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I use both. No difference in brews between the 2 metals. Just don't scrub aluminum with anything abrasive, you want that layer that it builds up to stay there. I'm not that anal about using chemicals or cleaners on a brewpot either. Wash it as soon as your done with a soft sponge and hot...

Drinking Boneyard's Suge Knight RIS. Tasty.

120 minute is more of a barleywine than an IPA. If you made that as your first brew you'd be waiting a helluva time to enjoy it.

Drinking my CDA.

Saturday I brewed an Altbier on my back porch. Boiled 7 gallons in a 7.5 gallon pot and had to keep the heat higher than usual due to the very cold weather outside. Well of course I got a wicked boil over the second I walked away, now mind you I watched this thing for the first 40 minutes of a...

Yeah that's a delicious one. Reminds me of the first time I had Rasputin! Speaking of which the Rasputin Anniversary beer is pretty awesome too.

We had state run liquor stores in Washington until about 6 months ago. Now liquor is privatized...and the price went up. We'll be bringing back the government style regulation soon on marijuana though as we just legalized that...we'll see how well that works... I just took gravities on my...

Drinking my Maple Double Porter...delicious. I was going to be gifting some bottles of it for christmas but now I'm not so sure I'm willing to part with it.

I'm new to batch sparging. I've done about 5 batches so far. I've got all the calculations for water down but have seen varying opinions on whether or not to wait after adding my mash out or sparge water. If I need to add mash out water to my first runnings at the end of mashing to reach my...

I made my first cider recently and it's sitting in secondary right now at 0.98. I want to carbonate and back sweeten in when it goes into the bottle. I've read several opinions on what to do including flavorings and concentrate. I'm leaning towards using concentrate...what quantities would I...

I've got an oatmeal pale ale in primary on its 7th day and its got an interesting thin white film on it. Its similar looking to the layer that collects on top of krausen. I've never had anything like this before that I can remember. The film appears to have yeast chunks or hop resins floating...

Thanks for the reply! That's what I was wondering.

1 package of WyEast 2124 Bohemian Lager...it did not swell much. I've made several ales but this is my first lager and frankly the first time I have had this slow of a start up. Usually my beers go nuts within 12 hours.

I brewed a 2.5 gallon batch of Pilsner yesterday and have yet to see any fermentation signs. I know, I know...wait 72 hours before taking a hydrometer and repitching if necessary. My question is this: I pitched at 65F because this yeast is supposed to be fine in the mid 60F range and...