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Thanks for giving me such a concise summation on this topic. Very helpful.

A few people mentioned "bickering" & "name calling" in this thread......... somehow, I missed it. If they are referring to the "Insane" method of adding sugar to the initial fermentation..... I didn't take that personally and just tried to lighten things up a bit. No one called me names that I...

Thanks gbx...... I tried carbo tabs and found them a tad expensive. Also, I use all different size bottles..... 12oz, 18oz, 22oz, 500ml, 750ml, 1ltr bottles. It gets kinda crazy trying to figure out how to divide up the carbo tabs. Sometimes my wife wants a 12oz and I want a 22oz...... If we...

For what it's worth..... I have ZERO interest in kegging..... not sure how entered this topic. I bottle beer to take camping, take to friends house and just give away bottles to family that enjoy a particular brew. I'm not about to drag around a keg or give them away. I'm very happy with...

Unionrdr....... Do you have pics of your "Racking tube". I'm not sure that I understand what it is. Is it just a plastic tube or is it molded or what? That sounds like it would be the way to go because I wouldn't be sticking a siphon tube through the top of my beer and always having to be...

1st off...... I would like to thank everyone for your help in this thread.... While reading your helpful comments (and obviously drinking too much beer :drunk:), I missed the link in this post. I was reading back over the post just now and saw it. I found it to be quite helpful... especially...

Oh good......now, not only am I gonna die from rusty beer..... I am now "Insane"... OK...... so the answer to regaining my sanity (if I ever had any in the 1st place :p) is to....... what???? Now I'm more confused then when I started...... no wonder I'm insane.:fro: The way that I've been...

OMG!!!!! Oxidation????? I think I'm gonna be ill.....:drunk: OK.... am I back to the way I was doing it in my 1st post:confused:. Will lightly stirring the sugar water into my fermented beer oxidize it?

OK....... I think I got it...... the idea is to SIPHON the beer from one bucket to the other..... crap...... Now I have to remember what I did with that siphon hose. I guess I can just throw that in the bottling bucket when I sanitize it.... Then wash the darn thing when I wash both...

You are spot on...... actually, I have 2 Coopers fermenters. I guess that I could just sanitize the other one and let one pour into the other...... then clean-up both fermenters :o ......... I just don't see going to all that hassle. I'll try it on my next batch. I just went out and looked at...

I have done my last 5, 6G brews like that. I just give it a slow stir (several times) about have way down. I haven't seen any sediment disturbed, no bombs, and the beer seem clear to me (but what do I know?). Am I the only dummy that does it this way???:drunk:

I've read many many posts where the poster mentions transferring the beer (after primary fermentation) to another bucket before bottling. I have been mixing my priming sugar with 2 cups of boiled water, bring it back to low boil for 2 minutes, then pouring that right into my primary...

So...... how's it going with the new house???

Thank you....... that's gotta be it. :mug:

I left this batch of lager sit in the fermenter for 31 days (I had an out-of-town emergency). There was a warm spell while I was gone and my wife said that the fermenter temp stayed around 68F for the last week. (it was 59F for the 1st 3 weeks). I got back yesterday and immediately bottled it...

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A few days after bottling, I refrigerated 1 bottle, opened it and drank that bottle. Of course, it was still flat but I expected that. It had a molasses taste at 1st but I didn't seem to notice it after the 1st mouthful. Other than that, it was pretty darn good. My question is this...... will...

OK..... I'm confused about something. Does the beer get it's carbonation on the shelf after bottling or does it get it it after it spends some time in the fridge?

The key to drilling S/S is using the correct cutting oil. Never use WD40...... You want to use "Rapid Tap" cutting fluid: http://www.amazon.com/RELTON-04Z-NRT-Rapid-Cutting-Drilling/dp/B000LGCF6A/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1422395117&sr=8-3&keywords=rapid+tap As stated previously, use a slow...