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Ok so heres the deal, I brewed a pale ale long ago and when I opened the bottles it was nasty and I ended up dumping most of it. More recently I brewed an IPA it also turned out nasty and I ended up dumping most of it. Then I brewed a couple other batches that turned out fine and I thought all...

On Sunday I sat down and brewed what I'm calling Triple 10 Tripel (10-10-10 was the date). Its fermenting away nicely as I type this. First time I brewed a tripel though and was wondering what the purpose of the candi sugar is? Is it just an extra fermentable? Does it add some kind of flavor...

Title pretty much says it, I have 1 each of Cascade, Fuggles, and Mt. Hood. This will be the third growing season for these plants, but since I live in an apartment containers just aren't cutting it any more. The plants actually split the pots this winter because the roots are so big. I was...

Doing a Summer Rye to give to some of the family and friends for my wedding in May. I'm havign trouble coming up with any good wedding/marriage related names that fir with Summer Rye though. anybody got any ideas?

I have had problems with 2 of my last 3 beers. Both the beers that turned out poorly have had a sort of soapy/astringent off taste to them. Also all 3 of them have been poorly carbonated. I have never had either of these problems with any of the other beers I've made. The only thing that is...

Noticed each of the last two days that I have had cones falling off my plants. Bout 6-10 each of the last two days. Is this normal, and the cones are ready to be picked? Judging from the ones that have fallen off they don't seem ready. The ones that have fallen have been on the smaller side...

Was watering the hops yesterday and found the little buggers. I had been seeing some leaf damage for a little while now but hadn't seen the beetles or anything else. Yesterday I found about 1/2 dozen of them on my plants, they even started eating on some of the hops. :mad: I killed a couple of...

I brewed a Saison a while back and had a little less than 1/2 gallon extra left. So I threw it in a gallon jug with some spices as a little experiment, then kind of forgot it. Saw it sitting there and decided I better bottle it up and have no idea how much sugar I need to prime it. I'm guessing...

These are the last couple brews I made a Pale ale and a Saison.

Ok so heres whats going on, I have 3 hop plants each in a big pot. Last yr they did ok got a little stressed when I moved and didn't get as much light as desired. This yr my apt place decided to be dicks and make me move them which is cool cause now they are on top of this 3' retaining wall...

I bought an IPA kit the other day but without the hops, because I have a bunch of hops in the freezer and some are starting to get a little to the older side so I wanted to get rid of them. Heres whats in the kit: 5lbs light lme 4lbs amber lme 1/2lb crystal 20 1/2lb crystal 40 1/2lb victory...

Bottled 2 weeks ago today put on in the fridge and cracked it and nothing. Flat as it gets. Am I just getting antsy or do I have reason to worry that my 5gal batch of APA isn't carbing.

Ok, so I cracked open my APA today and it was decent although not carbonated enough yet. But what I thought it was lacking was that nice hop aroma. I thought it was missing it at bottling but I didn't want to wait 2 more weeks and dry hop then. In retrospect I was thinking maybe a good way to...

So I was bottling today and the weirdest thing kept happening. Air kept getting caught up in my bottling spigot and then bubbling out through the beer. This happened about 6 times I think. Finally I tilted the bucket a lot and it stopped happening. Do you think that will oxygenate my beer to the...

Up until now I wasn't really sanitizing very well just using a no rinse cleaner and it was working but I got some IO Star cause I figured odds were against me. Anyway I mixed up 5 gallons in an extra pail and I am wondering if I can just throw a lid on it and use it again the next time I brew...

Colonial Williamsburg is doing a brewing in the 18th century event thing this weekend to be held at the palace scullery. Starts at noon runs until 3 costs whatever the fee for getting into the palace is. I'm not sure of any other details but if you in SE VA you might want to check it out. I am...

I sent off my oaked barleywine back in December to the Bob FM 2nd Annual Sam Adams Homebrew Competition. Just sort of last second because a coworker mentioned it to me. After the contest they took down the info from their website and I didn't hear any more about it for like a month or more. Then...

Ok I have reworked my label again trying to come up with something a little different. So this is my new idea its a more vertical label, and it sort of teaches you a little something about the beer your drinking. Each beer will have a different colored "star" at the top and different text and...

Wasn't sure who to pm about this so I will just post it up here and the right person should see it. My paid membership expired the other day so I went ahead and renewed. I still dont have my member benefits reinstated though. :drunk:

I got a bottle yesterday :ban: first time I have ever seen it anywhere and I bought it without a second thought. Gonna crack it tomorrow during football and xmas decorating.