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They also brew Bass Ale at Baldwinsville. Or at least they did at first. What a shock to taste that a couple of years ago when I had no idea that I wasn't buying the Burton-on-Trent original. Smelled like rotting vegetables! Gotta say, though, that it's much better when they brew it in...

Why does any corporation buy its rival? Could it have anything to do with suppressing competition?

Ever put a glass of ice water on the coffee table in the summer? Well, the condensation will create a puddle on the table. You could wipe off the glass every now and then, and you would do no damage to the table's finish. Once the water temp. equalizes to the temperature of the room, no more...

To: Cliff 897 I've read in so many places (Palmer, Strong and others) that bleach (chlorine) is a no-no in beer, as it causes phenolic, antiseptic-like off-flavors. It can be boiled off, and most of it is removed by heating to strike water temps, but it's potential for creating bad tastes is...

Do you make sure to disassemble your ball valve and bottling spigots and clean them thoroughly after each brew? You won't believe the gunk that can build up there!

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Get an IBU injector.

That's exactly what I did! I bought the 20 gal. with the false bottom to use it for both the mash tun and the boil kettle. Now that it's arrived I started to wonder whether I shouldn't have bought the false bottom, since this size mash tun might cause a too-shallow grain bed for my most...

Hi, I'm a newbie homebrewer looking to go all-grain. Have done four 5 gal. batches, but now looking to go to about 12 gal. batches. What size Blichmann Boilermakers would be most correct Mash/HLT/ Boil kettles for this size? Thanks.