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I just moved to Hawaii(don't hate me) and am ready to get back into brewing after a few month hiatus. After some online research I think I found a LHBS off of Nimitz Hwy, does anyone know of a local I can shop at? Also I was thinking have the lords of this site thought about building a LHBS...

I scored some homebrew supplies from my wife's coworker's husband. I never met the guy so I don't have his contact info. I got three 5L mini kegs and some sort of a mini tap w/ CO2 cartridges. Do I put beer in them w/o priming sugar? Will the small plastic tabs to fill the keg holes last...

It looks like I had some suckback from my blowoff tube. I used a little starsan in the bucket and it appears to be resting on top of my Belgian trippel. Do you think my beer is OK? Can I just try and siphon from underneath the layer of sanitizer? -Ron

I haven't added gelatin for a while and decided I wanted a clearer beer. So I decided to add some this batch. I've been saving the packs that came with my kits. I boiled some water and tossed in the gelatin while still boiling. Now it has a strong odor. Should I try another pack and add it...

Any idea what causes the insane amount of foaming that occurs w/ some bottles? I opened one of my Father-in-law's bottles (Sam Adams Clone) a few months ago and it foamed right out of the bottle. I thought it was altitude, but we're lower than he is. I helped a friend brew a few weeks ago...

I brewed up a Fat Tire Clone on Sunday. I bought the ingredients the week before and forgot to put the yeast (WLP 001) in the fridge, so it was at room temp or slightly below for a week. I didn't make a starter because I'm not that smart yet. I haven't seen any real signs of fermentation...

My wife created a monster by getting my home brew kit for me. I started last night and think I screwed up... I pitched my yeast, but didn't use preboiled water or a clean container. I caught that mistake in time, so I didn't add it to my wort. I had another packet of yeast (that I think came...