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Update: Just bottled it up ended with a gravity of 1.02 should be just shy of 5%abv tastes good a bit lighter then I hoped but the wife will enjoy it as well.

Yeah this is kinda taken a life of its own. LOL

So there a meme that's been floating around on my facebook about donateing a testical for 35000.00. Turns out its not real, but I did look in to it with thoughts of a full top of the line brew system and in home bar. ;)

Obsession is right Slowing planing out brew days and upgrades for the next few months lol I even i have a hard cider set up for next fall and sourced some unpasteurized cider :) the people i work with are probably ready for be to stop talking about it.

Update: Just Pulled sample gravity went from 10.43 to 10.12 taste great still slightly sweet so ill let go another week see what we get. Also just finished my second batch 1 gallon porter and checked my LHBS and he has everything I need for my first brew in a bag all grain based on BierMunchers...

2129 My first one broke seconds after coming out out of my kit befor I even had my first brew day ended up pushing it a week waiting for another and some starsan

That's what I have been doing she likes the blue moon clone idea. It will be first try at a biab all grain batch its a bit out a season for my taste. Ill have my porter and nut brown ale to drink. but after some reading and pricing out got this one all lined up hope to brew it on the Feb 6th...

ok so Like this and it looks like I could do this as a biabBlue Balls Belgian Wit Any recommendations for Doing this is a 6 gallon kettle as a biab? I know we are both fans of blue moon.

lots of push for the Saison ill keep looking but did find this. Looks like it might do the trick https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=221631

The one I found is all grain with the need to hold a temp Witch I cant do just yet but looking for thing similar that I can do.

I have a 1 gallon porter kit by brewer's best from my local brew store I picked up planned for next weekend. Past that I'm hold till I work out getting some more bottles. I have another post looking for recipe for the next 5 gallon batch, something my wife would like I hope. If all works out...

So I will try and probably enjoy almost anything. My wife on the other hand is another story. There are so many recipes it's easy to get lost. The commercial beer she likes is bud light and after some pushing to try new beers with me Stella Artois. I found a stella clone that is all grain , but...

Your right about that I looked in before bed last night was just starting bubble this morning there is a krausen and bubbling is very fast i'm graphing the temps over the 2 weeks to make sure that room is not going to get to cold was 70 last night and 68 this morning while the yeast is vary...

I'll do an up date t -30 days give or take. but brewing was ease one extract and one hop addition at the start of boil.

From the reading I have done flip top growlers should be ok to bottle in. Am wrong there its what I have been planing on putting my 1 gallon test batches in.

Was good day, first brew day is done. Played my favorite country music play list. No beer due to being flat broke this week but had some dickel's sour mash wiskey to drink left over from xmas. My nut brown ale is currently tucked away in a spare room now to see if I can forget about for 2 weeks lol.

Craigslist is where if found them looking for bottles no joy atm. I have word out atm for bottles with everyone I know. Think i'm going to pick up a hand full of growlers next weekend.

yeah good points guess its back to looking for bottles. Or just pick someone next payday full of beer.

Something like this

So I have been looking on craigslist and yard sale sites for bottles and im seeing alot of these antique stoneware bottles anyone use these to bottle?