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Welcome to homebrewing. As you may have noticed by the responses, this has happened to a number of us. :)

My wife deals with it pretty well. She's gotten used to the hobby taking up more space than she would have liked (especially when I put a 4 corny kegerator in the TV room), and in return I remember to brew some styles that I know she likes. She's not really a "beer person" though, so I doubt...

Kolsch, Hefe's and Wit are all popular summer beers around here. I'm also planning on brewing a blonde this summer.

+5 Bee Cave Haus Pale Ale +5 Double Wit +5 Blue Moon Clone +5 Chocolate Stout 3935 + 20 = 3955

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Sounds like a problem with the carbtabs... I'd follow Yooper's advice... (Which is a sound idea anytime she offers wisdom. :) ) I had a similar problem with my priming sugar with my Honey Wheat last year - mostly because I forgot to add it to the bottling bucket. ;)

Hard to tell... they should have been enough yeast left in suspension to carb the bottles. I guess the questions that come to mind are what kind of bottles are you using ("normal" glass bottles, or PET?), what temp. did you store them at, and any chance there's a problem w/ your bottle capper?

So these commercial breweries like Sierra Nevada where they literally drop their mash runoffs a couple of FEET to the boil kettle (where it splashes at the bottom like a waterfall), or all the brewers using spray balls for sparging - they must have horrible hot side aeration problems, right...

You don't need to make a starter with dry yeast, but you should rehydrate them prior to pitching. Edit: Correction - see SumnerH above... unless you're making really big beers, 1 packet of dry should suffice. There's another viable alternate to making a starter - pitching more yeast. I'll...

Welcome to beer - you're allowed to like what you like and not like what you don't. I love wheat beers but am not a big fan of some of the hop bombs the west coast guys love. There's nothing wrong with having a preference. And kudos to you for trying some new styles and learning about them...

Rinse out the crud. Then use PBW - 1 tablespoon per gallon of water and let sit overnight. Empty and rinse out the next day - you likely won't ever need to scrub. http://www.austinhomebrew.com/product_info.php?cPath=178_56_36&products_id=514&osCsid=81698a008f51c635fd257ae4d0645852

Exactly. Sick or allergies, don't stand over your open primary with your runny nose, coughing and sneezing, and expelling your bacteria-laden mucus and saliva all over everything and everyone around you. :) Other than that, you're fine! Your beer won't catch the swine flu... As for...

Before you use it again, let it dry out and sit in the sun for a couple of days. Has worked for me in the past on getting rid of odors. Also, don't forget to rinse that bucket between going from the bleach solution to the StarSan. StarSan promotes the release of chlorine gas from...

Ok... so let's look at the MSDS for StarSan: Phosphoric Acid - 50% Dodecylbenzene Sulfonic Acid - 15% Isopropyl Alcohol - 10% The other 25% is a secret, but does not require being listed on the MSDS. You use 1oz per 5 gallons of water... so figure that the foam is a small percentage of that...

Excellent info... I used 3724 last year and had a heck of a time getting it down under 1.026. Maybe I should try another saison this year...

I haven't look at any of the thread except for the subject, but unless you did something absolutely crazy like defecate in your primary, the answer is "No, you did not kill your beer."

Oh yeah... They're excellent for the scenario you described. http://www.austinhomebrew.com/product_info.php?products_id=10600 This is the easiest and cheapest way. Before you keg, fill a 6 packs, drop in some carb-tabs, and put the bottles aside like your normally would. Then rack the rest...

I suspect the OP is talking about the 75% N2 / 25% CO2 blend known as "Beer Gas", not CO2. (See: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f35/what-about-guinness-133649/ ) That said, I have no idea where to get it in Milwaukee. The best bet would be to call around to a couple of welding supply shops...

I have a couple of half-gallon plastic bottles of cheap, crap-tastic Vodka that a buddy of mine sent home in the cab with me from his wedding. (At least, I think he sent them home with me, because they were in the house when I woke up the next day - I doubt I stole them.) Admittedly, I'm a bit...

Why can't he bottle a couple and then keg the rest? Carb-tabs are your friends for this.