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A True Story {This post is 8 years old sorry, but it one of my favorites} The Big Stash I came home from the Hospital five years ago. My house looked strange like no one had lived there in a long time. I opened my five gallon buckets of LME {liquid malt extract} and saw that they were...

Gentlemen, I have brewing for 16 years but then quit for 5 years. I am now getting ready to brew this winter and noticed this thread on: 'time in the primary/secondary' and dropped in as maybe I could learn something. Now my brewing recipes had evolved to 7-8 Lbs of DME, mein seiben...

Gentlemen, None of the stores in the 'east end' of old Dallas, open before 11:00 am so I was across the street at some gourmet Bier establishment and told the guy I had an hour to kill before the store opened and could I piss and drink a couple of biers? First I had a pilsner...

Gentlemen, Howdy, I am a former member and brewed Ale for 16 years. I stopped brewing when I realized I can buy beer cheaper than brew it but recently realized something was missing; I never listen to my old 33rpm records unless I am in the kitchen brewing! So I have decided to brew...

Gentlemen, After a long absence from the forum I wanted to get back into the brewing thing, specifically Apfelwein. I used to brew with LME but coming home from a 5 month stay in the hospital after my motorcycle wreck {2001} I opened the 5 gallon buckets of LME to find an inch of white...

Gentlemen, I have never heard of Deliriums Tremens beer, but I know where 'the term' came from, an old W.C. Fields skit and here it is! ... Right now~~~! Look out~! Thank you... J. Winters von Knife...

mordantly, 'Carta' Blanca means 'mail' or 'a letter'. 'White letter' would be a translation. Thank you... {Good ain't it?} J. Winters von Knife

i use carta blanca 32o-z bottles. Gentlemen, Carta Blanca is my favorite Mexican beer too. J. Winters von Knife http://jacksknifeshop.tripod.com

Gentlemen, I called the 'Headquarters' and talked to Chris about Whole Grain. He pretty much told me what I had figured out the night before, that L.M.E. at $2.49 Lb is 1/2 the price of D.M.E. {even accounting for the 20% more L.M.E. which must be used} Whole grain with $300, worth of...

bkov, Thanks man, I am just getting reorientated with the brewing, as it is just now getting cooler. My fault, I was reading the price on L.M.E. rather than D.M.E. But since you bring mention it, I am planning on getting into whole grain when I can but for now... L.M.E. is 1/2...

Revvy, I really can't think of what has been holding me back from whole graining. But lets see... I don't have a freezer which would expand my brewing season from six months to almost a year. I was waiting for: 1. a freezer. Oh! I have to cook my homebrew on a stove top so, I would...

Revvy... Howdy, thanks for remembering me. As it gets cooler, I begin to think about the fact that I am outta beer, more and more. Hmmm... [ The main reason, is the $40. upcharge in D.M.E. ] Plus the fact that I have been murdered three times in the last 9 years, {and I'm...

mod edit- this thread was broken off another thread, to keep the conversation going. I was thinking the same thing. Buying empty bottles? ...use old beer bottles. ...and drink the beer! And I love my 'bench capper' too. J. Knife

mod edit- this thread was broken off another thread, to keep the conversation going. I was thinking the same thing. Buying empty bottles? ...use old beer bottles. ...and drink the beer! And I love my 'bench capper' too. J. Knife

Gentlemen, Greetings, I used to buy D.M.E. for $135. a 50 Lb bag. Then when the gas prices went sky high the price at my homebrew supply went up $40. a bag! $175. for a 50Lb bag! And my homebrewing world came crashing down around me. I used to brew Mein Acht Pfund Hammerbier for .67...