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Folks! Been a long time since I've been around... and I'm downsizing. SOMEBODY must be in the market for a nice kegerator - I'm selling mine. Thought I would offer it to the group before posting to Craigslist. It'll hold and serve four ball-lock kegs. I build a shelf so that you have room for...

Thinking about a rye pale ale. Not looking to do an IPA and bury the rye under tons of hops, thinking of a recipe that's dry and crisp and shows off the rye but still has a balance bitterness and some complementary hops on the finish. I've yet to brew with rye; I'm thinking probably 25% - 30%...

I called over to the homebrew shop to see how much a CO2 tank exchange would cost, since I'm going over there this weekend anyway and the local Airgas place is a PITA to get before they close... 10# tank. All in date. Just a swap. FIFTY ****ING DOLLARS! American dollars! Fifty of...

Ok, we're replaced out old oil furnace with a nice, new, efficient natural gas burner and hot water heater. A side benefit of this job is that the natural gas furnace vents directly through the exterior wall, not through the chimney in the middle of the house. So, in a couple of days the...

Long and short of it, a buddy of mine at work is doing a client-appreciation event next month, he's doing a beer tasting and appetizers at a local restaurant for probably twenty of his clients. Without really CONSULTING with me, he committed to doing all Harpoon beers for the tasting. Too late...

Anyone else headed to the Brattleboro Brewers Festival, on May 21st? Just bought tickets for the_Wife and I. Couldn't make it last year, but really looking forward to this. REALLY looking forward to McNeill's "Amarillo Brillo," which has a very strong HBT connection.... Be really cool...

So, I've been wanting to brew a little Berliner Weisse for a while. Small, light, crisp, tart, summer beer. Even bought a lacto culture a couple years back, but never got around to. A little intro into sour beer-making for me. I kind of don't like the idea of the lacto running wild in a...

Planning to do a black-IPA/CDA this weekend, so I'm putting the recipe together. Going to keep the grain bill pretty simple, thinking some base domestic 2-row, a little medium crystal, and some Carafe Special. Question is simple; since my LHBS now :rockin: and offers me all kinds of...

Balls. Balls. Balls. :mad: Oil burner is shot. Knew it didn't have too much longer. Been having issues, we've had so much work done on it over the years, not even sure everything that we've done but it's been a lot. Had the plumber over to take a look, and it's all corroded, all the...

I've got a three-gallon ball-lock keg in very good shape. I love it... but what I'd love more (but don't want to spend $$ on) is a DudaDiesel plate chiller (or something equivalent). I see the kegs going for what, $70 or $80 used - about the same as a 30-plate chiller, new. If anyone might...

On the positive side, Pats beat Cinci pretty handily, and as a result I've got a six pack headed my way. Also on the positive side, having a good run in my fantasy league. On the decidedly LESS good-news front, I've got to jackhammer a big ass hole in my basement tomorrow. We've been having a...

Our TV's dying. Something's messed up, and I don't want to put money into a huge, old beast. Good TV for us for a while (32" flat-screen Sony, but an eight-hundred pound CRT beast). We got our $200 out of it. So, given that I know lots and lots and lots of you folks have already done this...

I've got cases and cases of clean, empty bottles that I'll never use again. Some I bought at the HBS, some are cleaned-out commercials. I ain't shipping them, but if you're local, I'd like to have them out of my house but want them to go to someone who can use them. Figuring that I'm not...

Just got a new all-time worst name for an athlete; college volleyball/high-jump star Destinee Hooker. Way to aim high, mom and dad! Narrowly beats out the previous champion...

Meet Quentin James. 3:55 this afternoon. Eight pounds, one-half ounce. Monster noggin. Covered in cheese. Woot! Err... is that pic going to work or not? Here's the attachment...

About to bite the bullet and finally get a March pump. Quick question, though. Notice that on the pump from Brewmaster's Warehouse, the inlet is located perpendicular to the pump head and the outlet. Notice on the one from Northern Brewer, the inlet is parallel to the outlet. Does...

PROBLEM 1: Kitchen sucked. Like, sucked balls. Anyone who's been to my house can attest to this fact. PROBLEM 2: I'm cheap. SOLUTION: Five months of backbreaking labor! And, violation of child-labor laws! The best I have of a "before" picture. Helper... Helping... Helpers...

the_Wife informed me yesterday that she wants me to buy a motorcycle. I'm pretty sure she's just looking to cash in on the life insurance policy, but I might go with it. Anyway, a good friend of hers destroyed her ankle, so she's selling one of her two bikes. That's what's triggering this...

Was re-reading the "Smoked Beers" book that Ray Daniels and Geoff Larson wrote, and they mentioned that one wood that used to be used occassionally in smoking malt was oak. As it happens, I've got a chunk of oak left over from a project that's not really big enough to use on any NEW projects...

Quick question for the peanut gallery. the_Bean wants a ceiling fan in her room. We've got a window AC, but she doesn't like her room THAT cool in the summer, she just wants a fan (the_Wife also wants to steal her AC for OUR room, and I don't want to buy a second unit...) So, we picked one...