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An amusing event *almost* happened this evening and I thought that some of you out there might appreciate it. I'm a big fan of real ale, especially real ale (commercial or homebrew) done on gravity from a pin (4.5 UK gallons) or firkin (9 UK gallons). I have a bit of experience as the Head...

I've been brewing for many years now and I fondly recall learning bucketloads from a podcast called Craft Brewer Radio. Broadcast out of North Queensland Australia, it was a great mix of camaraderie, beer-related news, and excellent brewing insights and advice. Sadly, Graham and Ian took the...

Here's a simple recipe I knocked together with some leftover syrup from some Strawberry Rhubarb pie filling I was making. Step 1: Make pie filling. For a 10" pie, 1½ lb strawberries, diced, 1½ lb rhubarb, diced, 2 c sugar. Add to pot and heat to extract juices (~10-15 minutes). Use a strainer...

I recently damaged the membrane of a friend's Kegco regulator by restricting flow at he shutoff and letting it hum. It was laziness; I just didn't want to reset the regulator from 40 PSI down to the 5 PSI I wanted to work with "just for a min". The telltale sign is that the regulator no longer...

Hello Everyone, I've been doing some research and I believe that I can bring stainless steel pins (4.5 UK gallon cask vessels) to the Boston area for $110 ($115 for MA residents as I'm obligated to collect sales tax). Out-of-area people would have to pay the exact UPS shipping to move the pin...

The Head Cellarman of NERAX presents a homebrew-only celebration of spring and real ale. Join us near the Porter Square T on Friday, 10 May 2013 from 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM to try 10 different homebrewed beers, all on cask! For more information and to make a contribution, visit www.maydaycask.org...

I usually brew 5 gallons at a time using my basic kitchen setup (5G Igloo cooler, 30 qt gas/electric kettle, immersion chiller). Recently I needed to brew 11 gallons of beer without the time to do two completely separate brews. I was also going to be splitting in to two 6.5G fermenting buckets...

I'm here to save you the bother. It's an unqualified NO!!! So the problem with sassafrass is that pesky cancer-linked drug-precursor compound safrole. Sure there are methods to extract the safrole but the ones I could find were all about the safrole. The root itself was treated pretty roughly...

Hello Everyone, I'm doing some research for an article I'm writing on making small batches of soda. 600 mL small. I have found that The Kegging Part gas-side can fit directly on to the ICI Soda Siphons (these guys: http://www.isi-store.com/product_detail.asp?T1=ISI+2248&.), eliminating the...

Hello everyone, Randy Baril here. I'm a long-time lurker that has been recommending other people to this forum for years. I've been homebrewing for over 10 years now. I've worked in professional breweries and am currently in the homebrew retail scene over in Cambridge, MA. If you've been to a...