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I haven't updated in a while. +40 beer, mead, apfelwein, etc 26940

I know it's early but it's 6:30am and I just started my mash. I love brewday! So much to brew, so little time.

In for 1 You gotta stop having these sales. I'm running out of room!

Revvy, I've never brewed a BW so I can't be much help with a recipe. I don't live in your neck of the woods so I can't come help brew. If, however, there is something else that I can do just let me know! Maybe I can help chip in for some of the ingredients or send you hops or something.

I have a Cream Ale and a Weizenbock planned this weekend. I am going to give decoction mashing a try for the weizenbock.

I recently purchased a refractometer and have been anxious to test it out. I brewed up a batch of beer recently and used both my hydrometer and refractometer to take a reading. I have gone through calibration of the refractometer with distilled water but my gravity readings are significantly...

ROFL, you're probably right. Although if it is the Schlafly strain, I probably wouldn't mind so much :)

I was using the Erlenmeyer flask to measure the wort from a larger vessel (I mixed about 3 gal of wort in a kettle). I then transferred it from the Erlenmeyer to a canning jar. I wanted to get a consistent volume in each jar which is why I used the flask. In truth, I was going to find a way...

I was making a batch of starter to sterilize in my pressure cooker and can for use later. I had extra starter left over and intended to just dump it later but I got busy then started brewing etc etc. Later that evening I went to finish my cleanup and I saw that some kind of fermentation was...

Wild yeast in my starter

Wild yeast in my starter

My draft box

I saw a quote on here recently "You don't buy a boat to save money on fish." That's basically true. However, if you love fishing and fish often enough it might be worth it. Brewing is the same. The more you brew, the faster you can amortize your equipment costs. I don't brew to save...

Just curious, did they say what kind of toast those barrels were?