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So I am currently drinking a 4 year old 22 OZ bottle of all grain cream ale. I was going through my "empty" bottle stash to bottle my current 10 gallon batch of stout and came across this bottle. This is an AMAZING beer. I thought it would be a good topic to list any lost and found bottles you...

Hey everyone! Well my wife hooked me up today. She went "shopping" today and came home this afternoon with a bunch of homebrewing supplies someone was giving away on freecycle. She comes home with 2 6 gallon glass carboys and a 5 gallon glass carboy. As well as a bottle rack and a bunch of other...

Ok so my wife has one of those huge monstrous kitchenaid mixers. i have found an attachment grain mill and was wondering if anyone has any experience with it. I have read the reviews and it seems to be rated pretty high. They are supposed to be very adjustable and I love to make fresh bread as...

I am thinking of brewing my first all grain batch this weekend. I do not have a grain mill. I have read some posts which discuss how inefficient milled grains from HBS are. I was wondering if there is a way to crush the grains without a mill to make them more efficient?

Hey everyone. So I just bottled my 3rd batch of beer a week ago. I have tried one beer after a week from each batch just to see if they are carbonating. It is a Mexican Cerveza clone form AHB. It fermented hard for 2.5 days and I left it in the primary for 3 weeks total. So I pop the cap to a...

Ok guys. I brewed my first batch 8 days ago it is an American Wheat Extract Kit. I have a sattelite sample to take gravity measurements and have been at 1.10 for 3 days straight. So I decide to have a look at my batch. Just couldnt wait any longer to see it. I open the top and see alot of stuff...

Hello Everyone! New brewer here. Just wanted to say Hi and let the other new brewers from the Shanendoah Valley know they are not alone. Maybe we can learn about the hobby together or just share some of the fruits of our labor. Let me know! Chris

Hey everyone. Just boiled my first batch last night. It's an American Wheat extract recipe. I noticed fermentation started about 8 hours after pitching yeast and is going like crazy right now. I have a couple of questions. My OG was a little lower than the recipe called for. I got a reading of...