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After two years, I finally did my first all grain brew yesterday. For the most part, things went as planned. While batch sparging, I noticed that the water seemed to be channeling to a single spot. I'm using stainless braid, so I thought that might be what was going on, but as I went to stir, I...

A coworker of mine tried growing some hops this year. Yield wasn't very good, was way too wet where he planted them. Anyway, he just told me that his daughter (late teens, and has tried many good beers) was curious and bit a hop cone the other day. :drunk: He brought this up since I'd given him...

Even before I started my first brew, I was thinking about ways to control my fermentation temperatures. This time of year, the temperature in our apartment could be anywhere from 55-75, sometimes in the same day, so I knew this was going to be a problem. Turns out that my roommate's parents...