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I love brewing beer. I have three taps and there is no way I can drink 15 gallons of beer myself. Last weekend I had a new keg I wanted to tap so I threw a " kill the keg" party. Bunch of guys came over after work and took out that keg and a good portion of another one. It's a nice compliment...

Agreed. Citra is fantastic for dry hopping.

Haha, that's funny. I actually had a couple of hot dogs tonight with some homemade kraut even! :mug:

What better way to spend a Friday night than sitting in the garage, brewing beer, drinking beer and listening to baseball on the radio? I have to stay it's a nice way to cap off a good week! Cheers!

Around here pretty much the only "craft" beers available at the bars are blue moon or Sam Adams, so I drink those quite often. I'm also not afraid to admit to drinking pbr or Coors light. It's damn refreshing.

I think you'll really like it. I've used mine for a few brews now with good success.

Try a hop spider with a paint strainer bag. You can wash the bags and use them indefinitely.

Beer is rather forgiving so if you sanitize well, you shouldn't have a problem. I'm personally not a fan of leaving my beer in primary for extended periods if it's not necessary. I'll test gravity when fermentation appears to be done and then check a few days later. If it's stable, I cold crash...

Yeah, I was leaning that way anyway but, was wanting to make myself a cheap stand cuz I don't own a welder or a chop saw. Would be a little wiser to just do it right and avoid possible mishaps.

I've been thinking of building a stand out of bed frames myself, but want to make it large enough to fit a 1 bbl system in the future. Any reason why the metal from bed frames wouldn't be sufficient?

Thanks for the link! I'll be grabbing one of these.

I'm interested in this too as I'm looking to start collecting equipment for a nano.

Yeah, I might just keg it up but would like to hear some other opinions first. Anyone else want to chime in on this one?

I had it in the coolest room of my house. Fermented around 62*, when it stopped after three days, I moved it to about 65*.

With all the residual sugars from the high gravity, it will have more body to it. The sample tastes really good so it's not a loss by any means but I'm looking at a 3.8% abv porter. A light porter, perhaps?

So, last Sunday I brewed up a porter and pitched a starter of American Ale II That was harvested from a previous brew. Brew went well and I actually hit my projected OG of 1.052. Fermentation started fine and went steady for three days then stopped. SG read 1.025. I roused the yeast a bit and...

Those are beautiful mash paddles! I'd pay for one. Nice work.

Yeah. Got my attention.

Every time I hear one of these stories it makes me consider switching to better bottles exclusively. Hope your hand heals quickly and glad you saved your brew! Could've been twice as tragic!

You bet! I have one lagering for about another month. Can't wait to get it on tap!