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looks like a carboy full of delicious homebrew

thanks everyone!

anyone have any good methods of doing this at home? i have doen it beofre by using a pestal mortar type setup with a bowl and a glass, but i was wondering if there were any better suggestions out there? also i have some small amounts of speciality grians i'd love to crush, but i might have to...

thanks folks! hope this one dies... ((pours out his))

so you think i need to get SS? i have a ton of the AL left. is it going to cause off flavors. i have used it in several other beers. not sure if it caused any off flavors or not.

i am using aluminum mesh right now for my 'DIY' hopstopper. is this a bad idea? since it is al? should i use SS? where would i get SS mesh? i looked at my local mom and pop and meglo marts, but no luck. anyway i was just tossing this out there for discussion. should i go back to AL or...

will somone please explain the benefits of this 'pac-man' yeast? i'd love to brew with some...i'm in PA if anyone wants to send me some i'll pay shipping... :mug:

i took my OG post boil pre-pitch and i was in my target range. i took an OG of the first runnings and i was dead on. then i took a reading of the first and second runnings and i was waaaay under. i allowed wort to boil for 90 mins and the reading obtained was 1.085. so i was a little lower...

never mind. i figured it out. thanks all!

17 lbs maris otter 1.5 lbs melanoidin 1.0 lbs 60 L simcoe hops at 60, 30, 15, 10, 1 mash at 150 for about 90-100 mins boil 90 mins any thoughts? :ban:

is it at all feasible that i am getting like 50% eff? i mean i never knew what iwas getting, but now that my brewmate is all about #'s it seems this is what we are getting...!?!?!?!?

does gravity rise as you boil the wort? like pre-boil OG versus post boil OG. is there a difference? i only ask as i have recently begun taking readings. i have brewed what i thought was good beer for about a year and now i am finding i am missing my gravity by like .02-.04...'d think my...

congrats man. your beer will be great. buy an auto siphon. RDWHAH

this beer would make the second. i saved it 'cause i lie to have it on hand and good thing i did, my LHBS was out of 56... i am very frugal in that way i guess. i compost, reuse water bottles and plastic cups, etc..... /me is a neo hippie!! lol :mug:

this might make me a total n00b, but what is iirc? i'm assuming it is not related to mIRC....thanks:off:

we are brewing this weekend. two beers. we are also hoping to hit up the HAHA brewclub meeting in camp hill, if you're interested. pm me for more info or if you'd like to come brew and have a few on friday or sat. i'm in harrisburg.

ok folks here is my question: Is my yeast still good? here is the scenario: about four weeks ago i racked an amber ale and bottled the yeast cake into a sanitized growler with an airlock on it. i put the bottle in the basement on the floor which is about 40 degrees. the yeast was safale us...

dood, i have a sparge arm you can try out if you want to use one. i've done both. i find this thread a nice debate. i hate fly sparging as far as a step, but as a process i think it is cool. that said, i am brewing two beers this week. i'm gonna batch sparge one and fly sparge one. good...

ed, this is beautiful. i use mine as compsot, but if the doggies have been good i'll whip up some spent grain doggie treats...they love 'em. the only problem is the dogs love them so much they eat them a 'second time' if you catch my drift!?!?!? :mug:

this is what i thought, but i like bouncing this stuff off of you folks...