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I boil water, fill up sanitized gallon jugs and freeze it. My boil ends up at 3 gallons, I cut open the ice jugs and pour the wort on top. I got to 64* in about 20 minutes last night.

Saison - I'm brewing to my environment as per the advice of a friend. Everything went smooth. This time I did not have help. I pitched my yeast at 64*. Couldn't get the hose to fit over my airlock, so it's sitting in my shower stall right now. I also tasted my amber at one week in the...

If I remember correctly you can only use it on an ingredient kit - or at least mine is. I'm getting the Fulton Libertine kit :love:

I'm doing my second batch tonight....a saison. I did my starter yesterday :) Wednesdays are turning into my beer nights!

Hmmm....Well I made my first starter last night, did the 1/2 cup dme to 2 cups water. Added the yeast to the wort a bit warm but it's a Saison - it seemed to ferment fine. Thank you so much for the wonderful tutorials!

I bottled Midwest's Amber last Wednesday.....still waiting :)

Ooh! That is a great link thanks! My saison kit is out for delivery so - I will have about three weeks to tweak my bottling setup ;)

Well, I did a huge amount of reading and research before starting. I want to have a consistent starting point to know how to adjust. 21 days seemed to be an appropriate starting point. Bottling went pretty smoothly. Left a bit more in the fermenter than I had planned - lost maybe 3...

This sounds amazing.

I'm do triathlons (sprints) on a fairly regular basis - and beer is my favorite recovery drink!

I found it to be rather tasty. My bottling help brought a six pack of it tonight.

Midwest's Autumn Amber. Smelled wonderful, looked great. Left a bit more in the fermentor than I had planned on but all in all it went well. I wasn't sure how thick the yeast cake was. Didn't worry, had a craft brew. I think I'll be in good shape in a few weeks!

About 4 blocks from me and Close Encounter was FANTASTIC.

Kentucky Bourbon Barrel Ale as I begin bottling for my first batch.

Sugar has been boiled and is cooling, everything is sanitizing, just waiting for the pizza and my bottling help to get here. Cheers!

I have looked at them...I plan on stopping one day after work on my bike ride home :) Wonder if I can carry another fermenting bucket on my bike! Ha! Not *actually* a Circus Hooker ;)

Too funny, glad it has worked out so far :)

Katesbr in Chicago!

Hey! Things are humming along. I am bottling the first brew on wednesday. Gave it 21 days in primary without cracking the lid. I'm so excited!

I made 14 pounds of ice from boiled water. Added directly to my wort. Had it down to 68 within ten or fifteen minutes. I dont have an easy way to drain. First batch is at day 12 in primary.