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Thanks! I think Ill try Costco water and see what happens....

WOW - awesome. . .

I have one of these guys... http://www.northernbrewer.com/brewing/brewing-equipment/bottling/bottle-cappers/fermenters-favorite-royal-crown-bottle-capper ... its seems it will last longer than me but lately - its either me or it - it does not seem to be holding the cap on the bottle...

Ive been using purchased SPRING water for my brews but purified city (city of Los Angeles) water is a heck of a lot cheaper..... Taste wise, spring water tastes a lot better than the purified city water, but I assume it may have salts and minerals in it that may help with a brew, or at least...

Yes Im going to try those on my next batch...:D

Sounds good ... Ill check it out...

hmmm.... do these keep it from being OVER-carbonated ? Im going to try it... the last batch I made I completely forgot the sugar and had to guess-timate the sugar by hand, not fun...

Ive made a bunch of extract kit beers now and everything is working out great EXCEPT Im finding that sometimes when I bottle the recipes, some go through a timeline of 1 - first couple weeks the beer has no carbonation.....2 - the beer then becomes perfectly carbonated....3- the beer is wildly...

Quick update -= I bottled the Plinian batch one month ago and now its just right = it took 4 weeks for it to come into its own.... This is the second batch for me but not the last - Cheers !

Yum !

FG was within range so Ill try to purge the carbonation.... Thanks!

Yes I do have a stout tap and no CO2 to start... It started with NO head for a few days then built up to a perfect head, now 'heading' into only head... if you know what I mean... I guess I should drink it faster.... or ?

I have an oatmeal stout on my kegerator with a beer gas mixture of nitro 75% CO2 25% at 25PSI, one tank and regulator, 45 degrees F. When I first hooked it up, no head... a few days later it was perfect.... now its way too much after a couple weeks.... I have to let is sit around for...

For an American ale yeast, when making a yeast starter, what is the optimal time to pitch the starter ? 12 hr? Thanks !

... and drink a beer while you are doing it - have fun. The only times Ive messed up is when Ive been in a rush...

.. free boxes from Bevmo....

Oh OK, the package just looked weird....

Viewing this video from NB they use a ACTIVATOR at 45sec not yeast, how is this different and who sells an activator ? ALSO is it best to use liquid or dry yeast in a starter for a DIPA ? Thanks

Newbie here also, I did not take readings until I figured out you're best to have a beer thief to do it.... many extract kits are very foregiving...... even if you make a bad batch, keep the bottles stored away somehwhere and check on them every onece in a while, sometimes time heals all sins...

Glad you think that..... that was my experience also... With this batch I did a yeast starter .... Ill let you know the difference between this one and a non-yeast starter batch.... Cheers !