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Although sanitize is a key word, you can't have sanitation without having clean equipment to start off with. Hot water and PBW to clean everything (some use fragrance free Oxyclean). I soak hoses, auto siphons, bottles, air locks, bungs, etc and clean thoroughly. I use a wash rag to wash things...

Key word here is "yet". There is so much to learn, so many ways to improve, so many techniques that will be "invented" or improved upon over time... I've been successful since my first batch. I say this because in my mind I am successful by virtue of finally starting this hobby. My first two...

Holy **** (can I say that here?). I used to work on Lamborghinis and believe you me this is well beyond anything they ever built (and a lot cheaper). Can anyone say "group buy"...

i also have one on my 1 gallon glass kombucha container

I have a heater on a carboy right now that's been on for a few weeks already. Everything's still intact.

I'm leaving the heating pad off and keeping it cooler. I'll let it sit for a bit to clear up.

I generally do not like pumpkin beer and have a hard time paying that kind of money for any beer let alone a pumkin beer. This one, however, is not only the best pumpkin beer out there but one of the better beers I've had. Although I typically drink heavy duty IPAs/IIPAs, belgians...

I had a belgian dubbel fermenting in my primary for 4 weeks until the SG got down to 1.010. I had a heating pad around the bucket and wrapped two towels around it to hold heat steady around 74 degress. Today I racked to a secondary. Should I continue using the heating pad? What are the...

It means you now have some extra dough to spend on other brewing stuff

5.5 gallons of american amber + deadyetibrew = 789.80

Start sooner... I've been wanting to brew my own beer for over 25 years. Back then there was no internet so I researched the old fashioned way with my friend the Dewey decimal system. What I felt would trip me up the most was cleaning and sanitizing. At that time in my life I was a mechanic and...

Throwing this at the wall to see what sticks... Anyone interested in doing a beer share located in the suburbs of the Fox Valley area of Chicago? Open to all that are interested in beer be it shelf bought or home brewed. What is a beer share? I might define it like this: Participants decide on...

That was my first brew too. I'm sure you've noticed there seems to be no limit as to what technique can be used to brew. For me it comes down to experimentation and what ultimately leads to me brewing the best beer I can. I see myself brewing for the rest of my life so I figure I'll have time...

Brewed a dubbel with Wyeast 3522 and when the airlock stopped bubbling I opened and took a gravity reading. The yeast was still on top and gravity was 1.024. Temperature of my basement is about 64-66 degrees. I put a heater around the bucket and wrapped it with two towels and now the airlock...

My two cents after trying different things: Cleaners: ocyclean or pbw Sanitizer: Starsan

Love it...

If you don't start off with a high gravity DIPA you'll be fine brewing a IPA. Dry hopping is really the only extra step you'll take and it's easy peasy. I'd recommend a kit from Northern Brewer. It really comes with everything you'll need to make your first batch. I bought a wort chiller and...

Agreed. I got lucky on my very first brew. I went downstairs to check on it and found the airlock clogged and the lid ready to blow. In a pinch I replaced the airlock with a piece of hose I had nearby and put it into the bucket of sanitizer that was still downstairs also. Been using one ever...

As cheap as they can be I'd just get new ones. They make great gift giving ideas too. Or you could bribe a friend or two into buying a beer kit of their choice and tell them in exchange for brewing it for them they can buy you some new buckets.