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FedEx just notified me that my yeast samples were delivered in Minneapolis! Hopefully they're still in one piece and being coddled by the folks at northern brewer. This being my first nhc, I'm curious to hear what other people entered. Anyone have any hopefuls? I sent my English ipa, American...

So I was a dumb ass and tried turning my grain mill with this crappy old drill. Unfortunately it stripped a metal off the drive shaft on the mill. My dumb assery has driven me to finally invest in a motor, but I'm worried it will be hard to mount a sheeve or coupler because the diameters all...

I seem to have a ghost messing around with my kettle volumes. Maybe someone can volunteer an exorcism, or maybe someone can explain this with..science? I've noticed that when I am heating up my mash in my boil kettle that the volume increases as I approach 212 F. However, right when I start...

So I have 25 gallons of hard cider that I am about to bottle. I'm having trouble estimating the residual CO2 in solution for two reasons: After fermenting for three weeks at 66F, then I crashed the cider for three more weeks at 33F. Usually when I prime it's easy to use the fermentation...

I'm a recent college grad working as an English Teacher in Korea. I have four months left on my contract, whence I will fly my thirsty gut home to Oregon. I'm still contemplating a homebrew here, but am struggling to find the time and supplies to do the job. Korea hasn't been enlightened to...