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are you on city water? if so, even the hose water has been disinfected before being supplied to the house, so that's a minute chance of bacteria getting in.

this made me laugh hard. pricelessbrewing, best advice i've heard since i'm an enormous trippel fan ! Fedora, what's your secret

i guarentee you the star san residue didn't kill you yeast. even mixed 25% it becomes useless. think the weight of bubbles in all that water

great tips firewalker ... ...1977, have you considered a pound of hops... i've seen 60 cents an ounce that way easy at hopsdirect.

BPO you're an inspiration. come to think of it, since i grow corn anyway, i wonder how hard it would be to grow half an acre of barley.

So ... it can be as expensive as you want it to be. for me, i made 500 bottles of wine last year, so i have all the equipment, minus a capper for bottles and bottlecaps. i figured this would cut my alcohol budget in half.

Thank Chris. Sadly, i also enjoy it so much, so... i might keep doing it.

i had no idea IPA was so much more expensive than dubbel. never even thought about it. i did buy an ounce of Citra, and i can see how it adds up. i only use cheap pre boil hops for bittering.

i tried three weeks and it was ruined. sorry i can't be of more help.

sorry guys, i started drinking early today

how does hops account for 40 cents a bottle? i spend 2 dollars total on hops for a five gallon batch i got a pound of fuggles for 8$ using it 2 ounces at a time

thanks balrog, its a huge pain to hold it careful so that doesn't happen

rodwha, the bottle wand aerating, is that noted by a rattling sound while it disperses into the bottle? if so my next batch is in serious trouble. btw, if your siphon has air in it it can also add a lot of D.O. , so pinch the siphone and make sure it's all liquid, no bubbles.

look forward to hearing if it improves. flat beer just kills it for me.

the title says it ... what are your cool tips and tricks to saving big bucks brewing ? ... i'm making beer at about 80 cents a bottle, is this on par? it's great beer, 2$ a bottle in the store so i'm coming out ahead. thanks to the great people on here who taught me to buy my hops...

i'm i nthe exact same boat, about to start my fifth extract brew. i got into it to save money, so as you can imagine, i'm pretty frugal ... keeping my own house yeast going and stuff. ...tending to your yeast will save tons of money. i make my brews typically based on whatever is on...

someone's going to say it, may as well be me... "have you considered BIAB ? " ... seriously though, my 5 gallon pot is plenty for extract brewing.

i also make my extract in a 5 gallon kettle for a 5 gallon batch, i boil about 3, and top up with clean water in the bucket.

thank you kombat, that makes a lot of sense.

well i have lots of foam and krausen, so apparently the Lees from my previous batches are doing their thing. i live in rural indiana, do be honest i never saw where to put that in when i registered. i dont think it was the transit so much as 8 hours in a black metal mailbox in the sun.