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I am not sure why you wouldn't want the fermwrap.... They are perfectly safe to attach to a carboy or better bottle, pretty cheap, and they easily maintain a wort temp upwards of 20F above ambient. I use mine in combination with a thermowell, and use a set point 1 degree above the wort temp...

No brush on a better bottle. I'd imagine it was included because the starter kit you ordered had a glass carboy option as well, and it would be logistically difficult to omit the brush for orders that select the plastic carboy option...so they just throw it in. In a pinch, I've thrown a...

I have had a similar experience in this shop, and I think I can shine some more light on the situation. At one time, I thought buying sacks of grain was a good idea. So one Saturday, I decided to call the LHBS in question and made sure they have sacks of 2-row in stock. I call, and "Yes...

Here is a bonus tip - the "closed" system siphon. I never liked the idea of transfering wort from the narrow opening of my better bottle into the wide opening of the bottling bucket. I just thought it was way too good of an opportunity for dust to settle on top of my beer. One day, I...

I have been bottling for almost 3 years, and I have recently embraced the need for perfectly clean bottles. Personally, I like a hot soak in PBW for 30 minutes or so, before rinsing and spraying with Star-san. The problem was that it was always a bear to get the bottles filled with PBW...

I lived about 30 steps from Harvest Moon when I was at Rutgers, and I think that from a food+beer standpoint, it is the best you will find in a NJ brewpub. I've probably been there about 2 dozen times, and I have never been dissapointed. There is also a little cajun themed restaurant in...

Very simple and I have not seen it mentioned yet; One of my favorite upgrades was switching from the kit included "One-Step" over to a combo of PBW and Star-San. I am sure that some have happily stuck with the one-step, but I found that my sanitation issues really went away once I switched...

I just had my first experience with WLP029, and I am very happy with the result. I brewed a beer loosely based on the Centennial Blonde recipe. I used German Pils, Munich II, and good portion of Carahell. I used Centennial for bittering and Cascade for finishing. I used Mosher's Ideal...

When Mr. Malty says 11.5g, he is assuming that you are properly rehydrating those 11.5g. Pitching dry into 60/70F wort cuts the rate of viability by almost 50%, so if you don't rehydrate first, you are kind of throwing the pitching rate stuff out the window. BBR did a good dry yeast...

That is a great point - I don't think I've ever heard that said before, but it is completely true; it may actually be the biggest flaw the book has. In its defense, it has much more technical information about the styles it does feature than BCS. I have both books, but I reach for BCS about...

Personally, my concept of clear wort changed dramatically once I added a pump to recirculate for me. Pre-pump, I would vorlauf a couple quarts, and be happy once I was no longer getting little pieces of grain in my pyrex pitcher. The wort was not chunky, but it was cloudy. Post-pump, I...

It won't help you today, but add this site to your favorites. http://www.rackers.org/calcs.shtml The "Can I Mash It?" field will be useful before every single brewday. I also use an orange 5G MLT. I can easily mash 15 lbs of grain at 1:1 qts:lb (as long as I have my strike water hot...

8 pages and no one offered this; if you are not happy with your water, get a water report, and find out why things are not working. You say that your water smells like a pool, which is a chlorine/chloramine problem, not neccessarily a mineral problem. I am not even close to a water expert...

Personally, I think it is tougher on a series to eliminate a key character than it is to change the actor playing the character. It is a little weird when the actor changes, but it doesn't neccessarily have to effect the dynamic of the show. Spin City was an interesting example because MJF...

My recent experience makes me suggest 10C - American Brown Ale. I just entered a pretty good example of the JBA into a comp in Catagory 23, and described it as an Imperial American Brown (mine wound up around 7.5% ABV). I explained it simply as a 7.5% ABV American Brown, firmly bittered with...

I agree 100%. My wife and I spent about 2 weeks in Irland last spring, and drank my way from Dublin, down to Cork, and all the way up to Donegal. We had our share of Guinness, Murphy's, and Beamish (Murphy's became my favorite if anyone is keeping score). This is a tough sell, but IMO...

You can find the recipe for the IPA here https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f12/can-you-brew-recipe-green-flash-west-coast-ipa-175363/ I suggest looking at the varieties and quantities used in the IPA, because logic dictates there would be a lot of carry over to the #2 beer in the portfolio...

When not using spring water, how is the brew water getting into the kettle? (Silicone, vinyl, garden hose?)

I saw a couple things that raised an eyebrow. I can't say for sure if they are the issue, but they could cause problems. -Overtreatment of water -Mishandling Immersion Chiller and the biggest one.... -Insuffecient wort nutrients To start, water is a funny thing. I guess I am pretty...

I took a shot at revisiting the NN recipe here https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f12/trogner-bros-talk-nugget-nectar-bn-257110/ for that exact reason, but the thread died quickly and I moved on. Give it a read and let me know your thoughts.