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The true meaning behind "Smoking a Fattie":rockin:

IMO when doing an extract batch the simplest way I have found to cool down the wort is to use cold water from the fridge, or ice if you trust your supply for topping off.

+1 I did the same thing on my first batch of mead, 1 gal batch in a carboy only had 1 stopper. I have since learned that a 6.5 fits just a nicely in a carboy as a 6 but is less likely to be pushed through.

If you just use the RO water it should be fine, will still have trace minerals, the DI resin removes all the trace minerals so you can make your own custom water profile for the aquarium. RO water tastes good, DI water does not. Like the old addage says if your water tastes good then brew with...

IncredibleMulk If you ever make up to the Albuquerque, there are a couple of stores that I can point you at, my first recomendation would be Victors Grape Arbor. But Lubbock is most likely closer, and I think there is a store or two in Los Cruses but not sure on that one.

Well I have already got my scouts out looking for bottles so I should be good by the time I need them, that and I belive a case of full bottles is on the horizon. As to the other problem, I decided to pop one last night just so see how bad it was, and yay bubbles! That was about the only good...

Hmm, had not thought of that, if so guess i will just have to serve it over dry ice and call it a smoking hefe.:mug:

New at beer and could be way off, but most of my wines do that, is most likely just the yeast settling out. If you watch that lower section of lighter color with all the floaties in it will get smaller every day till its all clear and dark.

I made one or two in the same night. Two weeks ago I decided it was time to bottle my first batch of beer, an extract hefewizen. Now this being my first batch of actuall beer I was excited (Inner speical needs person had taken over) but felt I knew what I was doing since I have bottled several...

I suppose its possible, but most things that can hurt you cant live in sub freezing temps so the ice shold be mostly sterile. Also I dont use store bought ice, I have my ice maker in the freezer hooked up to my RO system so is the same water that I boil and top off with. I also add water...

For me, my tap water is not drinkable IMO, but I happen to have a 5 stage RO\DI unit for the salt water tank, so I use that, just dont use the DI stage as it strips all of the trace minerals out. I was just happy to find another use to justify the unit lol.

I emptied my bladder, Which made it gladder, I peed for an hour or more. Then I sat and I shat, Till my colon was flat, Now my sphincter's all itchy and sore.

Having just gotten into the home brew sceen I am thinking about growing my own hops starting next spring. The trouble is I cant find any info on how they will do in the area I live. Here in central NM its hot, dry and windy in the summer. Soil has a lot of clay and is fairly alkaline, so I know...

For partial boils, which I do, putting around 7 lbs of ice in your primary before adding the wort will bring it right about to pitching temp when the restof the water is added. Plan on getting a chiller when I move up to full boil / AG.

Not all that close, but in central NM (Moriarty), at least I know where Hobbs is lol. Welcome to the Land of entrapment.... er enchantment.

+1 I brewed a red ale last week and used half DME and half LME, added half of each one at the start and that last 1.5 lbs of DME did not want to disolve, Next time I will put all the dry in at the start, and add the LME towards the end to keep the color light.

Thems pretty good odds :tank:

Can suck at 0200 when you have to get up for work at 0430 I belive somone here likened it to water toruture lol.

The slury I used was K1v-1116, pretty tough stuff sould work.

My first batch is done in primary, pulled a sample last night S.G. .093 yay will rack tonight for stabilization and clearing. When "disposing" of the sample I noticed one thing I did not expect..... HOT.... geez was not expecting rocket fuel from this one. Once the feeling came back in my...