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Thanks for the reality check. I don't want to overpay for something that's used.

After looking at the "Show Us your Kegerator" thread I know that you can throw as much money as you feel like at your kegging set up. I am looking to get set up with a small-ish unit that can hold either two corny kegs & associated hardware or one 5 gallon carboy w/ lock and a corny keg or...

I am making a partial mash Marzen (Cheezydemon's recipe) this weekend and have some questions regarding the use of a Mash/Lauter Tun. Background: I made a Rubbermaid MLT about a year & half ago. I used it and ended up making a poor version of Sierra Nevada IPA. It was a very watery, low bodied...

Had a great brew day with my buddy on Saturday, but the results of our labors were less than optimal IMHO. :mad: This is the second time we've brewed the same recipe, just to see if we could improve or change it somehow. It's a Sierra Nevada clone: *** Ingredients: • 8 oz. caramel...

I'm thinking about putting one of these together here pretty soon. Thanks FlyGuy for the awesome instructions & parts list. You did all the hard work and we reap the benefits! I remember reading earlier in the thread that someone proposed using a Tee type connector on the inside and running...

Are the Red Stripe bottles twist off or non? Also, I found out that Star San removes paint at about the same time the OP did. I was soaking some bottles to sanitize and there were a few Arrogant Bastards and other misc Stone brewery bottles that the paint just started flaking off. It seems to...

I guess I'll never know for sure unless I do another batch of this without the nutrient, but WOW, it really took off strong. Since this is the first higher gravity beer I've ever done, let alone the fact that it's my first dark beer I think I'm going to just see what happens (i.e. not mess...

OK, let me make sure I understand: #1 the OG that I achieved on this batch (1.072) is low for a true Imperial Stout. #2 I could add some DME at this point even though fermentation is 4 days along to achieve a high gravity beer #3 High Gravity beers are difficult to carbonate in the bottle...

Yes, I plan to carbonate in the bottle. Also, what about the syggestion that I add 3lbs boiled DME to the primary? It's been fermenting for about 4 days now. . . will that really work?

Why do you think that I ended up on the low side of expected OG for RIS? Is it the recipe or something else? The wort was very well aerated by the time I took a reading so it wasn't under-mixing with water that was the culprit. I've never attempted a big beer before so I didn't know what to...

What is "bulk conditioning" mean? I assume it means to condition "in bulk" or all at once in a carboy as opposed to in bottles.

Any thoughts on how long this particular beer should remain in Primary? I'm thinkin about a week but the secondary could be more like month or so.

Yeah, I would've used a starter but I wanted to get it done that day. FWIW, this recipe is an adaptation of the Armenian Imperial Stout in Papazian's book.

I just brewed this on Monday (6/18) & got an OG of 1.072. It's got crazy, crazy activity going right now in my 6.5 Gallon carboy. It plugged up my airlock with foam & beer so I had to install a blow off tube. I will report back with a reading when I go to Secondary. This is my first dark beer...