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I'm a bit confused about all that talk about the proper head height. When I pour a beer, I try to keep the glass as parallel to the ground as possible to avoid any foaming. I feel like the foaming just flattens the beer and gets all over my face when I try to drink it. What's the point of having...

It might not kill me, but mine would kill my fish due to the chlorine, and I don't want chlorine in my beer.

I boil the tap water that use for topping off my extract kit the day before, and put into a sanitized carboy. The water that I use for the actual boil, I leave in the kettle overnight with the lid off.

Thanks. I was going to add the flesh to the secondary, but I figured I would need to boil it to avoid contamination.

Well, the crazy part of the fermentation is pretty much over, so I moved back to a warmer part of the house. I pretty much kept it at 64-66 degrees since Sunday, so I think it should be good. I actually took a gravity reading just for the heck of it, and it's down to 1.020 from 1.064, and it's...

I am planning on doing a Belgian Wit for the summer and using blood oranges. I want to use the zest, and maybe boil the flesh and throw into the secondary. Not sure how to incorporate it yet.

Yeah, I've seen those. The problem is that in a few weeks, I won't have a cooler place. My whole house will be over 70. By June I plan on having a fermentation chamber setup that can hold 6 carboys though, so hopefully this will be the last time I have this problem.

Ahhh. I didn't even think of using them as fermentors. I just pulled the valve out of one of mine to see what you guys were talking about, and it came right out. I did notice that since I brought the keg from shed, out into the sun I had to keep letting the air out as it warmed up.

So, you didn't cut the top off of it? Did you just take the valve out to clean it, or do you brew in it like that?

Yeah, I got the idea for the fermentation chamber when I realized that the previous home owner of my house left a bunch of lumber in the shed, including plywood. So for my total cost is $0 and I have most of the frame built, but I will need to buy the insulation and try to find a cheap AC unit...

I'm going through this right now. Currently building a fermentation chamber and saving for a propane burner. So much want, so little funds :(

Haha! Beer90x sounds like fun.

Good looking out. I didn't think of the pump-less cleaning situation. Oxy soak and a hose won't get most of it out? I think I'm done with the stove top. I want to do full boils and my electric stove has a hard time with 4 gallons. I am going to get a propane burner, and either a new kettle...

That's interesting. I plan to do another batch of this beer, but use all Cascade hops instead of the Kent Goldings so I can compare the hop varieties. By that time I should have my fermentation chamber going, so maybe I will give that a try. I have a felling this batch will be up around 70 near...

So, I have done 2 extract batches on my stove using a crappy 4 gallon lobster pot from Wal-mart. I have 3 sanke kegs sitting in my shed that were given to me. I am planning to build an all grain sculpture at some point with those kegs, but I don't see it happening for at least another year. I...

Awesome, this is what I like to hear. Ideally, I'd like to let is sit for month, but I was afraid that temps over 70 degrees towards the end might ruin it.

So, if it gets up to say 75 degrees in 3 weeks, it could cause some off flavors even though the fermentation is 99% done? I'm doing OK keeping it down right now, but if we get temperatures over 70, I might not be able to.

Yeah, that's what I've read. I actually started building a fermentation chamber yesterday out of some lumber that was left in my shed by the previous homeowner. It probably won't be done for a month or two though, so I am a bit worried about this batch.

Just to clarify, the bucket temp was never at 62, I pitched at 64 and it stayed 64 until yesterday afternoon when I noticed 66. It never got to 68 either, but the 66 on the fermometer started to turn blue, so it was heading that way. It may have been a 3 degree swing, but I am trying to keep it...

So, I brewed my second batch on Sunday, and it started bubbling away within 12 hours. It's the IPA kit from Northern Brewer. Anyway, I have been watching the temperature of the bucket very closely, as I want to try to keep a steady temperature. Yesterday morning the bucket was in my hallway that...