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I don't understand the packaging of Micro beers sometimes. $10.99 for a 6 pack of Rogue Dead Guy Ale. $5.99 for a 22 oz bomber of Dead Guy. I thought buying in bulk usually meant a discounted price, not an increase in price.

You can use your brewpot as a bottling bucket. Assuming it's big enough to hold the 5 gallons from your fermenter, and assuming you sanitize it well. The beer will only be in there a little while.

That game is broken. The glass is far to small!!

Several people have posted that they keep starsan solution for weeks (?) at a time and it still works. I'm just not sure how you can be positive that it's gonna be effective. I've got a spray bottle full from when I brewed the other day. When I go to use my wine thief next week, I'd like to...

That's a disturbing image. Do you think you over-carbed, or had it just met it's limit in terms of reasonable use? I was quite excited at the prospect of these little guys, but not if it's going to risk a big portion of my brew.

Thanks folks! I wasn't worried about it being undrinkable. Just knew that I had strayed from the original course. I guess I did make the recipe my own though!

I'm wondering about this too and hoping that someone will chime in with the answer. My guess - most of the trub and sediment will be heavy enough to stay towards the bottom of the bucket while moving it. That's assuming you carry it carefully and don't give it a reason to stir it up. But...

I'm not worried that it's ruined. I'm still going to bottle it. And I'm most definitely going to enjoy it, as it was my very first batch! :mug: I'm just curious how my error will affect the final product. I purchased a Brewer's Best Irish Stout as my first kit. Steeped the crushed grains...

In Palmer's book, he says to rehydrate the yeast before you start boiling the wort. But that you need to pitch the yeast within 15-20 minutes of when you rehydrated it. That doesn't make sense. Shouldn't you rehydrate the yeast about the time that you stop the boil? It seems like you...

I didn't think you could re-cap the twist-off bottles. I've been throwing them away too. Anyone else cap them with success? Or is BigKahuna just very talented?

I guess the best way to learn is to go buy myself one of these little mini kegs. If it's gravity-fed, wouldn't there be a lot of sediment from a homebrew?

For those of you that store starsan solution for a long time, what do you store it in? I would think it doesn't need to be food grade plastic, and could just be whatever the cheapest 5 gallon bucket from home depot is. I bought a 5 oz bottle of starsan at my LHBS for $6.50 this weekend...

I thought that mouth siphon was one of the only options if you didn't have an auto-siphon. If this is bad, then what's the other option aside from an auto-siphon?

So if I bought one of the 5L Heineken mini kegs at the grocery store and emptied it out, what else would be necessary to be able to refill and use it? I've not purchased one of them before, but I think the ones I've seen have a gravity tap at the bottom. I'm not quite sure how you'd get one...

No set up fee or anything? Wow, that doesn't sound like an advertisement at all!! I'm sold! Thanks anonymous poster!

Regarding the 2L soda bottles with the carbonator cap - Do you still have to prime the beer before you put it into the bottle? How do you know when you've pumped enough CO2 into it? Seems like you would have a hard time knowing exactly when to stop. I'm really intrigued by this idea, as...

Wow, you had about 5 responses in 15-20 minutes. All the members really sprung to life when it came to saving a batch of beer. Nicely done!!

Lot's of good stuff there Ecnerwal, thanks. I didn't think about asking to upgrade to a bench capper. Sounds like a good idea. And the extra airlocks too. That would prevent some panic if my first batch clogs up on me.

Damn, I was planning on going down there this weekend once the sale started. Were they selling stuff at discounted prices over this past weekend? Had I known the sale started early, I would have gone down there instead of waiting. Seems that my patience may have screwed me over. :(

Geez, just when I thought I had it figured out I see something that changes my thinking. I assumed that you bottled them and stored at the same temp you fermented with. I'll be making my first batch next week hopefully, so I still have time to learn. Glad I came across this thread.