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My wife was totally against it when I told her I wanted to start homebrewing. Too many hobbies already, too much junk, blah blah blah. So I brew with a friend at his house (his wife is more understanding). We split costs and finished product and it's a lot of fun brewing with a buddy. The...

Yeah, sounds like you need to relieve some pressure. Take the airlock out and have a towel ready in case you have a gusher through the airlock hole. Put on blow off tube or just wait until the most active fermentation is done and reinstall cleaned and sanitized airlock. If it 'splodes on ya...

My pickle bucket no longer smells like pickles..... after using it as fishing/bait bucket for about 2 years. Seriously... just driving home with it made my car smell like pickles for days. It is one of the hardest smells to get rid of. You could use it as a seat. Try grocery stores or bakeries...

Hey Gatorbrew...I don't keg, so not asking for one, but just wanted to say that was very generous on your part to give most of those away to your fellow brewers. Hope you are rewarded with good karma.:mug:

Her's another, which includes substitution info. Hops Chart

Certainly no expert here, but my lhbs owner said that's what he does (siphon a little off the yeast cake). I think you'd be fine doing that.

I do turkeys and brews. No worries. Dawn and hot water cleans it right up. I got my peanut oil at Sams. $39 for I think, 35 pounds. Plenty to do the turkey. They also had a cooking blend for less, but since I got my fryer at a garage sale for 8 bucks, I splurged and went wtih tht 100% peanut oil.

Got through on first call, but 30 minutes on hold. Oh well, free is good. On its way 3-4 weeks. Thanks OP for the heads up.

Yes...This. All my homebrew bottles came with beer in them. Good way to try a bunch of tasty microbrews.

To squeeze or not to squeeze...that is the question. Most of what I've read said not to, but brewed a batch last night (extract) and went ahead a squeezed the old bag. Seems most BIABers squeeze so I figured why not. Is there a definative answer to whether you can safely squeeze your bag!

Never used them. I've gotten several shipments from Cigars International and have always been happy. They are running free shipping now. Checked a couple cigars between the two and prices were pretty much identical. Cigars International - discount cigars, humidors, cigar accessories

Was reading a similar thread recently and Midwest Supplies came up a lot. You might also check fiftypoundsack.com. Their prices do include shipping already.

Great to hear all the BIAB sucess stories. My next step from extrct. Is the final product noticably better than extract? Hope so.

I did this with a porter. Bottled half plain and added pumkin spice to half. Easy way to do a pumkin flavored beer.

Thanks all for the replies. As soon as I kill my last couple extraxt kits, going to definately try BIAB. My pot is only a 7.5 gallon turkey fryer, so may not be able to do big beers, but really looking forward to trying this. I can see the next steps now...... bulk grains and hops...a grain...

I'm pretty new to brewing, and haven't dry hopped, but there are actually a lot of threads on it. just search dry hopping in primary. The search function on HBT actaully works well. Much better than a lot of forums I've used. Here are a few threads on the topic...

Very nice. Congrats. On the rare times I see deals on brewing stuff on CL, it's gone in a heartbeat. Great core:mug:

Thanks HItransplant. Seems like that's the way most folks do it. Was looking at the BIAB wiki and it summarized the process as In layman’s terms, BIAB can be summarized as follows: You put a nylon bag in a big pot of water, pour in some grain, heat it to a specific temperature and hold it at...

Want to start BIAB soon. Think I have the basic process down from reading various threads, but have a question on mashing. What is the difference, if any, between heating water to desired strike temp, then adding grains vs. adding grains to cold waterand then bringing up water temp to desired...

Never tried it, but lots of threads on it. Just search for bottling in mason jars and read varying opinions. Most feel not a good idea for several reasons.