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If it is Pyrex you should be okay but I understand your concern. I have a hard time putting hot glass in an ice bath. Normally what i try to do is sit my flask on a wash cloth and put it in my freezer and let it sit in the freezer for like 20 minutes. After that I start an ice bath take the...

You got it.

What is the op suppose to do? Ask and then ask again? Then after that ask again? And wait... after that ask some more? Keep calling and having his car ticketed. This DB doesn't respect you and that's obvious. I would change my set up to electric and brew with the garage closed. Respect...

He has every right to get in and out of his garage. People on this thread are way to diplomatic to the point of letting people walk all over them. Yes be nice. Yes ask nicely. Yes ask again nicely. After that screw him. Being nice only goes so far. Sometimes you need to be a dick to get...

Screw him. Keep brewing. And if he does call the fire marshal take him up to your balcony and show him your neighbors grill. Just remember, as tough as he can make it on you, you too can make it really tough on him. I don't like being this way but I wouldn't let someone dictate to me what I...

They probably came from Massachusetts so that would have made them Massholes!

I don't do secondary anymore. There is no use for it for a home brewer unless you are dry hopping or adding fruit to your beer. You get a better product if you leave everything in the primary for the entire duration of fermentation.

Im originally born and bred in Michigan. I moved to Massachusetts a few years ago. They really are Massholes here! Every traffic law is a suggestion. People pass on shoulders, who ever can get through a 4 way stop the fastest is the one who goes, blinkers... what are those, who cares if a...

The tubes that fit directly into the carboy neck without a gromett are the best. The foam would need to clog an 1 1/2-inch diameter tube to blow out... that will never happen.

1. If you believe you have enough yeast cells I would cold crash the starter then eventually bring the starter back to room temp, decant and pitch. 2. If you are asking if you should put a blow off tube on the starter that isn't necessary. I usually put a sanatized piece of tin foil over the...

That is how I took it. If air is being blown into the fermenter then the beer has a high probability of being infected.

I can't really visualize your setup but if your talking about blow offs for fermentation then a blow off tube is fine. I would recommend a blow off over an airlock. If you have a very active fermentation, airlocks tend to plug up causing a huge mess. A blow off tube does not have this problem.

Okay, I just bought a Johnson Control A419 temperature control for my fermentation refrigerator. I've done a lot of reading on cut in vs cut out mode. Just about everything I read said to make sure the control is set for the cut out mode which means if you have a target temperature you set the...

The best way to get rid of most off flavors is let it sit in the primary for at least three weeks. Even though your airlock isn't bubbling anymore the yeasties are still working on cleaning up after themselves. I don't even bother with a secondary anymore unless im dry hopping or adding fruit...

It is okay to do it on an electric stove as long as you use a heat diffuser. The argument is if you boil something in glass on an electric stove the coils can get really hot in one part of the coil which gives you an uneven heat distribution to your glass vessel and could cause it to break. I...

Shipping ups or fedex is not cheaper. I shipped 3 bottles via ups and it cost me $17 to do so.

Clean and sanitize everything. If there is any question if a piece of equipment is sanitized then re-sanitize it. I cannot stress this part enough. I almost quite brewing when I first started out because my sanitization practices were horrible. Nothing beats down your spirits like putting in...

I think if shipped by usps it is breaking the law. Fedex and ups wont ship alcohol but if caught nothing happens. I send beer via ups all the time. I just say its glassware and they ship it no problem.

Very nice. Have you used this yet? Im just curious if you get oxidation while the paint stirrer is running in hot wort?

I've had the same conversation and I gave her the same response... it is up to you to figure out. She realized she liked gardening. She also likes buying old furniture and fixing them up. She strips the varnish sands the wood and and gives it a old time reclaimed look. Pretty cool. She then...