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You'll just have to win the lottery so you can just stay home all day and brew.

I got the ingredients to do a Cream Ale for my next brew: 5# 2-Row 3# Vienna 2# Flaked Corn 1# Cara-Pils 1/4# Lactose My question was for suggestions on which hops to use. My original inclination was: 1/2oz Northern Brewer - 60min 1/2oz Tettnang - 20min 1oz Cascade - 5min I...

I haven't received mine yet. The last one we got was the IPA one.

I'm not sure if the charts online, but Brew Like A Monk has a nice chart listing the types of yeast and what flavors you'll get at different temperatures.

That's right, and remember "if you ain't Dutch, you ain't much, now."

Pictures? I'm waiting for the audio book version.

Err, 3rd version?

I'm in Alburtis (near I78 and 222). There's a frappr map here: http://www.frappr.com/homebrewtalknation

Perhaps, wait for the 2nd edition.

These are numbers from BeerSmith so I'm not sure exactly what calculations he's using.

I'm thinking of including a mash out on my next batch, a cream ale, which has a small enough grain bill to use my fly sparge setup. My recipe which includes 10.75# of grain comes out to: Mash in @ 1.25 qt/lb: 13.13 qts at 174.3 Mash out @ 1.75 qt/lb: 5.25 qts at 197.7 After some...

I picked up a decent length of 3/8" ID tubing from a Home Depot, and trimmed that to the sizes I need, but before then I also just used my siphoning tube.

I never thought about it before, but all-grain inside would be quicker than extract. You have to get two smaller batches of water up to 170-190 degrees and then the resulting 150 wort up to boiling. Do you know what the BTUs are on your gas stove? My wife's been jonesing for a new fancy 5...

I do think I forgot to stir things up before doing the vorlauf. I know I forgot to stir the second runnings. That probably has something to do with my low efficiency.

Unlike the others, I put in a vote for the auto-siphon. I've found mine indispensable. Also, get a wallpaper tray. They're great for soaking your auto-siphon or racking cane.

I just did my first batch sparge last night which included hitting the temps within 1 degree but an abysmal 58% efficiency. The night also included one mamma-jamma boilover. My question is regarding vorlauf. I recirculated about 1 gallon and it did not appear to be any more clear than when...

The environmentally friendly tag is probably something really lame like the bottle capping machine for pry-offs vs twist-offs uses .02% less electricity.

I got one of these and drilled a hole with on arbored hole saw. You should make a dimple with a nail where you want the pilot bit to go so it doesn't wobble.

From carboys I use a death-meat baster (wife's allergic to poultry) or I installed a spigot on my primary bucket.

But I hear the girth of the braid is much more important than the length.