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I started out with the full setup from Midwest Supplies that included all buckets, siphons, tubing, caps, 2 cases of bottles, capper, pot, and a recipe kit...for only $169.99. I added a wort chiller...which to this point I could NOT have lived without. Start out small and work your way up...once...

I always dig Yuengling Black & Tan!

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congrats...it will be better after 2 weeks in the bottle!

This will be natural carbing in bottles.

I will let it sit for 21 days total...seems like the general consensus

I brewed an Irish Stout extract kit and it has been in the primary for 9 days today. OG was 1.044 (range 1.042-1.046) and the FG has been holding at 1.011 (range 1.010-1.012) for 3 days now. I was planning on leaving it in the primary for 3 weeks before bottling, but with the gravity where...

+1 on the tannins... Just lift the bag and let it pour/drip out until nothing comes out...then discard...or compost...or whatever

RIP Billy Mays:rockin:

I usually go for a six pack a night...and that depends on how I feel or what I am eating...sometimes a little less...mostly a little more...:-D My wife and I enjoy our back yard garden so we tend to drink a little more in he summertime than in the winter... We are brewing our Strawberry Wheat...

I came home lastnight and my wife had surprised me with a sixpack of Hopsecutioner...and she had some for herself...she loves all aspects of beer...she is awesome!!!

The house temp was...I do not know...very cold...the temp of the brew was at 58 degrees...

I am fermenting 5 gallons of an extract Irish Stout at about 68-69 degrees...4 days in, my thermostat died here at the house overnight...so I woke up to find it sitting at 58 degrees at 7am...could not have been at that temp longer than 6 hours...I immediately reheated using a blanket and an...

Each kit contains two bags of DME...how well does this dissolve in the water? I am doing partial boils so I begin with 3.5 gallons to achieve 3 gallons after the boil is completed. It looks like a ton of DME and I am not sure how well this would dissolve in the boil...

I just brewed an Irish Stout that used LME in the boil. I just picked up two clone kits from my LHBS and both of them use DME (both kits have a crap ton of DME packed in them.) What is the difference in quality, ease of boil, etc...if any...between LME and DME?

I use two spray bottles from a beauty supply store...always keep them around to sanitize the longer pieces of equipment...just spray on liberally and let it sit for a few minutes and you will be fine.

I got my equipment from midwest supplies and added the wort chiller...williams brewing is good too...not sure about the siphonless stuff...fermtech auto siphon is super ez!

Today was my very first brew day...I did a partial boil, extract Irish Stout kit from Midwest. Everything turned out so great! From the pre day soak and cleaning, to post brew cleanup...it went without a hitch! You can see pictures and notes from today at my blog here...

You could always hobo chug a bunch of 40's and save the bottles...brown paper bags are optional!:ban:

They are not that hard to install...takes just a few minutes...and they are super cheap! http://www.greatbargain.net/order/index.html It is hard to beat these prices...take a look!