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Hey all, I am planning a trip down to Raleigh NC next week. I'm hoping to bike the Neuse River trail, the Raleigh Greenway and other nearby areas. The ride will end (hopefully) near the better breweries. Might not have a car so might stay at nearby hotel. Appreciate any brewery advice.

Used only 1 season, went into the basement where it sat for many years. I plugged it in last year and it blew cold air. It is faded because it was near a basemnet window. I figured someone might be able to use it to build a ferm chamber for summer.

I see some breweries use low-protein barley for their light gluten beer. Which barley variety is low-protein? Any homebrew stores sell it? I know that some of these brews made from this barley are not gluten FREE. Not my goal, just trying to reduce it. I hope to use Clarity Ferm with it as...

Free Barley Crusher grain mill. The bearings are dying. It is on it's second set of rollers. This set was crushing fine when the bearings started making noises. I bought a Cereal Killer before it dies completely. I will not ship, I live in Catonsville Md, 21228.

Seriously Union!! This was reported 5 years ago! I think the offending male was one of the owners, I'm still processing! https://www.baltimoresun.com/maryland/baltimore-city/bs-md-ci-union-craft-brewing-sexual-harassment-20200908-g6j63gdnxva2zn6gljmv4xddxm-story.html Instagram view:

Hey folks, I was getting some spices together for my holiday brew and needed to buy Vanilla bean. I was stunned at the price, 1 bean over $12!!! WTF! Apparently the bean plants have had some tough years but that is a high price for a 3 gallon batch for one ingredient. Would using extract...

Has anyone tried this type of filter, seems like a great way to filter a dry hopped keg. Scott Janish has a great report on it. I hate the shipping cost, does not lower in price when buying more than one. This is from Utahbiodiesel. Filtering Dip Tubes and Auto Siphon Filter Specifications...

I want to move away from the disposable red drinking cups. I am looking to buy some nice plastic non-disposable pint glasses for poolside homebrew consumption. What are folks using? I need to buy a bunch for parties but don't want to break the bank. Just trying to help clean up our planet...

After a 30 mile bike ride my buddy and I stopped by this brewery in Howard County, Maryland: https://sapwoodcellars.com/what-do-we-have/ One of the owners/brew masters is none other than former homebrewer and blogger: Mad Fermentationist, https://www.themadfermentationist.com/ I sampled...

Hey folks, I was hoping to brew tomorrow but temps will be very low (10F/-12C) with some wind. I have brewed in freezing temps but never this low. I mostly worry about maintaining mash temps as the idea of reheating the mashtun and constantly stirring to reheat send a shiver through my body...

Hey all, I dry hopped into the primary for the first time to try a new method. I am ready to keg now but realized there are a lot of hops sitting on top of the yeast cake. I was hoping to use the yeast again. I read about yeast washing, actually tried it years ago but was not pleased with the...

Hey all, I have a Chromebook and an old laptop where I run Beersmith but feel it's days are numbered. I like the program but can't run it on Chromebook. What brewing software works nicely with Chromebook, shame as I really like Beersmith but can't justify buying a computer just for this 1...

Hey folks, I have 10-12 cases of old style returnable bottles. They are thicker and stronger than disposable bottle. Some even have the label(Black Label) on the bottle, some are Rolling rock pony bottles, Labatt's squat bottles. Some of the bottles look great while others have been around the...

Hey all: I just bought a new BH and plan on using it soon. It is closer to the ground than my old burner. I usually brew on my brick porch. Is there anything that people use preventing heat from reflecting off the bricks. I am mostly concerned during the winter. I would hate a lot of freeze...

Hey Folks: I jumped on a pound of fresh leaf Amarillo hops this year(2013 hops) from Hops Direct when I saw that HD had them in stock. I know they don't last long. When I got them I made an all Amarillo hopped pale ale. Upon inspecting the hops I thought they smelled grassy with little hop...

I was going to have a huge 2 batch brewday, each 11 gallons. I bought and pitched WLP833 and 800. When opening the 833 I didn't hear the typical psssst sound. The 800 pssssst was fine. 800 took off and nothing from the 833. No bubbles, no white foam...nothing. Brew store guy said the pssst...

Well my avatar has been. Must be a tad conservative down there:) http://www.cyclesgladiator.com/bannedinalabama

Hey all: I have made the switch from the cooler to a 15 gal SS keg as a mash tun last year. I have had a bugger of a time trying to stabilize the temps. 1) I wrap it in 2 layers of the bubble reflectix(sp?) wrap, didn't help. 2)I added a blue sleeping pad over the wrap, helped but still...

I get an error message when I try to open the program. It says it caqn't finish loading. I used it this wknd so not related to AVG virus problem earlier in the month. This is the original version so might be time to upgrade but am now afraid that it will not update my recipes. Do I need to...

Very strange thing happened to my recipe files last night while brewing. Laptop ran out of battery and when I rebooted, my files were missing ingredient or worse. The first page(the page that prints)was often missing the first malt(main malt) in the recipe. When I opened the recipe to the...