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I brewed up a 2.5 gallon batch of blackberry melomel and I'm about ready to bottle. I've got plenty of wine bottles for the batch, but want to bottle some taster bottles to gauge the progress of the nectar. Can I just bottle up a dozen or so beer bottles with crown caps? The plan is to open...

So far, I haven't labeled any of my beers/meads. I'm not an artist by any means, and am fairly self-critical, so I usually stopped short of finishing. This one too isn't 100% complete, but I'm fairly happy with the way it turned out so far. The front label is on the left, and the back is on...

Time to clean up the Brewery, aka "The Basement". I've got nine cases of 12 oz bottles to give away to someone local. All are cleaned up with the labels removed. No shipping, so you'll have to pick them up in Centennial near I-25 and Dry Creek. I'll list these on Craigslist too, but tell me...

Just bottled up a kolsch, and after doing some reading (that I probably should have done before bottling), most people say to cold condition/lager it for a period ranging from a few weeks to a "long time" prior to bottling. I didn't, thinking I was supposed to cold condition it *after*...

I just started homebrewing, and as is normal for me, I wanted to gear up quickly. I found a guy on craigslist who was selling everything he had for under a hundred bucks: two 6.5 gal carboys, bottling bucket, thermometer, nearly everything except a hydrometer, plus 5+ cases of bomber bottles...

Bottled my first batch today, a porter kit from the LHBS. Looks nice, and tastes good too, even un-carbed. I did break one bottle with the capper, and dumped two that were in the sink waiting to be capped. I really don't believe any glass got in them, but better to be safe. Lesson learned on...

Brewed my first beer today, a nice dark porter from a kit I bought at the LHBS. Looks like beer, tastes like flat, non-alcoholic beer, smells like beer. I guess I did OK. Lessons and questions: Lessons: 1. Verify that your grain bag can hold all of your grains! Mine didn't, so I ended...

Hi everyone. My name is Chris, and I'm just starting to learn about homebrewing and figure it all out. Be ready for noob questions, but I do know how to search! I will start gearing up this weekend, and should have my first batch going sometime in January. Beer and mead are on the agenda for...