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I have always enjoyed reading what goes wrong with OTHER brewer's brew days. For 3 years I have enjoyed relatively uneventful brew sessions; until yesterday. First I had a massive stuck sparge; I always add grain to water that is already in my Coleman Extreme. This time I did the grain first...

I plan on installing a weldless ball valve in my boil kettle. How do I best protect the handle & O-rings from the heat generated by the burner from my turkey fryer? The bottom of the kettle gets really hot.

Kegged my first batch last night...why, oh why, did I wait so long. :ban: Thanks for all the advice I read on HBT, it was a breeze. :mug:

On Saturday I did my 4th AG BIAB, I use the 5 gal paint strainer bags from Home Depot. For this batch I had my LHBS run the grain through the mill twice, (I heard that with BIAB you can mill the grain finer to improve efficiency). There was an awful lot of flour in the grist, but, I went ahead...

I did my first AG BIAB batch on 01/09/10; it fermented for 3 wks, conditioned for 3 wks, has been in the fridge now for 3 wks. The problem is some beers taste good, others have a hot alcohol taste. The bad ones have NO head, but are carbed. This was a 3.5 gal batch, the recipe is: 5.00...

This past Sat I was bottling my latest batch with my Red Baron capper, it started crimping the caps crooked. I started to worry about how I was going to finish this batch if this cheap capper craps out. (it turns out the capper bell was just loose). But, I was wondering if anyone's capper broke...