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Hey, all! I'm looking to start a new brew group in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. I envision 10 guys or so going in on a brew setup and having regular brew days at a central location, perhaps someone's garage or storage unit. Buy in would be about $300 or equipment contribution. E-mail me to discuss...

But what if they are contaminated, or they overflow and you have refill the airlock? What if your wife decides to turn the light bulb off and crashes your temperature in the closet? What if your beer NEEDS you?! ;) I like smelling the airlock to see what the yeast is like. For instances...

I spoke with a yeast culture expert who works at Budweiser in the SF East Bay, and he told me about it. I also saw this interesting article in some homebrew site and I corroborated it on the chimay site, although I do know that some places give a shot of fresh yeast of the same primary strain...

Here's what I usually do to clone recipes. First, go to Beeradvocate.com and find your target style. For instance, a Witbier: Witbier - BeerAdvocate Then, click on the "View the Top Beers" link near the top of the page: Top Beers - Witbier - BeerAdvocate Scroll through the top beers to...

Here's the thing about Belgian yeasts... If you look at the websites of any decent Trappist beer, you will see a note about "protected" yeasts. Being English speakers, we don't often understand the term to mean "copyrighted" or "trademarked" or even better "trade secret". What those sneaky...

So, I just love Affligem Trippel, and I want to clone the heck out of it, but I'm having a hard time perfecting my recipe. Does anyone have a good bead on an Affligem Clone? I know these Abbey Beers are a work of art in themselves and that they take almost as much time as a good wine, but...