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I could have sworn there was some kind of famous/rarer beer that only used 2 row, but now I can't think of it. I thought it might have been Pliny but that's not it. Anyone know??

It has been two weeks since I brewed my last batch. It was an IPA w/SG of 1.07, and I pitched a starter of a fresh vial of wlp001. It started up w/in a few hours like usual, and the airlock eventually stopped bubbling on the 3rd day as usual. I took a reading on day 8 and it was at 1.012, and...

I decided to go for a low gravity brew to try to test my brew rig and also as something fun that I've never done. So I decided to try my smallest amt of grain yet. I went w/7.5 lbs of grain. 7lbs of 2row and .5lb of 120L. I set my temps for a 148 degree mash. I hit 147.9 in the mash tun, and...

I know this is a very simple question, but I just want to make sure I buy the right thing. I need to buy a 12v dc power supply for a topsflo pump like this...

Well after many years of brewing I finally suffered my first casualty... I turned on the water to my immersion chiller like I've done so many times, but this time there was an odd event. The water coming out of the chiller shot out violently for just a second, almost like it was sneezing. The...

I'm a cheapskate and I'm just about to buy my kegging setup. Due to being cheap pin lock kegs seemed to be the way to go since they are a good 30% cheaper virtually everywhere. BUT there seem to be 3 significant conveniences that ball lock offer which I think will justify the extra cost. 1...

I have been watering every other day, and my plants are doing really well. About once a month (so, 3 times now) I scratch up about 2 inches of dirt on top, and mix in a handful of 12-12-12 fertilizer, and continue watering. Is there a better way to do this? I'd really like to steer clear of...

I'm in the preliminary stages of planning a super-giant overly complicated beer and it appears that the only really different part is the fermentation. I've read about the methods of canning wort, or just adding a ton of sugar to the fermentation to bring up the alcohol. My question is: if...

Over the last 3 days I've become slightly obsessed w/my thermometers for some reason and have read waaaayyyyyy too much about them. I've read all about Thermapens, CDN proaccurates, flukes, taylors, thermistors, thermocouples, probe speed, traceability, accuracy, repeatabilty, etc. Then I...

A few years ago I was in a bar near Denver and struck up a conversation with the bartender. He gave me a beer that I believe was pretty local/regional and said it was the beer that Fat Tire ripped their recipe from. He said it very nonchalantly and like it was sort of common knowledge for the...

One of the greatest moments in homebrewing is when you weigh your hops and got a bonus!:ban:

I recently bought one of the 60 qt stock pots from Thunder Group to turn into a kettle. Thunder Group ALSKSP009 60 qt. Aluminum Stock Pot | TigerChef It is advertised as 4.3mm aluminum. Since this is my first purchase like this (and I was hoping my last) I thought that 4.3mm implied that the...

Over new years I decided to buy a new burner. I narrowed it down to the Kab4 and ordered it. Then I changed my mind, cancelled the order, and went with the SQ-14. Today the UPS man shows up with.. both burners. After way too long on hold I was told that they couldn't cancel the order before...

Due to an insane work/life schedule, I haven't been able to brew for well over a year. My plan to get back into brewing, is to build a wort cooler (check!) and use up the rest of my old grains and hops in one giant, terrible batch! This batch will be called Hop Disaster. It will consist of...

I was directed, by an old lady, to a place where she said there were wild hops. Well... I found it. And I've never seen anything like it! At the thickest point there are so many hop vines that they are literally pulling 2"-3" trees completely sideways. So I got to looking around and I bet...

Yes, I'm a bad, lazy homebrewer. As many excuses as I could come up w/have kept me from transferring a big barleywine to secondary. Its been in primary since January and was pitched onto the yeast cake of an IPA. It visually looks good, so I'm going to go ahead and bottle it as is.... maybe...

I'll be in Denver and the Denver area next week and I'd like to pick up some of the delicious Colorado beers I can't get much of here in Illinois. Are there any big liquor stores that carry a wide selection?

Today I made a barleywine, and did my first overnight mash. Well, sort of. I started it at 4am and mashed out at 8am. I sparged 6 gal into my boil pot and started it for 2 hours. I also took an additional 2.5 gal and boiled it down to 1.5 gal and added that to the large boil pot at the 1...

I don't know if I'm confusing "complex" with something else, but either way, I really love when a beer has a delicious malty backbone that you can really pick apart. Flavors I would love to be able to get: nutty, malty, toasty, biscuits, bready, smoky. Not really looking for all of those in...

I'll start! I got my 12" false bottom for my new 10 gal mash tun! Wooo! Its gonna be a good year!:mug: Merry Christmas everyone!!