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make sure to have some beer on-hand for the brew day. It won't help prevent screw-ups, but you won't remember/care.

Speakin of ice cold beer, I just stuck two plastic jugs of homebrew out on the back porch to take advantage of the sub-freezing temps of our first blizzard of the season. If I can't make it out the driveway tomorrow I won't mind so much.

Bottling an oatmeal stout tonight, tomorrow I'm going to brew a 1-gallon batch of ESB.

Is there supposed to be a ton of diacetyl in their holiday porter? This is the first year I've tried it, and I'm not sure I will again.

I grab a six-pack of Great Lakes' Christmas Ale every year when it comes out.

Pretty cool!

This reminds me I used to love those pre-mixed rum & cokes Captain Morgan sold for a short time bottled in six-packs. Still can't figure out why they stopped. Maybe they were deadly...

This! If I grab something new and find screw off caps it feels like such a waste...

Coriander will give you kind of a lemony aroma, too.

Not sure why, but the idea of brewing my own beer, making my own bread, cheese, etc... just really feels satisfying to me. And it's more wholesome than pouring salt on slugs anyway.

I'm doing all-grain and I wish I had 2 pots that big! One 5-gallon and one 3-gallon are all I have. I just do partial boils. Try stuff out, you'll come up with a process that works for you.

The closest I know of are more than an hour away. Not happening.

She was on 11/30 and 12/7/06. Not having read the book yet I found her really interesting.

I drink ales because I like them. The fact they're quicker to brew is just lucky, I guess. :mug: