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I started brewing/bottling around 1991 and a little over 1 year ago started kegging. I have not bottled 1 beer since I started kegging. I thought I would, but filling growlers and pints has been all i needed. I brew alot more now that I keg too but it did cost some money and time to get things...

my personal best is 16.5 gallons in one day, later that week i did a 10.75 gallon batch, that was this past Christmas .. so 27.25 gallons in a week. Normally i brew once a month.

I have been shopping for a two door commercial cooler to do this with. I know rates differ from place to place but im curious if you have had a chance to gauge how much this added to your electric bill? looks awesome! Crap! noticed how old this post is .. oh well.

Chapel Hill/Hillsborough

5 or 6 hours to brew and cool for 10 gallons, add another hour or hour and a half if i parti-gyle 5 gallons of a session beer(15 total) .. the hardest part of a brewday by myself is im usually starving by the time im done

from my understanding (and memory so.. ) the alcohol problem with the Inuit/Eskimo people stems from their genealogy and their not developing the ability to metabolize alcohol like we do .. makes alcohol a much uglier scene. I learned all this when i was chasing after a girl way up in the...

I have a habit of brewing for a couple years and then stopping for a couple or three years but I started extract brewing in 1991 and enjoyed brewing and liked my beers ,.. moved on to partial grain brewing around 1996 and really started to enjoy the beer ... then in 2012 went all grain. I still...

30 gallons on my fairly new 3 keggle system. .. just getting back into brewing after about 7 yr hiatus. my how things have changed for the better (except for grain prices)

thanks, .. im actually back at work already. But work is kinda slow so its enjoyable and im able to hang out on HBT ;)

Ok.. so, i took my first "staycation". I on went vacation the 20/21st of december Starting the day after X-mas I brewed 10 gallons of a Best Bitter and pitched Irish ale yeast in 5 gal, and Thames Valley in the other 5 .. then this past Sunday i hosted a brew group on my Keggle system at my...

I brewed this recipe on December 8th and i kegged it on the 25th ... wholly nerfherders!!! I will brew this again, only 2 days of force carbing at 25 psi and this is one of the best beers i have made, .. but i may be drunk!! (ask me tomorrow) Mark

I brewed this yesterday, it was my 2nd time brewing all-grain and the 2nd time on my 3 keggle system. I was off somewhere in my calculations and i was short on wort going into the boil kettle so i sparged another couple gallons but was also having a hell of a time with stuck sparge. Still came...

Former Combat Engineer/Sapper (ARMY), Degree in Aviation, .. currently roasting Coffee!

im a veteran, and i do believe ill be even more fond of my chugger now! .. thanks for your service bro! chugga chuuga!

i roast coffee for a living, i have always wanted to see how grains would roast, but i also dont need grains imparting any off flavors in my bosses roaster.. i recommend using much lower temps than coffee roasting but im afraid i dont know what temps would be preferred. I am interested to hear...

Welcome , .. I also fell in love with Hefeweiss (sp?) beer when i lived in Germany in the late 80's.. i wish you could share some of that lemongrass wheat beer, sounds good. im in Chapel Hill but my soul hangs out in Linville (Gorge) NC when im not abusing it ;)

If you have a small angle grinder or even a dremel tool or drill, you can find the gator grit style disc's (fiber material not metal) or sandpaper like discs at lowes , home depot has some but they have a different name. Its definitely fixable .. pop a couple beers and wear some gloves and...

i once had a porter that i kept about 6 bottles for 4 or 5 yrs, .. one went sour but the rest were like chocolate candy bars in a bottle, the recipe was a variation of Papazian's "Goat Scrotum Ale" . The only reason they went four years is i stuck them in a corner of my house and buried them...

i had a valve kit like yours and it leaked until i did 2 things .. cover the thread channels well in teflon tape, and "order" a locknut with a groove in it .. i also got an assortment of gaskets including silicone flat washers as the large rounded orings seem to shift too much .. below is a...

Cheers back, and Welcome!