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yep... tho by that point, I'd pretty much committed to bottling... it'd been in the primary for a few weeks, pretty much figured she was done... I sure hope those 14 bottles are good :)

I did this exactly the same way as I did my last batch. I used a small notebook to "tilt" the bucket to be able to drain every last drop out... well guess what... I sure got everything out of it... Next time... I won't tilt until nearly empty.... I'm such a tool...

Ok, I could cry. I set up to bottle my Celebration clone last night, was sanitizing everything, my hydrometer slipped out of my hands and shattered... thought to myself, bummer, but it could have been worse. Transfered my beer from primary to bottling bucket, began filling the bottles...

Yeah, the guys seem to like the squirrel one, but the women around in my neighborhood just roll their eyes, but they all know me, and have come to expect it...

Thanks, I'm going to clean it all out and give it a "dry" run with hot water after cleaning, to make sure it can stand up to the temps. Worst case scenario, is I still have to wrap the bucket with some insulating foil wrap. We'll see how it goes, I just figured I'd check with the experts....

really? Do you think this will work for a first time 5 gallon batch? I was just looking for some advice before buying anymore equipment...

First beer ever (in a brew on premise) First Homebrew (Brown Ale extract with steeping grains) Apfelwein Second Beer (Celebration Clone) Just wanted to share...

tasted like a like chocolate zima to me... and I've been known to drink some *cheap* beers...

So, I've been trying to figure out if I should switch to All grain, read through all of the Stovetop AG threads (awesome btw!). So I had an equipment epiphany at work today when flipping throw Papazian's book regarding the Zapapap (sp?) and reading the threads on here.... I happen to...

9517 + 2 = 9519 Doing the best I can, 2 gallons at a time...

Cool, answered my question too... I'm brewing on Friday (thinking about doing the full boil) and then frying on Saturday....

I can't answer the question regarding cleaning out all the oil... Mine still has some cooked on deposits (which is why I haven't done a full boil beer yet). Definitely go with Peanut oil, higher smoke point, and can be reused a few times, saving the considerable expense. I like using Tony...

So I tasted my first home batch tonight. I've done a brew on premise batch from a lhbs, and it was an amazing belgian tripel, but I wanted to try smaller for my first homebrew. I brewed exactly one month ago, left it in the primary for two weeks, bottle conditioned for two weeks and...

I didn't have any bagged ice on hand (poor planning), but I put it in the tub with cold water... brought it down slowly, but after having a few Bigfoots, I was getting a bit jumpy with my process. Grabbed the frozen bottle, sanitized, and gave it a dunk... brought the temp down really quickly...

Ok, just figured I'd post... I started a few weeks back with a Mr. Beer, turned out terrible. So I figured I'd jump right into the real homebrew. I did however mix up some Apfelwein directly onto the Mr Beer yeast cake and its doing very well. So, I picked up a kit (fermenting bucket...

8451 + 2 gallons (Mr Beer batch)... can't wait till its done!