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I do an all-grain batch every 2 weeks and still use buckets. I have zero problem with them. As long as you don't scratch them I don't see a problem. After the beer's 4 weeks are up I spray them out with a hose and use my finger tips to get anything that needs to be scrubbed. When its time to...

It seems like the beer guy at the specs in my neighborhood reads these forums, everytime I read a thread about some stupid good beer it shows up there a week later. Either way I thought moose drool was too sweet, that just may be because my janet's brown ale became ready to drink a week ago...

That aint funny, someone needs to drop the ban hammer

For the first few days i usually set the minifridge for 55 figuring the beer inside is between 62-65 during active fermentation. Once it tapers off I raise the temp slowly to room temp over the course of 2 weeks. After that I take it out and let it sit for 2 weeks in a closet around 70-75 and...

My beer gets slightly carbonated in a 6 gallon bucket after a month in primary, I can see yours being even more so with that much volume on top of the beer on the bottom of the fermenter. The deeper you go the more pressure there is to keep the gas in solution, hell I had 5 gallons of...

the sweetness is just from the residual priming sugar I assume. The weird sour flavor I have no idea but it happens to every beer I make and goes away by week three so I figure it's just some yeast thing and I don't worry about it.

yeah and its in 16 oz cans, their stout on the other hand is 4 12oz's and that sucks

Conroe's southern star isn't bad, at least not their pine belt ale, ( its the only one i've had ) I just cant justify 10$ for a 4 pack of 12 oz cans of their stout. Theres not even any bottles to re-use. Their blonde just doesn't seem worth buying either. I wonder if this new brewery has...

I'm in houston and I reeeaaally like flying dog, I just hope they aren't partnering with st. arnolds. Every beer I've had of theirs had the same taste. It's like they're using the same yeast for every style, and it's really not that great. Flying dog's ipa on the other hand is pure grapefruit...

The first week in the bottle my beers usually just taste like sweet hop flavored carbonated water, week two they all get this weird sour flavor I can't place. It's not green apple just sour. Week three and they're right on what I'd expect from the recipe, even better after a few days in the fridge.

found some at the specs in kingwood, tx. I figured out they get their deliveries on thursdays so I went today and they had a couple cases. It was so new the upc didn't even register with their computers the lady had to type it in manually, 12.63$ for a six pack.

My beer was overcarbed and would gush the first half out as soon as you opened it. Then I left it in the fridge for several days (a week has the best results but it wasn't a gusher after maybe 3 days) and all the carbonation problems went away.

my pale ale is doing the same thing, was really really good on week 2. Now its almost ipa bitter. No idea why, my only thought was the first 2 weeks in the bottle it was at ~62 and the last 2 weeks it's been around ~70 but I don't have enough experience to say that was the problem.

My apfelwein with the montrachet yeast fermented the first two weeks around 62, then it stopped bubbling and I thought it was done because it went for a week without doing anything. Then this week it's 70 in the house all the time and it started bubbling again for a couple days. No idea what its...

To fit my bucket in the mini fridge I stick a peice of 3/8" id tube into the grommet and then into a bottle of water. Low profile and works just fine. You could use a stopper with the same size hole on your carboy.

SWMBO got me a year's subscription to byo for valentines. She hates beer but I make her sip each new one I sample and give me a real opinion, not just the typical bitter/cat piss/etc etc. One day I even got her to say an Ipa was good, I think theres hope for her yet.

I've got the 42qt polarware with a false bottom. I use it as my mashtun and it keeps its heat just fine covered in a couple blankets over an hour. Then I drain the runnings into a bucket or 2 while I sparge. Once thats all done I dump the grain into the compost pile and transfer the wort back...

I really hope thats not infected because all my beers look like that. That or theres a really good tasting infection floating around this house that gets into every one of them.

My first ag batch was right after a cool front came through and I boiled off 2 gallons in 60 mintues. So, that being the first time i've used that whole system I figured i'd go with that. Turns out it was a lot more humid for my second batch and I started with 8 gal preboil and wanted 6 post...

I'd say he sleeps 20 out of every 24 hours. If I stand up and put my hat and shoes on he jumps off the couch like something just bit him because he knows its time to go for a run. On his run hes very energetic and can outrun me on the bike very easily, but after thats done he only gets up for...