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I use a Traceable Water-Proof Thermometer. After killing my digital kitchen thermometer just from heavy steam contact I decided I wanted to definately go water-proof. It's nice knowing I don't have to worry about getting it wet. http://www.control3.com/4039p.htm

You can use a big vac that way with good result. I used to clean carpets that way until I purchased a carpet extractor. The only downside to the wet/dry vac method is the carpets will be slightly more damp and it's hard to rinse the soap out completely. The hardest thing is cleaning in those...

For me it's the collective knowledge of the brewing community from HBT, to brew shop owners, brew club members, brewing friends, books, radio, etc. I'll take any and all advice.

As a former mobile detailer, what a terrible mess. I wouldn't want to tackle that job without a wet/dry vac to get the glass and a carpet extractor to shampoo and suck the beer out.

I don't think homebrewing is that bad in the first place. The two worst things we do would be using propane and wasting water. Saving water can be easily done by changing your cleaning methods and recirculating your chilling water. I'd also say "yeast farts" are carbon neutral. The carbon...

No honey or added sugars in this batch. It was all-grain. I just find it strange that it took so long for it to get to this point of exploding. I also don't think it was over primed as I used one of the 4.5 oz packets of priming sugar from AHS.

I just was going through my beer stash yesterday and realized I had a couple bottles explode! These are brews that were bottled roughly 4.5 Months ago and have been fine up to now. I found all of them were the same batch (A steam beer). I found the rest of that batch and when I opened them they...

wow, low 80s!! I don't know if I could handle that, I keep my place around 72. We have lots of humidity though. Even with Dehumidifier running around the clock and the A/C on, I'll see a humidity inside peak around 60 to 65%. Low is around 50% and I only see that in early morning. Once we're...

I'm in Southern Louisiana; it isn't much better over here. I've tried the swamp cooler but hated having to constantly change the frozen bottles and it loaded my house with humidity from having all that water sitting in a tub. I stopped because I hated coming in from outside and feeling like I...

Just have to slowly educate your friends. I've seen some of mine come around. Even out of college you'll encounter people who don't get homebrewing. You'll also encounter many more who think it's awesome. Out of school you're with a group of people who are making money, can't drink every night...

What flavor does Autolysis add to the beer? I wouldn't even know :o

I've done 5 before with no problems.

Better Bottle says the upper temp limit of their bottles are 60ºC (140ºF), so it looks like you need to find a new method of transport. I'd be careful with glass though and adding hot fluid without heating it up first. Don't want it to explode on the ride home... Actually, don't want to it...

Congrats on your first brew! The brewing is the easy part, it's the waiting game on the first batch that is the hardest part.

I've heard different things about how many generations past start to save. Some say 8 and some say 10. I've got I think three strains saved right now. I almost need to get another fridge to store them in though if I want to get more. :p. But, you're right, the effort is worth it for savings...

I like SG, probably because I used it all through school and now into my job I use SG daily for density measurements. I never heard of deg. Plato until I started brewing.

I agree with others, nothing looks blatantly wrong with your process. Unfortunately, maybe you just threw out a green batch of beer. Next brew days just make sure you clean everything well and go overboard on sanitation so you can mentally assure yourself you're not going to have an infected...

Welcome back! I feel like I hardly have any free time as it is now, and I'm only engaged. I guess I should expect that to all disappear once the knot is officially tied and I have kids. :o

I agree. I like to be able to watch and see how the beer is clearing up in secondary. I also like to be able to glance at the start of fermentation to get an idea of the yeast lag time, which is much easier to do in a carboy, than a bucket.

I started with glass and then got some Better Bottles. I have and use them both, but I really prefer the Better Bottles. They're just so much lighter to handle, especially when cleaning with wet hands. I don't have some fear that they're going to slip out of my hands and explode into glass shards.