Recent content by JDuclos

Great idea, discounts for bringing in friends. Also you could try out any new equipment before you actually buy it through rental. Thanks for all the replys, I'll need to start doing local research now to see how many people are interested. I'll probably do a raffle for beer or wine to those who...

I do understand that customers would eventually dissapear, which is why there are basically 3 business models in one, brew-your-own, buy a pint, and ingredient store. So from what I've thought about I would guess I would see customers come in and brew their own about 2 - 3 times before making a...

Greetings! I've recently began thinking about investment ideas, and one of them is a retail store. So I've come up with a document to describe my idea. I'm looking for input from HBT about more ideas or just input overall if you think the idea is a flop or a win. Basically I want to create a...

I was just talking about these. Count me in!

I saw many of you are commenting on how this takes up the sink. I just took of some labels on a bunch of beer bottles. I used a cooler I had, laid the bottles in and some cleaner and filled it up with hot hot water. The cooler insulated the water and it was still pretty hot to the touch after 12...

Considering I'll be bottling my first kit this weekend I don't think I'll get around to doing a full grain batch with this until mid summer, but if I do and if I remember I will keep you guys posted!

http://www.wheatmontana.com/store/product_info.php?cPath=22&products_id=193 I think this might be the stuff we are looking at, looks like it is actually whole grain kernels inside.

JoeBronc, I saw that, along with malcs comment I should add, when I picked up the bag at walmart it felt like grain inside, not like powder in the bag, but the bag was rather thick so I may be wrong. I think I might take a small tear in the bag and check it out, is that wrong?! :O Robtotten...

I stumbled on this in a walmart store near me and was wondering if anyone had experience using this in a wheat beer?! http://www.walmart.com/ip/Wheat-Hard-Red-Spring/14150163 I don't have a LHBS (maybe thinking about starting my own!) within a 2 hr drive. I would probably have to malt...