Search results

So I have 1 child, and after my "procedure", I've ensured that I only have 1 child. My wife and I are happy with our 1 child, and don't feel any need to have any more. We were always between 0 and 1 for how many kids we wanted. The idea of more didn't/doesn't appeal to us. We're both...

I'm planning on making some boring light ale for when co-workers/friends come over... and sometimes, I just want some boring light ale :p I have 6 kegs, most are filled with fun/funky stuff, so something plain is nice now 'n again. I'd like to make something that's a bit of a gateway beer I...

I figure this is as good a place as any to search for some good recipes. My wife and her family buy tomato relish from some flea market to have with every serving of ham. Although I support small business 'n all that, they pay something like $10 per half-pint. I can make that for less than...

So... wtf is going on, here? This is WLP830, 3rd generation. This is a Vienna Lager which looks to me like it's wildly infected. It's been at 50f since it was cooled. Starsan'd the carboy, starsan'd the tinfoil. Yeast was from another beer that had no infection, just poured the cake onto...

So I finally got around to making a lager, and I'm not sure on the details of the "lagering" process. I'm planning on the following schedule: 14 days at 50f 2-3 days at 68f Cold crash down to 35f over 2-3 days Rack off yeast into keg, hit with gelatine, return to 35f ferm chamber...

Alright, I have 3kg of honey from Costco (I know, not the best) that I'd like to ferment. I have Wyeast's Sweet Mead yeast that I'd like to use. I wanted to do the staggered addition of nutrient/energizer, and for the love of sweet Pete, I can't find the articles that explained how to do...

I'm getting ready to put together a RIMS tube setup, but am having a world of trouble finding a part that I want. I'll be getting the following part: RIMS Tube: http://brewhardware.com/rimsherms-parts/169-newrims Element...

I picked up a half-dozen pin-lock corny kegs for dirt cheap, and I'm about to clean them out and prep them for first-use. They all have/had coke/pop in them before, and 4 of them still have a lot of liquid in them. Before I go ahead and blow myself up, I was hoping that people could...

So I brought my beer to a local homebrew throwdown, and I placed 5th out of 12 (not shabby considering I was the newbie and only started homebrewing 5 months ago). We were given a basic malt-bill and free-reign of the hop schedule for a given list of hops. We had to aim/hit 40 IBU with our...

Am I missing something, or does my beer fridge have no tubing/piping in the door? http://www.partselect.ca/ModelFrames.aspx?ModelID=962708&ModelNum=FRT8G7HW0&mfgModelNum=&ManufactureID=4&Selected=U4YKEPD5&Position=1&mfg=Frigidaire&Type=Appliance&Mark=5 I'm looking to convert my system to...

So I'm an idiot and I just picked up any packet from LHBS, and I just noticed that the expiration date on the packet is 05-2012 This is almost a YEAR overdue... wtf? Is this still safe/ok to use? I'm going to call them and ream them out, tomorrow morning... but I'm 30min into my boil...

Just an FYI for any Canadians thinking of importing rhizomes, please be aware that it is technically legal, you just need to have the proper paperwork from the seller. Most sellers won't export to Canada, but if you do like I do, and ship things to the UPS store on the border and pick it...

Has anybody on here made peach cider? My wife LOVES Grower's Peach Cider, but I'm not really sure how that's made... whether they ferment 100% peach juice, or if it's a mix of apple juice and peach juice to create peach cider. The ingredients list for Grower's is "peach cider, citric...

Alright... I'm posting to confirm that I understand how to make my yeast starter, and that none of my assumptions are wacky and horribly wrong. I'm making a ghetto stir-plate out of a HDD magnet, CPU fan (Amazon USB one) and a shoe-box (fancy thick cardboard). I have a 2L Pyrex brand...

I'm drawing up plans with another newbie brewer, and I'm pretty sure that I have it figured out, but I wanted to confirm that things are placed nicely in my brain. We'll be using a keggle-setup for all 3 containers, and we're planning on building an eHERMS setup. We'll insulate the...

I've read a few conflicting posts on how much yeast to pitch for a half-batch. I'm making 2 half-batches of Apfelwein, using different apple juices (side-by-side compare). I've read that I should pitch a full packet into my half-batch, and that I shouldn't exceed half the yeast...

Alright, I'm bottling my first batch of beer, today, and have 3 ciders on the go... but the bug has bitten me hard, so I'm putting in a little Amazon order (I'm Canadian, so it's a bit cumbersome to order from Amazon.com and I'd like to only do the order/pickup once) Here's what I have so far...

I'm new to homebrewing, and my wife wants my hobby to benefit her, so I was thinking of making her Apfelwein. The only issue with that is that my wife doesn't want to wait 6+ months for something to drink :p I have 21L of cold-pressed apple juice that I bought from Walmart, today (some...

Any Ontario people had any luck growing hops? I live in a small townhouse with a 20x30 backyard. I do a bit of gardening (herbs, tomatoes, hot peppers) and was thinking of planting some hop vines along the back of my fence. My wife likes vines, and I like beer, so it's a win/win :D What...

Alright... so with my first homebrew, a pale ale, is fermenting away in the basement, and still a week away from bottling, I wanna get a few more brews on the go to keep me entertained. I have a very varied pallet when it comes to beer. I like pale ales, IPAs, wheats (ok, I LOVE wheats)...