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Dude, sorry about your bus problem and the prospect of shoveling at dusk.. but you're drinking at the Blind Tiger. You win. :)

Don't worry about it too much. Just keep the bottles in an empty cardboard case. If you get a bottle bomb (or if the first couple of open bottles are gushers), you can move them into the fridge and that will put the yeast to sleep and keep more from 'sploding. Of course, there are other...

only had about 12-15" last night. We had about 20" on 12/27/10. Here's some shots my wife took: Cheers!

Welcome dude. HBT is just the best resource. I studied music @ UNT in the late 90's. I miss that place sometimes (especially this winter--ugh) Cheers!

http://www.howtobrew.com/section1/chapter11-4.html Cheers!

I'm drinking SN Torpedo right now after shoveling my driveway all afternoon. Such a great beer. Hop bomb, but worth the attack when you get to the finish. I'm hoping that the IPA I have bottled in my basement is similar. (still green though--only bottled 7 days ago) Cheers!

To be sure, I would run them through the dishwasher again an hour or so before you actually bottle. I'm always paranoid that dust and bacteria may have fallen into the bottles if they're stored upright. My rule of thumb is: clean the bottles little by little (as I drink them), and then...

I just placed an order yesterday! 1 "Designing Great Beers: The Ultimate Guide to Brewing Classic Beer Styles" Ray Daniels; Paperback; $15.15 1 "Yeast: The Practical Guide to Beer Fermentation (Brewing Elements Series)" Chris White; Paperback; $13.57 Total for this Order...

Dude I've been working all weekend on the nightshift, and I think I'm gonna have a homebrew when I get home at 5:30. I should have a nice buzz on when I walk my son to school at 8:15. lol I'll drink to your 100th post.

Dude this keezer looks great! What a score for $50! Great job!

Dude that's a crapload of cara. Are you mashing these or steeping?

I'm more than happy to throw on a hood and give it a go.. I just don't have a welder! The stand looks great, though. Good job brother!

No, it's fine to leave all that stuff in there. In time, the yeast will settle out to the bottom of the carboy, and eventually the beer will clarify and all the sediment will be on the bottom, too. So when you rack the beer off to the bottling bucket (assuming you're bottling), you can just...

dammit.. I missed it? sheeeet. Any more? I'll gladly post pics all year!

"Mmmmmm... juicyfruit" btw, I think the winner might could win your welding services for a, uhhh, brewstand.. (I'm ready to build one, for example...)

Bubbling and the thick head you speak of--called krausen--are both signs of active fermentation. 5-6 hours? That's awesome! You're doing great! Don't worry about it. Separating the wort from the trub is a tricky tricky thing, cause once the wort is cooled, you are very suseptable to...

I just heard about this on a podcast the other day. They were saying that it's a good thing to do when doing a partial boil, so that you get better (and closer to intended) hop utilization. Then you put in the remaining DME with about 15 min to go just to sanitize and get a homogenous mixture...

After that keg gets floated and you disassemble, take a look at how long the gas side diptube is. If it's any longer than an inch, you can shorten it and that will minimize the chances of an overfill. Every once in a while, you see someone wigging out because beer migrated from one keg to...

Awesome. I need to check that out. I don't understand what that is... That's a great trick -- I need to look into that, too. This one scares me. I don't know why.. just scared of some crazy infection getting in. Maybe it's because I never really clean and sanitize my MLT. I only rinse...

The ceramic heating element is what I'm about to do in mine. I'm also going to install a small fan in the corner just to keep the air moving well. You could also use a small space heater, but most would be overkill, IMO. btw, which temp controller are you using?