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Hello SoCal: I'll be in irvine next week for a work trip, and would love to look up some rare or otherwise awesome beer while there. Anyone have any suggestions where I should check out? Pliny is probably out of the question, but any tips would be great. Thanks folks.

Not sure what trade value might be, but I've got an itch for ZD...

So I've recently been informed that my work will be requiring me to travel to Southern Indiana (Milan and Osgood, slightly west of Lawrenceburg). I'm looking to capitalize on this fact by purchasing some FFF beers while I am there. Does anyone from the area have good suggestions of beer...

Here's the planned brew for the weekend. Looking for any comments, critiques, or suggestions that may take this beer to great heights! Pale ale! American Pale Ale 6 gallons All Grain 1.046~OG → 1.010~FG → 4.7%ABV 44 IBU 5.8°L SRM Yeast Fermentis - Safale US-05 US-05...

Hey everyone, I made my first starter on Wednesday night, and we are brewing a 1.068 dubbel on Saturday. The vial we bought (WLP500) has a good by date of 2/23/2013. I put 3 cups of water in with 1/2 cup of DME in a pan, boiled, cooled and pitched the yeast into a 2000ml flash. I...

Hello Florida! I'm driving down to Tallahassee tonight to visit a friend who attends FSU, and we are going to be at Brewfest on Saturday. Anyone else going to this event? I'm really pumped, so hope to see some HBT'ers there. :tank:

Hey everyone! I'm hoping that a few on here have had the Odd Side Ales Citra Pale Ale. I've only found it in 2 locations: At Odd Side Ales in Grand Haven, and at the Winchester in Grand Rapids. It's impossible to have this at home to enjoy. If anyone out there has had this and has a...

Hey everyone, We've brewed 5 batches now, and SWMBO has been begging for some sort of crazy fruit stout. After encouraging her to think outside of that genre, if you will, I've convinced her to go with something that I would still drink if it turned out poorly. That being said, I'd like...

Hey everyone, I just threw this recipe together based on the stuff listed on Brooklyn Brewery's website for their Black Chocolate Stout. I searched around with a few results where people had looked, but no real recipes with feedback. I don't know of a yeast that attenuates from 21.7 plato...

Hey all, I read as much as I could find on this, but no one seems to have done the exact same thing as I just did and was wondering if anyone had opinions... I brewed up an IPA with wet hops and received some extra fresh hops which I dried during the initial fermentation to use for...

Hey all, So far, I have brewed 4 batches on my setup. One hit the OG right on the nose. The other 3 have been over by 5-7 points! What gives? My setup is a rubbermaid 10gal round cooler. First, I vorlauf like usual. Then, I stir every 15-20 minutes when I check that my temps are...

So I was gifted a large amount of fresh cascade hops last evening and would like to use them to brew a harvest ale tomorrow. I know these need to be used ASAP in order to preserve their freshness, so if anyone could help me formulate a recipe and utilize these to make a one of a kind ale, that...

So I am curious if any of you have had a beer get infected with lacto towards the end of fermentation and turn out fine. If so, how did you handle it once you saw it forming?

Hey all, So I brewed up about 7 gallons of KingBrianI's Common Room ESB nearly three weeks ago (8/19/12) and racked it to secondary on Sunday. Needless to say, I checked today and it was forming a pellicle in the secondary. W T F? I took a sample and it tastes GREAT! Way better than the...

We just brewed a founders breakfast stout clone, and our wort was still running sweet so we decided to pull a second beer from the grains. The recipe is here: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f68/founders-breakfast-stout-clone-139078/ We have a .5 oz nugget, .5 oz fuggle, and 1 oz styrian...

Hey all, There's a sale at my LHBS for Michigan grown Bravo hops (fantastic varietal). While I love harshly bitter IPA's, I'm really looking to put together a recipe for something that has more malty sweetness to it without adding fruit or anything crazy. I would like this to be somewhere...

Hey all... I hate to be lazy, but I am looking to do a batch of breakfast stout that will clock in around 8.5% on Sunday and I'm wondering if my base water (run through Brita to remove chlorine) will be good enough. I'd try to adjust myself, but I'm completely new to water chemistry and don't...

Hey all, I went ahead and brewed about 7 gallons of the KingBrianI's Common Room ESB this Sunday. As the temperatures listed on the Fermentis website were up to 75, I figured in my basement in ambient conditions would be good. After some active fermentation began yesterday morning, I noticed...

Hey all, I'm pretty new here and have searched within the forum and on google but haven't had any luck with this specific question, so I apologize in advance if it's been answered already... I have a 44 quart stockpot for the boil, but my question is, will I really need another pot for my...