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If anyone would like to watch, I'll be streaming from the garage today. Its pretty cold in Michigan, about 34*F today so I'll be inside. Hope I don't run out of propane! http://www.ustream.tv/broadcaster/5750787

I ask this because I got my supposed 5# cylinder filled up about a month and a half ago. I have run ~4 kegs through mine, force carbing each of them, and one of them was a soda keg of rootbeer, which has to be force carbed and served at higher pressures. Anyway, I weighed the cylinder last night...

Preface: I have not yet tried the finished product, I will let you guys know when I do. This is a beer in progress. It has been in the fermenter for 1 week as of this posting. Two more weeks and it will be in secondary to age for perhaps 2 months, or less, depending on progress of the raspberry...

So 2 weeks ago I scored a great condition fridge on craigslist for $75. 18Cu. ft Amana model with freezer on top. Then I ordered a bunch of gear from keg connection (who hooked it UP by the way, I think I must have righted this guy in a past deal sometime since he sent me upgraded stuff from...

Tomorrow, I'm possibly brewing a batch of O'Hara's Stout. I've looked on the net for some recipe clones but have come up relatively empty. The only source I have for any info pertaining to this brew is an account from a guy who supposedly was drinking with the brewmaster one night and got him to...

And I thought I'd share with you guys. I was online the other day and decided to go ahead and finally get something thats bigger than my 7.5gal turkey fryer pot. The boilivers were constant, every brewday, at least twice, up and out the boiling wort would go! So I found this place online and...

I have been wondering this because I have been making a batch of high gravity Russian Imperial Stout type beer, codenamed "120 Otter Victory", and I have numerous boilovers when I brew this. Its got so much sugar in it and I believe proteins as well, that when bringing it to a boil, it will...

Just thought I'd drop in and post about the success I had last night with Spartan Whole milk last night. From what I understand its a regional distributor, and the jugs say they are bottled in my home town. Anyway, I went for broke last night, got 4 gallons, some CaCl, and the rest of the kit to...

The GF and I went out and got the kit, and the milk and went to town on the kit. She bought some milk at the store that I researched, and made sure that it was non-homogenized, and also that it was low temp pasteurized. 'As close to straight from the cow as you can get' the label says. I...

SWMBO and I stayed near Flint this weekend for a wedding, and SHE made sure that we stayed near a Brewpub so we could go there and hang out for a bit. :tank: She might be a keeper ;) This is a no smoking place but thats not that big of a deal for me, I'll take it either way when there is good...

I had a 3gal fermenter lying around so I thought I'd take the GF to the store and get some stuff to make a Cider for her because she likes Woodchuck Raspberry cider. We got 7 cans of PRESERVATIVE FREE Apple juice concentrate from Meijer 1.5 pints of fresh raspberries. Boiled...

This lists ALL yeasts, 3034 strains, included in the database. Looks like they have quite a bit of yeasts that are specific to brewing. :) NCYC - Yeast Database Search

Simplistic recipe 5.5gal Yield 14 lbs Marris Otter 2 lbs Crystal 120 1 lbs Victory 1 lbs Roasted Barley 1 lbs Black Patent 1 lbs Chocolate malt 2oz Warrior @ 60 minutes 1oz Cascade @ 5 minutes Safale 05 Starter a MUST Mash: 157* for 60 minutes Sparge: 178* for 15 minutes...

YouTube - Kitten Surprise!! (how to break up a cat fight) THE ORIGINAL Watch the 3rd cat when it comes into the picture. Its hilarious, me and the GF are sitting here in tears rewinding it over and over again :lol:

I have become interested in modifying a kettle to accept a Heating element, because I may want to do full boils indoors next winter. But my stove will not boil 6.5 gallons before eternity. So, I looked into The Pol's HERMS setup and some other stuff. Then I remembered that I have one of...

Anyone have this happen before? I have seen people claim that after racking to secondary, sometimes a new krausen will form, but this is a new one on me. I simply moved the carboy to a new location, maybe a 1-2* temp difference, maybe, and 3 days later a new krausen forms and it starts chugging...

The reason I ask is because I have a reasonable background in working with the stuff. I went looking at some places and found that I could make a 14.5gal cylindrical fermenter for about $80 in materials. The best part would be that its clear, UV resistant, and not breakable like glass if you...

Hey guys, glad I am finally able to post this. After a long wait the construction on the brewroom (note: this is not a brewery indoors, just a place that fermentation and storage of equipment and bottles will be held) has begun and is taking shape in leaps and bounds. This all started when we...

Not sure where to start so I'll just let it flow I guess. Last night I get a phone call from a friend of mine, kinda bar buddy type girl, booty call, you get the picture. I figured that she was out somewhere for St. Patrick's day and was wondering if I was anywhere. I didn't answer because I...

I have been wanting to get an oak barrel for aging purposes and I have also had this little dream of walking over to the fridge and undoing the spout and pouring a nice beer out of an oak cask after a hard days work. But I have never seen anyone talk about these casks holding pressure, so I...