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Odd thing happened tonight, my mothers best friend is staying with us for a week, low and behold she brought her boyfriend. So I go out to have a cigar (5Vegas torpedo) and he and my dad are outside talking, I see him drinking a big can of busch beer. So I join in the conversation and when I...

OK so I've been scrounging around the interweb looking for a lid for my corny keg. It doesn't need to be new just needs to be in working usable condition. So while looking I came upon the Keg Connection. So I was wondering if anyone has bought from them? Or if anyone can suggest where I...

Having seen the BraeHaus thread regarding his cigars I finally decided to jump in and so I bought a humidor for myself. Just a small one 20 cigar capacity (I don't smoke that much) and to fill it quickly I bought a this bundle of cigars from cigars international. Cheap I know but what they...

I'm sitting here, drinking my ESB, and looking into transferring into a college for my degree. problem is I'm still not sure what major i want to do. engineering and physics are the two i am debating between. you see i love building stuff, was in high school construction club, and i have...

ok so this gos back to Christmas when i randomly asked my uncle if he had any empty bottles. he says yes and then goes to offer me all the rest of his equipment if he can find it. seems his wife said no more brewing and every thing had gotten buried in his garage. so i get 50 or so 1 litter...

well i just popped open my second brew. and hot damn is it good. i mean my first was good and all (good enough to keep me going)but this is great. had a few troubles with it to. due to lack of bottles i had to keep in the primary for about 5-6 weeks. not sure if that is really that bad but...

ok so this is Yoopes redhook ESB clone recipe I'm gonna try probably this weekend. the question is what type of LME and DME to use. morebeer.com (my LHBS) has a couple different types, so the question is what type to use. i ask this is only my second batch and I'm still an idiot =) 6...

just screwing around with gimp trying to learn how everything works. so i made a label that includes my future school (will be transferring up there next year). Tell me what you think.:mug:

well i was having some fun looking at everyones labels. so i decided to download GIMP and give it a shot at making my own. so here it is. oh and should say this is the first time every using gimp so go easy.

ok well with my first brew in the bag (bottles) its time for me to start thinking about my next brew. and well i really like redhooks ESB so i was thinking why not try to make a clone of it. just wondering if anyone here has done a clone of it and wouldn't mind sharing the recipe. also wonder...

well just finished up bottling my first batch today. wasn't that bad. everything seemed to go well. but it looks like will be getting a new bottle capper for the next batch. the one i have didn't want to work all the time. so i think i will buy a table mounted one. all in all i think it...

ok so my first attempt has been in the fermenter for a week now the recipe(American red ale from morebeer) calls for 2 weeks before bottling. just wondering what you all think of what its looking like?

well this is it i had my first brew day yesterday. had a friend over to help too. we had a blast never thought it we be so coll to brew my own beer. everything went fairly well too a little messy but other then that it was good. we chose a american red ale kit from the LHBS morebeer. hope...

Ok well tonight me and my friend took a drive to go get a brew kit that was on craigslist. its got everything we need with including a glass carboy instead of a bucket which i am happy about. now all i have to do is head down to the LHBS and pick up an ingredient kit to start my brew Saturday...

ok so me and a few friends(mostly me) have decided to take the leap and start to brew our own beer on a small scale. looking at different sites and doing a little bit of searching we came across this kit http://www.midwestsupplies.com/products/ProdByID.aspx?ProdID=6873 . to us at least it...

hello all, im new here nad jsut wanted to say hello. me and a friend are looking to start brewing our own beer and so far we are still trying to decide on what exactly we want. but just thought i would post up and say hello.