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Same as above. mine always kinda sits until it dries.

I may have to try and get to this one. I have yet to find the time/work up the courage to attend a meeting for either club.

The keg is a great idea. Just like everyone else said, as long as everything is sanitized, the beer will be fine. I would be more worried about spilling it in the car haha. That's not too hard to figure out though.

I do the same for my beer bottles. I soak them in star san and then drain them and put them onto a sanitized bottling tree. Before I fill, I dunk the neck into the star san again. That probably doesn't do anything, but it makes me feel good. I also keep a spray bottle handy. Keep in mind, I...

I would agree with the above comment. That looks like one of those water cooler bottles. While your beer will happily ferment in there, I have heard they are extremely difficult to clean and many people will use them only once. Additionally, the fermenters mentioned about were specifically...

Anything that I need sanitized stays in my bucket/tub of sanitizer until I use it. I have never found a need to let it all sit out after being sanitized. I agree about the comment about no wipes. The chemicals used on those wipes have the potential to linger on your equipment. I would be more...

I came here for incendiary comments/flame war, as I am bored at work, and have been thoroughly disappointed. Why must you all be so civil. There is no entertainment in that.

Seems like the consensus it to leave her alone. I did cut off a few unhealthy bines of my 3rd Willamette. After the move, I was able to tend to it more often and it has shot up a few new bines. I only cut down the ones that looked very unhealthy or that had those ends where it looks like nothing...

I am in Southern California. Right now I am hand watering it but I will be setting up an irrigation system to water it everyday. It gets plenty of sun and already has 8 or so new bines sprouting. This makes me think that it isn't too unhappy in its new home. The previous owner also had a trellis...

I have a 3 year old cascade plant that has gone through a few environmental changes in the past few years. I took it from a cooler climate to a much hotter one and removed it from its pot a few weeks ago. When I planted it in the ground, I cut down all of its bines to make it easier. Thankfully...

I dry hopped in primary last night. Took a reading and saw it was about 1.005 and decided that was low enough to assume fermentation was over. I never transfer to a secondary for almost any reason. you should be fine.

what part of LA?

Can't you buy burners that are equipped for natural gas? If so, that will be a serious consideration. My only question would be how to continue to brew right outside of the garage. I hate the sound/buzzing of hoods. I'm not sure I could take it.

I just realized I never responded with what I ended up doing for brew day #1 at the new place. I used the garage. Like everyone said above, the proximity to the sink and storage was just too good to pass up. I did set up my burner outside of the garage and some chairs in the garage in the shade...

My soon to be fiancé are moving into a new house soon. While it is extremely exciting, my current brewing situation will be upturned again and I will need to figure out the best way to adjust to my new house. Luckily, this should be a much more permanent space. We are purchasing this house...

Very fair. I just always had problems with the balancing even after using a few calculators and whatnot to try and find the correct length and such. Luckily, I have had very few issues so far.

That was my conclusion as well. I emailed their published email last night to ask about it. They are trying to incentivize people/clubs with bigger prizes. It looks like if your club hosts a competition, it can earn some money. I am thinking that the money has to come from somewhere, so that is...

I was just wandering around the forum when I saw this ad at the top of the page. Has anyone heard of this site before? It seems like a pretty cool/fun idea. Has anyone ever sent a beer into one of these challenges before? Do you guys think it would be fun? I have always kinda wondered about...

If it isn't on a stir plate, you can totally see a krausen form and see bubbles like a normal fermentation. If you pull it off of the stir plate early, I can normally see bubbles rise through it.