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are there any possible issues as far as cpvc causeing off favors or odd tastes that i should know of? if not i can always upgrde to copper later when the money situation gets better

well i just got a 5 gallon rubbermaid round cooler for free from my brother in law and am looking to turn it into a mash tun. i am wondering what the best option to go with as far as the manifold. I am thinking the steel braid but also thought about just doing cpvc as it will be pretty...

This idea here, about what to do in the event of an apycolypse/society breakdown was the reason i started looking into brewing at all ( to say nothing of how cool it is to make your own beer) i personally have learned how to malt my own grains and dry them instead of buying premalted...

the guys on ebay are ripping people off that's for sure. i get them for about 2 bucks full of beer. and yeah the new ones have plastic tops now but i don't see how that would make a difference. thanks for the info on the brew sitting on the yeast cake. i will just let it be until the new bottles...

I was under the impression that to leave the brew on the yeast cake much after 2 weeks could cause off flavors and such. that's why i was going to take if off of it until bottling. and shawman, screw email...i called monsterbrew and let them have it. email is too easy to ignore. it has been my...

well i can get them at Western Drug in their liquor and beer section...but that is the only place i have found short of going to Flag or Pheonix not sure how many western drug stores there are in the state...or even if they are a chain

ok got ahold of monsterbrew and i guess what they are going to do is send me an entirely new case of what he said were called ez caps. from what they guy said they are a slightly different design of the flip top bottle and are supposed to come pre assembled. they are also going to send me what...

ok so i have had my first brew sitting in the fermenter for about 18 days. I ended up ordering 12 1 liter flip top bottles from monsterbrew.com cause that was the most cost effective way of getting the bottles i needed. ( didn't find out till later that there was aplace here to get grolsh but...

ok guys thnaks for the info. i will just use the 2 cups of water and be done with it

ok getting ready to bottle my first brew in a few days and i am a little confused on the priing solution. i have about 2.75 gallons of brew 9 it's made from pale malt i malted myself and unsulphered molasses) and i plan on using cane sugar to prime with. i know i need to use about 1oz per gallon...

ahh that's cool. whatever it's called it will serve the purpose. gonna go get a few beers and try to relax tonight

i got a 5 gallon food grade plastic bucket from my local supermarket bakery., the kind with the rubber gasket seal lid. i took a 1/2" paddle bit and drilled a hole in the top, then passed a 1/2" diameter piece of clear tubing through it. the tubing fit really tight through the hole. then i...

well i am trying to relax but it ain't easy. since i am using a 5 gallon food grade bucket from the local deli to ferment in i can't see the actual liquid. it's been about a day and a half now and the rewally small bubbles in the airlock are still all i can seeThe room i am fermenting in is a...

ok. i only have about 3 gallons of brew cause i only had abut 5lbs of grain and malted it myselfthanks for the info guys i wil just calm down and try not to be so paranoid about it lol i used dry yeast. muntons ale yeast

well it's been about 17 hrs since i threw my very first brew into the fermenter and aded the yeast. There are EXTREMELY small bubbles in my homemade airlock, looks a lot like carbonation in a soda. Is this real fermentation or a sign of a problem? I do have a lot of head space in the fermenter (...

yeah i mixed it thanks guys...can't wait to see how this first brew comes out :)

so am i Ultima. honestly, i think it will proabably be an improvement since i didn't use any specaility grains. The color of the wort went from a real pale gold to a dark, almost coffee look. and hey it's only my first batch, i will be proud just to have made alcohol in my kitchen. :) and it...

i just got my first batch into the fermenter. problem is, i made up my dry yeast a bit sooner than i should have i guess and it ended up sitting (without stirring) for about 30 mins instead of the 15 the package said. i pitched it anyway. is this going to be a problem you think?

well i went ahead and hopped the whole thing. my wife just told me not to worry about doing an unhopped portion since she has so much stuff going on atm. right now just waiting for the 15 mins till end of boil mark to add last 1/4 oz of hops. i got a gravity reading of 1.020 and i added 1lb of...