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Im in the same boat. Curious about the answer to this one. I have been researching lots of brew rigs and I see people using both direct fire and rims on their keggle MT. Not sure what the advantage of this is compared to just Rims on a cooler MT.

full breakdown, inspection of parts, and overnight soak in oxyclean. I dont always replace o'rings, depends on condition. I just got a keg that smelled of sprite/7-up. the only way to get rid of the smell was to change all the rings. IMO not always necessary but depends on the situation...

Our old fridge died a few years ago and I put it in the garage with good intentions but no motivation to fix it. Well about a year later I get into homebrewing and decided to fix the fridge. That thing was a nasty mold fest. I hit it with bleach, peroxide and starsan and it has never been...

well first you get yourself a donkey, give him some water... get your bottles sanitized while you wait.

Looks like I have found an IPA and a hop combo (Mozaic and Azaccca) that I don't like. I will have to try to remember this combo so I dont forget and invent it myself later down the road.

Yeast and yogurt. You better hope there is a toilet close by, cause that sounds like a colon cleaner.

yep you guys found a prime example. Luckily for her she has other...assets..:D that still make the show watchable.

When in europe or any foreign country it is great fun to take a stab at the local language. I particularly enjoy ordering food or drinks, mimicking the locals as i over pronounce the names, and manage the rest of the conversation. The downside is you come home and you know how it should be...

I have lots of misc oz's of european hops hanging about so I may follow your lead and throw together an experimental saison. With the nice warm weather here it should be just right to whip up a few summertime brews. enjoy

Word. I got the deluxe too. When that box showed up at my door I was like a kid at christmas. I still have a bottle or too of caribou slobber in my basement. Its probably caribou vinegar by now.

Not sure what you have yet for equipment but I started with one of these. http://www.northernbrewer.com/shop/brewing/beer-equipment-starter-kits There are so many home brew specific tools bits and pieces that it was easier (for me) to just get a good kit that came with all the basics. Most...

I would suggest going with an easy and fast kit that will get you drinking homebrew asap. Something like a cream ale, kolsch, pale ale etc. Ask anyone here, the two weeks waiting for your first beer to ferment and then the 3 weeks to carb are agony. And start saving bottles.

It is a good idea to check your pre-boil gravity and volume everytime, just to make sure you are on target. The LHBS screwed up my grain order and I only found out after taking my pre-boil gravity. My cheapy $20 refractometer is a lifesaver. If you do need to increase gravity, you want to do...

Im working on another brew to blend with some of these malt bombs. I'm thinking i will go 2-row only, and about 1.045 starting gravity with 50 IBU's. Of course I will dry hop it because I dry hop everything. The goal is to have an unbalanced thin dry hoppy beer to cut through the malty cloying...

any suggestions

I started with one keg. When that baby kicked i wanted to cry. I'm up to 4 now serving 2-3 at a time. The spare gets filled, chilled, carbed and conditioned. So yes you will want to get more. Just buy them as you need them or as a deal pops up.

BeerSmith 2 Recipe Printout - http://www.beersmith.com Recipe: Columbus Simcoe IPA Brewer: EJ Asst Brewer: Style: American IPA TYPE: All Grain Taste: (30.0) Recipe Specifications -------------------------- Boil Size: 6.25 gal Post Boil Volume: 5.56 gal Batch Size (fermenter): 5.25...

Yeah I try to alternate big IPAs with seasonable hoppy pale ales. As much as I love a big hop bomb them they are expensive and require extreme self control at the kegerator so as not to become a drunk.

Looks like a hum dinger, sometimes when the hydro sample tastes that good it makes the wait for the finished product virtually unbearable. I just dry hopped my racer 5 IPA clone this weekend so I'm right there with you. Can't wait for next weekend.

The flavor of shrimp is sweet an delicate and pairs beutifully with lemon. Perhaps a wheat beer or saison with some lemon or citrus hops. served with a shrimp on the glass of course. You could make a broth with the shrimp and add it to taste (probably the better idea). Or boil the shrimp in...