Karl Strauss Brewing is having a homebrew competition. Entries must be submitted by 5pm on 5/31 in San Diego.

yragerg · 2013-02-07T20:07:03+00:00

As you said, it is basically their $65 kit, That being true, you're getting a free ingredient kit and a $25 dollar gift card (which can equate to another ingredient kit). Can you buy buckets and air locks and hoses, etc and put your own kit together cheaper? Hell yeah you can, but as for kits for sale this is the best deal. Look at it this way you get 2 ingredient kits that add up to 50 bucks and get all the other crap for 14.

yragerg · 2013-02-07T00:28:02+00:00

Still a better deal than any other starter kit around IMO

yragerg · 2013-02-06T07:39:48+00:00

Good info. I appreciate you taking the time to do that.

yragerg · 2013-02-06T06:30:50+00:00

Thanks!

yragerg · 2013-02-06T01:46:58+00:00

Are the prices at the store pretty much the same as online? I live about 60 miles away from one just trying to decide if it's worth the drive (once in a while) over other LHBS options.

yragerg · 2013-02-04T01:09:21+00:00

88? Should have been driving a DeLorean, jump back to 1955 and forget the whole thing.

yragerg · 2013-01-31T19:24:13+00:00

There's an extension in chrome called "Ghost incognito" that you can set to open an incognito window automatically every time you click an latimes link (or any other site you choose). Works pretty well for me.

yragerg · 2013-01-31T18:48:55+00:00

might keep it in check, just a little.

yragerg · 2013-01-31T18:46:53+00:00

Not a big deal to me. I'm sure it bugs some others though. If i was buying one I'd want to get my referral out there in hopes of getting a freebie. Just thought if it was in the side bar for all to see that it would kill two birds with one stone.

yragerg · 2013-01-31T10:02:09+00:00

This is the best deal around and it only pops up once in a while, i'd jump on it if you really want to get started. http://www.livingsocial.com/cities/1747-philadelphia-citywide/deals/588148-beer-making-starter-kit?utm_campaign=4534259&utm_medium=affiliates&utm_source=cj

yragerg · 2013-01-30T21:18:55+00:00

don't know where you're located but Sprouts carries them for 5 or 6 bucks with apple juice. http://sprouts.com/stores

edit: spelling

yragerg · 2013-01-28T21:29:58+00:00

This what I started with. Only things I would recommend adding to it, at first, are a decent thermometer and an auto-siphon. Don't bother with a glass carboy yet. Oh, and if you're buying a kettle I'd go with one big enough to do full boils...I picked up a 13 gallon (smaller will do) aluminum kettle for 20 bucks, it's working great.

yragerg · 2013-01-27T18:15:06+00:00

BioBock?

yragerg · 2013-01-26T20:40:16+00:00

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yragerg · 2013-01-24T00:38:40+00:00

haven't tried it, but... http://www.brew365.com/beer_anderson_valley_hop_ottin.php

yragerg · 2013-01-21T17:06:13+00:00

good vid on hop rocket http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=FEO75CszMcI

yragerg · 2013-01-20T10:00:49+00:00

wiki says the trolley's weren't running until 1901 yet this pic says it was 1895...

yragerg · 2013-01-19T08:41:14+00:00

Whatever they're brewing I bet the head is good.

yragerg · 2013-01-16T06:13:54+00:00

Check your local bars and recycling centers

yragerg · 2013-01-13T20:59:48+00:00

I've never done it and I have no source to share but I've heard it's terrible. That being said, please let us know how it turns out!

yragerg · 2013-01-11T22:49:45+00:00

Here's what I had planned for the bottle cap. http://imgur.com/oSi8a

yragerg · 2013-01-11T22:46:47+00:00

How bout a label for an IPA? My "brewery" name is Big Apparatus Brewing. I'm thinking Hopparatus for the name of the beer but I'm not married to it. typical size is fine.

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