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I use a 5 gallon home depot cooler, so far my first two BIAB all grain batches in it have worked great, 12.5lbs was the most I've put in there so far but I could probably get another pound if I needed to. Its a great starter size. If I find a good deal on a 10 gallon or get it for free (like I...

I think the last couple times I paid around $15. This was for an exchange, at a local bottle shop. I did a refill once and it was only $10. But its hard to find places that do refills on the weekend or after 5pm and I can't take time off work to refill a CO2 tank. So the extra cost is just...

I just started my first mead last night. A 5 gallon batch of blueberry mead. The instructions said to let the must sit for 24 hours before pitching the yeast. Several other recipes have called for similar waits. With beer we are always in a rush to pitch the yeast so the beer yeast has a...

Allright... my must is um... "musting" now I guess. Waiting 24 hours to pitch the yeast.

Olmos is the baddest badass since Eastwood IMO. I loved that show too. Started watching it just after season two had first started to come out. Been a huge fan ever since. Even my wife who doesn't like Sci Fi type shows liked it (until the end when things started to drag on and get weird)...

Thanks, that actually makes perfect sense. I have a passing familiarity with R-Values after researching various ways to seal up and re-insulate my attic. Went from an R15 (the house was built in the 80's) to R35-ish with a ton of blown in insulation. HUGE difference in how comfortable the...

Most of the fermentation chambers I've seen use the larger dorm fridges. Are the small ones feasible to use at all or will it burn the fridge out? I was thinking of building a foambox off of a small dorm fridge so I could keep my fermenting brews in the garage where the temps get to the upper...

it was on my mind because I was thinking of doing the same thing. Summer is hitting hard here in Texas so even inside is going to be too warm to properly ferment.

What are you guys shooting for with temp? Here in Texas were about to have a week plus of 100 degree weather. The best I can do is keep my home office at 74 (because it has its own window AC unit) and the rest of the house on the central AC at 75-78. For beers I usually put it in a big...

Yep, bad timing. If you have to use the garage then you can maybe use something like this assuming you have outlets in the garage to power it: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f11/new-fermentation-chamber-build-102846/ I was going to also suggest the "son of fermentation chamber" but it appears...

Thanks for the info everyone. I ended up buying 15lbs (in 5lb $12.65 bottles) of Clover honey from Costco to make my first batch of Blueberry mead. While thats fermenting I'll be saving up to buy a 5 gallon bucket of Orange Blossom Honey from Dutch Gold.

Are you in a lease or month to month? If you have a lease and there is nothing about brewing in your lease than he can go pound sand. If you are on a month to month lease and not in and area that is "rent controlled" then you pretty much have to adapt to whatever he says.

I appreciate it. You have more wine/mead making experience than I. Been doing beer for 4 years, but never tried a wine/mead. So you've been making wine for 18 months, and you've already made two batches of blueberry mead? And tried both which were both delicious? So how long did you let...

Ok, I finally bought the honey for this. Have blueberries in the freezer. And I have yeast, nutrients, energizer, and pectic enzyme en route from AHS. Finally I can start my first mead! So what was the final verdict on the blueberries? Add all of them at first in the primary? Add 1/2 at...

I ended up hitting up Costco lastnight. 5lbs of honey was $12.65 each so I picked up 3 bottles and now I have enough to make my first batch of mead. Depending on how it goes I'll save up to buy a 5 gallon bucket for next time.

Now if he started pouring bananas foster into the fermenter then maybe we'd have some good TV!!! https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f12/i-added-heavy-cream-my-wort-324694/

Yeah, in looking at the pricing it seems that my local honey suppliers can't compete. At the 1 gallon rate its just over $4/lb ($49 for 12lbs plus tax plus shipping). At the 5 gallon rate its $3.16lb ($175 for 60 lbs plus tax, free shipping). Buying from Dutch Gold it looks like after...

Which type would you choose? I was thinking of buying a 5 gallon bucket. To make 4-5 different batches from over the next few months. I wanted to get something that would be pretty flexible for various recipes. Also, out here in Texas pretty much my only local option is a wild flow/veg mix...

Have any of you guys used the Costco honey in a batch? Did it turn out ok? Seems that all the local honey distributors out here charge about the same amount for Honey, $48/12lbs (1 gallon). Also all of the local honey guys just mix the honey, they are not single sourced (clover, orange, etc)...

I started brewing with glass so I've always been partial to it. I tried a bucket a couple times and my main complaint is that they are not as heavy as the glass so they tend to float up a bit in the party bucket I keep it in for temp control (filling the party bucket with water and ice...