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I have been brewing for over a year now but it has all been extract with specialty grains. So I'm looking to do a table beer around 3%. I have it worked out and I'm looking at it and I only have about 1.75 lbs of dme in the recipe. Now my question is could I do a partial boil, brew in the bag...

So I recently made a brown ale and steeped the specialty grain overnight in cold water. Then added the water at flame out. I really enjoyed how the flavors came out. So I made a cider the other day using tree top 3 variety aj I thought it might be fun to add 3 oz midnight wheat to the primary...

I went to the Dr. yesterday, and low and behold I have hypertension. I am also overweight. 242 lbs at 5ft 9in. So I need to lose weight I get it. So now I'm supposed to count calories. I can do that she put me at 1500 calories a day. I can do that as well. Then the conversation turned to...

I went to the Dr. yesterday, and low and behold I have hypertension. I am also overweight. 242 lbs at 5ft 9in. So I need to lose weight I get it. So now I'm supposed to count calories. I can do that she put me at 1500 calories a day. I can do that as well. Then the conversation turned to...

Today my keezer died. The repair man has informed me that one of the cooling tubes has a leak and he can't get at it to fix it. :( So now I have a giant insulated box. I'm thinking I could turn it in to a lagering chamber. Any thoughts as to what else I could use it for?

I can't help it I always drink the hydrometer samples of what ever I am brewing, and I always feel bloated and sick afterwards, every single time. I believe that the active yeast is fermenting what ever sugars it can find in my stomach. Now I know what my primary feels like. My airlock is...

I went to the farmers market in Manhattan the other day and found this guy. http://www.jwlcraftbrewing.com/ He has a homebrew shop in Lawrence ks, and comes to the farmers market every other week. You can even order online and check the box that says pick up at farmers market and cod. I...

I just started kegging my beer and so far all my batches (4 so far) have a sulfur smell to them. Two I primed with corn sugar. The other two I did a set it and forget it method. When I bottle I don't get this. possible causes that I could think of. I have started doing a 3 week primary...

With Mars One now taking applications to go and colonize Mars by 2023 it got me thinking what I would bring with to brew. I was thinking couple rhizomes not sure what type. I'm sure I could use some left over storage containers as fermenters. With this process you wouldn't have to...

I read this article and thought "Hey I could ferment that" http://www.gizmag.com/cellulose-starch-food-plants/27175/

So a little back story. Two days before brew day I broke my last airlock :( and while I ordered one it wouldn't be here on time. So I hooked up a blow off tube while I waited for my airlock to arrive. It was a good thing I did because I had the most vigorous fermentation I have ever seen...

Like the title says I'm looking for a place to fill up a co2 tank in the Manhattan area. I went to mathersen (sp) and besides wanting 100 dollars for a tank (I have yet to purchase one) they said they only do exchanges and will only take a certain brands of tanks. So what other options do I...

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SWMBO got me some banana extract for my birthday, and I have been trying to think of something that it would go well in, and here is what I came up with. 5lbs pale lme 1lb cyrstal 60 .5lb victory .25 chocolate malt 1oz pride of ringwood (60min) 5 bananas pureed added to secondary...

Yesterday I was talking to a nice lady about bottles for homebrewing specifically about making my own ceramic bottles. (she had no clue but pointed me in a good direction.) She said her husband homebrews and he reuses sam adams bottles but puts flip tops on them. curious I asked her how she said...

I bought a couple of these today I liked the cider and thought the price wasn't bad either. http://www.aldi.us/us/html/offers/2827_18758_ENU_HTML.htm

Like it says in the title what is a fair price for a "pick your own hops?" I saw an ad on CL about come pick your own hops so I called her for more info. She said that this is their first year growing hops and the have one of the Noble hops but she couldn't remember what it was off the top of...

Hello all, I have been lurking here for a couple months now just trying to soak up a little of the great info here on the awesome site. I have always loved beer and can appreciate most of it but I was always daunted by the prospect of brewing it my self. Until I went on a brewery tour...