Have you looked into heat sticks? Seems like a natural fit for an apartment.
http://www.cedarcreeknetworks.com/heatstick.htm
I looked into it briefly. Read that it could cause uneve heating, scorch some of the close contact wort.
I forgot to get water though.... STill trying to trouble shoot that one. Looking at paying too much for whatever the only store in town open that early has at this point. Kind of bummed about that, but very excited to be back brewing.
Ummm... what's wrong with tap water? You're going to have to buy A LOT of water for an AG IPA
My tap water sucks. Lots of either chlorine and/or chloramine.
Absolutely. Some people just have bad water though, that's why I asked.. well, that and I would hate to buy 10 gallons of water for brew day 
I've been meaning to try building my water, but I think mine is pretty good as is for what I brew.
I have well water that is pretty hard, so anything hoppy I had to start with ro water and build it up. I eventually just did this for everything and had really good results. Using the kiosks at the grocery store it's only about $5 a batch.
I'd like to go this route as I have access to cheap RO water. Do you have a good rule of thumb on what to add per recipe? Is it just per style or do you need to put your whole recipe in a program?
I ended up buying a 2.5 gallon of Arrowhead Spring water because it was the only Spring water they had. I hate Arrowhead so didn't want to use too much of it. I thought having some Spring in the mash water is better than all RO water which is what I used for the rest of the water from a refill machine.
I think the brew went well. Didn't have great efficiency, but planned on that anyway. My buddy said he normally gets 70% and that's what we hit. I think part of the efficiency problem may be the water. Just the waiting game now.
My goal for this batch is that it is drinkable. We'll see what happens.
