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I generally do not drink until it is 5:00 (somewhere), and I'm done brewing before that. But cleanup is SO much better with a couple beers involved, and cleanup isn't important anyway, is it?. Yes, of course it is, but I do a fine job cleaning regardless of a few beers.

You can let them sit at room temp after they are fully carbonated. For hoppy beers, the hop flavor/aroma may fade a bit faster at room temp, so I try to get them in the fridge if possible. (I have an embarrassing number of refrigerators.) But no, you should not rely on the fridge to prevent...

More impressive if you sanitize your whole head, then dive in and retrieve it with your teeth. Again, no biggie.

Yep, no doubt about it. Your beer is ruined! :)

Welcome. Now, let's talk about the clean up that you hate. What exactly? Maybe there's a better way to do it.

I appreciate the author's enthusiasm for brewing and DIY. Thank you for submitting an article, and happy brewing!

I give the beer extra time to complete fermentation, so I almost never take gravity measurements until I'm ready to bottle. No need to worry about CO2 blankets, oxidation, or infection due to measurements.

Cool project. Good question about the lack of a mill appliance. I'm committed to hand cranking, because I like a little sweat in my beer, but an appliance would be tempting. A compact mill is a great goal, but if it doesn't work out, you could go the opposite direction. Make the thing as large...

This thread started with a very interesting question: Could we improve our IPAs by including more varieties of hops? Although its great to read who started liking IPAs, and when/how, the question above needs better answering. I've been afraid to muddle my hops, and I've been afraid to use...

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I have several house beers that are repeated, but are not always on hand. ...and they're not really repeated, since I always change something. So, I guess I don't have a house beer after all. I plan to someday when I get my recipes perfected. (Fat chance.)

What!?! First post trying to get a shirt to advertise the love of beer! Should be free shipping to you, my friend. :)

??? Okay, I get it. You trust the Wyeast packaging more than my anecdotal statement (though mine is unbiased). No offense taken. :) As it turns out, I was already planning to brew a steam beer over the 4th of July weekend, and my recipe included chocolate malts that were... gone! No...

And since humans are 90% water, BEER really is important!

Hey! I resemble that remark. Welcome @brewohio.

I didn't like siphoning into a bottling bucket, so I got a fermentation vessel with a ball valve. Love it. Mine is a little higher on the vessel, so I don't get yeast in it, but I do have to tip it at the end to get all the beer out. I would keep what you have, and waste the first bit with the...

I'm unclear on the cleaning process. Could someone come over and clean mine to show me?

Have you made an IPA that did not have good head retention? I have found that I do not need to use any special head retention malts to get satisfactory head retention -- especially for IPAs -- since a little head and dispersed lacing is all I need. (That's what he said.)

I can't, but some can. They use one of those water... er, beer witches. Or, I guess, some fill one or two plastic bottles per batch so they can feel how hard they are.

Nooooo! Okay, yeah, of course you are going to sample after one week. I wouldn't think twice about it. Lots of comments here, without anyone asking what yeast you're using and ABV. IME, 1 week is never enough for full carbonation, yet others say that's enough time for them -- and I don't...