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I wouldn't do this, but my buddy bought a house from someone who homebrewed. The neighbors said he used them for beer, but he is dead (not from the hops), so that's all I know about them. My friend gave me plenty of vacuum sealed hops and wants me brew up a batch (he's buying.) He's rather...

I thought this would be crap until I read who was making it- Michigan Brewing Company. They have a blonde that they label for hotels and restaurants that want their own "unique" beer. That's probably what's going on here, and their blonde is pretty decent. Production of Kid Rock's "American...

(there is a dead giveaway to which one is mine. The other is Woodchuck) (This recipe is for kegs. If you aren't using a keg, I added some ideas for making a still cider, because whenever someone posts a recipe just for kegs, people without kegs want to know what they can do, but I...

I've homebrewed for awhile, but I'm relatively new to wine making, so it will be awhile before I have something ready to try this out, but I see no reason why it wouldn't work nicely. A lot of bars and restaurants I've worked in would keep bag-in-box style box wine in the walk-in cooler and...

I just started expermenting with wine making, and I was wondering if there are any rules of thumb for back sweetening. Assuming a wine fininished at 1.0, after sweetening, what gravity would I shoot for if I wanted a table wine? Or a dessert wine? I realize there are a lot of other...

I have a blonde I want to cold condition for a week or two. When fermentation is complete, is there practical difference between cold conditioning in the secondary or in a pressurized keg, as far as it will effect the finished product? I'd prefer the keg because it takes up less room, and if I...

"Once InBev's $52 billion takeover of Anheuser gets approved, it will be able to use Anheuser's far-reaching U.S. distribution network to sell its own beers, introducing brews such as Stella Artois, Hoegaarden, Leffe and Staropramen to drinkers across the United States."...

I’ve seen a lot of Bud light bashing (or light American Beer bashing) in general on this site and among home brewers in general, and although I understand it, I think that it’s counter productive among non homebrewers and the people that drink bud light and other beer-like...

My wife just found me some sets of faucets, shanks, and taps at a yard sale for a good price, but the faucets and shanks have some surface rust on the inside. I disassembled and cleaned the faucets and shanks, and I rinsed the completed parts in cheap vodka to remove any moisture. At this...

I'm not vouching for any of these companies, but I like to have catalogs around to browse through and get ideas. Here are some free homebrewing or wine making supply catalogs I found online. Just click and enter your mailing info. I use a spam account for requests like this if they want an...

I made this recipe from one posted on my LHBS website. http://theredsalamander.com/Recipe.aspx?ID=11 I used 5 pounds of frozen strawberries, but I let them thaw and then refreeze them because the quick freeze method used in the frozen-food industry minimizes the amount of ice crystals...

I like to mix sprite with a little squirt and then some bourbon, so I'm thinking of making my own citrus soda as both a straight soda and a mixer, but I don't know where to start. Since squirt has grapefruit juice in it, I know that the recipe will need some fresh squeezed lemon, lime, and...

I just set up my kegerator. If I added 40 psi and shook the hell out of my keg, how long do you guess it takes the foam to go down so I don't get liquid/foam when I open the pressure relief valve? I know, I know- I should have waited but I gots to have my beer!

My father in law believes that once commercial beer is cold, it has to stay cold or it will skunk, but I'm not sure where he gets this from. I have experienced this as a very common perception or misperception where people have no problem storing beer they buy as warm at room temperature but...

I'm thinking of buying a 20 lb co2 tank for $50 but it's last pressure test was more than 5 years ago. The guy says he bought it at auction but ended up not needing it, so he never used it. I'll ask him if he'll give me a refund if it fails, but it's just some guy off craigslist. What are...

If you live near a Meijer store, meijer is selling frozen apple juice concentrate without preservatives (except vitamin C) for a buck a can until 1/5/08. Each can makes a quart and a half. I bought enough to make a 5 gallon batch and then got a couple of rainchecks because they were out, so...

So I'm doing a partial mash amber, and I just put my grains in my rubbermaid cooler to mash for an hour and SWMBO, who has a due date of Oct 21 asks me how long it takes to brew my beer. She says that she thinks it will be "soon" but says that I "should" have enough time to "finish my beer."...

Does anyone have a rule of thumb concerning how much corn sugar, or honey I could throw into a batch to boost the ABV without getting a cidery taste. 1 cup of honey? 2 cups? More? I want to have the option of pushing the envelope as much as I can but still avoid the cidery taste. I usually...

I have read that a fire extinguisher tank can be used as a CO2 system for a kegerator. Anyone know what type to look for and have any tips on converting one?

I talked to my stepfather who worked 20+ years as a supervisor in a refrigerator factory about converting my chest freezer into a kegerator. Since my freezer is tall enough for cornies, he said there would be no need to add a collar because I can put the tabs through the freezer walls above the...