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Hi all, I've been away since 2013 based on the history of posts in these forums. Hopefully I start running into some familiar faces again. I hung up the homebrew spurs a few years back saying if I was going to do it again I was going to go all-grain, but really didn't have room where I was...

I finally gave up on the remains of 4 batches of beer last night and dumped them. :( All four batches were fine when I tasted them before bottling, but after I bottled things went bad. Three weeks after bottling they all had the same questionable off taste to them and a couple of them were...

So my heatpump died... as evidenced by the $300 electric bill I received last month. (Yes, I know, those of you with gas heat probably don't envy me in my all-electric condo.) Background: Outside unit is 14 years old, inside air handler is 30 years old. Sucks for me to be the owner of this...

Last night around 23:00 when I last checked on this, it was foaming and bubbling happily away. This morning I arrived home full of fail... Oops. Blowoff Tube Fail! on Flickr - Photo Sharing! More Blowoff Tube Fail on Flickr - Photo Sharing! Blowoff Tube Fail! on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Holy Crap! I was going through my wine rack tonight making space for a couple of new bottles and I ran across this little gem! Cantillon Iris on Flickr - Photo Sharing! One of the first batch of "Iris." Cantillon has, since 1998, brewed one batch of this a year. A good friend of mine...

Relax Don't Worry Have a Homebrew should probably not be interpreted as: Relax, Don't Worry, Polish Off All the Homebrews Your Co-Workers Who Brew Were Nice Enough to Send Home With You For Your Next Brew Day - That is, unless you like fighting with your siphoning hose and draining wort to your...

Found the website last night, currently have my first batch of wort on the stove at a nice rolling boil for about another 20 minutes. Nothing fancy, just the sample kit that came with the brewing starter kit my sister and brother-in-law picked up for me for x-mas. 3lbs of Mutton's Extra Light...