon fermentation buckets with lids, auto siphon, wing style bottle capper, and a few other odds and ends...

You might also consider that vases like those are sometimes coated with toxic chemical sprays to enhance color or clarity. If it's not food grade, don't brew in it.

Cool. I'm doing the same thing except I brewed a wit bier for the bridesmaids and a chocolate milk stout for the groomsmen. Now I'm trying to figure out what beer I want to serve at my wedding.

Did you sanitize your fruit heading into secondary. It sounds like a possible lactobacillus infection.

I brewed a Peach Wheat Ale yesterday. It was supposed to land at 1.064 but because I double milled my grained I got a higher efficiency in biab. It landed at 1.078. I was to lazy to use top up water so we're gonna see hoe boozy it gets. Now I have a new problem though. I use Mr beer lbk's for my...

Seattle itself has a great beer week in mid may. Usually with a cooperative beer made between several of the local awesome breweries. Seattle area breweries of note that I don't think get enough attention outside of washington are Fremont Brewing Company and Two Beers Brewing Company. Both...