Welcome to the forums! Great info here! STL Beer and Winemaking is where I go when I go to the city. (Im 1 1/2 hours west of you all) Being a member of AHA and/or a brewclub will get you 10% percent off. Never had a problem with them and seem like good folks. STL has 2 pretty good brew clubs...
Not always UPS or FedEx fault! As the old saying goes, if you want a broken headstock buy a GIBSON....Notorious for that!! Not flaming your Gib as they are great guitars but I am fond of my Telly's :mug: I feel you pain though;)
I brew to relax, among other things. But brewing is supposed to be a stress free day for me. I hate it when my OCD and anal retentiveness starts to kick in during all the processes of brewing. It sometimes is a challenge for me to say its ok that I missed a gravity point by .001 or got an...
Welcome Babelfish! If your in the Springtown area I'm up 44 East an hour and a half or so from ya. I have not used the Home Brewery yet, but recently met them at my local AHA rally a month or so back. They are great people to talk with! I have their catalog and a 10% off coupon, so I will...
2 weeks in primary, kegged and force carbed over 36 hours ready to tap on the 4th......5 days later and this thing still needs some time. The smell is wonderfull. The taste isn't there:confused: A little disappointed at this point as I had such high hopes for this, as I hit the numbers...
Adjusted the 5 gal recipe to my system and hit all my numbers and volumes perfectly today :mug: I varied the yeast from the original recipe, using a US-05 slurry from a 1.040 American wheat that I kegged yesterday. Looking forward to trying this recipe as it seems extremely popular.
Found an immersion chiller on eBay dirt cheap with free shipping through these guys. Cheap enough to pull the trigger and take a gamble on a company I'd never used or knew much about. Shipping stated 6-10 days.
On the 5th day with no email/contact from them ref my order being shipped I started...