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As mentioned, the pay could be extremely low, high, or just right depending on the cost of living where you are. Where I am, that's roughly where I started two years ago, and it has afforded me the ability to live beyond comfortably. Its not the salary I was hoping for when I started college...

For me, the best value was purchasing a 4-keg kit which came with the 4-way distributor (with individual shut-offs, etc.). The price difference between a 2-keg kit and a 4-keg kit was $70 when I purchased a month or so ago. Trying to piece it together, the cheapest I could find the distributor...

4-8'? I'm no stranger to snow, but even that makes me whimper. Not necessarily for the difficulty getting around as I can work from home just as easily, but for the idiots on the roads. We got 4-5 INCHES and there were people spun out everywhere. Here's high hopes that it doesn't turn to...

I gave a BIAB setup a shot last time I brewed outside. My stove, even though I had the pot over two burners, could not get the 7ish gallons of water to boil. I did try, because I was using the stove to maintain my mash temps (trying to do so with the propane burner would have been a nightmare...

We recently did one where the windchill was in the single digits, and it was less than thrilling. Three brews with a high of 16 degrees? Not again :p And yes, I second the notion of not using the hose. We had to thaw and re-thaw the hose leading into the chiller and leading out of it each...

For me, labeling makes little sense as we reuse the bottles several times and I'd hate to make a nice label just to scrape it off when we changed beers. If I ever get into a consistent rotation of beers I brew, this may make more sense. For me, I write the style's initials on the cap, along...

The last one my brother and I had (filled from a brewery, not our home brew) lasted us 5 days. We both liked the beer very much and have since realized that we'd need to slow down because we won't be able to keep beer on tap at that rate. To fix that though, we brewed three beers this last...

I tried taking it to the local U-Haul to get it filled. The date was only 10 years ago, and their policy is 12, but the guy refused to fill it unless it was re-tested. I didn't feel like picking a fight, so I drove across the street and exchanged it for one at the AmeriGas change - I suspect...

We use a 20lb tank as well, mostly just because that's what my grill uses. We keep two around though just in case one runs out while we're grilling or brewing. We found this out the hard way. My buddy bought it from one of the "Buy or Exchange" places, and we went to refill and they...

That was another thing I noticed. Based on the rough calculations I found online, I needed to start my BIAB session with ~ 7.5 gallons of water to get myself down to 5 gallons after the boil. I started with slightly more than 8 gallons of water and ended up with just about 4 gallons of wort in...

We only have one propane burner, so that was definitely our limiting factor. For mashing mine, I put it on the stove (my pot is big enough to fit on two burners) and started it mashing while the second brew was boiling. I've got another burner on my Christmas wish list, but I'll probably wind...

We made an breakfast stout that is supposed to be a clone of Founder's Breakfast Stout, an "American Ale" from a kit my buddy picked up, and a BIAB All Grain (my first) Cream of Three Crops. Eh, had we started earlier, and had less distractions, and was a touch more organized it wouldn't...

Its like a game, and every beer you get after you think it should be empty is a bonus at the end of the game :)

Yesterday, my brother and a mutual friend of ours got together for the first of what we hope to be monthly brewing sessions from here on out. I've never done more than two brews in a single day, nor have I ever done an all grain batch (BIAB), so there were definitely some learning curves here...

I dont know that I ever want to do that again. Three brews, two relatively new brewers along with my still newbie-ish self. Then a few others showed up, and distracted pretty much everyone (but for fun, not just to be disruptive). Couple that with temps that "feel like 16" lead to a long...

I brewed and bottled three batches of beer before I opted for kegging. But, I saved most of the bottles. That wouldn't work now, because I'm working on increasing my frequency of brewing, so I'd have to keep bottles for each brew I'm working on. That said, I still plan on bottling a few...

My brother and a buddy of ours are getting together this weekend to do three different brews. I'm giving the Cream of Three Crops Ale a shot as my first all grain (BIAB) attempt, my brother picked up ingredients for an extract version of Founder's Breakfast Stout, and our friend we're still not...

For me, its because that's what "everyone else" was doing. A few of my friends did, the internet told me to, and I actually had some of the supplies on hand before I actually started brewing. I pondered doing 1-2 gallon batches just so I could try new things more frequently, but I realized...

I can't confirm how many fermenters will fit in our freezer-on-top fridge, but I know I can fit 6 corny kegs and the CO2 tank with some clever routing of the lines. Overall I would imagine two buckets or carboys could be fermenting and you'd still have some vertical space to work with. I can't...

Does it count as goals for 2011 if I've already started putting things in motion? :p 1. I'm another brewer wanting to get his feet wet (figuratively) with all-grain brewing. My first attempt will be this Sunday, but I'm using it for a trial as to how I want to continue. 2. Finish the keg...