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Wow- looking at those prices makes me think I'm back in college.

I'm still pretty new to brewing but I would really like to get my hands on a high level brewscience text book. Something like you would find in a college class. Any suggestions? (I'm a Nerd- I know)

I've been using a fryer kit and have been told that the pots they come with are aluminum abnd shouldn't be used for brewing. Has anyone else heard this?? My first brew is finishing up but in my taste-tests I havn't found any aluminum taste.

Wanted to let everyone know that I tasted a little of this brew yesterday and it's REALLY good. A few more days of secondary and then on to bottling! BTW.. I ended up dry hopping .5 amarillo when I first racked and then I added 1.5 oz yesterday. I'm planning in bottling in the next couple days.

Cheers!! My first batch will be ready in only a few more days....

Everything went well last night except for the airlock emergency. But all is well and I believe my Election Day IPA will be my best brew yet (#3). The minimash went well. But instead of .5 gallons of rinse I used about 1.5. But I'm now thinking I shouldnt have because when I tasted it there was...

EMERGENCY!! I bought a new carboy today and I left the bag at the store with the cork and airlock in it. I have an amber that is almost done in secondary, can I cap it with serran wrap and use that airlock? Any other suggestions?

Thanks Everyone!! Looks like I got a solid recipe now! Off to the LHBS for me- I'll update tonight when I get it going.

Doesn't sound too hard. My only question is what is a colander?

Wow!! Awesome resource! Thanks... But how do I judge what my FG will be? Or will I choose that when I decide when to bottle it?

I'd rather not mini-mash since this is only my third batch. I already have a lb of the 60. The 10 was an addition I made- in the calculator it made the alcohol% go up. Should I just stick with the 60? The only AA's I have are for the cascades @ 6.3. All the other packages don't say.

I bought a brewers best Ipa kit but want to make some changes since I want a MUCH hoppier beer than they were offering. I have some left over hops from other brews and started fooling around with the brewing calculator on beercalculus.com... here's what I was thinking. 6.6 Muntons LME 1lb...

I'm going to slowly lower it. I have it around 60 right now and am going to let it rest there for a little while as not to lower it too fast. Thanks again for the help!

Alright- I know I'm probably stressing unnecessarily BUT the fermentation has been going for close to 20 hours at 75!! degrees. Now that it's sustaining a good ferment should I get it in the fridge to start lowering the temp so that my beer doesn't totally taste terrible? Thanks for all the...

Sounds like the beer fermenting in there must have been bomb. (or the carboy was no good)

How sensitive is fermenting beer to light? The cabinet where I'm keeping my fermenting beer has a band of indirect sunlight that shoots through a window in the garage door. Is that level of light going to skunk my brew?? I don't open it but for a minute or two at a time. What about garage...

Yeah!! Woohoo!!! It's fermenting!!! My God it worked!!! Just gave her a little shakey. Damn I never knew brewing would be so emotional... I may cry when I finally get to drink the stuff!

So I still have absolutely NO activity in the fermenter. I took it out of the refrigerator where I think it was too cold. It's been sitting at 65-70 degrees and there is NOTHING- no activity of any sort not even bubbles in the airlock. I'm starting to think my mistake with the rice flakes...

I'm using White Labs Southern German Lager Yeast. I'm going to bring the temp up and hopefully it'll get it going- Thanks for helping me calm my nerves.

Close to 48 hours later there is still absolutly no sign of fermentation. It's being kept arounf 45 degrees. Is this too cold for primary fermentation?? Or am I just impatient??