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Thanks Ryan for the support and stories. I will definitely send some PMs I'm sure. Hope you have an excellent new year. Dave Brooks

That's what I did for my first brew. So far I'm three days into it and have had a blast. Not sure how its going to turn out but Fermentation is going well :D. Good luck

I've already started to look for a burner. I'm pretty sure that my neighbor has one that I could borrow. I may have to pay him with a beer or two but well worth it i think.

Thanks for the info. It seems like there is so much know and learn. It seems very technical, which I think is why I've enjoyed it so much to this point. I know I'm going to stick with extracts for a while so I can concentrate on the basics and develop my process. My first brew is a malt stout...

I started my first beer three days ago and things seem to be going great :) I've definitely have dove into this way more than my wife thought I would and thanks everyone for the excellent advise. I do have a couple general questions though. What are hot and cold breaks? Why are they so...

I already have. That was my oh crap I need to figure out what to do before this blows up and the wife gets home set up. Fermentation actually slowed down and the air lock is back on.

I ran into a similar problem. I used the siphon hose from my kit and inserted into the airlock to make the blow off hose. Then I put the end of the hose first into a prego jar, which filled, and then into a milk gallon both with vodka as the sanitizer.

I kept a sanitized thermometer in the pot the entire time during the boil. Which in itself let a lot of the steam out while giving the stove a little bit of a boost. I also stirred the pot every ten minutes or so. Would this help with the DMS? I've already thought about using my neighbors...

I'm not too worried about it. I know it's going to be a learning experience. My concern is that the water was filtered but it was not boiled which means it wasn't sanitized. That was my concern more so than the temp difference.

I was reading some of the threads on here and I ran into a couple of mistakes that I made. My stove isn't the strongest out there by any means so I ended up using a lid for the boil. I used a kit and it didn't say I couldn't use a lid. Why is this a bad thing? Second. I didn't even think about...

Its been since college since I've had any. I "remeber" that night had been drinkin with my friends. about 30mins or so later, dont remember anything else :rockin:

I know but the absolute is all I had. I just wan't prepared thats all. I knew you meant the cheap stuff I just didnt have it.:mug:

I may just have to go buy a fifth for brewing only because all we have is absolute and that will get expensive quick. Thanks for all of the help.

Its a narrow tube. Had to make due with what I had. I'll switch to vodka. If I do get suck back atleast it will add to the ABV right :cross:

What are the chances of getting suck back? I read that a couple of times when I was looking at what to do? I dont really have time to go to the home brew store, its kind of far.

So I started my first home brew last night. Everything went well. This morning when I woke up the krausen was rising and I was extremely happy. So about an hour ago krausen got into the airlock and I immediately got on here to see what I should do, mainly because my wife would kill me if I...