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I always love when football season gets here because it means I get to enjoy the beer I've brewed and take a more relaxing approach to my typical one brew every two weeks schedule. That said, I'm really glad that football season is winding down. It's so hard to get help during the season...

So I recently got a great deal on 4 reconditioned ball lock kegs for $50 each. I'm trying to figure out everything else I need. Here's the list I've got: 2x Ball Lock Gas Line Assembly (4') 2x Ball Lock Picnic tap Beer Line Assembly (10') Dual Regulator Growler filler CO2 tank Beer...

http://www.georgiacraftbrewersguild.org/brewerssymposium/ Anyone going?

Check this out guys. Some students at Clemson are raising money to outfit their own lab to culture local wild yeasts specifically for brewing. http://clemsonideas.com/campaigns/southyeast-labs/

Midwest has a deal for a free 2L flask with purchase of the Vortex stir plate. I'm planning to brew a big Tripel in a few weeks and think this is a better time than any to drop some cash on starter equipment. My question is has anyone used the Vortex 2.0? If so: Thoughts? What's the...

Like most, I have only have room for 2-3 carboys in my fermentation freezer. I typically have 3 fermenting at all times, so my question is where do you all put your long term sours, meads, etc.?

So, I thought this would be a good place to share abnormal brewing experiences, as I just had an interesting one myself. Not necessarily mistakes that ruin a batch, but situations that really make this hobby one of a kind. I'll start. We were brewing 10 gallons of our favorite beer. A Honey...

Tomorrow we're brewing 10 gallons of my honey ginger double wit. We haven't done a 10 gallon brew, let alone a 10 gallon AG brew. Anything I should be wary of?

I've made this before and it was a HUGE hit. It was partial mash/extract when I made it before, so I tried to convert it and maintain the integrity of the original brew. This is for a 10 gallon batch. I was thinking 10 gallons of water at 150 for 1 hour. I do BIAB and plan to do a single...

I've made this before and it was a HUGE hit. It was partial mash/extract when I made it before, so I tried to convert it and maintain the integrity of the original brew. Any and all comments are welcome. FERMENTABLES: 2 lb - Flaked Oats (7.4%) 6 lb - American - Pale 2-Row (22.2%) 14 lb -...

I am about 10 brews in and have had a lot of good luck with fermentations. My latest brew was a Chocolate Peanut Butter Brown Ale that I designed myself and it ended with about 6 gallons at 1.073 (did not intend for it to be that high). I used the WYEAST Ringwood strain and used a blow off...

Okay, so I have a mini-mash Anniversary Porter kit from AHS and want to kick it up for a christmas tasting ale. I would like to capture the flavors of the season while keeping the porter drinkable. I have a number of spices, Madagascar bourbon vanilla beans, local honey, ginger, etc. I'm...

So, I've brewed both a Saison and Golden ale that both used saison yeasts and had that saison spice to them. I have another Saison kit I bought on sale, but don't want to brew another one. What would be some good yeasts to try with the ingredients? I also don't mind adding extra ingredients...

Just out of crazy curiosity, would it be possible to brew a beer with an ale yeast and lager yeast at some kind of neutral temperature (55) Logic tells me that it might work (top and bottom fermenting co-existing), but I was wondering if there was some kind of science behind it like the...

I've seen a lot of great Keezer builds in here, but I haven't yet stepped up to kegs. I need to build a collar on my existing 7 cf freezer in order to fit 2-3 fermentation buckets/carboys without tilting them. Questions: 1. Is it still possible to maintain fermentation temps down to lager...

I brewed a Belgian golden ale Brewer's Best extract kit that was supposed to have 7.5-8% ABV. I missed the OG by a couple points at 1.067 and I fermented it at 65 degrees for 3 weeks. Cold crashed and bottled it and the FG was 1.001. Is this really possible? I adjusted both the OG and FG...

Well I'm officially addicted. I've had 3 successful brews (all Belgians) and I haven't even tasted them, but I can honestly say this is the most addicted I've ever been to a hobby. So far I'd say I've put $700 into brewing and I don't even blink when flashing the credit card. I usually...

Just finished the purchase of the rest of my equipment. I bought over $500 in equipment to get started and I'm diving in head first. I'm going to start with a Saison since it's pretty hot here and I want to ferment my first brew in my garage just to be safe. I think I'll add a bit of...

Hello All, I got two of the very basic starter kits (one wine and one beer) from Midwest Supplies during their recent Father's day sale and I intend to use both for beer. However, they both came with roughly 4' of what looks like 3/8" wide hoses. I know these are neither long enough or...

So....I was going to wait until my house is built to start brewing, but I just can't. I've done about two months of research and reading, but I want to get a jump start on brewing. I'm thinking I get a full size pot (see link below), but only do 1-3 gallon experimental batches until my house is...