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I've been brewing a little over two years, and kegging for all but two batches of that. Yesterday, I went to disconnect the blown cider keg (and the other kegs) and clean the lines with BLC. I've never de-pressurized my kegs before pulling off the liquid post. I will be in the future. I...

But she supports my brewing hobby, as long as I keep one keg of cider on tap. Hell, she's bought most of my equipment for me! So anyway, I brewed up a batch of IIPA for a friend of ours homecoming from deployment (he comes tomorrow). I also gave him the honor of naming it. He just found...

A couple years back, I built a new computer for SWMBO's grandparents (surprisingly pretty savvy, they've even got a DSL connection). I installed all the security software they would need to protect them, and set it up for automatic updating, etc... That should have protected them. Until they...

I've got a quick question... So, I was all fired to try out the Smoked Chili IPA recipe that I tweaked from BYO: 6 lbs Briess 2-Row Brewer's Malt 2 lbs Briess Smoked Malt 2 lbs Weyerman Cara Foam 1 lb Briess Special Roast Malt 1 lb Briess 2-Row Caramel 40 1 oz Chinook (11.5% AA) @ 60...

I just realized that my celebration of Memorial Day includes brewing a batch for a friend that is currently deployed, flying missions over Afghanistan. Not only am I brewing a batch for him, but I got his input as to style (IIPA) how hoppy (116 IBUs), and I'm waiting on him for the name. This...

The SWMBO and my folks were out and about today, and I decided to swing by the LHBS to get a stopper for my 1L Erlenmeyer flask that I got for Christmas. I told them specifically "I need a drilled stopper for a 1L Erlenmeyer flask", and I also wanted to get a bung for my Better Bottle...

So I think my SWMBO is getting me a conical fermenter (plastic, not stainless) for Christmas. The box is large, and mocking me with it's return address which matches the return address of the conical fermenter I put on my Amazon wish list... I wanted a conical to move a little further along...

Down by 3 at the half. No worries... Time to make it 7 in a row! Go Navy, Navy, Navy! Beat Army, Army, Army!!

What do you guys think?

Last weekend's remodel of the bathroom prevented me from brewing, and it's been raining damn near non-stop here. SWMBO just helped me set up the tailgating tent in the backyard. I'm brewing today, dammit! That is all.

My wife spotted a pretty good deal on one of those mini-keg kegerators that works on both AC & DC. Found mini-kegs for cheap as well. The more I read about them, it doesn't sound like a super system for carbonating (sounds hit or miss) but it appears on the surface to be a perfect fit for my...

I'm acquiring the parts to build my kegerator, and I know that I want the Perlick 575ss faucet. I checked my LHBS first, just the generic stuff. The only place that I've found is brauman's eBay store. Not that the man doesn't have a good price, but I do enjoy shopping around. Where else...

So, I found out that I have a bad (leaking) poppet on the liquid side. This is one of those dag-gummed old Firestones with no Challenger marking. Luckily, my LHBS sells poppets for this keg. Only problem is that I have 5 gallons of beer in it already, and we're getting ready to move to...

So I brewed up a Russian Imperial Stout kit a couple weeks back. The bottom end of the OG was 1.070. Mine measured at 1.052. I went ahead and pressed... I figure that it just won't be as high an alcohol content. Should I expect that the FG will be lower as well, or will it probably hit the...

Not sure if anyone is interested. http://cgi.ebay.com/BOTTLE-CAPS-RELAX-DONT-WORRY-HAVE-A-HOME-BREW_W0QQitemZ160309788907QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item160309788907&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1199|66%3A2|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A1318|301%3A0|293%3A1|294%3A50

When I'm in England (my parents used to live there), I love to go to pubs and order "best bitter". I'd love to try and duplicate that - and I've found kits that have ordinary bitter, or ESB. I like the middle of the road, special/best/premium... So I was fiddling with Brewmasters Warehouse...

So my first batch has been sitting in the bottles for exactly seven days. Taunting me. I couldn't help myself. I popped one open. Not enough carbonation, an aftertaste that I can't place... At least I know what green beer tastes like now so I can troubleshoot future brews. I think I'll...

I'm pretty stoked - so stoked in fact that I actually commenced my brew day at 6:30 am. I didn't wake up specifically for that, but I had to drop a friend at the airport really early - so why not?!? Some lessons learned (that I've written down already), and all of these are based on me...

So I'm going to brine a turkey this year and I've been looking for a food grade plastic bucket. The only place I can find that has them (that they'll tell me at least) is the local homebrew shop. Off I go, with SWMBO - hoping that maybe I can talk her into letting me buy a homebrew book (she...

I was reading on one of the other forums I frequent (an aviation forum) about some of the homebrews the guys were working on and it got me interested. Don't have any equipment, books, or ideas yet. My wife and I are moving from Maryland to Virginia the beginning of next year, and I told her...