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1. Not sure if all this is destined to be my new hobby, sure is a lot of work. I mean, sure is a lot of cleaning. Clean, clean, clean. Goddamit, I didn't stay a bachelor all my life because I like to clean stuff, y' know . . . although I must admit my kitchen has certainly benefitted from it...

I got the Basic Brewing DVD, and on it they suggest soaking bottles in warm water for a while, then peeling the labels off as best you can, then using a stainless steel scouring pad to take off the rest of the gunk. I tried it, and it works as advertised. I used a large ice chest in leiu of a...

After studying books, mags, DVD's, The Internet, etc. prior to jumping on in, I went exclusively with my LHBS for kits, advice and instructions for my first two batches per the K.I.S.S. Principle and because I trust they know their stuff. The recipe kits they provide contain LME and specialty...

Second batch from a recipe kit using LME and steeped specialty grains: Double Bock 6 lbs dark unhopped malt extract 3 lbs amber unhopped malt extract 2 lbs Munich dark malted barley 1/2 lb medium crystal malted barley 1/2 lb Melanoidin malted barley 1 oz Crystal hop pellets (bittering)...

1. I just got a Vinator. Now, how do you assemble it? No instrux came with it, wtf? 2. Nothing in my (2 so far) LHBS-purchased recipe kits and instrux mention anything about aerating the wort prior to pitching, so I didn't. I'm sure the beer will turn out okay, but wonder why they never...

I no sooner got into HB'ing than I bought and began using one of those adapters to hook a garden hose to the kitchen faucet. After using it a couple times the aerator leaked from its threads after reinstallation, making a miniature lawn sprinkler imitation every time I hit the water and hosing...

I'm gearing up for my first-ever bottling session, and studying Revvy's thread for first-timers. I'm practicing with plain tap water to get the hang of how everything should work, and it all has gone very well until I got to the dip tube. In short, it slows the flow to a painfully slow trickle...

This is in response to the Sarge-I'm-Hit thread: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f39/boom-im-hit-sarge-im-hit-wait-my-fermentor-96256/ Funny thing, I had the same exact thing almost. I awoke this morning to a blown off blowoff tube on my second brew ever, a double bock extract kit. Here how it...

Greetings, gang. I have just completed brew number 2, a Double Bock kit, just got 'er in the fermenter and finished cleaning up. I'm still not absolutely sure I'm reading my hydrometer correctly, would appreciate a little reassurance. I get 1.021 and shall call it my O.G., izzat correct...

Howdy gang! Say, I have my newly cobbled-together wort chiller all ready to go for batch number 2 (double bock kit, scheduled for blastoff tomorrow) . . . assuming the 3/8" clear tubing -- like you use with the autosiphon -- will work on the discharge end. I just did a test run in the kitchen...

So I boiled my first wort a couple weeks ago, then transferred it to the fermentor and left it alone. But a week later, fairly spoiling for a little action -- ANY action -- I racked to secondary . . . and have been doing my utmost to totally disregard it ever since. It's just been sitting there...

I have tried and failed once again, dang it... I really suck at searching. So could someone please point me in the right direction? I'm looking for instrux for homemade wort chiller. I just picked up a 50' coil of 3/8" soft copper tubing, figure to make two: one for me and one for a friend...

I've been amusing myself by looking on eBay for homebrew-related stuff, though any actual purchases will be made at - and to support - the LHBS. So, I was looking at antique bottle cappers and noticed that lots of them come with fifty-year-old boxes of cork-lined bottle caps as part of the deal...

Follow-up to yesterday's "Aw, who gives a $#!%" thread... Seeing the transformation with me own two eyeballs has me wanting all the quantifiable poop I can get on the subject, and so the hydrometer becomes infinitely more exciting. Hope the iffy readings I got from yesterday's first...

First batch ever is now in the fermentor ... Gosh, wonder if this is really gonna work? It's supposed to be a Fat Tire clone or whatever, recipe's called "Flat Tyre". God only knows what it's really gonna end up being...:drunk: But this whole specific gravity/hydrometer thing has me a...