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I bought one homer bucket already, just as a sanitizing bucket. But then I found out it was food grade, and home depot had them on sale. so I think the bucket was about 2.5 dollars and the lid was probably 1.5 or something like that. I thought it was a pretty good deal

Thanks for the help guys! In regard to the oxygen issue, wouldn't this simply better aerate it while waiting to start fermentation? Do are suppose to shake the hell out of it and get it oxygenated when throwing in the yeast. My sister has a biochem degree, and she said they once made root...

My recipe was a Brewer's best kit - bold series holiday ale - OG 1.070-1.078 - FG 1.010-1.016. So I'm not too far off... My OG was 1.070 and it is now 1.02. I'm also a bit confused on reading the hydro... look at where the beer climbs up the hydro, or look at the level surface of the beer...

Yesssss this is exactly what I was looking for! Where did you hear this from? I listen to the Basic Brewing Radio podcasts sometimes and the host talked with the inventor of StarSan. He was actually preaching about how well a bleach/water/vinegar solution works for sanitizing and almost no one...

Ok, so I brewed my first batch probably 3 weeks ago, and unfortunately I didn't even think about the long time it would take to completely finish a huge beer. So, after obsessing and and generally going insane with wanting to brew more beer, I've decided to brew another batch this weekend and...

I just racked a beer to the secondary, and I took a gravity reading before hand. 1.02. It was 1.02 a whole week before. But What I can't figure out, is that the recipe said the FG should be around 1.01-1.016. I know there wasn't any error in the reading because it was right at 60 F. I did scorch...

ahh! I thank you for showing me this elegantly written information. Very true, I think sometimes I may be paranoid about something being wrong with my beer when there really is nothing to be worried about. I guess I should let the yeast do its own thing and check its gravity when it has...

So I know, what is SWMBO? and my real question.... My beer has been fermenting for two weeks. There are still bubbles coming out of the fermenter but very very slowly. I was going to rack it to secondary when finished fermenting. So if there's stil bubbles coming out, should this be a nay on...

thanks guys. yea I thought the first 10 or so hours of fermentation were important. I can tell it's really slowing down my fermentation. Hopefully the gradual change wasn't enough to shock the yeasties or anything. One thing I'm worried about, is that you get more fruity and estery flavors at...

well holy crap! I didn't know it was one of those subjects people actually argue over... I thought it was one that was pretty much unanimously decided on. I will have to check that out. Using a cheap aluminum pot compared to a 75 dollar stainless pot would be great

I mean I've heard that you shouldn't boil your wort in an aluminum pot, so only ceramic or stainless steel stockpots should be used. I can't remember the reason... something to do with acidity?

I left my house for a coulpe days over the weekend to go hunting, and the heating element in my furnace is broke, so I had no heat! My brew has been fermenting for two weeks, OG 1.07, and it is still F'ing fermenting because the temps have been so low in here. It started around 65, then went up...

this is a great explanation death brewer... I was thinking I would really like to get into the partial mash and all grain so I can really experiment with some different brews... one thing I was wondering though, how hard is it to formulate your own recipes? I know I can think of something I...

Thanks DB! Is there any difference between a nylon hop bag and a nylon grain bag besides the size and maybe course/fine?

haha that's hilarious. And there's no harm in getting a small amount of vodka in your beer? Like the horrible taste?

So did yours turn out to be a much darker color than amber? I talked to my LHBS and asked them about the color, and they said it actually was darker than a regular amber. I thought maybe mine was dark because I scorched the wort slightly. What temp did you ferment at? Mine's been about 65 most...

Awesome thanks!

Awesome thanks a lot. I do wonder though... why does this Easy Clean stuff only say cleanser and not sanitizer? I know it is intended to be the sanitizer with this equipment kit. I also noticed that after mixing it up, it seems to have the same smell and feel on my hands as OxyClean does. Anyone...

I got a Brewer's Best equipment kit and the LD Carlson Easy Clean is the sanitizer that came with it. I was taking a gravity reading on my primary, and the gravity still wasn't down into the final range specified by my recipe, so I put the lid back on with my airlock. I use the Easy Clean to...

Wow this is an incredibly awesome and incredibly long thread!! I like this idea of yours, I wanted to try PM but didn't want to have to make the cooler contraptions. I was a little confused by this statement though. Partial boil means you don't boil the full volume of water with your wort right...