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If not the 4th, I'll have a brew in by the 8th.

Sometimes I'll keg warm and just keep the gas on it at 10 psi. No, it's not going to carbonate, but it keeps pressure on the keg and might start the carb process. Then once a spot opens up in the keezer I let it carb cold.

Need to keep better notes. Really would suck to brew a good one and not remember how you did it.

Mash lower. I have to question anyone that says mash at any temp you want. Don't think they know what goes on in a mash. Simple corn sugar can also dry things out.

It's all about the B12 that the yeast produce. The big commercial brews are all filtered, your homebrew isn't. Yeast make alcohol, but they also make good stuff to make you not feel as bad. Look it up.

I've been doing the citrus hops for a while, and it's starting to get old. But damn, a Centennial IPA does it for me.

5 gallons Galaxy IPA today 5744.5 + 5 = 5749.5

I brew solo. A couple times I've had someone over for a brew day, and I don't like it at all. I'm a creature of habit, and need to stick to my routine. If someone is around too much BSing goes on, I can't concentrate on what I want to do, and I usually forget to do something. Plus, I don't...

Same here. Back when I bottled, I filled hundreds of SN stubby bottles, capped with a wing capper and never had an issue.

I enjoy putting miles on the bike.

Always buy your grains in separate bags to prevent this. I too learned this the hard way, only the shop gave me the wrong malt. Since it was their fault, they replaced them, but the 30 min ride one way was a loss. There are zero advantages of having a shop mix your grains together.

Milwaukee MW102

Puff.

Nothing wrong with that. I'm a big proponent of brewing with the basics when you first start. Then you can figure out the process and decide what you want and need to make your system better. Buy too much right off the bat and you'll have unused equipment laying around soon enough.

For consistency and control. Your LHBS may adjust their mill and you get a different crush. Or you buy form somewhere else, for whatever reason, and get a different crush. Or you start buying larger quantities of grains, and need a way to crush them. Having your own mill is just one more...

Sums up how I feel. I spend as much on water and ice per brew as some claim to spend total. Do I care? No. If I really want a new piece of equipment, I buy it, if it will make my process better. Enjoying what I made and sharing it with others is all that matters.

I've always heard of off flavors using US05 and fermenting too low, meaning below 60. This is my yeast for 90% of my brews, and when I started brewing I would keep it around 62. Now I start at 64 for the first few days then raise up to 68 to finish. Fermentis recommends 64-82.

If you only look at ingredients, then yes, you will save money. Factor in equipment and time, no way. All depends on how you look at things.

Another air compressor user here.

Depends on how you brew. All extract, then yes just straight distilled is fine. But if brewing AG, then you have to add salts to distilled water or your mash isn't going to be right. AG using distilled and building the water is what I've been doing for a while now, and my beers have improved...