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I brewed one with a white labs 29 and it sat for two days. I threw in a safeale 05 and it started right up. I will let you know how it turned out here in about a week.

Complete keezer newbie here. My wife and I have redone our back room as a beer room, installed a laminate floor (click type is a two man job and still sucks BTW) repaint, et al. We have our manual defrost chest freezer, 41 inches long, 21 wide. I have it set up with a johnson thermostat...

What about the pressure?

Emptys, of course. I want them gone so fast.

Midwest kit into a chest freezer with external thermo. Sweet stout, I adjusted the water to try to be right at 5 gal. Three-and-a-half weeks in the fermenter. I went out and got the air bottle filled. Super hot water in the keg several times (until the orange smell stopped). Filled...

After aging this went down well. As for the chocolate, there is the very faintest taste of it. The vanilla is none at all. I am considering doing this again, with double the amounts of coco and vanilla.

Thanks guys

I did the northern brewer cream, friends drank it down quick.

Teflon tape. Dry it, then apply.

I got done washing it and rinsing it, and I picked it up and it squirted out of my hands. It bounced once and exploded, glass went everywhere including on us. I don't wear glasses but I didn't get any in my eye, some hit my cheek. What kind of stopper do I need? Can I use a bubbler...

What size port? What side stopper and airlock should I order? Can I use bleach? Special brand of port since I cant get a hand in there?

Thanks. What else do I need to know?

I was lucky my wife and I didn't get hurt. Took an hour to get all the glass up. What does a guy who knows nothing at all need to know about ordering a 5 gal better bottle? I know nothing other than it has to be safer.

Very heavy head. It pours with a 4-inch tight head, that takes several minutes to fade.

Bottled today (Oct 21). The Chocolate taste is down to a hint. Vanilla is down to nothing. Given that this beer is flat, it tastes like a great winter warmer with a light chocolate note. My ABV calc shows 6.1.... Light? I did add 1 TBS vanilla extract at secondary.

Okay, I racked to secondary today. At primary, I was at 1.060 (after adding the powder at flame out and wort chilling). The airlock stopped any bubbles after 8 days, so I racked over. At racking, before adding the vanilla, I had 1.018. Did I go too soon?

You guys were right. I did not need orange zest I bottled just now. The taste came out just like a warm flat Oberon. Oddly, I paid for and added the "plus one percent" magic powder from Austin. My level of abv after adding priming sugar was 5.55 (so I figure a final of 6ish). Does that...

My wife loved the american amber kits but always put oranges on the glass. I used the American Amber extract, with the addition of 2 OZ of orange zest soaked in just enough vodka to cover, in the secondary. The peels finally soaked down to the bottom after two weeks, but the flavor ended...

Okay, I put in the powder at flame out and stirred until it stopped clumping. After wort chilling I drank my gravity sample. It was very chocolate and had a light touch of grit. Hopefully with fermenting and secondary a bunch will fall out and the malt and hops taste will come racing back.

Correct. I am looking for a taste to go along with the beer, not have it be a chocolate beer. That is why I am asking. I have come up with the idea from net searches and my few brewing books. If you have heard different please let me know.