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Roger that. Yes for cooled wort only +- 70F. Food grade only is what I will check for.

I know our Lowes has those same reels of tubing. I am now thinking that after flame out and wort chilled I can safely attach this tubing with no worries about a hot barb. I have read the PVC tubing can go to 170F (silicon over 300F). Only worry I have is the food grade of the lowes tubing...

I just got a couple from my LHBS for a little less. Obviously no shipping cost but 7% tax. Also check Craig's list.

Watch your steeping temperature, critical.

Welcome! I am also new to brewing and on my third batch so I have infinitely more experience than you. From my readings 3 weeks but it will keep getting better and level out at 6 months. Don't fall for the 'freshness' and 'born on date' crap comercial breweries try to sell us. I taste my beer...

Just installed a ball valve in my kettle so the next thing is tubing to drain to my primary from our kitchen gas stove. I have read that thick wall silicone tubing is the best but is there anything at lowes / hd that can be used? I am thinking temperature and food grade is important factors...

+1 on Canon EOS

+1 for the dual stage Ranco.

I saw a post a few days ago of a brewer wanting to add tobacco and he was not a noob or was he?

Nothing better than brewing and listing to 'The Head and the Heart' and 'Graveyard Train'

Sorry, meant 180F.

I did give mr malty the expiration date of 1/28 and also entered the correct OG (1.050) @5.25 gal and that changed it a bit to 4.64 with 2 vials. I figure if I can get hold of a 2gal vessel I should be good for a 4.64 starter + head space. Probably going to end up with 2x 1gal growlers. I will...

I Just did a mrmalty calc (thanks cool site) http://www.mrmalty.com/calc/calc.html This is what I got: 2 vials in a 4.24 liter starter Problem is my flask is only 2000ml and I am not even sure at 2000ml mark if there will be enough head space left. I have one of those lab flask you can...

I am on a roll and planning my third brew this weekend. I am going to clone a South African beer - Castle Lager. My LHBS supplied me with the White Labs: Pilsner Lager Yeast WLP800 (liquid) but the expiration date has passed (Jan-28-12) so they threw in at no cost two extra tubes of the same...

Thanks for the help guys! I guess it is the noob factor that made me think something was wrong. The OG fell outside the 'beer start' range on the hydrometer and I automatically thought that was a problem. Also the bad I made on the steeping temperature hitting 80F (correction 180F) before I...

I wish I knew my target OG and IBU. I bought this kit from my LHBS and when I asked the same question I got this as a reply. "You would want to just follow the detailed basic extract homebrewing instructions ( which we have on our website in the instructions section...

This is my second brew and my OG is very high. I am loosing sleep over it trying to figure out what I did wrong. This is what went down: Belgian Blonde Ale Grains Wheat 0.25 lbs. Crystal 40L 0.75 lbs. Cara-Pils 0.75 lbs. Munich 0.5 lbs. Extracts Pale 0.5 qts. Adjunct 2.0 qts. Super Light 0.5...

Did i post in the wrong section? Where is the best source for these ingredients? Also how long can I store cracked grain? Is it better to crack grain myself? Thanks!

I am new to brewing and are planning for my 3rd brew. I brew extract and the recipe I have calls for these ingredients. Where can I get the exact list? 2.5L German light crystal malt German Vienna malt M&F extra-light DME corn sugar Spalt @ 5% AA (% HBU) (bittering hop) Tettnanger (flavour...