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Yes it is a bear fridge HAHA jk wow I cant believe I did that !!!

So I started another business on the side of the good ol lock smithing biz and it took up a lot of my time and bam before I knew it I had a batch of beer sitting in the primary for over a year! So the question is, are there any other knuckle heads out there that have done this and if so what...

What I have since learned is at a good bare minimum beer needs 3 weeks in fermentation weather you go primary for 2 secondary for 1 or primary for three then bottle. lots of people do more than 3 weeks and lots don't bother with secondary. I just got a keg set up and decided to try a 3 week no...

A yeast starter is like a small beer to start the yeast growing cycle. Here watch this, this is a great video.

Get a wine thief, sanitize it really well, get some help to hold stuff. Then remove the lid take a sample and replace the lid as fast as possible. Everything should be fine! You really don't even have to move that fast. This is the one I have, I love it...

Yeah I have been told that boiling them for 5 or ten minutes Wont hurt to bad but you absolutely don't need to. So do what you feel but I wouldn't boil it for 30 minutes!

You mean everyone else drives on the wrong side . . . right? haha I have done a muntons stout kit (just bottled it 2 weeks ago) it is good but need to age a bit and a coopers wheat kit (going into bottle this weekend). The few thing's I learned. everyone likes them better with all DME not a...

Those were my presumptions Thanks guys I won't worry about watching it for anything. I cant wait to drink it for saint pattys day!!!

Hey guys . . . and Girls (yooper). Last night a buddy came over to brew at my house, (he likes my gas stove) we brewed a true brew Porter kit. Anyway as we were preparing everything, after having made up a bucket of star san. I decided to switch out the blow off tube for an airlock on my last...

Glad we could be of help!

Coffee huh? that sounds good! I got the idea from some other recipes on here. what do you recommend I change to make it more chocolatey if I drop the coco?

Partial mash, steep grains at 155* for 30 or 60 minutes. 60 minute boil probably add the dme at the 30 or 20 minute mark. Ingredient Name Amount Briess Pilsen (Extra) Light Dry Extract 5 lbs, 0 oz Briess 2-Row Brewer's Malt 1 lbs, 0 oz Crisp Chocolate Malt 1 lbs, 0 oz...

This has also helped me with all of the abbreviations as well. https://www.homebrewtalk.com/wiki/index.php/Category:Glossary We have an awesome group of people here!!!

Think maybe drop it down to 6 on the dme?? thats prolly a good idea!

Thanks for your input yooper!!! I have read a lot of your posts and recipes and loved them all! Yes this is a partial mash your, spot on with time and temp of mash. I was thinking light dme as well but lot of people are using amber! Roasted malt implies like some special roast or victory. and...

http://www.franklinbrew.org/brewinfo/srm.html I always find tis helpful but remember it is just a guide it will only get you close!!!

So I have decided to drop my purse hike up my skirt and show a little balls. I am trying to concoct my own version of a chocolate oatmeal stout based on the grains and hops that my lhbs has. Tell me how you think this sounds. Mind you I just finished my 4th brew ever and am still very green. I...

I got mine and hopefully more will come on Saturday for my birthday!!!

I am totally going to agree with you on this one!!! I took a hydrometer reading the night I posted this (witch was 8 days in secondary) and now my gravity is at 1.016 witch by my calculations is guna be around 3.4%abv. witch aint great but it is a lot better than it was. Also I am going to leave...

Ah in the wiki huh, they don't list size or color though.