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In terms of priming and backsweeting,my last cider I primed with brown sugar and sweetened with Splenda. My wife is very picky when it comes to ciders and wines. So when she said "Its not bad....", I took that as encouragement to make more cider :)

~4 weeks back I brewed BBS WGD Brown, not a kit but just using the recipe. Didn't have much of a head but tasted great. Smooth, full, and I could taste the chocolate in it.

In the original post. I read it was in Roanoke (I'm getting excited now) Then I read Virginia and get sad all over again b/c there is not a LHBS in Roanoke, TX. But the pictures are awesome, and I pray the best for your new venture :) I love that "rustic" feel without the "run down" atmosphere.

Seems to me the best way to go.

Using the 85, 15,5 percentages from brettwasbtd, how do you determine a brew size?

I haven't but try it out and see.

I brew 1 gallon on the stove. I have a 12qt stock pot, its big enough for BIAB recipes. Any smaller and you risking boilover. Pretty sure you'll be fine in a 5gal carboy.

Basements in north Texas, where I'm at is very rare. I have a shed and a garage. Currently I keep my equipment in either the garage or kitchen. After I repair the shed, I might store out there. I brew in the kitchen.

Hot water, let them soak and peel the labels off.

Not at all

I have always have done this.

I can attest to that :)

I'm from Texas, so not a "snow day" but more like "a sheet of ice day"

My snow day was Monday, and yes I brewed up the BBS Everyday IPA

Not several days but a couple days. The first after two days in the fridge. S-33 I believe is the yeast used in the kit. Under fermented makes sense. Maybe I should've left for another week before bottling? I did two weeks per the instructions but go with three?

Honey is what the instructions called for - I had it - I used it. :-\ Yes the instructions called for the honey to be boiled, so that's what I did.

Cool, thanks! So it was just over-primed?

Homebrewers, Last weekend (2/16) I got to open my first ever brew (a blonde american ale). When I opened them they spewed and foamed, like a foam volcano. I tasted good but was very cloudy (picture) Am I correct in assuming it was just over primed? I followed the BBS instructions exactly...

I did the blonde American ale, used honey to prime, used 3tbsp per instructions but didn't collect 1g and over-primed but the little I tasted was good :-)