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I actually have a spigot and hose already that should work well together...and I have the jug already as well. I'm going to give it a go and see how it works. I'll report my findings in a couple of weeks!

Adding tea isn't something I've considered, although I've had a chai beer or two in my time. Thanks for sharing!

So, I've done some bottling with 5 gallon batches before I started kegging everything. Now, that I'm playing with 1 gallon batches, I'm back to bottling. In 5-gallon batches, I added a priming solution to my bottling bucket and siphoned the beer in there to mix...then used the spigot/bottling...

I keg a lot of my 2.5 gallon batches in smaller keg (I think it's 2.5 gallons?) that I bought. They're not that hard to find, but sadly they're no cheaper than a 5 gallon. They also have some great 1 gallon and even 64oz. systems as well. I don't have one yet, but it's on my want list. In a...

Just like Tom Petty said, the waiting is the hardest part. I do a "big" brew of 5 gallons about every 6 weeks, and I try to scatter in a few little brews of either 1 or 2.5 gallons in between. Right now, my fermenting room has two secondary ferments of mead (split from one initial batch for...

Neat article! I just started this week and I'm looking forward to being somewhat close to this experienced in a year. For now, I'm just soaking up knowledge and waiting for beer to mature before drinking "my child". This article certainly helps and gives me both knowledge and optimism.

Neat article! I just started this week and I'm looking forward to being somewhat close to this experienced in a year. For now, I'm just soaking up knowledge and waiting for beer to mature before drinking "my child". This article certainly helps and gives me both knowledge and optimism.

Thanks for advice re: size of fermenting bucket. I actually have a 5gal and 6.5gal that are pretty much ready to roll. I'll need to do a bit of research on how to actually use the airlock, but I imagine it's not rocket surgery. As for the size of the batch, does anyone know if it would be bad...

Thanks for the help in both regards... Sayers - I will check out the Spencer material - great advice. thood6 - Very valuable comments. I'll certainly get a little more extract to add to the boil and I might pick up some specialty grain to steep before the boil. That doesn't seem too...

Hello all...this is Matt. I got a Mr. Beer kit for Christmas has it has spawned a monster. By this, I mean that my first beer will taste monstrous, but I can also see myself approaching a level of unhealthy addiction for this hobby. After doing a lot of reading and not much brewing (beyond...