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It's a serious problem! I asked for a pint the other night and the server didn't understand I guess and brought a 12 oz bottle out, popped the lid and poured it into a "pint" glass with a slight bit of head it totally filled the glass. unfortunate...

or buy a couple lids without holes drilled in them. replace once home...

Chuggers are 99 and you can often get NICE 40 plate chillers from KegCowboy for less than 80 (I think I got mine for like 79 ish... a year ago and it is a bit excessive for 5 gal batches but perfect for 10) so all in all it is a decent chunk of change, but well worth it!

So since I just experienced a nasty surprise... I figured it warranted a reminder to folks that haven't physically cleaned out their party taps in a while. So I just disassembled my taps in my kegerator and MAN where they GROSS!!! I run oxyclean and sanitizer through them at every beer...

In May there is Big Brew, where people all over the country and possibly the world head to their LHBS and other facilities to brew as a group. All brewing their own batches. so on May 5th thousands of people all over the country will be doing what you are currently doing. It works just fine :-)

I've converted to 8gal buckets for anything over 1.080 5 gal batch has plenty of room to go crazy...

You aren't missing anything. They are stating things half ass... You create dextrins from the starch conversion when you mash. Amylases do this along with heat within a certain temp range during your mash. (usually within 20 minutes with modern malts) the difference is the higher your mash temp...

So I'm having some interesting experience with this yeast. It's still chugging away but took a gravity reading this afternoon and it came out as 1.009 after starting at around 1.091 after a couple weeks. It is a Belgian Golden Strong: 95% pils and half lb honey malt. Then a lb of clover honey...

open them up and if they smell like bad cheese throw them away. But otherwise they might be good. probably lost quite a bit of their oomph though.

get a stock pot lid and put a lid on it. Sounds like you are just putting cushions and blankets on top. Air is a pretty darn good heat buffer and if you can trap the air inside you shouldn't lose too much temp. blankets and cushions still allow too much air to escape Also, look into reducing...

Well I thing it was more of #1... There was some serious BIG GUNS at this comp. Almost 350 entries but there was a lot of American Ale flights...One of my Judges was a Grand Master 2 and the other is pretty darn experienced. Oh yeah... It was BJCP rated I'm just more impressed with all the...

well I scored a 42 in the Pale Ale category at the Slurp and Burp and didn't place... Congrats to the other entrants.

The dollar store version here hasn't changed in like 2 years other than it used to be a bigger container. It's LA totally awesome oxygen chlorine free

The dollar store has a version for a buck...

8 lbs of roasted barley! Wow! How big a batch? What are you brewing?

I think the word sugar and dextrin are kinda being used in different ways. And interchangably in the brewing world sometimes. A higher mash temp will help produce a greater quantity of unfermentable sugars. Thus more body/mouthfeel. A lower mash temp produces more fermentable sugars. Thus a...

sometimes you just need a little yellow coloring to get the SRM just right :drunk:

I wouldn't fret over all that. A stir plate is super easy to make can be made for about 10 bucks if that from a cigar box (free at cigar shops) old power pack from cell phone or house hold electronics, a computer fan and magnets from the hard drive of an old computer (most recycling places have...

it makes total sense as you get a HUGE insulin response from eating a carb heavy meal as well as Drinking.

Yeah I wasn't mistaken... Actually, I posted my story on the boards here last month... Basically I showed up for the last 8oz glass being poured before my eyes and knew I had missed out for the 3rd time this season on Younger. So I ordered a pint of Elder. not 2 min later a random busines man...