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Steeping some grains right now for a 5 gallon batch of APA I will be brewing up in about an hour.

I grew up in Pinole! Graduated from Pinole Valley HIgh. :ban: For those who don't know: Pinole is a Spanish translation of an Aztec word for a coarse flour made from ground toasted maize kernels, often in a mixture with a variety of herbs and ground seeds, which can be eaten by itself or be...

Using an auto-siphon for bottling maybe?

Sippin' on a nice little Summer Wheat I bottled up about ten days ago. A bit early I know, but it is pretty tasty.

Some cities, like mine, have a downloadable water quality report with all the pertinent info right on the City website.

Back in 1977 I drove through Plains Georgia on a road trip and got a fresh can of Billy Beer at Billy's Gas Station. It was no bueno back then.

Try to sell the other eleven on e-Bay, unless you want to keep them as a remembrance of Grandpa. :tank:

Yup.

I'll give that an amen.

So. Sounds like they are fully carbed and ready to drink. :tank:

For giving beer away I will do fancy labels. The cap labels with beer name, bottling date and %ABV are all I need for my own use.

That is what I am doing works great. You can download the appropriate template for free to use in Word to print them out.

I will have to check out their website. My LHBS doesn't carry much in the way of grains. Can't really blame them, I guess. They are in Napa so their main focus is on wine.

I love Moylans. I used to work right across the street from them on Rowland in Novato years ago. Now I work about two miles away from them. Great beer, great food. Hope it works out for you.

I have two one gallon jugs of spring water in the freezer now for my brew day tomorrow morning. I do about a 2 1/2 gallon boil, DME, Corn sugar and hops. When I toss in the aroma hops I shut down my burner and let the wort cool down for about ten minutes. While the wort is cooling some I...