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Hey Jeff, I had the same kit as you, and I've put this in one of your previous threads, but I guess you didn't see it: The BBS kit has great ingredients, but really really terrible instructions. They give a lot of really bad advice, and you'd do well to ignore some of it. In the kit they...

I guess I didn't realise what people meant by swamp coolers and thought they were way bigger setups. I keep my jugs in the closet at the moment, but when it starts to get warmer, I might try getting a bucket or cooler, and putting a jug in there and see how it does. Thanks!

I've got 2 batches of hefeweizen on the go right now, I'm hoping they become a TNT recipe because I do like wheat beer, but the banana thing... not so sure about. Hmmm

I'm only 3 batches of beer in, but I'm totally hooked :) I live in L.A. and I'm wondering what beers do best with warmer fermentation temps? I live by the sea, and my apartment usually stays cooler than outside (I don't have a/c) but it's still going to be in the 70's/80's for most of the...

Since my first batch of beer, I've made a batch of ginger ale, root beer, dog biscuits and bread from the leftover grain, and I'm currently planning my next batch.

was this a bar, or a restaurant? Great find!

Patty is a woman's name, Irish people call the day St. Paddy's. (little pet peeve of mine :o ) I'm thinking of making a stout :)

ohhh that would be perfect. They didn't have any swing tops of any kind in the TJ's nearest to me, but I might try a few others if I'm passing them. Thanks for the tip!

I agree, no harm in being cautious, just saying not to write off the batch just yet :mug:

I'm new to brewing, but since I started I've been keeping my eyes open for Grolsh in any supermarkets I've been in, and they never seem to have it! Does anyone know of any other beers/soda that come in flip-top bottles?

Dude, I'm a total noob too, so I mean it with affection, but you need to seriously take the best advice that anyone can give around here. Relax. Don't worry. Have a beer. (and soon you will be relaxing with your homebrew)

I had the exact same kit as you, and just bottled it this past weekend. Their kit has the terrible advice to mash uncovered, so it's really hard to maintain temps. At one point my mash got way hotter than it should have too. I don't have a hydrometer, so I don't know how much alcohol I ended...

I've been worried to use non-food safe items too, so I've been using food-grade cheese cloth from the supermarket. You can get turkey stuffing bags from the dollar store too. It's not reuseable, but if you want reuseable, why not get the bags that are sold at the homebrew store. It might be a...

If they're still hard to remove after an overnight soak in oxyclean, steel wool is really good at getting all the gunk off.

I've heard of people using vodka too.

Nice! We could be even happier for you if there were pictures :D

I have a BBS kit, but I've added an auto-siphon and bottling wand (and a buch of other stuff). I have the fermtech, and can heartily agree that you have to practice with water first. It took me quite a few tries to get the siphon going smoothly. What I realised is that you have to have the...

I got my baster, s/s long handled spoon, bucket for sanitizing solution, cheesecloth for grains, and bleach from the dollar store. Possibly for less than wal-mart has them.

Does the price in your spreadsheet include shipping? That can vary a fair bit. But anyway, if you have a local homebrew shop would strongly advise you to go there and check it out. I have two near me and both of them have prices very close to online prices, and if you go there intending to...

Total noob question: why do they need to be craft brews? is it to make sure it's not twist top bottles?