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Did you measure your gravity with a refractometer? They get distorted once you have alcohol in the mix. I didn't know and measured all my first batches with a refractometer and could never get below 1.018-1.024 FG. Then I read a thread on HBT and bought a hydrometer and all my FGs were right on...

I just ate a delicious pistachio dark chocolate bar and my first thought was - of course - how can I make this amazing flavor a stout! Has anyone tried to use nuts in a recipe? I was thinking I could add ground up pistachios to the mash as opposed to trying to get any flavor off of a...

Hi Olefattguy, if you come to the east coast bring a homebrew and I can tell you about it lol. There is good and bad everywhere. Coming back to Sweden made my swedish wife remember all the things she hated about living here and miss stuff in the US, but while in US she longed for the things she...

Well, I'm in my 30s and dropped a life as a research scientist to move my family to Sweden so we don't have to pay 1000s of dollars in medical bills the next time my son gets pneumonia... among other reasons of course ;) It's never too late to take charge of your life!

Thanks! My wife is a photographer. :)

I use a 5L water plastic jug. You could use a gallon milk jug or growler etc. Drill a small hole in lid, get a gummi and jam an airlock in it. In a pinch and you don't have an extra gummi (or stopper you can drill a hole in) you can wrap teflon tape thickly around the bottom of the airlock and...

Oops! Did I make you consume a beer??? I am soooooooooooo very sorry ;p

I've been lurking for a couple years off and on and went serious all-grain this summer and haven't looked back. The forums here have been tremendously helpful in getting me started. I am a marine biologist by training but my wife and I decided to escape North Carolina and raise our 2 kids close...