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Let me preface this by saying that I am brewing this because I am the best man for a friends wedding and I want to do something cool for his bachelor party. He and most of his friends are just basic BMC drinkers. I am looking for honest recipe critique, not "just brew a lager and dump a bunch...

I planted 4 rhizomes this year - 2 Centennial, 2 Columbus. Both varieties are about 2' tall. I'm training them to twine that zig-zags up a 10' tall arbor (this gives them approximately 25' to grow). The problem is that every time a bine starts to make decent progress climbing, the growing tip...

Is it just me or is trading homebrews with a buddy like trading grownup baseball cards? I was just talking with a buddy from back home about my upcoming visit. We both homebrew and negotiated a trade. There is something about it that is so nostalgic... There is just something great about...

I had shoulder surgery a couple of months ago and haven't been able to brew. Needless to say I was excited to brew my first batch in a while. Unfortunately I enjoyed my previous brewing efforts a little too much last night so my brew day started off with a bit of a homebrew hangover. I shook...

A friend of mine challenged me to brew an IPA similar to SN Northern Hemisphere. I explained the fact that it is wet hopped. But he asked if I could try to brew something close. So does anyone know how to mimic those resiny, dank, slightly vegetal flavors that the wet hops provide? Also...

My chest freezer ferm chamber stopped cooling the other day. I bought the freezer new in August and put a Johnson temp control on it. I usually keep it in the upper 50s-low 60s depending upon what I'm brewing. It is probably just a fluke, but that wouldn't cause undue stress on the freezer...

And my oh my is it tasty! This is the first beer I ever brewed, an extract kit with specialty grains. I did a few extract recipes and they all (including this one) had that indescribable extract twang that everyone talks about. But I saved a case of it to age for one full year and what a...

A few weeks ago I brewed an all grain black IPA. OG was 1.062 and after 2 weeks in the primary the gravity was 1.012 on consecutive days. I racked it to my secondary and added my dry hops. My wife and I were traveling for the holidays, got snowed in, etc. Fast forward 3 weeks... I was...

I brewed my first batch using a stainless hop ball (3 actually). For those of you that aren't familiar, they are stainless steel mesh spheres that you use for boiling or steeping your hops. Just a word of caution when using these. I was using 4 ounces of hops but only had 3 hop balls. So I...

Has anyone on here been to Springfield Brewing Company in Springfield, Missouri? I just went there for the first time and had their Hip Hop Opus 2. I really liked it, but our waitress was new and couldn't tell me much about it. Just curious if anyone else in HBT was more familiar with it.

On a whim, the wife and I decided to run to our "LHBS" (which is a solid 1 1/2 hour drive) to pixk up a few pieces of equipment. While I was on the store I decided to pick up one of their Oktoberfest all grain kits. When I got home and opened it up, I was disappointed to find the meager 8lb...

So I have noticed a few screen names (including my own) or avatars that have to do with flyfishing, and that made me wonder how many homebrewers flyfish. The two seem to kind of fit together if you think about it. It's kind of a natural progression in both hobbies. Beer drinkers typically go...

Hey everyone, I am starting a club in Mountain Home Arkansas! The homebrewing community around here is pretty small, but i know there are a few of you out there. We might as well get together and brew, drink, and talk BEER! If you or anyone you know is interested, PM me.

Hello all. I have been brewing for about 8 months now and I have been a member of the forum for nearly as long. I just wanted to take a minute to tell everyone just how awesome this forum is! I constantly refer to it when I have a question about beer brewing or wine making. Even if I google...

I have seen a couple of threads asking if all grain is really worth the extra time and effort. Well i just tried my first AG brew, a sweet stout from my own recipe. All I can say is WOW! I may be a little biased, but it is better than any commercial brew i have ever had. I honestly don't...

While our walking my property, I stumbled upon a buttload of young sassafras! So I thought why not make root beer? The problem is I've never done it before, or even researched it at all. Does anyone have a good (detailed) recipe using fresh sassafras root?

I am ready to go to AG but don't have all of the necessary equipment. So I am going to do a BIAB sweet stout. I thought I better get some input on my recipe before I go any further. So here's what I'm thinking: 6lbs Pale malt 2 lbs Munich malt 1 lb Caramel 60L 1 lb Carapils 1 lb flaked oats...

Well, it had to happen eventually. I brewed a nut brown ale a few weeks ago and racked to my secondary two weeks ago. All taste tests indicated a tasty brew in my future. Went to bottle today and... BAM, a mouthful of vinegary sourness (Acetobacter I'm assuming). I am sooooo disappointed. I...

I am a homebrew guy, but I bought my wife a Riesling kit and corker for her birthday so that she can share the joys of making what you drink. My questions: Can I use a 6.5 gallon glass Carboy as a fermenter for a 6 gallon kit? I have never made wine and I don't know how active the...

I live in the Mountain Home area and I would like to find someone in the area to talk to/swap brews/etc. As far as I know, the closest brew clubs are in Branson or Springfield MO.