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Norther Brewer has a Black IPA extract kit and a Cream Stout IPA extract kit (think that's the name; supposed to be a tamer version of the Black IPA)

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I use a Bayou Classic SP10 ($50 from Amazon; free shipping too); takes about 25 minutes to go from tap water temp (around 70-80F) to boiling. It works just fine for me If you've got the money, the Blichmann Burner ($150) is considered fuel-sipping and top of the line

It's an extract kit, Black IPA; I don't know much about it: http://www.northernbrewer.com/shop/black-ipa-extract-kit.html

I use plastic buckets. I can't see any problems unless you're aging 6 months or more

Just wondering, I've found a beer I love, but I'd like to be able to drink more than 1 or 2 pints without being rocked, so next time I'd like to lower the alcohol. Is there a way to alter the alcohol without changing the taste? Do I just tinker with the sugar?

Go with 6.5 - the CO2 given off by the yeast is more than enough to fill that space. I've currently got 4 gallons in a 7 gallon carboy, and 3 hrs after I pitched, the airlock was bubbling merrily away

Has anyone asked the guy if he's doing sanitary welds? Just wondering if everything's clean and he's using pure CO2 and whatnot

I picked up a few mesh bags from my LHBS; I use them all the time when racking from the kettle to the primary and I'm always amazed at the tons of trub they pick up. Great aeration too

They sell a chalkboard paint at home depot/lowes. I've been kicking around the idea to paint a 1x1x1 partch/area of my fermenters with it, then I can just use chalk to mark what's inside

Hmm, good point. I did some digging and found a few more threads (all from this forum, which is the reason I joined :ban:) https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f35/food-grade-c02-260588/ https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f35/food-grade-co2-18805/...

"Selling" implies you're financially gaining from it; donations are giveaways

Damn, good post; bumping this for newcomers

I've been reading the threads for awhile, and while most keg threads are about setup or pressures, there's a common theme in bottling threads - the controlling of off-flavors and mellowing of the beer over weeks/months. It's said that the beer takes a few weeks in bottles to mellow out, get...

You still sound incredibly entitled. They can do what they want with their own product; they don't owe you anything and they don't need to kiss your ass when they say "no" - a simple "obvious reasons" is fine - trade secrets, duh.

Fill the bath tub; dunk everything except what's not waterproof (regulator) under water, then look for the bubbles

Leave it alone. The yeast know what they're doing and people have been making beer in cauldrons for hundreds of years in worse conditions than you have. Walk away, leave the beer alone

Do they even need cleaning? Alcohol itself is a sanitizer after all

Sounds unsanitary. Your house is full of e.coli, but the bathroom takes the cake

This is so weak I don't even know what to say. Chaotic evil is where it's at. :rockin: