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I've purchased in the past SS from China that rusted in a few months of use. I try to buy as little as I can from China. If I have no choice the I buy it. But w/clothes I check labels and buy from USA or other nations if can. How about Aleave? Did you know it's made in China? I wouldn't...

My fear would be that for 11$ you are getting Chinese SS and I doubt it's life. I try to stay away from ANYTHING made in China, but then I'm a political nut. LOL

I bottle everything and label them all. That way I can keep track and it looks good when friends come over. LOL that American Imperial Stout brewed last year I sent two off to a contest. Should hear about them in a month.

Pretty Fancy, but labels put on bottles after the contest I'd guess as they have the medal mentions. Here we must submit bottles w/o any kind of label. I do simple ones using online software from Avery on 2" x 4" labels.

Might be an idea. But remember they also have shipping costs but since they buy in bulk might work.

In late January I brewed a small (2g) batch of a Smoky IPA using 2 1/2 lbs of a Mesquite smoked grain and 2 1/4 lbs of Pale Ale Malt as the base. Checked it today and I believe it's done as the SG is 1.019 which is what BeerSmith predicted. Wow the Smokey flavor really came thru. Perhaps to...

I was refering to full capped bottles. LOL

You could do 3 lbs in a blender in about 4 min. I do 2 g patches and often d as much as 6 lbs in my blender. Never takes more than 5 min and I'm producing almost flour as I BIAB.

I plan to make some hard Root beer. I saw a recipe that called for pasteurizing the bottles. Do I need to and how do I do it?

I have switched from 2 row to Pale Ale Malt. Gives the beer a bit more maltyness and flavor. Cost is about $1.80/lb here. 50 lbs might cut cost to about $1.60/lb.

Can but shipping still kills us here. Shipping usually wipes out anything saved by buying online. I will buy a 50 lb bag of my main US grain soon. Will save a few bucks.

The way I understand burners is you want as blue a flame as you can get. Adjust air intake till you reach that point. Get a thermometer w/a probe you can insert into the tank or clip on the rim. I set the thermo to alarm at 200*. I open the gas flow all the way and wait. When the alarm goes...

Big Mahalo guys. I don't do mead or cider so I'll just stick w/what I have. It works great for my ales.

I've been using BS=2 for a year or so. Well since it came out. Is there any reason to upgrade to #3?

No heating or cooling bills. No heater or AC. But sometimes the trade winds stop blowing in the summer and it can get over 95 in the house w/all the windows open. Electricity about $170 a month Water about $220 a month, but I'm watering two acres of palms and other trees Land Tax only about...

Steep is saying it nicely. LOL The price of living in PARADISE. Guess I'll brew more American Beers. I can do any British style using American grains and they would most likely taste just about the same.

Yup, they get "dated" beer quite often. You know that stuff ain't gonna spoil in a month or two. Check out the picture.

Living here in Hawai`i is EXPENSIVE in every way you can think of. All grain at the only Home Brew shop on O`ahu is $3/lb except plane old 2 Row which is $1.70/lb and Pale Ale Malt which is $1.80/lb. I like to brew British ales w/as true British products as I can. So last week I planed an...

I've been doing 2 gallon batches for years. I get about 3 six packs. Mash in a 5 gal collman cooler, boil in a 6 gal SS pot on a propane burner. Ferment in 2 gal paint buckets from HD. Nothing to heavy to lift, I'm now 75.

No need to mash out.