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Third time around with this - still a great spring beer! Had a neighborhood cleanup party over the weekend followed by a great bbq. The Kolsch was the hit of the party!

Bathtub full of cool water and some ice every now and then works well. If you don't already have a stick-on thermometer get one and that way you will be able to monitor your temps thru fermentation.

You are making a great choice (not)! As long as you like instant coffee instead of fresh ground, and canned vegetables instead of fresh - go for it. It's kinda like cooking, once you figure out how to cook with fresh ingredients you won't go back. There are tons of videos on YouTube and a...

I brewed this last year and it was excellent. I'm mashing in this years batch as I type. Good stuff!

$.75/lb for GW 2-row, $1.35 for C-40. Go check out brewbrothers.biz Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

Brew a batch or two, check your efficiency as well as the final product and then make adjustments as necessary. You are the best judge of what you like and what you are striving for. Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

Several of our local pubs have Rogue brews on tap, a pint goes for about $4.50. We also have Mac-N-Jack, Mannys, Iron Horse and others (Seattle area - tons of craft beer!).

7 to 8 kegs for me! Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

When it gets hot I fill the bathtub in our master bath with water and put the fermenters in. Keeps them at about 66 degrees - good stuff! Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

SMASH - look it up! Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

5 gals Honey Blonde 5 gals Jamil's Evil Twin 5 gals Founders Breakfast Stout 5 gals Tits Up IPA Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

Big brew weekend. My son and I are brewing... Tits Up IPA, Founders Breakfast Stout, Jamil's Evil Twin and Jamil's Blonde. Taps will be flowing again in 4 weeks! Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

After one kit I found this: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f82/ Never bought another kit...

Stir like crazy as I add the grain to the 168 degree H2O, place the floating thermometer, set timer for 30 minutes, check temp and stir it up again, sparge at 60 minutes. Stir throughout sparging. Get 85% + efficiency. I Mill at 35 thousands. Good Stuff!

Prime. Free 2 day shipping from Amazon. I live in the boonies so I buy a lot of stuff from Amazon. Just got a 40 lb bag of dog food, two days, free shipping. However grains are horribly expensive, and hops are too!