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I'll be kegging this kit in less than a week. I'm very excited. Even though I'm in the south, I did get to tour Surly on a visit to MN just a couple months ago. Awesome beers coming out of that place. Oh, one small tip- I found that that 1335 is pretty slow to show signs of life. It took...

I've got some wyeast 1335 I washed after brewing a Surly Furious. I'm not really famiiliar with it, but figured I'd save some money by keeping it. Now I'm thinking of trying my first smash brew and I'm hoping this yeast won't impart too much flavor of its own. Can anyone help me out with...

I took a tour at Surly in Minneapolis last month, and this was the process they described using. They then fine-tune the carbonation using forced pressure into the bright tank. I suppose that final step could be eliminated, leaving the beer "naturally carbonated."

Oh, Flying Dog is a good one. I believe they also do Wild Goose there, one of my very favorite underrated beers!

Blue Mountain brewery is pretty fantastic, though I wouldn't pass up Dogfish Head in DE to go that route. Devil's Backbone is also pretty good (I was put off by how sweet many of their beers were, but that's just me), but again, I'd be itching to see Dogfish much more than either of the two...

MTB- Thanks for the link. I have a feeling it will be relied upon heavily.

Now that you mention it, the description is a bit confusing. At one point it says, "Plug the freezer into the outlet cord, place the sensor in the area to be controlled and program and wire the temperature. This thermostat simply turns off the freezer when it reaches the specified temperature...

I'm looking around for a deal on a thermostat, which is the last essential piece of my keezer project (using picnic taps for now). Everything I'm seeing is in the $50 and up range. I decided to try ebay to see if I could find a deal on a used one when I stumbled across this listing. Is...

Thanks folks! I just went out and ran the pressure up to 30 for a few seconds, then purged, then back up to about 12. We'll see if the smell persists in the morning. I'll keep an eye on the gauges as well.

I got my kegging setup finished today and kegged two batches. I've got pressure on both set at about 12 pounds for carbing. Just peaked to check the temperature inside the chiller, and I smell beer. I assumed that the kegs would seal tight enough that smell would be trapped in. All seals are...

Red Oak is on 85 near Greensboro. Probably not on the route between Philly and OBX. If you make it anywhere near Farmville, NC, Duck Rabbit is a phenomenal brewery. There are also some good ones in Raleigh. If you go down through DE and cross the by to the Norfolk area, you're pretty well...

FYI on Miller High Life's clear bottles- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skunked_beer#Lightstruck_beer Turns out it's the hop extract they use that makes HL immune to the light issues. At least... so says Wiki.

Here ya go... http://www.midwestsupplies.com/carboy-cap-6-5-gallon-carboys.html

Sounds like fun and like something the wife will enjoy. Cheers!

I once had corks go bad on a couple bottles of Sam Adams Triple Bock (a very rich, dark beer for those who don't remember it), and it tasted exactly like worchestershire sauce. Oxydation maybe?

Cover the fermenter and set it outside. What's the temp up in Michigan tonight? Should cool pretty quick.

Wait... are you talking about water or beer? :D

While softeners do use salt, that salt does not make it into your water. The simplest type of water softener, AFAIK, uses glass beads. The minerals in your water cling to the beads as the water is filtered through. That salt is used to clean the glass beads as the minerals build up. The...

All this talk of cheap beer, and no love for the one that made Milwaukee famous?? Gentlemen, I am disapointed...