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Could you exchange/take it back for the Bowie Bottler? I've used both and there is no comparison. It's not that the BB is cheaper than the extra fittings you need. It's that it bottles better, easier and cleans in a flash. I'm not in any way affiliated with it, besides being a customer.

I've made 7 batches of this so far. It's a favorite in the brewcave. The first 6 of them I made with US05 since I had bad experiences with the Notty yeast. They tasted great and dropped to a beautiful clear beer with no fining or anything in two weeks. This last one I decided to try with the...

Sweet jeebuz those are.. I mean she's really beautiful. You're a lucky man :D

Here's what I'm blatantly calling my hypothesis. Since most beginning brewers use extract, their practices are less developed, they have less sophisticated equipment and are more prone to off flavors including twang. Occam's razor points to this as an explanation of the frequently reported...

I've had my silver solder joints fail from mechanical torsion more than heat. The BK with it's valve and T sticking out failed first since it was getting torqued while cleaning as well as the MT valve for the same reason. MY HLT seemed to survive the best. I was tired of cleaning and...

Ouch, I wanted to unsee that Xray and so did my lady. I'll have a pint and wish you a speedy recovery.

Haha.. yeah you know you are a homebrewer if you've ever used a mop on the ceiling. I have personally done that when I should've used a blow off and the bits clogged the airlock. I didn't see it happen, but the aftermath was intense. Welcome to the forum, this is a fun place.

Personally I've had problems storing at room temps. As a previous poster mentioned you have to be very sure of your sanitation. I did a pitch on yeast cake beer that tasted awesome with the first of the two cornys in the keezer. We drank that beer over a period of about 6 weeks with the...

I have that Kettler table too, it's freakin awesome. Mines outside, wind can have an interesting affect on play. I don't use it for bottling though..

Bottles still have their place. Up until the Bowie Bottler came out I did it rarely, since it was such a pain. Now I can bang out a few bottles from each of my 8 taps in just a few minutes. I find I'm bottling more to take a few to friends or give them away. If you mean bottling like in...

I wouldn't stack them though. Stacking with grain stored in them causes the bottom one to collapse.

Portal 1 and 2 are great, but too high dollar? A kinda creepy game for $10 is Limbo, I liked it almost as much as Portal. More brain teasers than action, but the b&w graphics are really interesting. Small gaming hijack, has anyone been able to play with the Razer Hydra controllers for the...

What kind of oil is pretty important here. If it's a saturated fat like lard there isn't a problem at all. If it's unsaturated like olive oil it could be oxydized and impart nasty flavors. Nothing will kill you, but oxidized unsaturated oil is really nasty. DataZ is spot on, if it smells...

It is a bit weird that we can take an 18 year old, put a gun in his hand and have him kill other humans in war, but say he's not responsible enough to have a beer. Cannabis is way better for you and IS medicine (yeah I know it's abused). If you are 10 and are on chemotherapy, you'd...

I didn't know Falconers Flight was going to available so soon. Last I heard it was going to be December. Where did you get yours if it's this years? Ubermick and I did a Drakes clone that used 6oz in secondary. It has an amazing aroma to it. Next time I'd probably up the bitterness a...

$400 each isn't too bad. Symphony Brewing Systems, they say they have steel jacketed and insulated conicals designed for the home brewer coming soon.

I'm in, bump. Good luck, hope you get a great grade. I'd be interested in seeing the results when you are done. Maybe post them here?

Welcome to 'coming out' of reading and into posting Tim.

Welcome to the obsession. I'm an apiarist too, our bees are doing great this year. We lost a hive two years ago to CCD, so we've been monitoring it carefully. Time to brew up a braggot sometime soon!

Tony from Lagunitas got thrown out of his Marin brewing site for dumping brewing stuff in the septic system. He tried to claim he was making Budwieser, but it didn't fly with the city. Official tour humor anyway.