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i just tried to bottle harvest some pacman from a chocolate stout. i hope it works. anyone else tried to bottle harvest pacman? any luck?

what are you making?

some regulator drift of a few psi is common especially on cheaper regs. as far as your 30 psi difference, id say something is wrong. i doubt it has anything to do with temperature fluctuations in you kegs. do you have a check valve on your regulator? if you do, pressure greater than what your...

felipe- where do you get that cheap distilled water from?

i like them but they look a little dark to me.

foward seal just means that the faucet is sealed near the front so as not to allow alot of the inside to be exposed to air.

i had an aluminum pot that did the same thing. over time it just stopped leaking. i didnt do anything to it. i think that mineral deposits from my water sealed it up.

i tried to hand crush when i first got my BC. it was fun for the first 5 minutes. then i realize i had only crushed about %15 of my bill. then i attached the drill and never looked back.

i used Martinelli’s sparkling cider bottles. they can be recapped with a standard bottle cap. walmart sells them for about 2.50 a bottle. i was lucky and bought them in bulk from sams club for less. plus you get to enjoy their yummy cider.

you dont need a stir plate to rehydrate dry yeast. it is recommended if you are planning on increasing pitching rates of liquid yeast.

personally i hate my 48 qt igloo ice cube. it loses 3-4 degrees in less than half an hour. i would recommend a better insulated cooler unless you dont mind adding hot water additions mid way through the mash.

i wouldnt drop them off at the beer shop. alot of alcoholics work there. they would be much safer at my place.

please do. i need the keg. my irish red is begging to be kegged and drunk.

i wont be brewing for my house is full of fermenting beverages at the moment. i will however be drinking.

yes. get it down as quickly as possible. for most yeast you should ferment near 68 degrees.

volume wise i dont know but its not dangerous

i think i was just happy at first to be having a beer. it had been a long day of traveling. once i had some time to analyze it i became less happy( i should say less hoppy because for an ipa it lacked hops).

there are some damn tasty looking recipes on there. im going to have to make one of those next.

i retrack my earlier statement. i think they need to clean there lines here.

you can calibrate it in beer programs so it automatically gives you the correct reading with out the extra math. this only works if you use certain beer software.