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So I have a big party coming up and I want to brew 15 gal of beer to fill a sankey keg with. I've decided on brewing Biermuncher's Centennial Blonde, as it will be a big crowd pleaser. I have equipment to brew 10 gal batches...my thought is this: I put the 5 gal recipe into Beersmith, and...

Found this seller on Ebay. Got a veritable sh*tload of cascade hops donated by a local grower as a fundraiser for his homebrewing group. 200lb bales for $595, and says he'll pelletize them for $0.50 per pound. With the spring/summer quickly approaching, and me with Edwort's Haus Pale on the...

What do you guys reccommend for primaries? I have three useable ale pails (the other couple I have are scratched and are now cleaning buckets) I really would like to get 3 or 4 more primaries, as I finally have more time to brew, just nowhere to put said brew! There is a LHBS near me but he...

I have a sankey coupler that I converted so I can swap homebrew/commercial on my bar. My problem lies with the actual swivel nuts. I can never seem to get a good seal with them. I used them once before on a keg I brought to a party. The liquid and the gas both leaked around the nut..am I doing...

Shipyard's Pumpkinhead Ale was released today, and I was able to get ahold of a 1/6 barrel of it to put on tap at my bar. This is probably the only seasonal ale that I look forward to. Ontop of that, my birthday was yesterday, and this Friday/Sat I'm having a slew of old friends over from all...

My bar is located in my home theater room and currently has a two tap tower on it, which always has 2 beers on it...I promised the kids I'd put soda on one tap so they could grab a pint like the 'big kids' during baseball games/movies/etc. This was before I read/realized I probably want a...

I am having a major brain fart here. I have 2 kegs on tap in my bar but in the spirit of being a homebrewer, I have a few other kegs of beer in the basement waiting for their turn. Now, I have a 20lb CO2 tank (regulator on it's way)...I should be able to carb the kegs-in-waiting at room temp, so...

So I built a bar in my basement a few months ago. Picasa Web Albums - Steve - My Man Projects and everything has been dandy. I run the fridge on 1 - 2 out of 8 and it holds a pretty constant 38 degrees. That was until a few days ago. I was downstairs and looked at the indoor outdoor...

So I've been thinking over the past few weeks that I'd really like to build myself a single tier electric brewery. I have a spare room in my basement that would be perfectly sized for this. My thoughts: I will use a converted keg for my HLT and for my BK. I would like to continue using my...

*dialup warning* - lotso pics So I've been planning this for over a year..I didn't have the $ or the resources to build this at that time. But through biding my time and careful planning, construction has started! I'm very proud to say from start to finish (including the home theater system...

If anyone can help, I know it's homebrewtalk! I'm a big Pogues fan and one of my favorite songs of theirs is "Sally Maclennane". Turns out this song is not about a pretty lady, but a stout by that name. Next logical step...make that stout! I did some searching and did find a recipe, but I'm...

My keggle is my best friend. It is my life. I must master it as I must master my life. My keggle without me is useless. Without my keggle, I am useless. I must heat my keggle true. I must boil harder than the bugs who are trying to infect me. I must boil him before he infects me...

My quest to find affordable grain is finally over! All Briess grains: 50lb 2row 50lb pale ale 20lb 40L Cyrstal 10lb Black 10lb Chocolate 10lb Roasted ....wait for it.... $79!

I just got off the phone with a health food store close by. I was hoping to get my 2row from them. I called up and asked for 2row and she immediately thought I wanted malt extract...after I got that cleared up, she asked if I want unhulled barley, or hulled barley... this is where it got...

My barley crusher is on its way, I should have it by the middle of next week. I ordered it foolishly thinking I would run down to my LHBS and pick up a sack of 2-row for $40'ish. Turns out they want $65 for 2row and $75 for MO :\ Sadly that is just out of my price range right now. Any other...

I have some apfelwein that is going to be ready to keg next week, and also have a christmas ale that will be kegged in 2 weeks. I am bringing the apfelwein to my gf's christmas party and the ale to my parent's house for the holidays. Question (these are my first kegging endeavors): At the...

Just finished my first all grain batch. I was going to do Edwort's haus ale, but I'm traveling to the folks for christmas, and wanted to have something in the spirit to bring along. Daringly enough, I created my own recipe with the help of beersmith. I built a MLT out of a 10 gal cooler, and...

My girlfriend just found a 8.5 gallon enamel pot for $15. I told her to pick it up, I'm going to be switching to all grain and I'm thinking I can use this pot for heating strike and sparge water...my question...will I be able to drill a hole and add a ball lock in this pot like you could an...

Onto my fourth batch now, and decided it's time for me to hop on the bandwagon and come up with a name/label for my "brewery" ;) Any excuse to geek out with brewing more than I already have is a-ok with me. It turned out that coming up with a name was harder than I thought. And then it came...