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just realized I used kettle brew pot and pot all interchangeable in my post didn't mean to confuse anyone those are all the same to me.

steeping is when you take your specialty grains and put them in a grain bag. You then let them sit in your brew pot with the warm water around 155-165 and "steep" for 30ish minutes much like you do when you make tea but for longer. I like to take the loose end of the grain bag and tie it around...

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I am sure some of you have seen this but I just stumbled on it via a friend. http://beerwarsmovie.com/trailer/large/

sounds like a sweet plan think I will try that with the 5 gallons of graff I am about to bottle

BMC= Bud miller coors?

my brother is getting married this summer and I am planning a bachelor party for the end of may. I want to make a good drinkable brew that will make the weekend even better. Most of the guys involved are used to guzzling pbr ans miller light so something that can be consumed in high quantities...

just came across this thread during a search ( i know i am about two years off) wondering if a bucket is as light sensitive as the glass carboy. My closet(where i ferment) is often a few degrees cooler than the rest of my house and was wondering if i could primary in a bucket in the kitchen to...

waiting seems to be the magical thing to do in brewing cuz now it is chugging along. cant wait to drink it. thanks

I brewed up a 5 gallon batch of graff last night and it has been close to twenty four hours and there are no signs of fermentation. I know it may take more than this to start just figured with such high sugar content it should start up. I used Nottingham that sat in my fridge for about a week...

nice label good to see their are other Mainers on here

true but being a broke college student I have gotten pretty good at choking them down when the money stream is low

I have a friend who bottles his beer in used 40 oz bottles. He isn;t the most conventional brewer but it seems to work with the screw tops, wondering if anyone else has tried/done this?

this is incredible after it is all done you have the tough choice of first brew to drink in the mancave.

thanks look forward to using all that this site has to offer and eventually contributing something.

I have been lurking around here for awhile and finally brewed my first batch which was a kit red ale. Felt that i owed it to everyone to sign up and let you know how it comes out since you all helped me without knowing it haha. It has been in primary for 4 days. thanks again