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I am also one to "research" styles at a bar before spending time and money. I usually stick to styles I think I will like. Don't like lagers enough to have 50 bottles of it. I rarely brew any fruit beers. Tried one sour; never even got as far as bottling it. It got infected, tasted horrible...

Enjoy! At least for me, all-grain BIAB is the perfect place to be. Less capital investment in equipment, less storage space needed (I have limited space), makes me feel more involved than I think I would feel if I had a fancier setup. Good times!

Empties looking for a new home. I have 8-10 cases rinsed bottles. Mostly brown 12-oz., maybe a total of one case of green, and 10-20 bombers, liters, etc.

It doesn’t appear $$ is an issue for you, but regular 2-row is $20-$35 cheaper than Maria Otter. I just happen to like English ales a lot, so use it for most of my beers. Regular 2-row is a cheaper, and viable alternative for many beer styles, though.

Due to a break in my "pipeline" (no beer ready to drink for two weeks), I recently found myself at Costco looking for a decent price on a palatable beer to get my wife and myself through the tough times. I (foolishly) thought "she likes Belgian beer, I like Belgian beer...that's pretty cheap for...

Exact same process here. Only a LOT more batches over past 14 years. And never a problem.

For the last 8-10 years I've been collecting old, embossed beer bottles at garage sales, estate sales, and a few antique stores. I now have a couple hundred from mostly small, defunct breweries. I even have a 2-liter "picnic bottle", which was made for just that reason. Most are from the...

I've read it takes human taste buds up to 20 "tastes" of something different before they go"hey, this isn't so bad". Mother Nature's way to try and keep us from eating many poisonous things, which frequently have nasty (sometimes bitter) tastes. I still don't care for most IPAs, although I keep...

Sorry, all. I forgot to mention that I use 6 gallons of RO water (purchased at the same store I grocery shop) and use 1 to 1 and 1/2 gallons filtered tap water. I'll look into Bru'n Water (or other online calculators someone may recommend). So this may sound like a stupid question, but if this...

Does anyone have a good pH meter recommendation (i.e. fairly inexpensive but accurate)?

Any significant reason to use one versus the other? I have both on hand. Will one go better with rose hips? using Cascade hops, MO-4lbs., Vienna-4lbs., and flaked oats- 4 oz.

Never done it. Important? Critical? Where do I start? A good basic resource? Wasn't sure what type of "Search " to do on here, so any help would be appreciated. I've been brewing about ten years and never really looked into it before. I posted this here because I only BIAB, and didn't see a...

I use two old sleeping bags and a couple of old rugs wrapped around my BK. You can probably get old sleeping bags cheap on ebay , Craigslist, even garage sales. I brew in temps down to about 30 F. Make sure you wrap ALL around ((I used to not wrap underneath and lost a lot of heat from there in...

How about if I have a lemonade to quench my thirst, then a beer afterwards? Sort ofan internal shandy.

Cool. I'll definitely check it out. I've made a number of his recipes from the Guide to Vintage Beer. I really like milds, and having a variety of recipes in one place is great. This past Christmas, I got his inch and a half thick book on milds. Probably way more than I'll ever need to know...

Great! Thanks, I really appreciate it.

I'm not a big lager or pils fan. I also tend to do 90 minute boils, and happen to really like British bitters and milds, and use either Maris Otter or mild malt. Mostly browns, porters, and stouts throughout winter. Rest of the year, pale ales, wheats, Belgian pale ales and patersbiers (so some...

Thanks all, I will check these options out. I'd forgotten Pattinson has a lot of low ABV options; I have the book (so damn many brewing books i can't remember what's in which one). I'll dive back into it. :mug:

It's a 6.5 or 7 gallon container, so there's always some airspace, although it's so airtight it actually collapses the container a little, decreasing the airspace. But I know nothing's getting in there, and have on occasion left it for several days, no problem. The wort goes in right after...

Thanks, I'll try that with two batches. And sure, I'll try your oatmeal stout recipe.