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That thing is pretty cool! I'll have to see if anywhere sells them here in Canada.

Yeah ideally that would be my next move. Unfortunately no room for a fridge or freezer.

This is kind of where I am leaning towards. I've been brewing with the stock pot for over a year. It would be nice to have a temperature gauge and valve. Its tough to find a good kettle where I live though.

I would love a kegging system. Unfortunately just don't have the space right now and with a move in the near future probably not a good idea.

Yeah Canada eh? Hahaha. Believe me I have considered this. You are right I already have everything to make good beer. I just thought since it was a gift that I should have something more "permanent" to remember it by.

Hey all, I was just gifted a catalyst fermentor (which I am returning), ended up around $300 (Canadian) which is a lot in my opinion for a plastic fermenter. I'm going to return it to get something else. If you had an extra $300 where would you say the money is best spent? Unfortunately can't...

Hey Saffersa, Clearly, there are so many ways to build a recipe. So keep that in mind with what I am recommending. The biggest thing will be as you said, to try the beer and see what you liked/ didn't like and adjust as necessary. Personally, I would simplify the recipe. 2-row (85% of grain)...

Welcome to brewing! Its a lot of fun. One piece of advice I could give is in the beginning don't be afraid to follow a tried and true recipe. I brewed quite a few recipes in the beginning and tried to follow them exactly. Then you start to get an idea of what the different components of the beer...

Thank you, and same to you! Absolutely, keep a copy and I hope you enjoy it when you get around to making it.

For those who might be interested. This beer turned out fantastic! Taste and aroma are very similar, tons of citrus/floral notes at the front and pine in the background. Very hoppy, "juicy" would be a good word to describe it. Smooth bitterness spot on in my opinion. I've attached the recipe...

Cool, so you are saying ferment at 60F until fermentation is mostly complete, then bump up temp for the diacetyl rest? I guess since I am bottling 2-3 weeks in the bottle in a cold place should help to condition it.

OK thanks, what do you mean by 32* CO2 enabled chamber? I bottle myself. Are you saying that you can ferment as normal (say 2-3 weeks) then bottle and let further conditioning happen at low temps?

Thanks for the reply. Funny enough I was originally thinking a kolsch for the recipe. Your recipe sounds really good! I've never used the kolsch yeast before. If I wanted the fruity esters of the kolsch yeast would you recommend fermenting at 64F from the start? Unfortunately I don't have...

Hello all, I have a beer in my head but I'm not sure how to create it. Would love to hear others opinions on creating this. Keywords for the beer: light, refreshing, almost no malt character, pear / stone fruit / or both, mildly sweet, easy drinking, summer beer. First off I want to say that...

For the longest time I never used whirlfloc. As long as the beers sat in the fridge for a while I never had a problem with a beer clearing. So you should be good to go!