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Hey all, Happy Friday!! So I've been brewing extract for years now and just since the beginning of the year I converted to all grain to help get the batch costs down as extract is expensive. Anyways, my first batch was a best bitter, undershot my OG a bit, but who cares? Beer finished out...

You totally can, just need to get some fittings and lead free solder to sweat and extend your input/output lines to correct your issue.

Y'all beat me to it! Degas daily and keep a nose to your airlock to help ward off stressed yeasties. Fermaid O is your friend at this point. I made a semi-sweet blackberry blossom still sack mead this last summer and was very good. It is a labor of love the first month to keep degassing and...

It is always a shame to see a good company bought out by a behemoth. I am lucky, I have two LHBS on the other side of town from me, both are fantastic and I am friends with both of the owners. One of them has a full website to place orders, not bad for a two person operation. This is a time...

This is a good one!

To answer your original question, yes, it is traditionally a lager. But there are some pretty awesome O Fest beers done up with ale yeast. I can only do lagers during the winter as I don't have reliable cool temperature control. Do an O Fest recipe and use either a Kölsch yeast or even Lutra.

For the price of the 10 gallon Gott/HD/Rubbermaid drink cooler, if you don't brew all that much(less than once a month), can't beat it. If you feel the need to burn some cash, get something shiny. I am in the 10 gallon drink cooler group, works fine for me and still lets me do things outside...

@CascadesBrewer hit it right on the head. I overbuild my starters all the time to ensure my yeast bank of slurries is as vital as possible. This also allows clean slurry being stored and the yeast never sees the typical environment seen in a fermentation vessel which allows a repeatable slurry...

Liquid yeast is not cheap. To make it cheap, you make starters with it. If its a favorite, you make a bigger starter than you need and decant some into a sanitized mason to store in the fridge for future use. Making a 2L starter with a couple steps is only a couple dollars to increase cell...

1. American - Pacman (Joystick A18) 2. English - London ESB Wyeast 1968 3. Belgian Ale - Belgian Strong Wyeast 1388 4. Lager - Oktoberfest Lager Blend Wyeast 2633 5. Random - Kölsch Wyeast 2565 I keep a jar of each in my fridge! Try and rotate them through(aside from the OFest, don't have that...

Just because it can, doesn't mean it should. LOL

Been using StarSan exclusively for my sanitizer and have never had anything odd happen with skin irritation or reactions with my equipment. I can say that it will react on Formica counter tops(the kind the Wife does NOT approve of). Thankfully there are a number of other sanitizers out there...

Never needed to. Super easy to clean on packaging day, I spray the stuck on krausen and sediment out with my spray nozzle on my utility sink and then I fill that sucker up with a hot mild solution of PBW, give it a gentle scrub and then open the sample port to flush. Rinse it well and then...

My Wife bought one for me not quite two years ago as a fathers day gift/birthday present. The sample port is worth it! I also have the black jacket for it as I'm not always able to store mine in a closet during fermentation. Planning on picking up a second this year as I love it so much!

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I do not own a CFC, but my buddy does. Once he's done with it on brew day and cleans out his kettle. He fills it half full(10 gallon kettle) of 180F water and PBW and circulates it through for a half hour. Then runs Star San through it and puts it all away. He also recirculates for the last...

I have two bundles of Ikea kitchen/hand towels that I've run through a hot wash cycle with bleach and use them for my Blackstone and my brewing and they absorb water/liquids just dandy.

I've got three girls; 11mo, 4yo, 13yo, so the schedule is pretty set during the week. I have to pick a day a week in advanced to make sure I can have a totally uninterrupted brew day. I am up and at it by 5am, like strike water is ready to go to mash in.

No it wasn't in response to you. I was a dunce and didn't it edit to add to my post. Thankfully most can figure it out without getting feathers ruffled, but don't want to assume anymore these days. :mug:

I guess sarcasm isn't well read.