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I am excited about trying this one out. It will be my second brew ever and first AG attempt. I have had a herd time getting my wife interested in a style of beer to keep her interested in me continuing to brew, but she is as excited about it as I am. She is going to Costco on Monday and bringing...

Kids and I bottled our first batch ever brewed. APA, tasted delicious, cant wait for carbonation and already planning the next brewday.

Thank you so much, very generous with your time and help. Hope to meet up with you again sometime and have some brews to share back.

I am looking to bottle my first batch of brew this weekend. What is the best or preferred method of removing labels from and cleaning 50+ commercial bottles and getting them ready to sanitize?

Carboys for sure, possibly the copper as well.

I'm east of Dallas, just getting into brewing and would he interested if you still have them. Let me know.

Thank you Jim, And though I sound a bit dense, i just want to clarify, I am using a temp controlled fridge set at 66F, beer has been in there the whole time. It will go straight to cold crash. So the temp I will use for priming calculation is 66F?

Ok, so Krausen fell completely 2 days ago, airlock less active. I racked to secondary yesterday. I know that many here say it is not necessary, and I completely understand why, however I had to correct a mistake I made on brew day. When i topped up my 5 gal carboy, I forgot to think about...

So after bottling, is it better for the filled bottles to go back in the temp controlled fermentation chamber for 2 weeks or so and then chilled? Or better for a little bit higher room temperature for the 2 weeks?

Thanks for the link to the calculator, Question: Should the beer temperature be the temperature at which it is bottled? or the temperature at which it is stored for bottle conditioning? And tagged on tho those questions, what is the recommended bottle conditioning temperature? 4>---->

Thanks for the helpful replies. I guess I need to drink a bunch of craft beer to have enough bottles. Lol

http://www.mountainvalleyspring.com/products/1-liter/ I acquired 6 of these bottles the other day from a neighbor friend of ours and thought I may be able to use them for bottling beer in. I was not sure though seeing as I am new to brewing and was not sure about the metal screw on cap. I...

Kids and I brewed our first batch on Sat. American Pale Ale. We had lots of fun, learned the lesson of the boil-over, got it all in the carboy with minimal spillage. Krausen formed, resting comfortably in the fermentation chamber.

Krausen formed, bubbles rising, airlock sputtering away. Fridge with temperature control holding it to a steady 66F.

Brew day went well. Good lessons learned. 5 Gal in the temperature controlled spare fridge. Anxiously awaiting bubbles. Thank you all again for all the advice and help on getting started, I am sure you will be answering many more for me in future. Already trying to decide on what to brew in 2...

Picked up some equipment from a brewer off of Craigslist this morning, and went by LHBS on the way back. Came home with an American Pale Ale, extract with steeping grains setup that they were very gracious to walk me through. I plan on trying it out tomorrow morning and will update progress...

Thanks a lot y'all for the advice and insight into Kolsch fickleness. Looks like I am picking up some used brewing equipment on Friday morning and hope top head to the LHBS on the way home and may be brewing my first batch as early as Saturday. I am looking into using a temperature control...

Thanks all for the warning about Kolsch being temperamental. I have been reading about using a temperature control with a fridge or freezer to maintain consistent temeratures for lager ing and fermentation. I have an extra fridge I was planning on keggerating later on ,but proper fermentation...

I have sen some people on these forums talking about using a temperature controller with a fridge or freezer. Is that something that I could use to achieve a consistent temperature for fermentation? I have an extra fridge that I was planning on converting to a keggerator at some point, but a...

I have seen some people talking about using a temperature control with a fridge or freezer, it seems like a great way to manage fermentation temperatures in a very consistent way, any thoughts? I have an unused fridge that I was planning on using for a kegerator at some point but seems that...