I've been very interested in this since I saw an add in Zymurgy magazine. Decided to roll the dice and placed a preorder today. They have a 30 day money back guarantee, so I'll brew 3-4 batches with it, and if it doesn't work as advertised, I'll simply return it and only be out a few bucks...
This was my third year growing. My Centennials didn't do crap this year, but my cascades went nuts - I had three harvests off each of the cascades. Got about a 1/3 of the Centennial I had in 2013. We had a relatively cool summer here in Ohio.
You're right, you'll never be able to brew beer! Better to give all that junk to me! :tank:
A rule of thumb is 1 pound of dry malt extract will add approximately 0.043 to your gravity in 1 gallon of wort. So for 10 gallons of wort, 1 pound of DME will boost your gravity 0.0043 points. So...
I smoke jalepenos and then dry them in a food dehydrator. I've had peppers in my smoker with a pork butt and didn't notice any jalepeno flavor in the meat.
I like to use a large turkey baking bag inside of a 5 gallon bucket with a good gasket seal. I've had DME in a fairly humid basement for two years without bugs or moisture.
I'm finding that $5.95 USPS flat rate shipping seems to be the best deal. FedEx and UPS are around $12 minimum regardless of location according to their online shipping calculators.