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Wow that's going to look sharp when you're done. We'll be waiting on the pictures. :rockin:

That larger brew pot might cost more than the smaller one, but it certainly costs less than buying both of them. Like he said, if you think you're going to get serious about it, look to what your future goals/desires might be when pricing out equipment to buy or build.

I'm going to agree with johnnyc, I'd be more worried about cracking a glass carboy with hot liquid than I would about the hot side aeration boogeyman, at least at this point in time - you are homebrewing, you've got a whole slew of points in the process where you're going to risk oxidizing and...

Welcome to the obsession. My poor stove will never be quite the same. My only advice is to start picking up the gear to brew outdoors / out in the garage. Besides being able to do full boils, I just find that my entire brew day flows more smoothly with more room to work and no one to complain...

Hey, welcome to the party! This is one of the few hobbies where you get the mop your ceiling every now and then. I had a trippel that blew a stopper out of a better bottle after the blowoff tube got clogged. The beer turned out awesome.

If you haven't gotten the hint yet from everyone - brew NOW and get that pipeline going and you'll be glad that you did.

Very nice. Kudos for starting out with what can be a very difficult beer to do well. However, yes, as hard as it might be - put some of those bottles aside for a few months and pull them out 3, 6, or 12 months down the road and see what they taste like. You might be very surprised. The...

Nice choice on the freezer - you're going to love it. Mine showed up in white today from Lowes (they had it on sale, too). And, since they put a little dent in the lid, I got an extra 15% off. I was pleasantly surprised at the amount of space in it. My fiancee - well, maybe I misrepresented...

Don't worry about it. This, or something similar (like the rubber grommet in a bucket lid falling in) will happen to everyone at some point. Relax. Don't worry. There's a small percentage of a chance you'll ruin your beer. But there's a 100% chance that worrying about it will ruin your...

I'll let you know in a couple of weeks. Mine has been sitting in an ale pail since the middle of November, but I haven't gotten around to bottling it. Since my kegs are arriving next week, I'm just going to wait. By this time next month, I'll be pouring beer from newly installed taps in a new...

Sounds like you're going to have a great trip. Here's a couple of my favorites from a trip some buddies and I took touring the Belgium countryside and visiting breweries. Cantillon - If you were going in the fall, they have an "open brew day" where they let the general public come in and watch...

On the chilled ones, the gush went away, but the really nasty taste didn't. Bottles all are brushed, washed in PBW and air-dried. Then rinsed with star-san on the day of bottling. (Actually, I fill my bottling bucket with star-san, then dunk all the bottles and hang them on the previously...

I finally gave up on the remains of 4 batches of beer last night and dumped them. :( All four batches were fine when I tasted them before bottling, but after I bottled things went bad. Three weeks after bottling they all had the same questionable off taste to them and a couple of them were...

As for the original question... :p No I don't find that I have to replace the lids very often... but the rubber grommet in the lit - that little sucker seems to be a real pain. I wouldn't really care and would just drop an airlock in the hole and let it rest on the lid of the bucket, but I...

I've been in JW Dover, Grape and Granary, and Leeners. I really didn't find anything wrong with any of the 3 - although I tend to prefer the selection at Grape and Granary although it is a bit farther from me. I pass Leeners on my way home from work, so I've often stopped if there's something...

For what it's worth, 2 of the beers I have in primary right now at about 64 degrees, a belgian wit (WLP400) and a summer wheat (WLP320), took 2.5 weeks for the krausen to drop.

With enough practice, you'll get over it. Trust me. :D

As everyone pointed out, without temperature or gravity readings, it is difficult for us to guess what is going on. Probably just a change in temperature or rousting the yeast when you racked. For what it's worth, the AHS British IPA was one of my favorites this year and a big hit with my...

+1 on lowering the fermentation temp. My first brew was way too warm, and besides having some nasty off-tastes to go with it, I got some great headaches from it. Knocking my fermentation temp. in to the low 60s for ales addressed both issues (taste and headaches). Yoop: I know what you...

Just wait until the day you find your mom and her old lady friends enjoying their Blush or White Zin out of a BOX. "NOOOOOOOOO!"