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I'm not in the area and doing BIAB now, but at $1.50 a pound for LME, that is a great price. Someone should snap those up!

Wow, you really were eager to get back into it. At that rate, your pipeline will be built up quickly! Sounds like a great weekend. And thanks for your service to our country.

Welcome Bravo! I'm in Monfort Heights, but used to live in Groesbeck. The 2 closest LHBS shops for you would be Listermanns near Xavier or Tabletop Brewing on Harrison Ave in Cheviot. Tabletop would be closer and the owner Tom is super nice and very patient with answering questions. Jungle...

Don't know why I happened to remember this thread, but wondering if OP ever tried this. Bikingman82, you still out there?

Subscribing to see how this turns out. People make beer floats, so maybe you're not too far out there. I made one with a barkeywine. Not bad, but I still prefer root beer. Here is a link to a beer float thread. https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f56/beer-floats-75959/

nice thing about farmhouse, your can buy in 4 oz increments and get more variety. Don't have to get a pound at a time.

Are there bubbles coming out of the blow off tube? If not, sounds like it is clogged. If it is clogged, you need to relieve pressure, and unclog it. be careful and if it blows, pics are always fun.

Thanks Yooper. I do have the regular oats, not the instant or quick oats.

Mark... Wecome from the states. Lots of great folks and great info here. Been wanting to try some NZ hops. Guess they are cheap over there?

Are you doing any kind of sparge? I usually mash with about 4 gallons of water for an average grain bill. Then put bag on grill grate over pot and squeeze. Then I pour/ladel pour hot water over grains, letting it drain into pot. Squeeze again and repeat until I have about 6.5 gallons and then...

what is your volume before starting to boil? for a 5 gallon batch, you would normally start with around 6 to 6.5 gallons to allow for boil off. Boil off rates will vary depending on your setup.

Duck..are you going to be using it rather quickly. If not, you might think about DME as it will store longer and you use a little less. Farmhouse breing has 50 pounds for $125, but then you have to add shipping....maybe $25 more.

Good info to know. I've only used flaked oats once and they were form LHBS. I figured they were same as quaker oats. Guess not. So the mash process doesn't cook them? Is it a temperature thing, like they need to be boiled?

I would agree with this unlesss you shooting for something with a specific water profile. One easy thing you can do if using tap water Is to let your water sit for a day or two before using. This will at least let the chlorine dissapate, although I don't think chloramine will. Probably better...

I don't use carboys. I ferment in a 7.9 gallon bucket, and even at that, had a 5 gallon batch come out the top once. One thouhgt is to just wrap a piece of aluminum foil around the carboy opening. That way no pressure build up and if krausen exceeds headspace it will just flow out the top...

First, let it soak in in hot water for a half hour or so, that will thin it. Then after you've poured out all you can, put some hot water in the jug and shake it real good to thin it aeven more and get out all you can.

Sounds like it is acitve and yeast are multiplying. I don't know that you will neccessarily get a krausen forming with all starters. I've only done a few, but I'm sure others with more experience will chime in.

Either one, since it sounds like it's going to be short term. For very long storage fridge would probably better.

Boomer....I've never worked in a brewery, so take this with a grain of salt. If you are strictly thinking of doing this to gain knowledge about homebrewing, I'm thinking your time might be better spent on sites like this and others, dedicated to homebrewing. It does sound like it might be fun...

Maybe I shouldn't be reading this thread sober because I'm lost as to the whole intent. Oh well, on to the next one.