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  1. jackson_d

    First Keg Set up!

    Thank you gentlemen, I'm excited about it. Should show up tomorrow or wednesday.... already pricing out keezers, i can fit two in the extra fridge but I have 3 better bottles wainting to be kegged...
  2. jackson_d

    First Keg Set up!

    Well yes.. My first ever homebrew batch was somewhere around march of this year. went AG about 5 weeks later. now less than 6 months and I have on delivery 4 kegs with manifold and all the tubing being sent to me from midwest. was looking at the current better bottles and not excited...
  3. jackson_d

    Cheap and Easy Bottle Cap Labels

    Fellow Homebrewers... I have not made to move to kegging due to finances. I would love to put nice graphic designs on bottle labels, but I re use most of my bottles and I HATE peeling lables. I was looking for a solution to my problem of labeling bottles but not having to peel them...
  4. jackson_d

    Metropolitan Flywheel- Chicago

    Anyone in Chicago enjoyed this yet? Very tasty for a lager... I'm not even close to good enough or experienced enough yet to try and think what the recipe might be. Anyone with a developed beer palate think they might know whats in there? I am thinking about doing my first lager sometime in...
  5. jackson_d

    IIPA not carbonating. Any ideas?

    I had this exact same problem with a kolsch I did. The OG was low and only came about to be about 4.5%abv. It was the second beer i ever cold crashed. I had cold crashed rappberry wheat a week earlier. no carb issues with the wheat. but the kolsch took about 6 weeks to fully carbonate...
  6. jackson_d

    Stone Brewing Escondido Ca (PICTURES)

    I am jackson_d's raging jealousy.... those of us in illinois who care to look know that for some reason Stone Brewery and the politically influenced state of IL liquor distribution engine do not get along. we in IL are not privy to this amazing breweries treasures. we have to travel north...
  7. jackson_d

    LHBS Mill versus DIY Mill....

    i am having the very same problem. every time i go to LHBS the mill is either super tight, or super loose. when it was tighter i got 83%. past two times looser 70%. also i suspect my digi therm is off. the analog on the kettle (bobby_m's therm/sightglass) always registers 4-6deg lower than...
  8. jackson_d

    Gravity / IBU Ratio and conditioning question

    Relax Dont Worry Have A Home Brew and throw out the graph and calculations, its your very first home brew, get it bottled, wait a few weeks, give it a taste and go on from there... You are gonna drive yourself nuts if you over analyze every time you brew like you just did with the graph and...
  9. jackson_d

    Fermentation time table

    i'm not an expert, just an enthusiast, but i always leave every beer i brew in primary for at least 2 weeks. every beer, no matter the airlock activity.. then depending on gravity 14 days after brewing, i either go to secondary or give it one more week in primary. just leve it in there 7 more...
  10. jackson_d

    first batch questions?

    I saw that on someone else's tag and stole it myself, I cant remember who's.. enjoy!
  11. jackson_d

    first batch questions?

    right when you start the siphon before going into the carboy siphon a little bit into the hydrometer test jar thing. about $4-5 at the HBS. i didnt buy one at first, but the third time i brewed i got one and am very happy i did. yes detach the hose from the cane, cant be too careful go...
  12. jackson_d

    Hops - how do you apply them to your wort?

    this thing cost me about $11. the wood dowel rod right thru the center is cheaper and easier to assemble than the metal thing with the 4 posts thru it i do though still get a fair amount of pellet trub that leaks thru the paint strainer. my LHBS had these really fine elastic things that you...
  13. renewedferment

    renewedferment

    raspberry added when G reached 1.012 in primary. racked to secondary then raspberry added
  14. ferment

    ferment

    1.5# Oregon Fruit Puree Raspberry added to each secondary
  15. busy

    busy

    raspberry wheat in secondary 2 days after raspberries added, liberty ale clone all grain bottle conditioning
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    DSCN0703

    3 Floyd's
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    DSCN0702

    3 Floyd's
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    DSCN06981

    3 Floyd's! aka Heaven
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    DSCN0697

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