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• Posted in thread: Homebrew Club Fayetteville, NC?? on 05-15-2013 at 10:18 AM
  I saw that on a poster outside the crepe place downtown. I was going to go by after I ate but
  when I looked up the slyfox website it didn't say anything about it. I'll definitely drive up
  there for su...

• Posted in thread: Kettle Purchasing Advice on 03-08-2013 at 12:39 PM
  Two weeks ago my wife bought me the Bayou Classic 16 gallon spigot pot (model 1064). I brewed a
  5 gal extract with it last weekend and I love it. Now I can do 10 gal in the future. I went
  this route a...

• Posted in thread: Homebrew Club Fayetteville, NC?? on 12-06-2012 at 12:25 PM
  I just moved here and am down to go to a brew day. I just started home brewing but I cheat and
  keg instead of bottle.

• Posted in thread: Does it amaze you at how many breweries are terrible at making beer? on 12-06-2012 at 12:19 PM
  Breweries have to make cheap beer to turn a profit. That's the bottom line. Why do you think
  every lousy brewpub makes the same styles of beer ? Pale, amber, ipa, stout...I always thought
  that breweri...

• Posted in thread: How do you do a full boil? on 12-04-2012 at 03:15 PM
  Awesome, thanks! I know it sounded like a dumb question, but in my searches I saw people
  talking about their boiling temps and various other things that just got me confused. I
  appreciate the help, ev...

• Posted in thread: How do you do a full boil? on 12-04-2012 at 12:38 PM
  This thread is generally related to a very stupid question I have, but in the last two batches
  (my first two) I have always gotten boil overs. Some trouble immediately after adding hops, but
  it contin...

• Posted in thread: The ever changing opinions of proper techniques in brewing on 11-29-2012 at 12:41 PM
  That's why I say, that there is rarely a "better" or "Best" or even a Right way of doing
  things....only what's RIGHT FOR US. You find out really quick, that if you ask 10 different
  homebrewers the sam...

• Posted in thread: Thanksgiving Keezer Disaster on 11-28-2012 at 12:49 PM
  Same thing can happen if you have threaded ends on your beer line and they are loose. I had
  cleaned the lines and had not tightened the nut enough where it attaches to the liquid out
  disconnect. Just ...

• Posted in thread: Thanksgiving Keezer Disaster on 11-27-2012 at 07:47 PM
  I guess next time I will sanitize the outside if the keg and inside of the freezer just in
  case!

• Posted in thread: Thanksgiving Keezer Disaster on 11-27-2012 at 03:32 PM
  I brewed my first two beers in anticipation of family coming for Thanksgiving and poured the
  first beer of each with my Father. I hadn't had time to create the taps out of the top so we
  would just ope...