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Hello all, I've finally switched over to the wonderful world of kegging and I have a question. I made a homebrew that had a lot of hops in it and after about 6 months or so in secondary I racked to a corny and CO2 system that I recently bought. Within the first 24 hours after carbonating it...

My wife and I went to a beer tasting event at a relatively fancy restaurant in town. The theme was Belgians (or Belgian style). It was a fun event and I enjoyed it but I must confess that I really felt they could have been more generous with the amount of beer offered. Let me give the...

Hey old timers on HBT, I just received my latest BYO mag and the last page featured an article about a marine homebrewer from Guam whose last name is Cruz. I'll say no more. :drunk:

On this day in history Sam Adams was born in 1722. cheers Sam and thanks for the brew.

I was pouring a non-homebrew in a glass today and not thinking, I halted the pour towards the end like I was trying to save the sediment from getting into the glass. I kind of laughed to myself and said - its okay, you can pour it all in, its not a homebrew! I'm a relatively new homebrewer...

I know the month is mostly over but I was wondering if there was going to be a suggested list of brews to make for April? I've been digging the previous month's postings.

I smacked my Wyeast pack yesterday with the idea of brewing today. However, time prohibits me from brewing until tomorrow. The yeast pack has fully swelled. Will it be able to wait until tomorrow? Should I refrigerate it until I start brewing or just leave it out at room temp.? I've never...

Since this is early spring and I guess around the time when Oktoberfest beers were made it got me wondering - does anyone know why it was illegal in Germany in the "olden days" to brew in the summer? I could guess it was a way to fight the increased possiblity of infections due to the warmer...

I brewed a German Ale from a kit. It was an all extract. I'm drinking it now and granted I'm rushing the aging time a little bit. It is about a week ahead of the suggested finish time. The thing is it has this for lack of the best word - a weird background taste. It is not there in the...

This post is sort of directed at Dude - you mentioned in another thread how along with the SNPA clones a lot of homebrewers brewed Hoegaarden styles as well. My question is I'm looking to brew a wheat beer but I guess a more American style without the sourness or acidic overtones. My main...

Since the appearance of all these "best" posts I thought I would ask the question is there a Best Beer movie? Strange Brew comes to mind with the McKenzie Brothers. take off, eh? Are there any others?

In a few weeks it will be maple sugaring season up here in Vermont and so I was wondering if any of you out there brewed a batch with just maple sap and not water and what the results were. Also - would a standard recipe have to be adapted at all? I think Charlie P. mentions this method in...

I've noticed that the types of beers homebrewers list in primary, secondary, condition, etc. are quite varied. In one brewer's list for example it could include a stout, red ale, wheat, and blueberry whatever. I'm a very new brewer myself and each batch has been a different style. I guess I'm...

I was wondering if any of you out there have any experience using the grain mill attachment on Kithenaid Mixers to crush your grains? If so, was it successful? I am thinking of doing some partial grain batches and since I already have a Kitchenaid I thought just getting the attachment might be...

I've been reading the "Clone Brews" book by the Szamatulski's and virtually all the recipes call for M & F light or extra light DME. I know that the DME stands for the dry malt extract but I can't figure out what the M & F is referring to. Is it Munton's? If so what is the F all about...

There is a little bar on east 8th street in NYC called the Burb caslte. It serves some great quality small micro brews in bottles as well as on tap. I haven't been there in a few years so I don't know if it is still around. It was one of the few beer bars where you could in my opinion really...

I was just wondering if all you folks who bottle your homebrews, when drinking them, do you always decant it into a glass or do you ever drink right from the bottle and risk stirring up the sediment. My very first batch of beer is still in the primary right now and I plan on bottling this...

I have been reading a few posts lately written by Aussies and it made me think of the brief time I lived in Melbourne. My wife is Australian and I stayed with her in North Carlton before she came back here to the states. Anyway, what I really miss is Victoria Bitter or Vitamin B as my Aussie...

Hello All, I received a brew kit from my wife for Christmas and brewed my first batch yesterday!! I can tell you now that I have been bitten by the brewing bug!! It was a lot of fun and I can't wait to make my next batch. I've been reading this forum for the last few days and have already...