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Thank you, the only problem right now is that it is being used right now to hold the extra paper towels instead of brewing delicious brew. Did you follow any sort of pluming diagram? Did you go with HERMS or RIMS? Thanks!

A lot of the suds in the growler are sani star. I used the sanistar and water to fill the growler before putting in the BOT. I figured the fluid in the air lock was a fail safe.

Ok, surgery went well. Everything was thoroughly sanitized, and filled the blow off bucket with some sanitizer and water too. Thanks! Only question now I guess is what do I do when its fill dump jar, add more water and start again? It is important to start with some water and sanitizer with...

The brew is in the garage it is around 63 degrees outside. Yeast went in around 8-9PM last night? The odd thing to me is that this morning she was crystal clear and bubbling nice. I may or may not have slightly carefully dragged the bucket 6" back, now shes whistling dixie out the air lock...

so it's been a while, but just got batch two done last night. brew a wheat beer kit from True Brew. anyway this morning around 7 am i went out to look at it, and she was bubbling, looked great few hours later she looks like shes gonna blow . do i open the lid to release the...

I eventually would like to get into all grain, but for now I am still trying to fully understand the process, and are fine using the extracts. What I am trying to do is buy stuff that I will be able to use now, as well as in the future when we may try some more advanced methods. I wasn't...

Just came across this deal, http://www.instructables.com/id/Installing-a-ball-valve-on-a-Coleman-cooler/ and thought it may be a good buy to try to build this http://slickdeals.net/permadeal/76446/ace-hardware-48quart-rubbermaid-victory-cooler-red, as a potential mash tun, or wort chiller? Any...

Oy, thank you very much as I almost made that mistake. I need a wort chiller, and a way to regulate my temp in fermentation & conditioning. Back to the drawing board I guess. On a side note last night we cracked open a test bottle from the crate, and threw her in the fridge. Had mixed...

Here is what I found out.

So 3 days left until the "official" tasting day. Just threw one 22 oz. in the fridge now, for a basis of comparison :). I am considering purchasing a wort chiller for our next batch off someone I found on craigslist. I am paying $70 which includes $20 in USPS shipping charges. Do we think...

I put up this temp site https://sites.google.com/site/wanseravebrewery/. Will update everyone in 20 days! Thanks again.

Ok, so here is the update (as if anyone cares). Bottling night was a success, sort of. We bottled two cases of 22 Oz glass bottles which we picked up at our LHBS for $15/dz. We picked up 3 as we thought we needed 30, but we ran dry after the 24th. Beer tasted like it had the potential of one...

So tomorrow is bottling day, 5 gal batch should be around 30 x 22 oz glass bottles? 50 x 16 oz? Need to run out tonight and pick them up. Any recommendations on the cheapest places to find these?

OK so my replacement airlocks just arrived today. As I'm anxious to see some activity, I sanitized, and replaced. I've been sitting and staring waiting to see some sign of life but nothing yet. Beer has been fermenting just shy of two weeks. What type of activity should be expected at this...

Got it, thanks! I show: Mueller 3/8" x 50' Refrigeration Coil Item #: 4182 | Model #: D 06050PS $62.00

your Loews link did not load, can you give the Loews part # and I will look up? I know their site is different based on zip code.

so what would be the reasoning why the beer tasted extra carbonated. it was brewed, fermented, and bottled in class. just conditioned in my garage, which was my original problem with my current batch. garage had wort at temps above 70. appreciate your help on this.

Wow, those numbers sound amazing. We sat around for hours, watching that thermometer drop degree, by degree at 1AM :(. What other parts did you need for your chiller, or which blog/post did you find it on? Thanks!

Thank you! I have been able to bring the temp down to 65 which sounds ideal. While I wait to bottle this batch next week, I was able to tap into some which I had bottled in the class I took at the brooklyn kitchen. Now I let that condition in the garage, which proved to be too hot for the...

how low can the fermentation go in temp without it harming the wort. now that it has been in the house, and i have been swapping out frozen water bottles, the last reading was high 50's :(