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Well I bottled a 5 gallon batch today and the drying racks worked awesome. So if you need a cheap and easy bottle rack give it a try.

I haven't dried with it but i did load it up with bottles and it held fine. I have the rubbermaid ones, they were quite a bit more rugged than the off brand ones ive seen. I will be putting them thru the paces tomorrow.

So i came up with a botte drying rack this week and was wondering what you people think. Sorry i dont have pics yet but i will just explain what i did. I took two of those rubbermaid storage bins with the snap on lids you can get at wally world and drilled a bunch of "1 1/2 holes in the lid so...

Well I dry hopped with 1 oz of amarillo this weekend and took a gravity sample, the beer ended up finishing at 1.010 from 1.060 so thats good. I tasted the sample and it was pretty damn good for young as it is. I want to brew another beer but i want to make sure my process is good enough before...

Duhhhhh! Im slow to see the obvious sometimes but maaaan i should have thought of that lol. thanks for the help man.

I am pretty excited but I hear ya on the waiting. I want to make good beer not just beer.

It was a centennial IPA. Yeah i dont really know if the 1 month time is gonna happen lol. This is my first time brewing so I dont have any real world experience. I know i probably should have done extract first but.....Im the type that jumps in the deep end and hopes he can swim lol. Seriously...

Well i brewed my first ever all grain batch yesterday. The mash and sparge went great hit all my temps on the money (lucky i guess). I collected 7 1/2 gallons of wort for my pre boil volume.... now is when i hit a few bumps... first thing i boiled over, not real bad just a little. I ended up...

will do. I will make at least one more trip down there this year.. the crappies are going nutso...lol.

thanks for all the help guys. i think im just over thinking everything. Im gonna just brew a batch and go from there. Yeah i checked Camp McClellan out the other day,not bad but i think you are right about being geared toward wine. I heard there is a good shop call "something brewing" in...

yeah i dont know if it the same or not... i dont think it is but who knows. how are you treating your water for chloraimines? where do you get your brewing supplies? any good local shops?

I was just saying people generaly say if your house has a water softner you shouldnt use that water at all. i did see that chloramine comment and i will be picking up some campden tabs.

Im brewing a hoppy pale ale for my first batch. And no, no softner (thats a no no). Ive got a charcoal filter so the chlorine/chloramine prob should be a non factor. i test the tap water ph last night and got about a 6.8-7.0 so with the acid from my grains i might be in range. i put the grain...

great river hopapotimus is stellar and the redband stout is good. peacetree blonde fatale is a straight panty dropper!

The water tastes very clean. I am a pool operator so i do have a few avenues for testing i just didnt want to have to go down that route. Im just gonna go for it on a half batch and see what shakes out. The ward labs idea might just be something i will want to do in the future so thanks for the...

well here is what i found online... same thing they sent me... not so good http://www.rigov.org/DocumentView.aspx?DID=990

You know ive never checked (duh). I'll give it a try and see what i find. thanks for pointing that out.

Anybody in here brewing in Rock Island IL? I am about to do my first batch at my new house and i am wondering what adjustments need to be done to my water prior to brewing? I got a water report but it was a joke to say the least. Ive got a charcoal filter so the chloramine prob is covered but i...

Thanks for the heads on Brooklyn Brew Shop ill have to check them out. Ive already done a few extract brews but i guess im a dive into the deep end and hope i can swim kind of guy lol! Ive already ordered a couple all-grain kits from Northern Brewer so all im waiting for is TIME! Im a new daddy...

Thanks alot! im sure i will be needing help. maybe some kegerator parts as well;)