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Just a public service announcement. I am sure this is not a shock to most of you, but my imperial porter is now an imperial brown. I have been disappointed with my local LHBS for some time and the last major buying run took me to a popular LHBS in Mass. I had a long list of...

The seacoast area growers are having another harvest party this year and will be roasting a pig to celebrate. About 150 people showed up last year. It is on October 7th in Dover. I have been asked to let you all know in case there are any homebrewers that want to show up. I brought 25...

One of my favorite bartenders is moving to Tucson. Any locals have some good suggestions for drinking establishments? I think he is just looking for somewhere to get good beer, not necessarily to work there.

I sent out differing amounts of an RIS, porter, German wheat, and a Belgian golden. The RIS and porter are both bottle conditioned with too much residual sugar. Make sure they are well refrigerated before opening and then let them warm up to whatever temp you enjoy. The wheat and golden are...

Any good sites in the league of www.howtobrew.com for winemaking? I've found a handfull, but none that really answer all my questions.

I brewed an extract lager this winter, it's been months since I used extract and my first attempt at a lager. The flavor is perfect, no real off-flavors with a clean malt taste and good hop flavor. But the aroma is just weird, yeasty is the only thing I can compare it to. The recipe was...

I fired up my kegerator just in time for a bachelor party. While I had enough homebrew on hand, my brother (the bachelor) greatly prefers coors light. I picked up a keg of coors light and a keg of Redhook ESB, just because. My kegerator was just finished, three taps, all using the same vinyl...

Anyone use these or know anyone that does? I've never even seen one, but becoming a father and seeing three of my friends lose their licenses has made me think about getting one. However, I don't want to spend ~$100 on a product that doesn't work right.

The first is a RIS that I sent out for christmas presents. The second is a work in progress for a birthday present. https://cdn.homebrewtalk.com/gallery/showimage.php?i=2660&c=1&userid=4138 https://cdn.homebrewtalk.com/gallery/showimage.php?i=2657&c=1&userid=4138

This is a traditional sweet mead that I intend to open when my daughter turns 21. 25 lbs. honey 2 tablespoons yeast nutrient 1 teaspoon acid blend Prepare 2 gallons of starter beforehand, or pitch slurry from a previous batch. Make sure the starter is well oxygenated. Mix the honey...

This recipe is slightly under style guidelines for color and gravity and high for IBU's, but I was just throwing stuff together anyway and am happy that I even came close. 15 lbs. German pilsner 1.6 L 38 p/p/g 10 lbs. German Munich I 8 L 37 p/p/g 1 lbs. German Caramunich III 60 L 33 p/p/g...

The porter is someone else's recipe, but I am proud of the outcome. The APA is my own recipe and it probably shows, any suggestions would be appreciated.

Grains: 16 lbs. American 2-row (37 p/p/g, 1.8 L) 1 lbs. American Crystal 60L (37 p/p/g, 60 L) Hops: 60 mins 2 oz Cascade Whole (6% alpha) 15 mins 2 oz Cascade Whole (6% alpha) 0 mins 2 oz Cascade Whole (6% alpha) Mash at 150 degrees for 60 mins Sparge out 12 gallons

My LHBS was wiped out by the Christmas/New Year's rush. No bags of 2-row of any kind were to be found. This guy has been known to forget to order shipments, I waited a month once for him to get new grain and fermenters. I am generally impatient, so I picked up a bag of Munich instead...

I am getting ready to do my first american lagers and I had some questions about water quality. When brewing, I always use the city water. The quality is good and is neither hard nor soft. However, chlorine is added to the city water and is detectable on occasion, usually following a period...

Just in case somehow any of you end up in SE New Hampshire, I thought I would list some of my favorite pissers. The Portsmouth Brewery Portsmouth, NH There are three sister breweries, Smuttynose is the micro-brewery and The Portsmouth Brewery is one of the sister...

I am starting to get a bit concerned, this is my first cider attempt and there is no fermentation after 4 days. I used dry yeast, rehydrated, the same batch I used on a stout the same day. The stout is bubbling away. The only thing I can think of is the...

Come March I am going to be a new father. I got this crazy idea of doing a batch of beer(or mead) around my kid's birthday every year and saving 2 or so bottles until they are 21. Is this even remotely possible for a homebrewer? Has anyone successfully kept beer or mead this long...

I brewed during the hottest and stickiest day of the year and now my fermentors have mold in them. I am looking for some advice on how to deal with it, and/or if I should chuck the batch. My current plan is to rack to a clean fermentor, leaving as much of the mold behind as possible. But...