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make it an adventure to find beer she likes! also get SWMBO into the actual brewing. My wife loves the smell of malt and hops, its like aroma therapy for her... try to just include her in your obsession, she really just doesn't want to be left out.

Well it took off overnight, very strong fermentation now. Thanks for the advice though.

Dude, I work in shipping & use fedex everyday. They are a decent company, but keep a good papertrail, find 1 person to talk to (like a rep or something), call them everyday, they will recoup. It is funny to think of some retard stealing all your hops with the hopes of smoking it up... ha...

1. Yep I have an ale packet lying around ready to use. Was going to use that in the morning if I see no fermentation. 2. The slurry was thick brown, only the big chunks settled out (only let it sit for 10 min before pitching).

Yeah I read about pouring the new batch on top of the old yeast cake. How To Brew did not recommend this (for whatever reason), so I just used the top brown liquid and left the heavy trub behind (from what was in the mason jar).

I just made up a 5 gal batch of Palm O' Porter, used the leftover yeast from the last batch of porter (same recipe). How soon is that supposed to start visibly fermenting. It has been 24 hrs, and nothing is happening. METHODS: After racking to priming bucket..bottled... etc, I left the...

yeah, I have spigots on everything as well, all primaries, secondaries, and bottling. Never had a problem. Just make sure to sanitize spigots well before and after each use.

I just sent it to my wife! Its a good thing she is cute because she sure is dumb!

I share most of mine, I am lucky if I get to drink 1/3 of a batch... Its ok though, I enjoy making it as much as drinking it (not the $ part though...) and I like introducing different beer to people. The less people drinking bad mass-produced beer the better. So if you don't want all your...

only an idiot couldn't figure out how to drink in the military... its so easy a caveman (or a private for that matter) can do it. AND +1 for any underage kid who can figure out how to make a tasty brew and avoid the BMC stage in underage drinking. He could get his friends messed up on 2...

make it anyway you want it... there is no ONE PERFECT way to do things in the brewing world, you should know this...

yeah it works good, just marinaded a steak with some green stout that I had to try (2 week mark sample). Good eats!!

Just wait it out. I brewed a American PA on Saturday, pitched yeast @ 4:00. Had no activity until this morning (little over 36 hrs). No bubbling but a krausen ring was forming. So it can take awhile....

or just use boiled water to give a quick rinse, thats what i do, works good

um, just put it through a coffee filter...

2001-2008, US Army, Infantry & Armor. Did 18 month Iraq tour.

HERETIC, BURN HIM!

YES!!! AWESOME! PS. Pot doesn't make you lazy, you do.

Have been in the army, got the Iraqi T-shirt, not happy with that situation either (anyone want to say Vietnam...). The army is full of idiots with guns, so many "accidental discharges"!! I don't trust cops either for this reason... oh and the fact that they generally act like authoritarian...