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If you have any of these left, we would love to purchase a couple from you. let me know Aviator brewing co. 919-975-5310 Thanks Galen Smith

jumping in late on this thread. I work as a professional catering chef. I might be able to help you out if you haven't bought your knives yet. -Never buy a knife without holding it first. If one of your friends loves his Shun it don't mean you will, your hands are shaped differently...

I've brewed coffee stouts before where I pitch liquid espresso into the beer at the beginning of the secondary fermentation. I used 32 oz of cold espresso for ten gallons, and it turned out great, the coffee was not overpowering at all. As for fruits there is a great book called "Designing...

I had a simular fermentation time with a belgian saison style ale. I added 3/4 of a cup of corn sugar to five gallons, waited a few weeks and tapped the keg. It turned out out a little flat, guessing most of the yeast was either dead or not so healthy from the long fermentation. adding yeast...

no, he's right here with me brewing. He was only clarifying what I had said before.

I live in raleigh and grew 3 varieties of hops this year. just make sure they get lots of sun, and water.

hey, grew some pacman yeast from a bottle of rogue amber ale. I was wondering if anyone here has also grown it, because it looks unlike any other yeast I have grown in the past. thanks galen

yes. beer is all about sugar... sugar turned into alcohol via fermentation. I have on one occasion put sugar into finished beer just to see what would happen, and it foams like a rabid dog. If I were you I would bottle into large growlers, you can use the swingtop arm type, just make sure to...

As a chef/homebrewer, the best example of extract vs. all grain I can think of is chicken stock. At work I make and use chicken stock from scratch whenever I can. If maybe I don't have the time to make fresh broth, I'll use chicken base. while the fresh chicken stock is superior in flavor...

I planted 3 tettnang and 3 cascade two weeks ago. I mulched the beds, water them as needed, and still have no shoots coming up from the ground. any ideas, suggestions? oh I live in north carolina

So, I made this from a clone recipe in this months BYO. Their starting gravity was 1088, mine was 1085 (I can live with that). I added more yeast than it called for, since it is a high gravity beer. I think it's ready to be racked to the secondary fermenter after only 3 days. krausen has...

Hi, I made Papazians hoegaarden Grang Cru Recipe recently. The only thing I did was instead of using 5 lbs. of DME, I used around 6.75 lbs so I would get a higher gravity. It sat in the primary for a week, then I racked it to the secondary, it's been in there a little over a week. It's...

\thanls for all the input. I might try 7/8 of a cup of corn sugar to make it more carbonated. and I'll let you all know how it goes. can't wait to start my next batch

Hi, I am brewing my first ever batch. I got a kit from homebrew heaven, and started Charlie Papazian's Grand Cru recipe. It's a dry extract recipe with honey, hallertaur hops, coriander, and orange peel. I used the Wyeast Belgian wit beer yeast. It's been in the secondary...