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So, I ran out of CO2 this evening at 5pm. I want beer this weekend. I have parties this weekend. I'm a *******. I've called the usual suspects, but no one seems to be open on weekends or in evenings. Anyone have any tricks up their sleeve? btw, I'm in Albuquerque, NM if that helps...

Note the title. Anyone? Tired of trolling Craigslist, and thought I'd see if anyone has anything that they might have sitting around or be looking to upgrade.

I have a couple of unopened 6 gallon better bottles, and 3-4 5 gallon pinlock kegs for sale and/or trade. Good condition, hold pressure. $20 each, for better bottles or kegs. I'm in the Mountain View, CA area and am doing this local only. I don't want to get rid of this stuff bad enough to...

I have been entertaining the idea of making wine, and was thinking about making a wine once I have decided if we're going to move in the next 6 months or so. But those better bottles were staring me in the face, so I ponied up my last Austin Homebrew gift certificate, and bought a Chilean...

So, I'm out here in Conroe, TX for New Years, and was driving through historic Montgomery, TX the other day, and stopped at a winery called "Cork This". Let me tell you, this is a small brewery stepped up from home winemaking. I mean, their fermentation room has ~20 better bottles, and ~30 6...

I had a deal for 5 $10 cornelius kegs off of craigslist. I went so far as showing up and waiting at the dude's empty house for nearly two hours (it was an 1+ hour drive each way, so I felt like waiting at least as long as the transit took). He never showed up, and never returned any calls or...

For a total of 3 5 gallon batches. :( BM's Porter, JZ's Amber and an AHS Brown. The finish just had this massive smoky, phenolic flavor on all of them. I had aged the brown 2.5 months, and the porter about 3 weeks after bottling and the taste just kept the same. I could taste it in...

I need to RDWHAHB, but I though that I'd throw this out there. 3 batches ago, a brown that I brewed had a really odd rusty/smoky flavor to it. Almost a tart/sharp ending. I am not good at identifying tastes, so that's about all I have for ya. My next two batches (which were already in...

I just had some logos made for a pretty good price. I've requested quite a few logos, and have always been very happy with the results. What do ya think? I'm starting to ship some aluminum bottles back and forth between a friend of mine, and I'm thinking that I should sand off that Bud...

So, I bought a 15 pack or whatever the heck they sell these things in the other day at the store. I bought them for two reasons: 1) Shipping beer. A couple of buddies and are are getting into that, and we've had some mishaps. 2) I planned on filling 3/4 with water, capping, and...

I just finished de-labeling some bottles. I put about 40 bottles in buckets with a good dose of Oxyclean. Left two days. Opened the buckets up to a beautiful sight: floating beer labels. About 30 of the bottles didn't have any labels or flue residue or anything on them. Clean as a...

I'm heading out to Palmdale for a couple of weeks, and last time I was there all I found was a BJ's brewery. Is there anything else out in that area worth going to/trying? Breweries, good pubs, anything? I was only there for a bit last time, but I totally struck out at finding anything.

I'm looking for a good partial mash hefeweizen. I may just but an AHS kit, but since that's the only thing that I would be buying, shipping would make up a good chunk of the overall bill. So, I'm hoping to pick up all the necessary parts from my LHBS. Anyone have a link to a tried and true...

I just cracked my first bottle of Austin Homebrew American Amber. I left in the primary 3-4 weeks, and it's been in the bottle carbonating for two. Carbonation was still a little low (they've been at 60-63), but very tolerable. Gave a sip to my wife (whom I fell in love with at first...

I haven't been looking to get into kegging as of yet, but if this is a good deal, then I might just get into it a bit early....SWMBO might kill me, but it'll be fun! Homebrew Kegging Equipment

Was brewing up a brown today, and things were going well. Getting a process down, really making things a lot easier. The brew is going well, and as smooth as can be. Not nearly as bad as last itme when at the end I had ran out of ice to cool the wort down, so I had to leave it overnight in...