Recent content by Nathan.therrien

I feel like a moron for not even thinking about it🙄 Maybe you'll get some of my free beer some day..

I appreciate all the responses, I think the recycling center might be the best bet, we have a bunch around here! The only reason I don't do kegging is because I give 90% of my beer away.. it's not cheap of course but this is my only hobby and it's my favorite thing to do.. Everyone...

Damn.. Didn't even think of that.. grew up with pop-offs and forget those even exist! Thanks for the reminder!

This was an amazing beer.. Much appreciated!

Please move if wrong section. My cost for bottles rose from $12/cs to $22/cs this year. I recently found out Rolling Rock cost 2/3 the price, filled! It would be cheaper for me to buy full beer bottles than empties.. Does anyone have a good source for bottles that don't break the bank? I...

Howdy, I have been using carbonation drops for over a year with varying success. I don't think they work for "every" beer.. I ONLY bottle condition (because i give out the bottles) and am very concerned about my next few batches.. especially my first Lager coming up. Would I be better off...

I am not a fan of the immersion style coils inside most 7-14 gallon conical fermentors.. Is there one with a glycol jacket instead? I can only find them on 1/2bbl upwards..

Thanks for all the input! I think I'll go your route and do it all in the bottle.. I'll come back in a few months and let you know how it went!

So you'd recommend lagering in the bottles as well? I figured I'd get clearer beer if I lagered in the secondary before racking.. If I still go that route, I could add some fresh yeast to the bottling process right? How would I go about that?

I'm brewing an American light lager with a 1.038og using saflager w-34/70. The problems I have are fermenting at the lower end of the yeast temperatures. I can only keep my cooler at an average of 48.8F and am worried the yeast will go dormant.. I ordered a new temp control to bring it up to...

"Betts Road Brewing" my wife likes to call us. I do HVAC/R and got called to a nanobrewery to fix their process chiller one day. I walked into this group of amazing people working at this very tiny brewhouse. I walked in the door and the smell of the mash immediately took my heart.. The...