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Just feeling around to see if anyone around NorthWest Indiana would want some Nugget starts in the spring. I have 4 big clusters growing and this last year they went everywhere. I am going to move them and don't mind starting small again. So I should have a bunch of splits. We do have some...

I finally did it. I installed an antenna and cancelled my dish. 70 bucks in my pocket every month and around 30 free usable channels. Just wondering if anyone else has grown tired of the high satelite or cable bills and what was your solution? I thought I might supplement air tv with...

I am curious to know what everybody feeds there dog. I fed my dog Iams lamb and rice since breaking him of of puppie food (also Iams) but can't stand how much he poops. So I am switching to Canidae lamb and rice and am reading mixed reviews on that food. This can be very confusing with all...

When the whether turns warm and the basement is on the edge of good fermenting temps I like to brew something I don't have to keep cool. So I always make a saison. This year I have some excess ingredients so I want to experiment with a not so traditional saison. What I have so far.....11lbs...

Who has had any luck this year? This the first year I have decided to look myself. People have always given them to me so I thought I better start finding them myself. Well no luck so far for me. I think my first year might be a failure.:(

After a weekend that saw my sons team lose 2 games due mostly to lack of effort on our teams side I started to wonder how far do we push and how young. I mean things are so competitive so young that if you don't push you fall behind. On the other hand you risk burnout. The fine line between...

For those of you who store there co2 tanks in the fridge does the pressure readings go down when you chill it? Makes sense if it does. Just hoping that is what caused my pressure drop and not a leak. Any advantage to inside or outside the fridge that may sway my decision?(the tank that is)...

My uncle showed up today with 4 free cornies from a friend that works with a food dist. company. Could not have been happier, so now I have to go the rest of the way. The fridge or keezer I just have to search around and I am sure I know what I need and can make work. The co2 tank and...

Just bought a sixer and can't wait to get into it. Tried one last year and loved it so much that I went to get more and it was sold out. It is a 9% Imperial Red Ale that Upland brewery puts out for the St. Paddys day season. Just wondering if anyone has tried it and how you liked it?

I have commented on the last two beers I brewed on other threads. They both seem to be stuck or finished. One is at 1.022 OG 1.067 and the other is at 1.020 OG 1.060. First one pitched s-33 started fast then pooped out second brew was actually pitched on s-33 cake and took off like a rocket...

Well as the title says I am looking to brew an English IPA and have a few things I could use some suggestions on. First I have plenty of MO for the base and have on hand 1lb of briess crystal40 1lb of simpsons 50/60 crystal !lb of crystal rye I am thinking 10lb of MO and 1lb of the...

Well christmas brought me a barley crusher so I found a place to buy bulk and planned to buy it today. My mind was on 55# MO and a # of amarillo. With that I was going to make my first smash. The problem is that they don't carry hops for the public and only ended up with the MO. O.K. I got...

F.....in Bears! Win and they are in the playoffs! CHOKE! Some how I held the curses in so my boys saw me taking it like a man. But inside I wanted to cry and throw my HopDevil bottle at the TV! Next year right! Starting to sound like a Cubs fan! Sox fan incase you were wondering. Dang Bears

Well I went to send some stout I made to some family, and the lady at the store said that it was illegal if I was not a distributor. I know that I read on here some of you have sent some. What is the best method to get my beer to my family?

I live in NW indiana and wondering if anyone knows of a good place to buy bulk grain for a decent price? Anything I have found close is to expensive. Anything online the shipping is crazy. Hoping that I am over looking a gem out there.

Anyone know what kind of chemical reaction happened when I soaked my brew pot in oxyclean? There is a dark film now and the whole inside is alot darker. In the back of my mind I knew this was not good to do but I did it anyway. Did I ruin my pot for brewing or is it fixable?:(

O.K. just when you think you got all the process down and understand batch sparge as a whole it continues to mess with me. On my 5th attempt at AG I again did not hit my target o.g. again. Granted I was trying to hit the og that Northern brewer said I should hit and I don't know the % but I...

I am reading extreme brewing and Sam is telling us to never use aluminium brew pots. Now this guy takes a pretty layed back approach to home brewing, and this is the thing he wants to really emphasize. I have been brewing in an aluminium turkey fryer for a while. Any good reason to stop this...

O.K. bear with me I am curious about a thread I read. Someone gave another advice not to serve his apfelwein to early or all his guests would go home with headaches. Is there a science behind green beer or in this case green cider giving extra doses of pain in the head.

A friend of mine just asked me if I would be interested in his apples. He has two diff varieties. He also has a press he could get a hold of. My questions are, How do I prep the apples before pressing? If they are eating apples what to add to make cider? I plan...