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I'm thinking about making a type of Taoist elixir alcoholic "beer" (term being used loosley..) not really sure how great it will taste but at some point in the near future may venture into it. What caught my eye searching around for proper ingredients, I noticed a few articles on beer being made...

Anyone else out their a Primus or Les claypool fan? I'm a bass player and consider Les one of the best bass players out their. If you are one of those guys that likes to go to fests like Bonaroo I suggest you catch what is left of the Green Naugahyde tour while you still can. I went to their...

This guy explains that irish moss aids in poor head retention, and gelatin may reduce flavor and aroma. What Does Irish Moss or Finings Do? - YouTube I'm not the kind of guy that believes everything he hears. But it is something I haven't really thought about pertaining to possible off...

Oh man, I'm a little inebriated right now (maybe should go in the drunken ramblings section) and can't believe how great this braggot came out. It finished pretty dry like a wine but it is good with a little of the bubbly. Not too much of the honey taste left but I'm going to do some changes...

My last batch of apfelwein actually tasted somewhat whiskey like (aside from the apple character). So I was thinking, got an idea from a distillery website to saw and roast some oak myself to age the apfelwein with. They say it is better than the store bought stuff and I have a bunch of oak logs...

Kind of a rant.. I've been brewing beer for awhile now (not nearly as long as some people) and put a lot of time and effort into each of my batches. But immediately without even trying a sip most people are turned off like some drunken ugly chick on prom night hitting on them, some people might...

This movie is very informative, and although is depressing in many ways also has some parts about it that revitalizes the micro-brewer and home-brewer spirits. If you hate BMC beers this movie will put the nail in the coffin for ya... I had no idea how complex and how severe the monopolies are...

I want to make a pumpkin ale but the grains i currently have are typically for a pale style beer. So it probably won't have the maltiness typical pumpkin ales would have. But should it be fine? I also don't have German hops, I was thinking just a little centennial since that is what I currently...

It didn't completely eat threw, however I noticed every spot I placed the bottle of star san a half oval the shape of the bottle discolored the counter top. I even tried polish sanding to bring it back but nope. BEWARE!

Kinda spontaneous :ban: but had a few extra things around and was thinking maybe do a braggot? I have 4lbs. 12 oz of honey, 2 lbs. flaked maize, 16 oz of agave, and a little bit of grains I can steal from a future pale ale. I also have candi sugar, brown sugar, apple juice (thought might be...

Did a search but didn't find anything on this subject. I plan on doing a strawberry blond and would like to add cascade along with the strawberries into secondary, same bag, same time. I would think it would also help with infections as well, since hops naturally are an antagonist against...

Well, after I cleaned my plastic better bottles carboy I left it with the top sealed off so nothing would get into it. Later the next day I came across it to see that it had depressurized inside and was now in the shape of a triangle with the sides caved in. I released the seal and it went back...

Anyone use this yeast strain with other beers besides a wit bier? I used it for a dunkelweizen and think it came out incredible! :rockin: I'm really impressed by this yeast, one thing I seem to notice is that this yeast likes to really stay in suspension. I don't cold crash due to space but...

%___lbs.____oz.___Ingredients 69% 8 0 Pale Malt, 2 Row, US 17% 2 0 Vienna Malt 9% 1 0 Caramel/Crystal Malt - 20L 2% 0 4 Candi Sugar 2% 0 4 Biscuit Malt 1% 0 2 Black Patent Malt Hops Schedule Magnum 1 oz 60min pellet Cascade .5 oz 5min leaf Cascade .5 oz (dry hop) leaf Spices/other additions...

All-Grain - Budget Summer India Pale Ale -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Recipe Type: All Grain Yeast: Wyeast Irish ale 1084 (prior slurry) Batch Size (Gallons): 5 Original Gravity: 1.065 Final Gravity: 1.017 IBU: 41.8 (with centennial 60.1)...

Searched but couldn't find a relative answer to this. I'm in the process of brewing and did a yeast starter for some previous belgian wyeast that had been in a primary for a long time. I did the starter and added the yeast once it was at 70 deg f but after 30 min now there hasn't been any...

Recipe Type: Extract, Base & Specialty grains Yeast: Irish Ale - Wyeast Labs #1084 (prior slurry) Yeast Starter: Light DME Batch Size (Gallons): 5 Original Gravity: 1.054 Final Gravity: 1.014 ABV: 5.3 IBU: 24 (plus coopers prehopped can 18) 42* Boiling Time (Minutes): 45*, Extract last 15...

So, as some people may know I reuse coors mini kegs currently for conditioning/bottling/kegging beer. Works well currently especially for ease and portability, although looking into investing in a real kegging setup eventually also the cartridges start to become a little expensive. I've reused...

I bought some 5 gallon food grade buckets cheap on craigslist but forget about lids... do I need to have food grade lids as well? Since the wort/beer would have no contact with it theoretically shouldn't leech in any chemicals right?

For some reason I'm just kind of baffled even after trying both ways as to the best way to approach this. I reuse coors mini kegs to bottle and tap my beer, I prime to carb (although also tried force carbing with multiple cartridges, with sub par results) for a week at room temp 70 deg F. I...