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I brewed a Rye Saison about 4 weeks ago (yeah I'm a procrastinator--sue me) and pitched a smackpack of 3724 (OG was 1055, too lazy to make a starter). It started cranking bigtime in about 8 hours, fermented vigorously for about a week, and then slowed down. Nearly 4 weeks later, it's still...

Question for you all. I am making a dry stout and, for the first time, added some salts (just got my Ward Labs water sample). I was supposed to add about 2 grams of CaCO3, but my scale was accidentally set to ounces, and I ended up dumping about 1 ounce (!) of it into my mash before I caught...

Went to smack a pack of Wyeast 1084 Irish Ale for my stout. Guessing the packaging was defective, because when I hit it, a seam ruptured and blasted most of the contents right in my face! Good news is that Northern Brewer, as usual, answered my email really fast and immediately stuck a...

I'm going to have a free evening next week in downtown Boston, staying at the Hyatt Regency. Any recommendations on a brewpub or a bar with a great beer selection?

I just brewed up the Bee Cave Robust Porter recipe the day after Thanksgiving. Pitched a 2L starter of Wyeast 1028 London Ale--first time I've used this strain. Got some moderate bubbling activity after about 10 hours, but then it shut down cold after less than 48 hours--no bubbling, no...

I am in the market for used Sanke kegs that are legitimate/legally for sale. Does anyone have any sources? Don't see any on Craigslist, and I would not trust them anyway. I live in the west Philly suburbs, but would be willing to travel a couple of hours if necessary. Thanks folks!

I'm planning a short 4-day vaca to Vermont the week of July 4th because I need to use up a free plane ticket before it expires. Definitely plan on hitting Long Trail, Harpoon and Magic Hat breweries. Any other suggestions? Majority of my stay will be in Burlington.

Hope this prevents someone from making this mistake. My keezer has 3 cornies with picnic taps and a 5lb CO2 tank. It's a tight fit. Yesterday around 7pm I grabbed a pint of my new Scottish 70 (fabulous) which came out a bit foamy. So I dropped the tap and tried to read the pressure, but...

Brewed up a NB Honey Weizen extract kit this past Sunday. Using the liquid Wyeast American Wheat. Fermenting happily ever since, but the first couple of days the whole house smelled like rotten eggs. Five days later, still bubbling away, but I can still smell some odor at the airlock. Does...

20 years ago, during my first homebrewing stint, my brother-in-law showed up at my house with two 6.5 gallon glass carboys. "Hey, are you interested in these?" I obviously grabbed them. A week or so later, I was considering going all-glass, so I called him up and asked him where he got...

Hello, found this site accidentally whilst cruising around the homebrew world. Started brewing 20 years ago, quit after a couple of bad batches. Discovered CraigTube on YouTube and got interested again. So far I've put out 3 excellent brews using the Coopers Microbrewery kit and Coopers...