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As the title says, I started brewing with the help of this site and Papa Charlie's book "The Complete Joy Of Homebrewing Vol 3". If all goes according to tradition, I'll be the President of my homebrew club, DRAFT come January. So, I'd just like to say "thank you". Homebrewers are a rare...

Heya, Buckeye brothers (and sisters!) Dayton's largest (only?) homebrew club, DRAFT will be holding it's annual BrewFest competition on Saturday, September 14th. It's open to all styles and brewers from everywhere. You can register online at DRAFT's website. Also, for what it's worth...

Thought you fellas might enjoy some video beer reviews that aren't super dry, or done by someone that takes their hobby too seriously. Or you might hate it - and that cool. Cheers! http://www.youtube.com/user/TheBeerFag?feature=mhee

This recipe is calculated at 68% efficiency. I'm extremely happy with the way it turned out - dry and medium-light bodied, with a lasting head. Easily my favorite beer I've ever made. Grain bill of a blonde, more hops than many IPAs. I kicked the five gallon batch in just under two weeks...

10.7 lbs of grain in the mash: 9 lb Pilsen 1 lb Munich Dark 0.5 lb Crystal 60L 0.2 lb Roasted Barley Strike your mash with 4 gallons @ 161F and rest for 75 min. Target mash temp is 150F. Vorlauf and collect first runnings. Sparge with 5.1 gallons @ 177F. Collect second runnings and prepare...

I'm sure it'll be fine, but I wanted to check with the fine folks of HBT to get an opinion before I brew today... I milled my grains strait into my Igloo MLT last night for a batch I'll be brewing in about an hour. Will I lose any flavor/do any harm in general by having crushed ~8 hours ago...

Alright, I recently starting kegging and have had a lot trouble with pouring good pints. In my current set-up, I have 10 feet of tubing on my beers (~12 psi) and 20 feet of tubing on my soda (~20 psi) all being stored at 40*f, using party taps. I'm getting nothing but foam on most of my pours...

Doing my first low ABV today with this proposed recipe - any thoughts/improvements to make it a better mild?? 6 lbs Mild Malt 1 lb Munich 8 oz Chocolate Malt 4 oz Roasted Barley Mash at 154f 1 oz EKG (5AA) @ 60 Ferment ~64f w/ US-04

Alright, so I'm getting some decent overtime on my next pay check. I could pay off some credit debt, yes - or I could buy new brewing equipment. The answer is obvious. I've got about $200 to blow, and I really need a burner for 5 gallon batches so I can move my operation outside and get off...

It's vacation time in the Outer Banks come Friday, and I'm gonna need to find a good beer store or brewpub. Anything I should seek out there?? Thanks!

In an effort to make my next hop bomb, I'd like the beer to be slightly green itself. I made a rose hefe a while ago and put an ounce of roses in vodka for a few weeks. The vodka extracted the color and flavor from the roses - would it have the same effect on hops?? I'm not too concerned...

I popped the last bottle of my ESB last night, and figured I'd review it for remembrance sake.

Has anyone had any experience with these?? I remember seeing something about them in BYO a couple months ago and my LHBS just got some in. I bought two ounces of Pacific Jade and a ten pound sack of MO for a SMaSH I'll hopefully get to brew tomorrow. Just wandering what I can expect. I'm...

I figured some label geeks like myself would enjoy this. This blog post has a video in it showing Photoshop's newest tools. They are seriously game-changing. I'm terrified of the price tag, but I think I'm about to upgrade from 7 for this one.

Alrighty, so the other night I brewed my second batch of my Mo'fug Smash series. The idea is to use 10lbs MO and 3oz Fuggles in five different beers changing hop schedule, mash temps, etc - changing the process instead of ingredients. Well, on my first batch I accidentally mashed very high...

I suck at PCs - I've been a Mac user for as long as I've had my own computer. I recently got an Asus EeePC netbook (model 1005HAB) and it was doing fine until I put Windows 7 on it - now my function keys aren't functioning and I can't turn it's wi-fi on. I feel like such a nub over here. I've...

So I'm planning on remaking this recipe again for Christmas (I like getting started early, ok?) except I want to do it all grain this time. My extract version used 6.6 lbs Light LME and 3.3 lbs Amber LME, how would I go about converting that to all grain?? What grains can I assume they used to...

Hey everyone, I'm planning n making my dad some Cherry Cola to celebrate 6 months of sobriety (he was a raging alcoholic for a loooong time.) Does anyone have a good recipe for a cherry cola/Dr. Pepper type drink?? Many thanks!

Ok, just kidding. Kind of. I'm taking an Entrepreneurship/Small Business Management class and need to come up with a Pro Forma Startup sheet for a (drum roll...) brewpub. I've scoured the internets for the past couple hours trying to find places that sell new/used brewing equipment (I'm...

Alright, I've been bit by the SMaSH bug. My first AG batch was a simple MO/Fuggles SMaSH and I loved it. After tasting how delicious a SMaSH can be, I want to run a series of three or four brews using the same exact ingredients (in this case: 10 lbs MO and 3 oz Fuggles, WL007, and Dayton...