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I'm jumping in on this thread late, and I'm rookie compared to most in this forum; but I wanted to throw in my $.02. Coming from a biology/natural resources background, this caught my attention and the geek lobe of my brain went into temporary overdrive. Although this is not what the...

The very first beer I ever brewed I used pellet hops that were 2+ years old without chilling. My college roomate had purchased a beginners brew setup for a guy that lived there before me, and he never used it. It was my going away/clean out the basement present. My new housemates and I brewed...

Well, it was certainly a slow start. And it's been going steady for about 4 days now. It's started slowing down today. I know this isn't best, but the temp has been up and down between about 65 and 73°. The recipe I found called for 21 days at 40°. I may leave it a little longer if I...

Okay, I'm reading about building a "cold box" or using a fridge/freezer for lagering, but I'm short on time and for the next month or so, really short on cash. Here's what I do have. One huge commercial grade stainless fridge in an unheated workshop, with a Johnson temp controller. Problem...

Have many people used this yeast much? I didn't get much feedback from a searching. On Saturday (4 days ago) I brewed an Alaskan Amber Clone "attempt" and pitched a smallish starter. This morning I had still not seen ANY airlock motion, so I did what every man does when they're upset. I...

I read that thread a couple days ago! AAARRG.... Didn't make the connection. When I searched, I searched Saf-T-Fryer. Oh well. This one seems to be okay, although I may try to make some improvements to it. I already put it together and tested it out. In about 35 minutes I took 6 gallons...

Well, I finally took a big step (for me), and since it tells me at the top of the page that I haven't posted for a long time, I thought I'd share some thoughts and concerns. I got a turkey fryer at Lowes today. It's a Saf-T-Fryer brand. I've never heard of it. It has a 46k BTU burner and a...

When I moved into my grandparents' old place, I discovered several older glass jugs my grandpa had used for honey (he had hives spread all around the farm). I put them in the attic of my workshop and forgot about them until I saw some plastic screw-on caps at my LHBS. I sprung a $1.20 for two...

The final 15 it is then. Thanks guys! :mug:

Just started steeping grains in my milk stout, and realized, I don't know when I'm supposed to add the Lactose?! I'm guessing during or toward the end of the boil since it's unfermentable? It's an extract with grains recipe if that matters. Help! Thanks!

:confused: Is this pertaining to kegging or getting laid? Poor Grog. I'm embarrassed for him. :o

I don't know anything about kegs....yet (crossing fingers for upcoming B-day). My assesment on the fridge situation is....who owns the fridge? If it's yours, I say put your keg of homebrew inside and let roomate find a cooler or something for his BMC. I really just wanted to say.......GO...

I have not yet seen it, but I can't wait to turn off my brain, sit back, and laugh my a$$ off. I'll probably wait 'til it hits DVD or pay per view though. I despise going to the movies most of the time. Super Troopers and Club Dread (Same people who made Beerfest) are two of the funniest...

So, I'm bringing this thread back to life. After bottling another batch in these bottles and being sure to center the caps and give them a little push, I've run into the same problem. But here's "my new discovery." When I pop the top on a warm one, I have carbonation, beautiful head, and...

Does anyone else have any "special" bottles that they use? I'm talking about a bottle that has some significance, antiquity, special story, or anything else that may make it near and dear to your heart. I've got this smallish, maybe 10oz., brown, non-descript bottle that I found while SCUBA...

It's sneaking up on two months since these were bottled. I'm thinking they just didn't seal some how and most of my CO2 leaked out. There's sediment in each one, and they don't taste any sweeter than the carbonated bottles. Perhaps I should polish off the last two sooner than later to...

Okay, so I got some nice "cobalt" blue flip-top bottles and put them to use. Some of them didn't carbonate. Is there a certain way to cap them properly? I just flipped them shut and set them back to age, but so far I've had 3 out of the 10 turn out flat. Not spoiled...they taste...

There's ehad, then there's really good ehad. There is no such thing as bad ehad! :D

I started with one gallon in the original honey brown recipe. When I ran that one on the recipator, it came out to 4 IBUs. I'm new to the IBU's thing, but it tastes a lot like Newcastle Brown Ale, with honey. I like it. So if I boil 2.5 gallons, it yeilds 13 IBUs. I could do that for...

Thanks for all the input! :mug: sonvolt: I was thinking more along the color terms of "lighter" guess I'll learn to be more specific eventually! Although, I'm still after flavor and ABV. As per cweston's advice, I checked out hbd.org and played around with it. I think I might also...