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When you are transferring the wort to your primary fermenter, and you have a bag full of hops (flavoring or bittering) in there - are you supposed to squeeze out the juices from this into the wort? Sometimes the volume from these things can be pretty big, the hops can really absorb a lot of...

Thanks a lot guys. This seems like a great forum. I'm sure I'll have lots more questions... I did buy the John Palmer book, but I'm only a couple chapters in right now.

1) Cost - why are the kits from all the local homebrew shops so expensive even though you can buy the individual ingredients there for so much less? For example I was looking at Sierra Nevada recipes... the individual components are: $10.80 [9 pounds, U.S. 2--row pale malt ] $00.50 [1/2...

Yea, and just a few months ago Iron Hill opened up on Bridge street. Good stuff. I've tried their sampler which has a crazy number of brews (something like 20 small glasses for $4). I love their Ironbound Ale. The guys at the local brew supply shop were raving about something they make...

I have one of those too, Harbor Freight, $10 new. I've used it on many a project. Another option is to just get a grinding wheel for your regular circular saw, they are also only a couple of dollars for the grinding wheel. I've cut quite thick metal with both of these tools (sparks flying...

I just joined the group today, and I'm also from PA (Phoenixville - Philly suburbs). I still don't really know what I'm doing yet, just bought some decent (second hand) equipment. I think I have everything I need to get started. Will try some extract batches first then try the all grain...