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I use my old side by side refrig with a STC-1000 controller. Works great, and no condensation at ale fermentation temps. I don't lager, so you'll probably get some condensation in GA if you do. I use smaller Mr Beer kegs for fermenting, so I can't answer how to get all your stuff in. I...

Hisbiscus flowers will make a pink beer. Monty

You know that snow is radioactive, right?

Belle Saison yeast for an IPA? Interesting. Anyway that yeast likes it hot, so if you fermented at normal ale temps, that may have been too cool. I don't know if that would stress this yeast out, as I have heard of people fermenting in the upper 80's with that yeast. I normally do my Belle...

Rehydrate the yeast like the instructions on the yeast package say, you shouldn't need a starter. The belle saison yeast is really easy to use and I get like 90-95% attenuation out of it, so watch your OG, even 1.050 will ferment down to 1 and give you a 6% beer. Also this yeast really needs...

I do not brew at home to save money. I do it to make beer that tastes just like I want it, and it also happens to be way better beer than BMC, and as good as the most expensive craft beer I can buy. Basically for me it isn't the money, it's the beer. I really like my beer, and the people I...

I ferment in Mr Beer little brown kegs, so I still do 2.25 gal batches. I boil a gallon of water with 1 lb of extract and do my hop boils in an 8 qt pot on a little heat plate. I don't like bitter and am not making IPA's etc, so I can get by with a 20 min (or less sometime) boils of an once of...

Never said it was a medical problem, but that is what I get when I eat/drink acidic stuff. Sorry. Monty

Yeah That's called Heartburn. Monty

I just made a chamber out of a side by side, only I am holding the frig side to ale temps, which gives the freezer side a temp right around 40F (it swings between 37 and 43 depending on whether the frig side needs cooling), which is basically frig temps. I am going to ferment ales (65F - 18.3C)...

No probably sugar is sugar. You do / can use sugar in making beer. OP - I do the MR Beer fermenter just because it makes about 2 gals of beer and fits in my cabinets, and you can split a 5 gal batch between two of them. However, if you have the room, the 5 gallon kits are probably the way to...