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I second Ed Worts Haus Pale - It was my 1st just a few weeks ago and seemed like a nice smooth starter.

Used one for the first time on my third brew, I will never go back, so much easier and in the long run cheaper then buying bags of ice.

Jupiter in Berkeley tons of great guest brews and an awesome patio - wood fired pizzas as well if you must eat.

They only list it as over 100!

She made it to the fermenter at a 1.072 right on target I like it.

This morning I bottled my first batch of Apfelwein - so far it tastes good, we will see what comes of the carbing. I did half still, 1/4 normal prime and 1/4 normal prime with a couple grains of champagne yeast - same as fermentation yeast. It is making for a fun little experiment without much...

9,496+5=9,501 my 1st batch

Well I set about to brew for the 2nd time after my exploding carboy incident. Everything seems to be going along well. It is a stout kit with a grain soak. Came up with a OG of right around 1.05 which is within specs. Set up the fermentation with a carboy cap and blow off tube. The 1st day...

Went down to Oak Barrel Winecraft in Berkeley where I purchased my equipment and I must say they way surpassed my expectations. They replaced my carboy, gave me a new airlock, supplied tubing for an overflow, and replaced the stout kit that I was attempting to brew all for free. They have also...

Thanks all for the suggestions, I talked to the LHBS and they asked that I bring the airlock down for them, and that they have not had this situation before, their initial statement was nothing wrong with carboy, but we will see when I go down. Definitley plan on brewing inside a jug and...

Few more answers. The closet was approx 65 degrees, it was a 6.5 gallon carboy with a 5 gallon brew in it. Did not take an OG, I directly added dry yeast to the carboy. Air lock was def. working at the earlier check, and I will never ferment in the house again as it took me an hour and my shop...

I strictly pushed the bung in by hand nothing holding it in place. The airlock was def. clogged I just don't understand how the bottle goes boom before the bung pops. It was loud enough to wake the whole house and blow open the door and still get large peices of glass out inot the room. Still...

Brand new just washed rinsed and sanitized, no bumps at all. Wort went into the bottle at 85 degrees.

1st time to site lots of great info. Made up my first batch of HB Sat. night. Was a kit based stout. Everything went according to plan and into a 6.5 gallon glass carboy with standard airlock closure. I was not in the mood to carry the carboy down to the basement that night so into a coat...