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The search function works fine for me, as long as it says "Google Custom Search" in the box before I start typing. When I have problems it's because, for some reason, the search is not a Google Custom Search. I haven't figured out why this happens, but sometimes it just loads wrong for me...

"Let me be perfectly clear..." preceding some blatant obfuscation.

I'm with broadbill here. I'm an all-ale guy so far, mostly because of all the extra time and effort involved in lager. How do you keep an all lager pipeline going (yes, I realize that you don't have to chose one or the other)? I drink about a 5 gal keg per week so I brew a batch just about...

Reminds me of the scholarly gentlemen who used to ask me for a "solid quarter".

Please post pics when you get them together!

I'm sick and tired of reading all these threads about beer. I mean, seriously...don't you people have anything better to talk about? Wait. Where am I? Who are you people?

Then drink and enjoy. Heck, maybe even give it a week or two in the keg for giggles and see how the flavor changes. If it's really awesome, you might harvest the bugs for your next batch of ill-beer.

Great idea!

I don't know, but I think I'd be concerned about getting lupulin all over my nice clothes. If that's not a problem, you can probably just tie them up with floral wire

It's safe. How's it taste?

People generally buy rhizomes, rather than seeds. That's the only way to get a known variety in this cross-pollinated species. Besides, from seed you'd get 1/2 males (no cones). You want at least one good bittering hop and one good flavoring/aroma hop. If it was me, I'd buy Magnum, Centennial...

Good idea, hate to waste anything. FYI, though - talk of distillation is verboten on HBT.

Welcome to the addiction!

For future reference, you can make mead without directly heating the honey. There are different methods, but I usually just boil the desired volume of water and add it to a sanitized bucket containing the pre-measured amount of (room temp) honey for the batch. Then I simply stir with a sanitized...

Ahh. I'm with you now. :mug:

I haven't had a foamy mess yet. I guess ymmv.:mug:

I won't promise that it will fit, but mine does fit (HD lid + MW 6.5gal bucket). I feel your pain. My LHBS is 1.5 hours away. As a result, I just order from MW. Don't know if any are better than others. I just know that without a gasket, they are likely to leak - plastic on plastic doesn't...

First, I purge the keg with CO2 by pressurizing it and then bleeding the pressure release valve. I do this once, then repressurize, wait a few minutes and bleed it again. This removes the oxygen from the keg. Then, if I want to burst carb, I'll charge it to 30psi. Agitate for a few minutes...

I was able to get one of my home depot lids to fit on my 6.5 gal fermenter. It was a tight fit, but it sealed, unlike the lid I got from MW Supplies. Problem solved. If there's a bakery around your area, try them for buckets. They usually buy honey, malt, icing, etc. in big, high quality...

Yeah, my bad, Walmart has the turkey fryer on for $49 on the internet. It's $40 at our local store, though. Garden section by the grills. 21 qts is going to be problematic. You won't be able to boil full 5 gal batches (you lose ~1 gal in a 1 hr boil). You'll have to top them off. Not a huge...