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Well I gone and done it. I got my dream job in Austin and am moving in a month or whatever. Now I need to know, what clubs are out there in Austin? I have been brewing pretty decent brews for about 14 months, and have been a member of a small but fairly active club in South Bend, IN for over 1...

I noticed the other day, around a week after I closed up the house and turned the heat on for the season, that the starsan solution had evaporated out of my airlocks - all three of them which were on active vessels. Son of a B***h. Anyone else run into this crap? Or am I the only person in the...

I am going to brew Jamil's Irish Red Ale this weekend at my parents, which is 5 hours away in Wisconsin. I think I will brew on Saturday or Sunday, and drive 5 hours home to Indiana on Monday afternoon. Should I pitch as normal after brewing, or should I wait until I get home Monday evening to...

So, I made a Sierra Nevada Pale Ale 'Clone' which will turn out to not be a clone, but just good beer. It went into the primary at about 1.074. I was planning on racking a Denny Conn Bourbon Vanilla Porter onto it (US-05). But that SNPA clone will probably end up at 7% abv, and the Porter will...

Let's assume you can only drink homebrew the rest of your life. If you had to choose only 3 styles of beer to brew and drink, what would they be? 1) Robust Porter 2) American IPA 3) American Pale Ale

I picked up three keggles for a total of $90. They each have the top cut out. Two have fittings welded in, one does not. The one which does not was used as a brew kettle, the other two with fittings have never been used. The welds don't look so amazing, but I bought them anyway - impulse. The...

I made a saison about one month ago using WYeast 3724 which likes temps from 75-90. The plan was to just let it sit in the house, as I have no fermentation chamber to control temps. It should have been the appropriate temperature. However, this past month has been unseasonably cool with daytime...

I am sure this has been asked before, but all I could find in the Label Thread 'Sticky' was examples of what didn't work. So I am going to ask again. Does anyone know how to get the 'labels' off of Rogue bottles. I don't know what you call it, laser etching, silk screening, the hand of god...

Recipe Type: All Grain Yeast: California Lager (Wyeast #2112) Yeast Starter: No Batch Size (Gallons): 5.50 Original Gravity: 1.057 Final Gravity: 1.016 IBU: 54.1 Boiling Time (Minutes): 60 Color: 9.6 Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): 7-10 at 62 degrees...

I smacked my Wyeast Saison smack pack last night at 10pm thinking I would brew today. Plans have changed and brewing needs to be pushed to tomorrow morning. I would be pitching about 38-40 hours after I smacked the pack. Is this ok? Where should I store it in the meantime? Somewhere cool out...

Anyone know how to tell different vaierities apart? I planted 3 cascade and 1 nugget. All are doing pretty well. But I don't quite remember which plant is the nugget. They are in planters.

Has anyone ever used BrewVint Alcohol Boost from Austin Homebrew Supply? Austin Homebrew Supply The website says add it whenever you add your other sugars and adjuncts. I wasn't sure what that meant. So I called them, and they weren't really sure. I was thinking 20 minutes from the end...

I guess I can't post pictures. Anyway, instead of siphoning from the brew kettle to the fermentor I have been using a different technique. The idea is similar to straining through a funnel with a screen into a carboy. Except I use a 24"x24" fine mesh nylon bag and strain into a 6.5gallon bucket...

I own a copy of Beersmith. I have one version on my work computer (oh no!) and one on my home computer. I would like to transfer all my recipe files from one computer to the other, so they are identical. I would probably like to do this once a week or so, instead of printing off recipe sheets...

This is a recipe I came up with for a Belgian Strong Ale/Trippel. I would like some opinions on it. 14 lbs Pilsner 1 lbs Cara-Pils/Dextrine 1 lbs Caravienne Malt 2 lbs Clear Candi Sugar 1.50 oz Styrian Goldings 60min 1.00 oz Styrian Goldings 30min 0.50 oz Tettang...

I own a Katadyn Vario EU: Products - Katadyn Products Inc. I want to use it to filter water for brewing. My tap water at my house has a distinct sulfurous aroma and the flavor is a bit like meat. Go figure. Would this backpacking water filter I own do a sufficient job? When I use it while...

I am about to dry hop an IPA with 2 oz of Amarillo leaf hops. I have a muslin bag for this purpose. But I have no marbles on hand. I do, however, have leftover stainless steel washers from when I made my 10 gal mash tun. Can I use SS washers, sanitized, in place of marbles?

New Glarus - I am 35 mins from the brewery - I can get anything Louies Lake (Porter, Scotch) Lakefront - Anything Foremost - Knot Stout, Proper, Fatty Boombalatty ( super tasty belgian wheat) Capital (anything) Tyranena (Rockys Revenge, Bitter Woman, Etc.) Central Waters (any)...

So I just got my new 10 gallon aluminum kettle yesterday. 4 mm thick. Very nice. The first thing I did with it is boil 9 gallons of water and 1 qt of white vinegar in it to clean up my homemade 50' IC (also brand new). What do I need to do to clean up this kettle? Rinse with hot water? Maybe...

I rent a house. The previous tenants left behind a Reverse Osmosis water filter system mounted on the wall in the laundry room. My landlord told me they used it for the fish tank they had. It seems to have a particulate filter, a carbon filter, and then a osmosis membrane on the top. Looks like...