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My scale went out and in a bind I thought I could use the bathroom scale. Well it will not register under 25 lbs so i tried standing on it with the malts to get a weight. Problem is I can stand on it 3 times with the same amount each time and get 3 different weights. Guess I will just wing...

Is anyone else ready to explode waiting for football season to start back up. Its 2 months until the first pre-season game. GO TEXANS!!!!!!

Today I got some great news....I have been accepted into the University of California at Davis Master Brewing Program!!!!! I have been homebrewing for a few years andf have fallen in love with it. After a lot of long nights of prayers and thoughts I have decided that this is the career path...

First to post in the new Forum!!!! And to make it related, I plan on growing my own hops starting Next year so please share.

DO you know what happens when you leave a few bottles of home brew in a hot ice chest for 7 months??? We were cleaning out some old crap last night, and I found a few bottles in an ice chest from a fishing trip last July 4th. When SWMBO went to through out the bottles, the slightest...

At work we have about 4000 lbs of pineapple shreads in juice that is aspetically sealed in scholee bags. We don't need it anymore and the boss asked me if I could make a "Drink" out of it, meaning a fermented drink. We have a company party coming up in 6 weeks and wants it to be ready by then...

Since SWMBO made me use my very nice Bonus to pay off all the credit cards and car loan; I get to use my tax return however I want. I am thinking SS conical fermenter. Any suggestions on which ones I should consider??? I am excited about moving from glass carboys to a SS conical. PS...

A few weeks ago while brewing a wit beer, I was trying to crush up my dried bitter orange peel, my mill fell off the bucket and all my orange peel went all over the garage floor. With the beer 45 mins into the boil, a justed added the zest from a fresh orange SWMBO had in the kitchen. I...

I need some advise. I brewed a Pumpkin Ale a while back and the flavor came out perfect. THe only problem was my SG was low and the beer is "watery" as my friends are calling it. It has very little body. I want to brew a 5 gallon batch of something to blend with it. I want to make a very...

Does anyone know where to find Italian kettles. Northern Brewer said it was discontiued and more beer does not have any on the website???

There is just not enough beer to ease the pain. I am watching my beloved Aggies just suck it up. I am going to start drinking BMC because all the homebrew is gone.:( :( :(

I just got back from the Oktoberfest in Germany and it was the greatest time ever!!! The beer was great, the women are beautiful, and the country is awesome. I hope that all of you get the chance to go!!!:mug:

Well, I booked my flight to Germany for Vacation. I will be going the last week of September. I am really wanting to go see as many different breweries as possible. I am flying into Frankfurt and then going down to Munich. Anyone ever been there that can point me into the right direction of...

I racked my great smelling Pils into the secondary the other day. A few days later i noticed a dead fly floating in it. I have had the airlock on it so it must have somehow got in when I racked out of the primary. Question is, do you think it will mess up my beer??? The ABV was a 5.1% when I...

I am really starting to have issues with this. I work in a food manufacturing plant. We produce over 1.2 billion jars of dip a year. The problem is that ever since I started brewing, I have been looking at things in our plant and saying, I can do that with my system. Its just a smaller scale...

Does anyone know of a good source to learn and understand all the calculations in brewing. Example, the calculations promash or other software applications use. I do not want to depend only on software, I want to learn the math behind it.

The other week I brewed a dark ale. I steeped 4lbs of specialty grains (a mix of choc malt, carapils, and light munich) and used 5lbs of DME. Steeped for 45 mins @165 F, boiled for 60 mins, hopped at 60, 20,10,and knockout. Cooled and pitched Belgium Ale yeast. IG of 1.050. Fermentation...

I just had some of my first batch of beer ever. It tasted, well, like beer. It was an American Light Lager. Most of my friends are pleased with it, but it taste a little sweet for me. Any tips on how I can go about changing the recipe to find my taste? Thanks to all of you for all the info...