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Looking for some cheap fermenters for small batches. I'm seeing that Orchard Supply Hardware has 2 gallon paint buckets for something like $3, but their listing doesnt say that they're food grade (they're designed for paint after all...). Should these be safe or should I keep looking? I want...

Post a link to the recipe. And what software are you using? Beersmith?

No way all of those hops boil for 60 minutes. I'm guessing you entered your times wrong in whatever software you're using for the recipe. Is this for 5 gallons?

To quote Spicoli, "Gnarly"

All of my beers have looked great! They've just tasted like crap ;)

How did it taste?

Exactly! They need to start using that ****e instead of making people go to 3rd party sites like facebook. A lot of people dont have a facebook account, and dont want one.

Agreed, and facebook aint it. They have forums on their site, but there is no link to it, and it seems to be geared mainly towards the Zymatic.

Do yourself a favor and invest in a real kegging system. Those serving kegs are a pain in the arse.

Never turn your back on it! Wort is some sneaky ****...

Had some of Stone's new "Megawheat" last weekend and according to them it uses "Motueka, Mosaic, and Mandarina Bavaria" hops. Not exactly sure which of these 3 it was but one of 'em tasted like burnt tires smell.

The instructions state that RO water is fine to use. Slightly off-topic...anyone heard when the sous vide adapter is going to ship?

*edit* Misread previous post. Ignore this one.

I'm holding off on the freestyle paks for the moment. As has been mentioned the range of ingredients is still too limited and no way am I going to spend money to beta test some company's systems. They can pay me if they want testers.

Like you I also keg my beer with a legit co2 system so I'm not affected by this change. But I'm willing to bet that most people that own a Pico system are not in the same boat as you and I. They're the ones that got boned.

Wow, a lot of people just got completely boned. I have a way to monitor temperature and force carbonate, but if I didnt have those...I'd be pretty pissed at Pico.

Couple other things I recall: - Picopak seemed a bit light, almost like there wasnt enough grain in it. This would account for the lower OG. - They forgot the co2 cylinder in the pak as well. I'm thinking that this was a bad one that somehow got past their QC people.

Did that earlier today, exchanged a few emails with them and seeing where it leads.

Sounds like big $$$$

Making my 1st attempt a quick chilling now. I dont know how well it's going to work since I dont have much ice on hand. Few things I noticed from this brew session: - New pico firmware. Looks we're at version 1 now. - This brew went a lot quicker than past sessions. Like almost an hour quicker...