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How did I miss it? I've been searching PDX craigslist for kegerators for months now. Am I reading this right? You're in Hillsboro and you scored a kegerator WITH kegs? Congratulations on that deal.

Well it's officially been a month and I almost forgot about it. I just checked and it looks like I've got a very thin scoby in the jar. Also, lots of sediment(?) at the bottom of the jar. I'm guessing this is all normal. My question now is, should I build up a batch from this scoby or let it...

I treated everything like it was a beer brewing day. Clean water, sanitized jar, etc. however I think temperature is going to be too cool for me in this house. I'm trying to grow my own SCOBY from a bottle of GT's and so far it's very slow going, if at all. I've got my jar in the warmest area...

I'm pretty sure I'm just being paranoid. After weighing out my 4.3oz from a new 1lb bag of sugar, I placed the remaining sugar on the scale and the math was correct. I guess I'm just proving a point about eyeballing it and will never again rely on anything but dry weight measurements...

That being said, I just used 4.3oz of corn sugar for an Amber Ale which "shows" as over a cup in my measuring cup. Northern Brewer calculator shows that amount as 0.5 cup on their chart. A little confusing. I used my digital scale by weight but was shocked to see it "showing" over a cup when...

So, is it entirely safe to brew kombucha? In other words, if something goes wrong and I end up with an infection, is it dangerous? I worry a lot, about everything... a lot. I like the fact that if my beer ends up with an infection it might taste horrible, smell awful, scare the neighbors...

These are great. Are you creating your own graphics with photoshop or similar? And where are you sourcing the clipart (such as the bee, crown, etc.) if you don't mind my asking? Again, really cool work, any info is appreciated. Thanks.

I see there are a couple of extract versions floating around. I'm new to beersmith, just downloaded the trial, can't seem to get it to convert correctly. I'll keep tinkering with it but in the meantime, is there an extract version with a good track record? Thanks.

I agree with the bubbling but unfortunately my OG was 1.050 and not 1.057 so that puts me a little lower. Either way, I'm moving forward with the bottling soon and appreciate all of the input.

So how about figuring abv? Does that mean I need to subtract the lactose variable? 1.050 OG to 1.022 FG lands me at about 3.7%ABV if I'm not mistaken. Pretty low for a stout. Hate to keep beating this drum but I'm still a little concerned about moving forward to secondary. I've noticed...

Thanks for the info. I'm a new guy, trying to figure all of this out. Where exactly can I find that kind of information on my own? I plugged my recipe into the recipe builder at hopville and it says my O.G. should be 1.013. Is there a calculator I can use to project gravity? Thanks again.

Same issue here. 12 days in the primary and 3rd reading at 1.022 with an O.G. of 1.050 however I only used 8oz of lactose. I'm in no rush so i'm going to let it ride a little longer but I did notice all airlock activity has completely stopped as of last night. I know it's no way to judge but...