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In my homebrewing I have fermented and carbed at about the same temp and in the same location. During cold weather months I use a closet in the warmest room in the house with louvered metal swing out doors. The temperature in the room runs anywhere from 70F to an occasional 74F. The closet can...

New 8 Gal aluminum brew pot. 20 lbs of 2 Row, 10 lbs of assorted specialty grains. Waiting on my new immersion chiller some time mid week next week.......and of course for the snow to melt and temperatures to rise so can enjoy some more outdoor brewing again. Winter has been Sooooooooooooo...

Someone once said that the harder you work (wait) for something the more you will appreciate it when you obtain it. A belated Merry Christmas to you. Enjoy your gift. If it is any consolation I got my first 30L unit before they went on back order @MoreBeer and got it fairly soon there after...

I am glad to hear of your experience with the 1L I too saw the recent sales on them and thought long and hard and in the end thought I might rather go the 2L route. After your post now I am sure the next time they roll around on sale it will be 2L. Thanks for your personal experience........so...

Generally you don't learn much that you didn't already know from your successes. Nothing teaches like failure or better yet, not quite rite.

I like the idea of a fan out of a junk computer supply and magnets out of way old, way undersized computer hard drives. Everyone keeps lots of these around forever, don't they? :)

Sounds like a good one too. Actually I just received a smaller grain order a week ago from them but knew I would be back for more soon so couldn't hardly pass the oppertunity of saving some more on the order. Sure hope in the not too distant future to be able to hook up with a local club that...

I have 2 of the 30 Quart units. Bought 1 and once I saw it in person loved it so much I ordered (more correctly back-ordered) a second one. I love the carrying handles and the wide mouth top access for ease of cleaning rite up to my shoulder when scrubbing the bottom of the tank. And not to...

:mug:I don't know if it has been mentioned yet but Morebeer.com is running a Valentines Day special. Today only. 14% off on selected LME and Base Grain and some yeast. If you place an order of at least $59 then the shipping from Calif. is also free That is a sweetheart of a deal that I could...

I have dried the grains in a microwave quite easily or if I dont need them rite away they will dry just spread out on a dinner plate stirring them occasionally to dry all sides. I have used them wet but the extra water content can change the recipe around in ways I may not want so I prefer to...

Good recipe. I have also substituted LME for the sugar usually found in beer recipes. I see no reason why DME couldn't also be a substitute. Also keep in mind that there is still some sugar left in the grain. I would think probably more with steeping grains than with mashed but that is just...

That was easy.......I actually bookmarked under both beer and under cooking recipes ;)

Many thanks for that link. I have a ton of saved beer related sites but that one escaped me and it will be very useful to me. I have enjoyed baking/cooking for many many years and more recently beer homebrewing. To be able to combine the two where one compliments the other..........well it just...

There are some recipes on this board I believe. Saw them somewhere thought it mite have been here. The quick and simple is just add the grains to your favorite 'standard' recipe and see how it turns out. I found one recipe for 'beer-bread' which was basicly just a standard bread recipe with...

The water issue can be as complicated as a chem lab or as simple as use it and see. I flunked chemistry in high school....don't ask... and have very little desire to get knee deep in chemistry now. But I will dabble enough in its too hopefully be able to understand a bit about my beer brewing...

Here is a little trick that I use when I run short on my supply of homebrew beer and just gotta have the flavor instead of a beer flavored water from the grocery store. You know it is too early to open a bottle, you pretty much know it isn't gonna taste like you want it too and how it most...

I have been playing around making home made bread using beer and spent grain. Still a work in progress because I love to tinker with any cooking/baking recipe to 'make it better' :rolleyes: Been turning out some nice bread to go along with my home made beer. It doesn't take much grain...

A relatively simple way of looking at it is...........In a hydrometer the scale will float lower in distilled water than it does in the heavier (sugars present) wort. The scale is setup to correlate to how high or low it floats in the liquid. As the yeast eats the sugars during fermentation it...

Once your fermenter reaches an average temperature for its surrounding air temp the temp of the wort isn't going to change as quickly as the surrounding air if the surrounding air only swings a few degrees it should take quite some time to get near this temp. 60F for a few hours probably...

The flavors will smooth and the sweetness taste blend in more and not be as apparent the longer you let them sit in fridge. I recently opened a late fall red ale and was not all that thrilled with the taste. 2 weeks longer and with each drink was saying to self.........'self that is damm...