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Made this out of scrap wood and trim from our bar build plus a floor mount air vent from Menards. Looks pretty damn good if I say so myself:D

After saving beer caps for three years for just this purpose, I've finally completed the project I've dreamed of doing all along. Started with a base of 'earth' colored tile grout to somewhat match the wood. Finished the grout 2 feet at a time and pushed the caps in after to not allow the grout...

Building a bar this coming weekend and have all of the beer caps to fill the bar top and have the two-part mixture to seal the top. Just wondering if we need to do something to hold the caps down before we pour or if the caps will stay in place as laid down? Wasn't having any luck with forum...

Alright, I've spent a year now making cider after cider trying to find a recipe I like (in a two bedroom apartment with kegging not possible:(). I've made about 30 gallons of the following recipe due to my own fondness for it and the approval of those that have been able to taste it. 4 gallons...

Threw this recipe together based on everything I like about everything I've made before. Genius or insanity, I'll keep you updated. 6lbs Pilsen LME 3lbs Wheat LME 1lb Cherry wood smoked barley; crushed and mashed in kettle at 155deg for 1hr 1lb orange blossom honey 1ounce french...

I can never make a beer recipe kit without adding something of my own. I soaked one package of plain oak and one package of toasted oak chips in Dewars scotch in the fridge for one week prior to brewing. I made the baltic porter kit as it was supposed to be but strained the oak out of the...

Started 8 gallons of a cider/malt recipe and split it into two different 4 gallon batches with different yeasts added to both. The recipe is as follows: 5 gallons organic apple cider 2 cups brown sugar 3lbs DME boiled 40 minutes 1lb Orange Blossom Honey 1lb Briess Carapils steeped for 30...

I'm attempting to overcome an unfortunate run in with sodium benzoate with a big starter and constant aeration. I took an aquarium bubbler we had sitting around and ran that into a carboy full of star-san solution. That bubbles up and then leaves the carboy through another tube at the top that...

Was making a starter and dropped the entire bag of yeast nutrient into the pot during the boil:drunk:. Making about a 1 liter starter and the bag said it was good for 5 to 6 gallons. Thought I would check if anyone had any thoughts on this?

If my cider wouldn't start because there was sodium benzoate in it, is the yeast sediment in the bottom of the carboy still viable to try and start with another batch or is it shot now? I'm learning far more about sodium benzoate then I would prefer:drunk:

I was all excited to start my new cider with 5 gallons of natural cider from Whole Foods. Didn't think until the next day when my cider hadn't started fermenting to look at the ingredients again and saw that sodium benzoate was the only other ingredient besdies apples. I started it on Thursday...

After a long few days of camping, my wife and I happened to get left with a box of Capri-sun juice boxes and a can of frozen pina colada mix (both of which we'll never use). I was racking my cider a few days ago and just when I was about to rinse all of the spent yeast out of the carboy... a...

It's always nice to post a recipe and not get any replies saying that's it's probably going to taste gross, but has anybody else used Belgian candi sugar with their ciders. I have 1lb of clear cani sugar in my cider that's fermenting right now, but I wasn't brave enough to try anything darker...

To everyone who has a SWMBO who can enjoy an imperial stout or IPA with you and waits in anticipation of your next homebrew. And without asking she knows that 12 assorted Belgian trippels/dubbels is exactly what I wanted for an anniversary present.:mug:

Got the urge to start some cider yesterday so here we go. Nothing crazy or exciting, but put in some stuff I havn't tried before. 5 gallons indian summer 100% apple cider 1 lb clear Belgian hard candi sugar 6 - 5.5fl oz cans of Kern's pear nectar (random find at grocery store) White Labs -...

I just bottled my latest batch of cider about 15 days ago and I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. I still want to keep experimenting and trying new stuff but I might keep keep three better bottles full of this batch and use the fourth for new ideas. The ingredients are as follows: 4...

Does the fact that a beer is carbonated change the FG readings in a hydrometer, and if so, is it drastic or minor? I am hoping that it does, just need some opinions here. Forgot to check the FG of my last brew before bottleing. :drunk:

I was visiting a fellow hombrewer in Duluth who is also a member of HBT (Username: Bumbler) , and he showed me this cool airlock he had made. Super simple to make, and he said it worked perfectly. I havn't seen him post pics yet, so I'm stepping in and letting the world know:mug:. In the...

I've been having my friends and relatives save their beer bottlecaps for me for about the last year now and it has grown into quite the collection. I'm hoping I'll have some genius idea for something to do with them eventually. Anybody else do/see anything cool done with caps?

I'm making my fourth batch of hard cider now and a few things I've found.... *I've been adding 1 jar of orange blossom honey to my cider and it adds an awesome taste to the cider. Even people that don't know the ingredients are able to pick the OB honey out. The orange blossom honey has...