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Using an immersion coil chiller like yours is considered an "upgrade". By all means use the damn thing instead of ice, it will chill it 1000 times faster and provide you with a cold break. Enough said.

Well I have devised yet another method.... I carbonate while my beer is keg aging. I put 3 sets of 30 PSI on the keg and detatch the gas each time. It usually takes 2 days for it to absorb 30 PSI. I like my beer carbed at between 12-15 PSI @ 34 degrees, well carbed and COLD. If you put 30...

That would be an excellent trade, more than enough! In fact, 2 - 1/2 liters would be good enough for me, so if you dont want to part with all 3 liters just send me 2-1/2's, I understand that you have a lot of time into this and it is probably hard to part with since you've been waiting so long...

Well i'll send you about $20.00 of their beers in trade, should be about 3-4 22 ouncers (or a 6 pack of various and a 22 ouncer). I just called them and they only have about 6 of their beers in 22 ouncers, but I can mix and match any of the 12 ounce beers to make you a nice 6 pack. If you like...

I was nosing around through your posts and found this one from 2 months ago which I actually replied to :) https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=15040 I am really excited to try this mead! It sounds like you have a years worth of work into it!!!! I'm not sure I can wait that...

Sounds good, I will be able to get out to the brewery in the next few days too. So yea, let me know which ones you want and give me your addy and i'll give you mine :)

I dont have any "bottles", but I could send you a growler full of beer, here's what I have available: Blue Moon (Ready now), AHS American IPA I (Might be a problem with that though, 1-2 weeks to age anyway), Arrogant Bastard (3 weeks), Amber Lager(2-3 weeks), Rasberry Wheat (5 weeks). OR...

I would like to brew mead, but I dont want to buy all the crap, spend 6 months brewing it and find out I dont like it. Would anyone be willing to "trade" me a bottle of mead? I will trade you a $20.00 gift certificate to austin homebrew.

AFAIK a lager brewed at room temp is not a lager, it is a steam beer. If you have to do a lager at room temperature, go to the white labs or yyeast website and look at their lager yeasts. There are some that will ferment at high temps. Well, they "all" will ferment, but there are some that...

I brewed a Ras Wheat beer the other day from a kit from AHS. It gave me a 2 oz bottle of rasberry flavoring to add. The instructions say to add it to the bottling bucket. The problem is I keg. Soo, here are my way to tedius questions :) 1. Should I add it to the secondary right before I...

Not even reading the comments. This whole thread spells bad idea all over it. Just exchange/fill your c02 tanks, its cheap enough!

Adding my 2, kegging is way worth it. Also, in case someone hassnt stated this yet. You can bottle from a keg, you dont need an external c02 system or anything. I keep a couple growlers and 16 oz flip top re-usable bottles on hand to bring my brew with me. As far as i'm concerned, kegging is...

This is true, you can do this if you are using buckets, if you are using carboys however, do not do this. This is not good practice however as you are submersing something in the cooled wort, but it will certainly work untill you get a test tube.

You are correct in not boiling with the lid on, and you did "most" things correctly. Since your airlock is bubbling it sounds like things are looking good. I think you meantioned that you shook the fermenter so oxygen should have been ok. The only change I would make besides putting the lid...

Since we always have to sanitize the autosiphon I was looking for something to easily submerse it without a bunch of water. $2.99 a wallpaper box. They are 3-4 feet long and relatively shallow, perfect for quickly sanitizing that siphon. Just thought i'd share. I dont know what they are...

Liquid yeast can take up to 4 days and even longer depending on the temps to start vigorous fermentation. I dont know why white labs even calls this "pitchable". Dont worry though, your brew will be fine, it'll just take a little longer. Here's some tips: Get involved in the whole...

Depends on what you like. Check out www.austinhomebrew.com, their kits and clone kits are really nice. Try brewing a commercial style beer yourself using one of their clone kits. I just racket their clone kit of Arrogant Bastard Ale to secondary and I can tell already its going to be great...

Bret: DME is Dry Malt Extract LME is Liquit Malt Extract These are the sugars we use to brew. Either is fine for brewing extract. Ryan: If you used dry yeast and made a yeast slurry (dont worry if you didnt), you should get fermentation starting within 24 hours. If you used...

hehe, I guess that is what I get!