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I posted my NB "challenges" earlier in this thread. This last time I went to MoreBeer. The order page indicated I'd receive my goods in about a week. Cool. The FedEx truck dropped everything off in 3 days. WOW! Under-promise and over-deliver -- great way to do business. I'm sold.

That’s what I did. My marks are at 1/4 gal. Works wonderfully for me but I only to 2.5-3 gal on brew day.

I placed a NB order on the 20th, it finally shipped yesterday. 11 days.

I did this kit a while back. I used Wyeast 3068 and didn't do a starter, just dumped the newly opened smack pack straight in. I didn't record fermentation temps but in general I try to keep Hef temps on the high side (69f or higher). No secondary; I let it sit there for 3 weeks. Came out fine.

I name all of my beers after things that are part of my world. The look on my friends faces when I roll into a White Sox tailgate with a batch of "35th and Shields IPA." Or "O'Galiens Irish Stout" named after the local river (putting an "O'" in front luckily makes it sound Irish). Or...

Yes, the cheap 5l kegs, this is what I'm doing. To NPT or not to NPT, that is my question.

I am a small batch brewer (2.5-3g) and like using those 5l mini kegs (I can hear y'all laughing but it works for me). I'm a pretty good DIY'er and want to build a more robust system than I currently have to force carb and serve from these kegs. I was all set to go but then discovered NPT vs...

The latter. Got it, thanks.

I'm just getting into CO2'ing things and am not sure how to proceed with regard to ball lock adapter posts. I see some posts are NPT and some are not. I understand the difference, does anyone know which are more prevalent? I'm DIYing my own tap system for small batch kegging. In the grand...

How 'bout angioplasty. Thanks!

Just last week I "woke up" a jar of Wyeast London Ale #1028 that had been in the back of the fridge for 8 months. Made a starter, tossed in the slurry, and sat back. I figured what the heck, if it doesn't work I'll get a new tube. Took longer than usual, but it krausened after abut 30 hours...

The fridge where I store my yeast bank is also used for various party dishes when we entertain and at some point the thermostat was bumped and the temperature dropped. As a result, the majority of my jars froze. Can my yeast bank be saved or am I starting from scratch?

I've been brewing a little over a year, switched to BIAB about 6 months ago. I do small batches of 2.5-3 gal based a) my equipment size, b) desire to brew more often, and c) desire to brew lots of various homebrews. As for recipes, I've learned that any recipe can be scaled with software...

Finished bottling a Zombie Dust clone and reached for the distilled water to start the yeast washing process. Unfortunately the bottle I grabbed, which had the same size, same color, and same looking label as what I was looking for, was not distilled water but instead ... distilled vinegar...

Do you sanitize the beans? I ask because I've tried doing this with coffee beans and my obsessive "better safe than sorry" personality says I should soak the beans in vodka first. I'm still a noob at all this so my fermentation vessel is still good ol' fashion plastic. I put dry hop material...

Be sure to use distilled water to wash yeast. Just because distilled vinegar is next to it in the cabinet and has a similar label and container doesn’t mean it will work the same.

Dumped my first one last night. It was a 3g BIAG pale ale. Frustrating as it was, it was doubly frustrating as I felt I'd finally dialed in my equipment and hit all my numbers. Problem was the blow off tube fell out of the water bucket and my nice, golden pale ale turned a deep, rich, dark...

I've been brewing just under a year (so I'm definitely not a pro) and made the jump to BIAB about 3 months ago and feel strongly that the quality of my output has improved substantially since. I also enjoy perusing the various forums finding killer recipes that can't really be duplicated from a...

Great product, count me in...and thanks!

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