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Drinking my first beer out of their kegs! Bought the pinlock. They are what they promised. Will probably order more soon. I did not tell about it, as I wanted my source to stay around!

I must be the odd one out. I tried my first new recipe in like 30 batches a week ago. I typically rotate between 5-6 recipes that I like and my family likes. I have tweaked them over time (differences in grain here/there, different hops, etc. but I enjoy what I make). I have several family...

2 batches of pale ale, 1 cream ale, and one oktoberfest here. 1802 gallons

My daughter was under 2 weeks old when we did a daddy daughter shopping trip. Fleet farm for pistol ammo and then to the brew store. The owner was excited to see the little kid. There have been several times where she watched her while I shopped. My wife was as we were out of the house. As...

Homebrew stout. First beer out of my kegerator!

Wow, 30 gallon batches is jumping right in! It takes me 6 brew days to brew that many! Stevens Point here.

I would say wort chiller, and a cooler mash tun. I use a rectangular rubbermaid from wally world, and it was $15. 5-10 later for fittings and a valve, and I have a wonderful mash tun. Probably have brewed 30+ batches in it, no issues. A bigger pot as I normally start with 7.5 gallons of...

My daughter's first shopping trip when she was 1.5 weeks old was to the sporting goods store for ammunition and to the brew store. At about 14 months or so she started helping me move bottles into the dishwasher for sanitizing. She also helps pick out grains at the brew store. I hope it is...

I ordered a cornelius co2 regulator off of ebay. It was lost in shipping. The seller sent a replacement, but said it is an argon/co2 regulator. Will that work for my draft system?

Have you taken a hydrometer reading? Are you planning to secondary? I am guessing you are probably good to bottle though. Don't rush. The beer will be much better after aging for 4+ weeks in the bottle.

It all comes down to tuning your system. It took me a few tries but I came up with water amounts that work well for the brews I do in my system. I mash in with 3.5 gallons of water, and do 2 batch sparges of 3 gallons. This gives me near 8 gallons pre-boil. Boil for an hour, let how-trub...

I use water, straight from the tap. Never have had a problem...

It is nice to keep a supply of grains on hand and brew when you want with a fresh crush. With a little kid I don't know always when I will get to brew, so having the mill is a really nice feature. That and the base grains are 1/2 the price when bought in bulk...

I use a rubbermaid 10 gallon rectangular, with a batch sparge. I brew all winter in Wisconsin. it was the cheapest when I bought it. I have never lost more that 3 degrees during an hours mash. I preheat with 1 gallon of boiling water. I think the amount of heat loss is over exaggerated in...

Try a double sparge. I typically mash in with 3.5 gallons, and sparge with 6 gallons (3 in each batch). I stir like crazy when dumping in the sparge water and then start heating the next sparge water. I get about 8-8.5 gallons of wort pre-boil and end up with 5.5-6 gallons in the fermenter.

I figure it costs me about $18 or so per 5 gallon batch of all grain. I buy base malt by the sack, hops by the pound, so in between it is just specialty malts. I use dry yeast exclusively, and use each packet for 2-3 brews. I have a burner and all kettles and mash tun, so I don't have much...

I used a cheapie 48 qt cooler from walmart. double the size as the five gallon, same price. Braid is to filter. Basically buy the stainless braid (some are not stainless) and remove the inner hose. I brew in Wisconsin in the middle of winter below zero. I have not had any issues with...

I figure if I were to go pro, I would want to create the brewery and then sell it for 3-4 million so I can retire. The problem is I don't have the 7-8 million necessary to turn it into 3-4 million. I have seen many people follow their passion into a career. Many of them want nothing to do...

I just paid $7 shipping for 3 pounds to wisconsin. Shipped that was 3 pounds for $35 or so. Way cheaper than $3 an ounce... I ordered cascade and centennial. I generally use 1/2 oz centennial in recipes for bittering and an oz of cascade for the rest. People have still loved the pale ale.

While many won't agree, I still think 9 gallons is a bit small for AG. Many times I have almost 8 gallons to start the boil. I know you can make it, but I would look bigger. If you have the option, go big enough to do 10 gallon batches. Thanks!