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I am drinking this trappist as I type this. It is good. In the words of my wife, whom I let taste it, "Man, there is a lot going on in there!" It is extremely fruity and fairly dry, but not too much so. The carbonation is nice and light and the 6.9% ABV has no bite at all. It is very smooth...

I went to my LHBS today to buy some Pacman for next weekend. Unfortunately they were sold out. So I decided to try my hand at bottle harvesting with the stirplate I built last night. I am harvesting from two bottles of Rogue, a Shakespeare Stout and a limited edition Captain Sig's Deadliest Ale...

If you had to choose 4 different varieties that you could brew with for the year, what would they be? (I am setting up a mini farm in Northern California that will consist of 2 60-foot long rows at about 18-20 feet tall apiece) :rockin:

I brewed my first batch today using my new single tier HERMS. It is also my first time using a pump. I had so many issues with it, that I almost want to tear it apart and go back to gravity. :mad: I couldn't get the pump to push through my coil. At first, I had a 50 ft coil comprised of 2 25'...

As the title suggests, I don't even have to grow my private crop of Cascades this year. I now live in a tiny apartment in Seattle and have no place to grow. My mom, on the other hand, has 40 acres in the redwoods of Northern California. Her and her fiance have always enjoyed my brew, and now...

My wife got fed up with me having a 6.5 glass carboy soaking in Oxy in the guest bathtub, so she dumped it (what? it was only there for 2 months). Turns out there was a small spider web crack on the inside of the carboy. It probably would not have survived another brew. Glad she got sick...

Well, as they say.......you are never finished "improving" your brew system. I am tearing down my 3 tier brewery, dubbed BREWTALITYand building a 1 pump single tier system. You can find the thread to the original build here. This second gen system will be aptly named, BREWTALITY 2

Well as you all know who were fortunate enough to be involved in the 888 RIS, 888 is coming up. You know what that means? Stone Brewery will be releasing their 080808 Vertical Epic! I for one will be picking up a case, as I have done with the 060606 and 070707 since I knew of this program's...

I know this has been discussed before...but I think it to be almost sacreligious to not have a homebrew in hand throughout your brewday. I have heard all the horror stories of getting burnt, missing hop additions and so on, but isn't that part of the fun? I even posed a rule when I was...

I am looking into the future and see SWMBO saying that she want's the apfelwein to be sweeter. What is the best way to kill the yeast? A little potassium sorbate and some campdens?

I got two new carboys recently and a few bungs. I mixed up a batch of apfelwein today and was attempting to fix the airlock but the bung kept popping back out. Well, before I could think about it I had shoved the bung through the top of the carboy and splash....into my apfel. Is it gonna...

I used this for the first time this weekend. I live in Vegas and have to ship in my ingredients and have had bad luck shipping liquid yeast, so I am trying to convert recipes to dry styles. I brewed Ed's Haus PA and the krauzen is a strange blue/grey color. (Strange, but pretty all the same...

Well.....here she is. My 3-tier, gravity fed brew sculpture named BREWtality. She works great. Have 4 batches through her and still dialing in the efficiency. Be sure to check out the keggle mounting system....pretty good idea if I do say so myself. Represent!!!:rockin:

Well, I don't have a cave...or a basement for that matter. But my garage is starting to shape up. I finished my cold conditioning "chamber" and my kegerator is pretty solid. Let me know what you think....... If you look closely, you will see a case each of Stone's Vertical Epic...

Here's the problem. I know of many places to buy a controller online....but it is already getting hot here in Vegas and I want to brew on Saturday. I am picking up my new chest freezer tonight, but I need a controller for fermenting on Saturday. Does anyone know of any stores that carry these...

:ban:CL has come through in the clutch again! Last night, I scored the following for $98 total: 2ea 5 gal carboys with handles and thermo strips 1 beer thief 3 airlocks ~12 bungs copper immersion chiller bucket w/lid hydrometer floating thermometer about 200 grolsch bottles (with...

Anyone brew a clone of FW Double Barrel? Have a good AG recipe? I want to try it.

Hi All, I have been poking around this site for a few weeks and have a question. I am finishing up my homegrown 3-tier sculpture (thread to follow soon) and am thinking I will have to insulate my MLT to hold temps. Is there anyone that has used an insulation wrap for a water heater for...

SWMBO wants a razzberry-peach beer (I know, I know). What do you guys think below?:mug: ----------------------------------------------- Fuzzy Razzle Wheat Fruit Beer Type: All Grain Date: 5/1/2008 Batch Size: 5.50 gal Brewer: Chris Couevas Boil Size: 7.33 gal Asst...