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I can't believe I've been in Frederick for 5 years now, and I never have happened to get a CO2 fill up here. The last one I needed I happened to be down in MoCo and did it there. I know there must be FOAM members watching here, where should I go to get fills? I'm dealing with 5lb tanks and...

Alright, I'm in an apartment so no grill for me, but here's how I've been doing steaks. Pull steak out of fridge a half hour early, lightly pat with a paper towel to get extra juices up. Sprinkle each side with some kosher salt and some fresh ground pepper. Wait half hour While waiting...

So ever since I moved, getting some tasty kabobs is a tedious trip. Despite having a wide variety of other cuisine, my area simply lacks Persian kabob shops. Well, I finally decided that dammit, I was going to have me some kabobs, and that's all there was to it. Kubideh 1lb of ground...

Home to Flying Dog, a couple of good brew pubs. (Love me some Brewer's Alley), and now open is the Roast House Pub. 20 beers on tap, including a Flanders Red as of last weekend. How many places actually put a sour beer on tap? The food was good, and they'll do 50 cent 1oz tasters which is...

SWMBO wants a smoked turkey this weekend, so I pulled out of the freezer a butterball we picked up at thanksgiving time. Can't beat 29 cents a pound! Anyhow, it does say it's has an 8% solution so I suppose brining will be skipped. Any good ways to treat the outside or cavity of one of these...

So, yeah, nailed my thumb pretty damned good, and it's nothing a doctor can do much about. OTC meds don't really dully the pain, and a doc won't give the happy meds for this. Soooo, I'm hitting up nature's painkiller tonight, druck as anything. Damn it does this hurt but w/e, I've got plenty...

My girlfriend came across this recipe online for tomato sauce, and it is the best tomato sauce I have ever had. It has become a mandatory weekly/bi-weekly staple in our home now, and it still amazes me at how wonderful it is for how easy it is. 1 can of San Marzano tomatoes (Go with the good...

Ok, so I just got an invite to a Halloween party. I'd like to bring some brew, but I have nothing in the pipeline right now. Anyhow, 2 weeks might be pushing it, but it miiiiight be enough to squeeze out a couple of brews. I do keg, or I wouldn't even think about doing this. I'm a fan of the...

So, the other day I found hiding behind the ice tray section in my freezer a bag of hops. Specifically, A 1 lb bag of cascade hops from the 2007 harvest that may have come into my possession by a certain lottery dating back to October 2008. :( Anyway, this bag has been sealed airtight...

Earlier this week I purchased a Masterbuilt electronic smoker (MES) from Sam's. I went with an electric smoker due to restrictions on being in an apartment. I seasoned it on Thursday, and started a pair of Boston butts at about 5AM yesterday and gave them hickory throughout the day. The MES...

Ok, so it has been way too long since I've brewed. I have all of these empty carboys, and a SWMBO that is out of town for 3 weeks. Sounds like the perfect opportunity, no? Well, the problem is that I fractured my shoulder while skiing a few weeks ago. So, my right, dominant arm is out of...

Alrighty, so now that I've got my first mead under my belt with grocery grade honey, I'd like to move on to my next batch. I picked up 18 pounds of raw almond honey and plan to be more diligent for this batch than my last one. Does anyone have any recipes based around almond honey? I'm...

So, I wanted to do a sweet mead close to a year ago. I wasn't overly worked up over it, and didn't give it the attention it needed. The end result is that I've got a 5.25% abv mead with an FG of ~1.065. I do know what went wrong as such. I needed to be better about nutrients and stirring the...

All the damn threads that pop up here have had me craving a smoker for a long time. Well I'm finally at the point where I just about have SWMBO convinced on it, so I have started looking in earnest. Here's the catch though, I'm in an apartment so traditional grills/smokers are a no go. So...

Well, I'm not druck, but I'm a bit loopy on pain meds that stem from a dentist's visit a few days ago. Anyhow, the vicodin has made me a bit chatty and SWMBO is getting sick of me talking to her. I'm really in the mood for a beer, but I'm gonna steer clear of that. Anyhow, whenever I have had...

So, I picked up some honey on the cheap, nothing fancy, just 15lbs generic wildflower honey. I happen to have some spare carboys as well. Thus, I came to the conclusion, "I must make mead!" Anyhow, I picked up a packet of wyeast sweet mead yeast as well as some vanilla extract and have been...

So, I just got a great new job today, and to celebrate a bit I decided to tarnish my soul a bit with a bomber of: Of course, I wouldn't want to be eternally damned, so I'll be turning to this man for repentance: Finally found a shop with an awesome selection. I stopped in...

Ok, I'm making an IP for my dad for Christmas, one of the American IPA kits from AHS. I've been planning on dry hopping it, and had purchased an extra ounce of Cascade for that purpose. Well, lo and behold, I magically have a whole extra pound of cascades now. (I wonder where they came from?)...

Ok, so I was listening to the radio and heard an ad for Miller Lite with only 96 calories. It got me wondering what I could make with that restriction and what I could do to trick the drinker into thinking it was a stronger beer. I used an English Mild as a guideline and came up with the...

Just wanted an opinion on a brew I did that contained the following: 6lbs Munich LME 1lb Crystal 60L .5 Carapils 1.5oz Challenger @30m 1oz Yakima Golding @ 10m Notty yeast Yeah, so it doesn't quite fit into any traditional category I think. Call it an experiment if you will...