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Count me in! Thanks guys.

It's still a little green in the bottling stage but it is fully carbonated. I've had a couple and they taste off but not undrinkable. I'll choke a few more down and let the rest sit for awhile, maybe they will smooth out some. I hope I don't have an infection of some kind in my equipment or...

I used a solid lid, no airlock hole. I was just wondering if I should have used a lid with the whole and airlock or if it would matter, this is my first secondary. I'd think if anything no airlock would just lead to potential for the lid to blow off if it hadn't finished fermenting. The gravity...

I'm very attentive to sterilization but I'm wondering why my Oktoberfest I bottled today has a rubbery, moldy looking patch on the surface of the secondary? The only thing I can think of is this is my first secondary, I didn't use an airlock, should I have? It was in secondary for almost 6...

Thanks for easing my mind, I think I'll do the bins for now in a spare bedroom and call it good. I wasn't aware the bottle bombs were caused by bottling too soon. I thought it was from over priming, which I suppose both could happen but it sounds like the 5oz is fine as you said. I'm more...

A couple questions for those more experienced than myself: - I bottled my Chinook IPA and put the bottles in the basement, problem it is winter in Michigan and only 50F in my basement. I have no other way to heat it up as upstairs it is already 70F, plenty warm. I've considered a portable...

I'm borrowing a kegging system for my wife's boss. He said he hasn't used it in awhile and will split the cost of the tank refill and also would like somebody to make sure the tank is still safe (not leaking). I live near Grand Rapids, MI. Are there any fellow brewers in the area that keg and...

Then the question is how does I filter 5 gallons of water through a charcoal filter? In other words are you talking about having to hook up an in-line filter of some kind to my water source? I have a brita filter but that's a tiny pitcher, so filling that hundreds of times is out of the...

Thanks, I thought maybe 1 was too much as it treats 20 gallons. Even splitting it in half would then in theory be too much. Pretty hard to split a tablet in eights but I suppose if you are crushing it you could divide the power easier. It would be nice if they made smaller portions for just...

I have city water available at my house and we use a brita water filter to drink what is on tap. I can tolerate the tap water without the brita filter (it's not attached faucet it is a pitcher) but it definitely has a slight chlorine smell/taste to it. I'm doing a partial boil and then will...

Exciting week for me, I haven't brewed in about 8 months and I just received a Bayou SP14 burner and some other new equipment. I'm going to brew in my garage for the first time, all previous extract brews were done on the stove. I have a pregnant wife at home so I'm finally feeling the urge...

I'm still new at brewing myself, sticking to extract for now. However I can say I've started with buckets for primary and racking. I don't see a need to go to a glass carboy. They are more expensive, can be dropped and explode and harder to clean. With that being said they last forever...

Easy enough, thank you for the advice.

I went to my local brew supplier and asked for the "Extract Oberon clone" kit. I received 5lbs of DME and .5lbs of Cara Dextrime Mal and .5lbs of Crystal and the appropriate hops and yeast. What I'm curious about is how to steep the two different grains? I've only used brewers best kits...

Hey, times are tough in Michigan, I decided to pick a hobby and a good hobby as far as I can tell is to boil up some home brews this summer! I'm glad to see some other Michiganders around.

Hello Everybody, I just finished bottling my first batch of homebrew. I used the Brewer's Best seasonal "Summer Ale", the description made it sound similar to an Oberon which is a good summer drinking beer. Has anybody made this home brew before? I made a few mistakes but documented the...