I been brewing since May of last year and haven't lost a batch to infection yet. My buddy has lost two batches since he started brewing and since we typically brew ten gallon batches it's a painful experience.
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You doing any all grain or just extracts? It will probably be a year or so before I'm ready to try all grain.
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Extracts with grains and I have one mini-mash under my belt. I'm putting together all of the equipment for all-grain right now and should be ready for my first batch in the Spring.
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Your buddy loses his beer? Did he look behind the couch?
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I wish someone would brew me a nice American Bock.
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American beer sucks. This country has ruined beer. That's all the Brits really wanted - us to enjoy good beer. Why did we have to go and kill all the redcoats?
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Hey Dartgod, got any airlock activity?
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The :blvd: smiley made me think of it, but has anyone checked the price on Boulevard lately? It's up to around $8 a six pack down here, which is just freaking ridiculous.
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Yikes! I buy beer (at least finished product) so little anymore that I had no idea. :-) My ales typically price out somewhere in the $15-20 per case and it will only get cheaper when I go all-grain.
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Sweet! Good luck with that 1st batch, it sounds tasty.
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Not yet. Last time I checked was before work, around 7 a.m. At that point it had been about 17 hours. Should I be concerned?
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What did you use to clean your containers before adding the wort?
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Clean? What do you mean?
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Hehe. Just messing with you.
I used BTF? or something like that. It's an iodophor.
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You have to do that in order to prevent and infection in the beer. I used iodine
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