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Our LHBS in Baltimore, Maryland has flooded and they need help recovering. I only wish I could donate more to them! Please check them out on GoFundMe and show your love for Brian and Jill! Below is the text from their GoFundMe page: "Nepenthe Homebrew has flooded again. On July 30, a sudden...

With the aid of numerous threads on HBT and one great DIY blog (http://www.cedarcreeknetworks.com/heatstick.htm), I built my first heat stick last week. I intended to use it to aid my under-powered kitchen stove in bringing 5+ gallons to a boil quicker. Due to the electrical limitations in my...

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2015/03/12/392550170/a-craft-beer-tax-battle-is-brewing-on-capitol-hill?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20150312 Saw this article yesterday about the future of the excise taxes imposed on breweries...

Last night, my brew buddy and I attended a "Know your yeast" event at our LHBS (as part of Baltimore's Beer Week) and it was utterly eye opening! The event consisted of one big batch of beer, a "base model", lightly hopped pale ale, brewed as a single batch and then split into 6 different...

This weekend, my brew buddy and I bottled our first ever IPA recipe. After popping the lid off the fermentor and experiencing the magical and wonderous aroma of what we believed was going to be the BEST IPA I have ever experienced, we proceeded to rack. After a mostly successful racking, we...

Apparently I accidentally posted my question in the "DIY" section. I have started it here now in the right section. Hello everyone. My brew buddy and I recently brewed a "Blackberry Wheat Ale" that we have done before and, after following the recipe with no real hiccups, we took a gravity...

Hello everyone. My brew buddy and I recently brewed a "Blackberry Wheat Ale" that we have done before and, after following the recipe with no real hiccups, we took a gravity reading and proceeded to try the beer used in the hydrometer cylinder. When we tried the beer, it had a very...

Hello everyone. After homebrewing for a year or so, I decided to upgrade from my plastic bucket to a glass carboy. After much excitement and anticipation, I purchased said carboy and then my worst nightmare happened. Upon my very first attempt to clean out the carboy on brew day, even with a...