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That's what I do. Soak the sealed tub in very hot water. Then add some wort, put the cap on and shake. Usually gets it all.

I just dry hopped a Gumball head clone yesterday. I think it was an ounce of amarillo pellets. I boiled a sack for 5 and then dipped in sanitizer. First time dry hopping so I was a little paranoid about sanitation.

I've never done all-grain, but it sure sounds delicious! I'm curious which grains give the deep red color to red ales?

+1 what Revvy said!

Depends on what you like! What commercials beers do you drink? Oops, I was thinking of an ingredient kit.

I would think you could reuse the cages at least once, but then how would you keep track? I'd just buy new.

I second not needing secondaries. I've always wondered about cold crashing and bottling. Will there be enough yeast left to carb up in the bottle? Oh, and my wife loves the smell of brew days!

You could also fill up some pantyhose (or giant tube socks I guess) with something absorbent, kitty litter or sand. Then just build your own damn dams however large you need. It would take up a lot less space and be more flexible. It even be easy to sew up your own custom tubes.

I've been looking for a good and easy lager to try. I think this is it. Just have to wait a bit longer for the basement to get cool enough. Did you have to use a swamp cooler to get the temp down? Also, do you think the secondary is necessary? I've never racked to secondary for any ales.

I never knew what it meant either. Great idea though. I'll give it a try for my next batch.

I've never bothered with secondaries. And as Revvy said, your second bucket is most likely a bottling bucket. Spigot = bottling.

I'll have to give this a try. I just bought new tubing this weekend and I'd like to keep it nice and fresh.

This seems like a good way to ease into all grain. Subscribed for future reference!

This is why I don't mess with anything electrical! Way over my head.

You could certainly use snow in the ice bath. How about leaving a large tub out to fill with snow and then adding water to that. Although it'd probably be easier to just bring some snow to your sink or tub inside.

Any tips for getting this kind of aeration in a carboy? I put my (sanitized) hand over it and shake the hell out it. It makes me nervous and it is a bit hard on the back. It seems to work OK but I've never had foam like that!

$15 BUYS $35 IN WINE & BEERMAKING STARTER KITS, INGREDIENTS AND SUPPLIES Good in store only, so you're out of luck if you aren't in STL. I haven't made it out here yet, I live a few miles from WormsWay, but I'm in for this.

Thats the way I've done ginger ale in the past. Make a syrup and then add soda water. A side benefit is that it makes it easy to control how strong you want the taste to be. I've used this recipe in the past. Great with bourbon!

I finally mixed up a 1 gallon test batch last night while I had some real beer boiling away. I filled eleven 12oz glass bottles and one 20oz plastic to test carbonation. I had some green Heineken bottles I had been saving for apfelwein so I used those. The only problem is my wing capper seemed...

I'd go with the basement next time. From what I understand, you don't want large temperature swings during fermentation. Nice and steady in the basement.