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I brought a growler of my Milk Stout over to my buddies house, told him it was a milk stout, that is was made from milk sugar. He loved it. We killed the growler together. Next morning, I get a call from his wife saying he's been puking his guts out all morning. I never knew he was lactose...

My local Albertson's has a pretty impressive beer selection, but they still adhere to the old grocery store rules on clearances, so they often sell big, aged beers for a reduced rate to rotate their stock. I've taken advantage of this before: cheap bottles of Unibroue and Chimay here or...

Stopped by my LHBS and their carboy of Briess LME was empty. Then I saw a 60 lbs pail of the stuff and said, "How about this thing? Can I have some of this?" They said "Well, that thing is all or nothing. In fact, it was special ordered for a guy who never picked it up. We can sell it to you...

I'd like to get the combo hop randall beer filter from homebrewstuff, but it says to use whole hops and I only buy hop pellets. Is it OK to use hop pellets in a randall/filter?

I just picked up a Kenmore kegerator on craigslist. It fits a half-barrell keg, but I'd like to convert it to a two or three tap with ball lock kegs inside. I live in a very small house (less than 1000 sq ft) and there's no room for such a large piece of equipment. I do have a back deck...

I'd like to bring bottle-conditioned homebrew on some camping and backpacking trips, and wanted to explore using either nalgene bottles or soda bottles. I searched the forum and found this quote about Nalgene bottles: And there are several threads about people re-using 1L and 2L soda...

What do you all think? This company, Biosurplus, is selling a used Sanyo 4912 for $130. Ony thing is, it has a huge "Biohazard" sticker on it. Think it will be OK to convert into a kegerator? EDIT: I think I should have posted this in a general discussion section, I SWEAR I meant this somewhat...

A ghetto gas station in my town surprisingly has tons of imperial stouts and barleywines that have been aging in their fridge, some of them since 2009. I saw Deschutes Mirror Mirror Barleywine 2009 for $13, Deschutes Abyss Imperial Stout 2009 for $13, Goose Island Bourbon County Stout 2009 for...

I'm going to a wedding in Half Moon Bay, CA and then be in San Francisco for one night. We're staying at the Hotel Carlton in Nob Hill in SF. Any brewpubs or pubs that we absolutely can't miss? The bride and groom are good booze people, so they've already pointed us to local breweries and...

Great breweries and the collaboration brew this year is a SMaSH! http://www.klcc.org/News.asp?NewsID=156

I picked up some bottles of Sierra Nevada's Estate Wet Hop and Anniversary ales for a big beer weekend. It wasn't until after popping the cork on the Black Barleywine and set the bottle next to the now-empty Estate Ale that I realized that the bottle for the Estate Ale (which is capped) and the...

How sweet would it be to convert one of these babies into a kegerator? http://www.microfridge.com/catalog/product.cgi/28/14/P1/default/N/0

Interesting article in today's Seattle Times about organic hop farmers lobbying the USDA to no longer classify beer made with non-organic hops. I'd be interested to hear what HBT members think about such a rule change. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2013189572_hops18m.html

Saw this post on craigslist today: http://seattle.craigslist.org/tac/for/1999703054.html "Professional Porcelainized Turkey Fryer - $30 This item is in excellent condition. It has only been used twice. Makes great fried turkeys!! Email for more info." i looked it up and it...

I've got a nice supply of Simcoe, Citra, Columbus, and Centennial hop pellets. I'd like to do a "Single Hop" series of homebrews. I'd like to develop an extract + steeping grain malt bill that would be consistent between each single hop batch and highlight just how different each hop...

Just got back from Costco with a 24 pack of BridgePort's Hop Czar (7.5%, 87 IBUs) for $23 (not including tax). This works out to 90.78 IBUs per $. Or, conversely, 1.1 cents per IBU. (Assuming 12 ounce servings). Then I got to wondering, I like big, hoppy brews, but I am also cheap...

What are some widely available beers with Simcoe hops in them? I've started making some fantastic IPAs and CDAs with this hop and I've enjoyed New Belgium Ranger, Russian River Pliny the Elder, and Port Brewing Wipeout. Are there other commerical beers with Simcoe that I can find in the PNW?

Just got my rhizome shipment from Hopsdirect. I ordered two centennials for me and two centennials for my neighbor. In true Hopsdirect fashion, they send me FIVE rhizomes! :rockin:

Link to Article Not only is beer good for you, but good beer is even better for you. It's sad how the writer of this article knows so little about beer: "However, not all beers are the same, with those containing malted barley and hops having higher silicon content than beers made from...

Just saw this message on the Stone Brewing Facebook feed: "Our antidote to Sunday's Fizzy Yellow Beer Ads: bomber 8-packs have returned to San Diego & Western Washington warehouse stores. Best to start inoculating yourself immediately." Based on the box image, I'm guessing these...