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Thanks for stepping outside the peanut gallery to give a real answer. :D If Charlie says myth, I think I have to side with his opinion.

Nah, I'm all about Rock Band, nice try though. ;)

You're my hero. :rockin:

Dang, I forgot to rework the hop schedule for a partial boil. I'll have to look into that. As for the 2 gallon MLT, that's exactly what I have. You can do 5 lbs. of grain with 1.2 quarts of water/lb., but it will be really full. It's doable, I've done it. :D EDIT - Any PMers out there...

If I ever see you in a dark alley kicking Mr. Beer's ass, I'm going to step in and help. :D p.s. Sorry Orfy. Back on topic (to those with the new Mr. Beer Gear): Mr. Beer will get you started on the road to a great and rewarding hobby. After you've given your best with Mr. Beer I suggest...

I've not made the jump to AG or kegging as of yet myself. If money was no object, I'd take kegging over AG. I really, really, don't like bottling. It's probably the one part of brewing that I procrastinate on (not always a bad thing ;) ).

I do have one question regarding this though. Would some grains have a higher chance of lending tannins due to "squeezing" over others? The Winter Ale that I have the issue with has some heavily roasted grains (roasted barley, chocolate, etc.). Could a heavier roast create more tannins...

I did this on my second brew and I can tell you from first hand experience that you can easily extract some heavy tannins out of the grains if you do it. My Winter Ale that I'm currently drinking isn't "bad", but it does have a noticable astringent taste. I blame squeezing every last ounce of...

Yeah, I want to try and use DME with this myself. Pretty easy to convert this to a PM with DME. How does this look? Ingredients: ------------ 8 lbs Light Dry Malt Extract 1 lbs 8.0 oz Pale Malt (2 Row) US 1 lbs 4.0 oz Roasted Barley 1 lbs Special B Malt 6.0 oz...

And who ever said science wasn't fun! :D

Good call, I'll do just that. :) p.s. I just noticed in your sig that you have a beer planned that's named after World of Warcraft...I feel like such a nerd for knowing that. :o

Hrm, I checked out AHB and the kit link. Noticed that the extract and mini-mash kits are being sold with LME. :( I'm much more a fan of DME when it comes to extract. Any reason why LME is being used?

I'm a sucker for optical illusions, so I figured I'd share one of my favorites. Instructions: Focus on the black "+" in the center of the screen. You'll notice that the empty space circling the dots will turn green. Continue to focus and all of the pink dots will disappear. I think...

Hot damn! I'm picking mine up as soon as I have the available funds. Way to go chriso and AHB! This is gonna rock!

I don't know first hand what either of these taste like, but if it's any consolation, both were used as insect repellant. :D

Wow, I thought everyone got New Belgium beers. You can't go anywhere here without seeing Fat Tire, Mothership Wit, and 1554 here. I just recently had a Belgian Trippel from Great Waters Brewing Co. when I went to a MN Wild game last week. Great beer, but unless you're in St. Paul, no dice.

Awesome, they sell boots! That's a lot of beer :drunk: Only thing I've had in a glass like that is a pina colada :D

This is exactly what I have. Picked it up at Walmart for about $10. 2 Gallon Rubbermaid cooler. There are great instructions for converting one to an MLT right here. I've used it for two batches so far. It's worked great and holds temperature well (I place a towel over the cover since the...

I haven't really been immersed in all the different hops out there yet, but have tried quite a few. I haven't come across any as of yet that I don't like. If they're used in the right style of beer at the right time, I think any hop is good. I am a "C" hop fan though. Centennial is my...

Same here. Since I don't have the capability for AG yet, I guess I'll throw down an extract brew. Being able to just buy a kit for this from AHS is going to be nice. :ban: