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The co2 tank on my keezer kicked last night, so it's off to Northern Brewer on my lunch break today for an exchange. I really need to get a second tank to have on hand. |
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so I hate bottleing. what other options are there? I am thinking just bigger bottles would be ok because then it would be less bottleing and that's ok. SUGGESTIONS?
BTW I have a dunkelwiezen and a brown ale in the fermenter. |
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I strictly bottled using 22oz bottles until I went to kegging.
Kegging your beer is the best thing you will ever do when brewing!!!!!!!! |
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I ordered some Falconer's Flight hops today for a future pale ale or IPA. Never tried them before. Anyone used them or know of a commercial beer that uses them I may be able to find? The descriptions I've found make them sound really tasty.
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Brewed once years ago, hoping to try again sometime in the next year.
How useful is a built in spigot and thermometer on the brew pot? Seems like it would definitely be nice but I'm guessing far from essential? How important is a wort chiller? |
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Wort chiller... I wouldn't say it is important.. but VERY VERY HANDY.
I still do not own one, and every time I brew, I kick myself in the ass saying, next time I am buying one... Cuts the time WAY down. |
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A spigot & thermometer are very useful for your hot liquor tank if you are doing an all-grain batch--in that process, you have to heat the mash/sparge water to a certain temperature and then add it to the grains. Since many homebrewers use a gravity-fed system, where the HLT sits higher than the mash tun, the spigot comes in handy. On the other hand, I've been brewing for 20 years and don't have a spigot on my brewpot, so you can definitely do without. Once I get old & weak, lifting 5-6 gallons of liquid to dump it into the fermenter might be a challenge, but until then I get by. http://www.brewersfriend.com/2011/02...grain-brewing/ On the other hand, I love my wortchiller. All of my brew sessions are full 6 or 7 gallon boils, so getting that volume of liquid to cool down quickly to avoid contamination would be impossible without the wortchiller. If you are only doing a partial boil with an extract batch, you can probably get by with using an ice bath or adding cold water to the fermenter before dumping in the wort. A full boil gives you better hop utilization, meaning you won't need as much in the boil so your ingredients are cheaper, too. I would definitely spring for a wortchilller! :2 Good luck! |
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Can you guys recommend a good IPA/Double IPA kit? Mini Mash would be great as I am not ready to make the jump to full grain (yet). I am considering the Furious IPA from Midwest.
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It is THIS kit. One question for you guys. One of the options is 'Crush Grains?'. What does this mean? Is this to have them crush the grains before they ship to me?
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Decided to go with a Stone Arrogant Bastard clone from Austin Homebrew. Hoping to fire it up Friday.
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I am getting set up to do my first (solo) homebrew, and then into a corny keg for the kegerator.
While I have brewed with friends about 6 or 8 times, this will be a good experiment. http://www.northernbrewer.com/shop/s...tract-kit.html |
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I picked up some Falconers Flight and Zythos. Haven't formulated a recipe yet but I'm excited to sample them.
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