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So some friends of mine and I have the same pipe dream a lot of you have of opening a brewery. While it may never happen the welder of the bunch is building a 4 kettle 2bbl system and we plan on putting 45g kettles on all of them. But since this is another 2 years or so in the making...

So I want to experiment with two styles of brewing I've never tried before. It won't be traditional by any means but it's still an interesting concept I want to fool with. The thought is for a smash style ale, the first beer I want to be a higher gravity but maybe not quite a double IPA but for...

So being a bartender at a big Taphouse I'm constantly getting to the bottom of certain kegs and it's just a yeast pour of sludge. Today that happened with stone brewing tangerine express, but instead of dumping it like usual I was hit with inspiration Could I use this to grow whatever strain...

So about two years ago now I managed to get a good amount of fresh hops that a buddy was growing, he vacuum sealed them and I put them in my freezer. They were actually for infused hard spirits (I was going to infuse a gin, vodka, and whiskey) but the cocktail program at my work took a different...

So I bought one of those cider house select kits to make a 6 gallon batch. I used distilled water, an eyeballed 2lbs of dextrose (I made this at 3 am after work and couldn't find my scale), and followed the directions for the most part. I didn't boil the water to dissolve the corn sugar (it did...

So while I was driving home to Chicago from Detroit I found this brewery that had just been foreclosed on in the middle of the country. The bank who is trying to sell the place just so happened to be giving a tour to a prospective buyer. After he was done he showed me around for a bit and let me...

So I used to build and modify guitars and amplifiers when I was unemployed to suplement my income and now have bulk excess woods just chilling in my garage. I have Snakewood, Purple Heart, Walnut, Cherry, Maple (both spalted and birdseye), ebony, rosewood, and several other. I LOVE the smell...

Hello, So I started brewing meads mid to late 2009 and it was before I really knew what the heck I was doing. I did not take original gravity readings and to be honest it was more of a fingers crossed this works type of deal. I now have a hydro and do things properly but deep inside I want...

Hello all, I'm newish to brewing (started when I was 19, so 2 years now). I've made about 13 batches of wine/mead/cider and 3 batches of beer (just upgraded to five gallons a month ago) so far and am loving it! I've received a lot of help from this site as I've bumbled my way through the...