Recent content by Honeybuzz

I agree that the distributorship model needs to be repealed. But given the thousands of small breweries that have spring up in recent years, and their millions of customers, there's no reason we can't do that. As to the original subject of this thread, as a beer drinker the Inbev/Miller...

So if I crush my grain with a rolling pin, I should mash for like, two days? :) I just bought ingredients for my first all grain batch, but I'm too cheap to buy a mill at this point.

Never mind. I realized later that these grains are roasted before being sold for brewing! :)

I just bought a 50# bag of Breiss 2-row malt. Can I plant some of this to grow my own?

I just started my second batch. The first time around I hydrated the yeast because a book had said it was a good idea. This time I forgot about that and just sprinkled it in per the kit directions. Surprisingly, it's bubbling much faster after one day than the first batch did. It's the exact...

Thanks to all for the warm welcome! I have beekeeper friends who make mead, some very good (and some very bad!), but while I do drink both mead and wine, beer is more my speed, so at least for now I'm sticking to that. I should correct my earlier post though. I started with a standard...

Hello beer lovers! My first batch, Queen's Quaff Honey Wheat, debuted to rave reviews over the weekend. I started with a honey wheat ingredient kit and added a pound of honey at the end of the boil. I'm a beekeeper so honey's gonna be a recurring theme. :) I found homebrewtalk when I searched...