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Great job! Don't forget to leave it alone now for a few weeks and you'll have a great beer I'm sure.

Very nice, they will come up fast and with good soil and sun be little giants before you know it. Good job!

I have mine in ziplocs (fridge)just a bit of water to keep moist and the bag not sealed all the way to let some air in. Planted one of the cacade rhizomes in a small pot 10 days ago and it's thriving, 2 shoots and 1 is about 2-3" tall. I planted it vertical.

Excellent advice, I'm going to brew my 4th batch this weekend and I've made mistakes on the first 3 mostly fermentation temps.

I've seen aphids on mint so I wouldn't trust that approach, the most natural way to get rid of these pests is ladybugs. You can buy them from your local gardening store. 4 or 5 bucks for 1000 ladybugs last time I bought I believe, follow instructions for releasing them, if you have aphids...

Thinking about trying this. What are the pros and cons. Where can you buy the jerry containers locally (walmart, ace, lowes etc.)? Thanks for any info/advice.:mug:

Thanks, IBU's would be in the mid to high 20's if I remember right, where do you want your IBU's to be in an average brew? I have 2 ounces of Chinook whole and 6 ounces of Liberty pellets on the way, so any advice would be appreciated. Looks like brewing is part art and part science (best way I...

Just leave it alone, hopefully you sanitized your airlock before putting back in the fermenter. Next time use a blowoff tube, I learned that lesson on my first batch also. 2-3 days of active fermentation is normal but the beer is slowly fermenting after that. Let it sit for 17 days or so and...

Yes, I get 5 gallon food grade buckets from my local grocery bakery shop, they contained corn syrup. Bucket,metal handle with lid and gasket for $1. Plus they run them thru their dishwasher so they are fairly clean when you get them. Grommet and air lock cost me $1.30 so I've got a nice 4 gallon...

Looking to buy a wort chiller 5 gallon batches, must be reasonable.

Star san in granular form? Where did you get it?

Thank you, I was thinking along the same lines. Although I was going to add the LME at the start of the boil, and honey after the boil, may have to rethink this. Hops dead on at 60min cascade and 10min Willamette. Could get some more hops before I brew, what would you suggest?

Spring water at Walmart is .88 cents a gallon and is UV sterilized I believe.

Here's what I have as far as ingredients, I want to make a 6 gallon batch BIAB. 10 lbs. American 2 row pale Great Western 3 lbs. Amber LME 1 lb. Clover honey .5 lb. Quaker oats (toasted) 1 oz. Cascade pellets 1 oz. Willamette pellets 1 pkg. Nottingham yeast Any comments, suggestions...

You could go to Walmart and get a voile window panel for less than 5 bucks and then sew up a bag to fit your pot,if you know someone with a sewing machine. You would probably have enough material in that one panel to make 3 bags custom fit to your kettle.

I've got some standard size grommets coming in the mail today from my brew supplier. What size drill bit do I use to drill the hole in the bucket lid? Making 2 fermenters on the cheap. Thanks!

Nice! Do 3 weeks on the yeast, you won't regret it.

Are you serious? I like the red hook bottles, good beer and nice solid retro bottles. Don't dump beer, I think that's against one of the ten commandments.

+1 Leave it on the yeast for at least 3 weeks. Test gravity then, patience makes good beer.

Thanks everyone, I'm still playing around with beer smith with the trial version. I think I need more experience and knowledge brewing before I would spend the money to buy the software. I'll give brewtarget a shot, it looks a little simpler to understand.