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For whatever its worth... I had a similar deal a year or so ago. 4 or 5 bad batches. Tried all manner of remedies, but the one that worked was doing away with the plastic ale pail. Went to glass for primary and secondary and no problem since.

I'm exposing my ignorance here, but what and where is this "HD" that sells Hallertau and Cascade for these prices?

Recipe is 9 lbs 2row (Rohr) 1 lb Caramel Pils 2 oz Cascade for 60 1 oz Cascade for 1 min Windsor Ale Yeast. 3 1/2 gallons of dough-in at 152 for 1 hr, heat an additional 5 gallons to 180 and batch sparge 3 times to get a shade over 6 gallons, which I boil down to a bit under 5 gallons...

Made an all-grain pale ale using a recipe I've done dozens of times. Everything went fine. Chilled and was draining into the primary when I got a call and had to leave. Only step left was pitching the yeast. Asked my wife to do it. Using dry Windsor. She asked how. I told her to just...

I winter brew in the basement... connect the immersion chiller cold water line (plastic) to the sink faucet... hot-water-out drains first into the MLT. A couple of gallons and some cleaner goes in it, then hot water into a 5 gallon bucket and saved for cleaning up other stuff later. Very...

Thanks all... I'll at least look into the insulated cover.... if for no other reason than that I like the looks of the big boil I get with the turkey burner and feel uneasy with the slow roller on the stove top. I'm making a couple of batches with the slo-boil though to see if I can notice a...

Question for one of you experts. I normally AG using an outdoor LP burner, therefore back off during the cold weather months (Iowa). We have a kitchen setup in the basement my wife uses for canning, so I decided to try it, not knowing if the gas range would boil 6 gallons but figuring if it...

What part of Iowa? I'm from the SW corner and always looking for a fellow brewer in the neighborhood.

I've heard the DMS objection, but the Aussies claim there's nothing to it. Guess that's why I decided to try it and see.

I'm about seven days into an AG no-chill ale (drained from boiling pot as soon as the burner was turned off and sealed in a 5 gal plastic jug to cool at its leasure) and it looks good so far. Aussie forums indicate they use this a lot, but don't see much about it here (may have missed it)...

Plan to grow hops next year (in Iowa). Looking for a source of cuttings. Have the usual seed catalogues, but wondering if any of you have a better source in mind. Also I have an ample supply of hay/straw so garden with a fairly thick mulch, which we like for moisture retention/weed control...

Sorry. I just signed up. This was my first post and I didn't know it should have been put elsewhere.

What part of Iowa??? I'm from the SW corner... giving up the bottled stuff and will fill my first keg tonight.

Thanks to all... I'm a first timer on this forum and wasn't sure what to expect (if anything). Good answers.. I'll keg the wine and see what happens.

I use a kegger & co2 system for homebrew. My wife and her friends prefer her homemade cherry wine, of which she makes about five gallons a year and bottles. She wants me to keg and carbonate her wine, which sounds doable, but I'm wondering if anyone has tried it or has thoughts as to whether...