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Ok, so I don't have a lot of money to buy presents for friends and family and my wife and I generally resort to tons of home made cookies and candy for Christmas gifts. This year I have a batch of homebrew to throw into the mix and looking for some new ideas of home made/baked goodies to pack...

So here's my dilemma... I have my beer chilling in a 3 week primary. I hit FG over a week ago, and have been just letting it relax until I had a good day off to bottle. I was going to bottle on Sat and have 2 options. 1. Move it to the garage to cold crash, clear across the house and will...

Hey guys, getting ready to re-brew my Flying Dog influenced APA and wanted to bounce this off you guys. Brewed this once before and liked it, but wanted to change it up a little. The first time I used: 1 oz Northern Brewer @ 60 min 2 oz Cascade @ 10 min 1 oz Cascade Dry-hop I only have 1/2 oz...

Hey guys, wanted to share my fun bottling experience from yesterday. First, the back story. I have my 2nd batch in my kegerator at the moment. Somehow over the last few weeks, I managed to drink it almost all myself. :drunk: I wanted to bottle a few off the keg before it's gone so some friends...

Hey guys, hope this isn't a repetitive question. I recently got a smoking deal on a 25' x 3/8" copper IC, so I snagged it. I am only doing 3.5 gal boils, and have been ice-bathing in the sink to cool. The thought of running a ton of water down the drain makes me sad, and I really don't have the...

Ok guys, I am sure this is a common question, but I searched on this and couldn't really find anything that matched. This is my 2nd batch and first attempt at kegging so forgive my ignorance if this is a stupid question. The beer in question is a DoggieStyle APA clone that I kegged almost a...

So I'm totally torn. SWMBO is not exactly thrilled about my new hobby so I'm on a pretty short leash on financing it. My only saving grace is that I do the budget so I can occasionally free up a few bucks. I have a little available at the moment and am trying to decide on getting a keg, or...

Ok, so I understand that it's bottle conditioned with "chico" which is the desert island ale yeast and can be harvested for homebrewing. Besides that, what is everyone's fascination with Sierra Nevada Pale Ale??? Sometimes it seems like the most talked about domestic on the forum. So, My wife...

I am getting ready to brew my 2nd batch and was planning on doing a secondary. (I ended up with way too much sediment in my bottles for batch 1, and figure that a secondary will help me with that until I get better at siphoning.) I got some 3.5 gal frosting buckets from the local bakery and was...

So I thought I would throw a thread out there about my first batch just for fun. Feel free to chime in and tell me what you think. So the recipe I am using is HomeBrewStuff.com's (my LHBS) Klondike Amber Ale. It is an "extract" recipe but seems a little more like a mini mash to me due to the...

Hey guys (and gals I assume.) Thought I would follow good form and introduce myself. I have been lurking for several weeks now and finally decided to jump in. My name is Shawn, and I just started officially brewing last week. Have been wanting to get into it for years, but could never keep...