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Isn't New Belgium a colorado beer?

I also use this method to make my beer. I have a question though. Normally i rinse my mash with cool water and just boil down after. Would it help if I used 170 degree water to rinse?

Made a little footage of the process from yesterday. Feel free to laugh at my ghetto brew in a bag method ;) brewday

See if you can find a 6 pack of Caldera IPA. It comes in neon yellow cans. Heck try their amber or pale ale as well if you can find them. They're out of sourthern Oregon (ashland)

There would potentially be some insurance issues with having customers run the mill. I think your LHBS is going through some growing pains.

They say beer only comes in 2 amounts. Too much and not enough

I would wait to bottle.

Depends on your yeast optimal temps, They generally have a 5 degree range like 70-75. I'd shoot for the low end (70 in this case) and everything should be fine. 5 gall batches right?

1.06 to 1.01 isn't too bad. You can always sample one that day and make up your mind. I think using that much honey will give you a more alcohol taste though.

Bought my ingredients for this today, should be making it tomorrow. This will be my first big beer. I plan on oaking this and adding a very small amount of cherries in the secondary.

I've had one take four days to start and a friend told me he had one go 7. Stay patient.

Based on what I read about it you should shoot for an imperial wheat recipe and then hop the hell out of it. Using all Hops starting with C

You may want to try a wandering aengus as well. Very nice ciders. http://www.wanderingaengus.com/ I had never had a cider I liked before they were in my local store sampling their stuff. I recommend them highly. they do cost a premium though.

Personally I've only had one bad experience with mainbrew and it was mostly my fault since I was clueless at the time asking dumb questions on the phone when they were real busy. A big reason why I am a home winemaker and brewer now is because of all their help. They're very accommodating and...