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Joe, there is an Airgas store in West Chicago that you can get beer gas at. I think the street it's on is Washington, by rt. 38. Across from "THE CRUSHER"

I just ordered 2 Willmette, 2 Cascade and a Mt. Hood from Midwest Brewing Supplies. They were cool enough to send me a free catalog, so I figured I should send some business their way.

http://www.airgas.com/ I'm not sure of the prices, though. I'm a driver at one of their fill plants and I just get the tank filled... perks.

I am not sure where your located but I get my gas through Airgas, and they seem to have places all over the place check their website under store locator, there might be one nearby, http://www.airgas.com/

Here is an ordinary bitter that I really like... 3 Lbs. Light Dried Malt Extract 2 1/2 lbs. Maris otter malt 1/2 lb Crystal 40L Malt Hops 1 oz. u.k fuggle bittering 1 oz. u.k fuggle flavor 3/4 cup priming sugar 1 White Labs Ale yeast I quoted the directions from the above...

Thanks for the replies, I have always been hyper sensitive about removing the lid once it comes off the burner. You've obviously had good success with not using a lid to cool, or just leaving it open a bit without any contaminent issues so I'll give that a try.

I just bought a wort chiller today. Yea! No more bringing in buckets of snow in from outside! I was going to buy some tubing and make one myself, but when I checked the price on 25ft. of copper tubing, it was real close to the $65 for a pre-fabbed one. A book I had said that for $15 and some...

I feel your pain.. I deliver gas to a few beverage distributors, and there are piles of those cornies just laying around, almost glowing like a mound of treasure in a pirate movie. The thought does enter your mind. Just like you though, I can't get passed the dreaming stage.

Another SVRider here.. Mine's not quite as modded as your guys, but I really like it. Here's my XR 650.

Why would you say to avoid etrade? because they are on shakey ground? I have noticed that their stock is way down, but if they went under would that be a big deal if you had investments through them? I mean if they went under, you would still have your shares of the stock that you hold, right?

I always like the questions that are considered newbie questions. Those are the ones I most often check out. Alot of them, such as this one, are questions I never really think to ask, but are great for info. p.s. I'm not saying anyone was giving him a hard time.

There is a brewing school in Chicago that you might be interested in looking at. http://www.siebelinstitute.com/. I know it is not very close to you but it may give you some ideas.

That's good news, thanks. My book said to have 60 bottles ready. I'm glad that you get about the same amount. I didn't want to have to handle all the bottles with safety glasses on. The RDWHAHB is great until someone gets a shard of jagged glass in the eye.

Well, I was expecting to get around 60 bottles worth out of my 5 gallon batch of bitter, but I only filled 47.5 bottles. Perhaps I didn't measure the 5 gallon mark on the carboy properly. How many do you usually get from 5 gallons, and should I be concerned about the ratio of 3/4 cup corn sugar...

When I have to get beer at the store, I usually get the Sam Adams. Sure there are better brews in the 6 pack area, that I am tempted to get, I usually walk around the area conteplating a bit, but it is really hard to pass up the $10.99 12pk of Sam's when I need empty bottles, and I have yet to...

Great, I always like an exuse to post a picture of my truck and camper. And my bike, I also have a sv650 but it's nothing real special

I voted that it is o.k. I drive a liquid nitrogen tanker truck around Chicago, night shift, for a compressed gas company. It can be fun at times, but it can get kind of routine at times also. I do get some good stories to tell at home about some of the characters I see at that time of night. One...

Thanks, I wasn't sure if it was beneficial to get rid of the initial krausen or trub. I thought that it may contribute to off flavors or hangover contributing resins. Is it still neccesary to use a blowoff hose when using the 6.5? or will the airlock suffice?

For fermenting which is better? the 5 gallon which will blow off more of the hop resins and exess yeast during the start of fermentation? or the 6 1/2 gallon which will leave more in the carboy? or does it matter? I am just getting back into beer brewing after a long break, but have accumulated...