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I pull mine apart,wash, air dry then sanitize before next use. You should be fine. Sent from my iPad using Home Brew

If you are trying to save some money I would go with a starter kit with a plastic ferm. I have used a glass carboy and buckets. My personal preference is glass since I can see what is going on and I don't have to worry as much if I got a seal with a plastic bucket lid. Both plastic and glass is...

One thing to check is to make sure your magnet is centered on your fan. If your magnet is not centered it could cause your stir bar to be thrown in the flask. A HDD magnet is plenty strong for what you are trying to do.

I just converted the same cooler and I do 5 gal batches. It works great. I picked my up at WalMart for $35.

It sounds like you are using an extract kit with speciality grains for seeping. I would recommend you follow the instructions with your kit. Typically you would heat your water to 155 then seep your grains for 20 to 30 minutes. During this step you are getting the color of your wort to the color...

If you bottled it on march 13th, that is not enough timed for the CO2 build. Typically when I bottle I let it sit @ room temp (68 deg) for 21 to 30 days. I can't vouch for why it taste like cat urine smell but it seems your beer is not fully carbonated. Let it sit for another 14 days and give...

If you are getting into kegging do your research on prices. I bought some of my equipment from BeerElements http://www.bvrgelements.com/category/Keg/ My biggest item was balancing the cost at my LHBS vs paying shipping from an online vendor. I recently got into HB and kegging saves a lot of...

If everything is new just rinse with warm water and sanitize when you are ready to use it.

With a 5 gal brew pot you really only need about 25' of copper tubing. I would cut down the tubing to where you need it and you should be fine.

Giving this recipe a go tomorrow for a brew day. Can't wait to sample it.

I am going to brave the cold tomorrow and do a brew day in my garage. Going to brew the Cent Blonde everyone keeps raving about in the recipe forums. Doing a BIAB AG 5 gallon batch.

Adding Alofty 10294.2 5 gallons Belgian Ale 5 gallons dark English Ale 10304.2

Thanks for the quick replies. This really helps.

New brewer here. I just purchased a yeast starter kit and I am brewing this Saturday. I have never used a yeast starter and is ok to use it with dry yeast? If so should I do the starter tomorrow to be ready for Saturday? Thanks

Just picked up the grains etc to do a 5 gallon batch. I use BIAB process so I am anxious to see how it turns out.

I'm in Montville/Medina City. I just got into brewing and looking for a group to chit chat about brewing.

I am new to brewing and I like DIY projects. I also have been doing an veggie garden for years so I have decent knowledge of gardening. Can someone point me to resource that I can use to get started? Also any have an opinion of what hops will do well in my region (Cleveland/Akron)? Thanks

Thanks for all of the suggestions. I ended up ordering from BeerElements to meet my immediate need. Cheers

I just got into brewing and have done a few batches and realized I don't want to keep buying/reusing bottles all the time. Lucky enough I bought a kegerator in college and it still works like a charm. I only need to purchase some 5 gallon kegs and some tubing to complete the conversion. Here...

All thanks for the advice. I am still researching but i am going with 8 to 10 gallon pot. Update I just bought a 10 gallon SS pot. I am glad I got the bigger size Cheers Linc