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I've finally had enough of my three vessel all-electric HERMS, suitable for 11 gallon batches. I'm old, tired, lazy, and drinking less. All of you have all sorts of great ideas and set ups, but I can't sort through all of them and ask the kind of questions I want to. I saw the Grainfather...

I’m going on a trip, and will be in Maui (Lahaina area mostly) for a few days, and Honolulu for two days before moving on. Any cool places I should try? My son says I have to go to “Cheeseburger in Paradise” with him as he remembers loving it, and it’s walking distance to my hotel so I’ll be...

Last August, I was off the grid in Alaska but was able to bring some beer and wine with me since we weren't limited by size/weight to get to the island (it was via a friend's boat). This year, we'll be off grid on a different island, and getting there via float plane with a weight limit. I...

I got the chance to be a technical editor on a book about my favorite subject- fermentation! Initially, about 5 or 6 years ago, I was approached to write a book like this. I was excited, and even did an outline. Then I realized that I really don't want to write a book. Early this year, the...

I’ve spent the last 8 days off-the-grid in a remote boat-access only cabin among the fjords in SE Alaska. Caught LOTS of salmon, some yellow eye rockfish, and Bob hooked a HUGE 150# plus halibut that Bob lost at the boat. It was a once-in-a-lifetime experience for us, and we will never...

Fight me. :) I don’t know when it happened exactly, but with the explosion in homebrewing and mead making (and wine and cider too of course), I get so many messages here and on another forum that people start with “Brewing mead tomorrow!”. I guess we’re using “homebrewing” as a catch all...

I just got a new batch of kimchi started, finding napa cabbage on sale! It’s warm in my house right now, and it’s fermenting beautifully. The carrots are slower (ginger, garlic, carrots, brine) but going well. I added a lot of garlic and ginger to this kimchi, and went spicier than usual...

So far this week we picked blackberries, crabapples, black currants, and choke cherries. This is definitely a very busy time of year for us, but the wine is so worth it!

I'm not really afraid of many things at all, not alligators or bears, not sharks, not weird food. But I am afraid of clowns. I'm on the local rummage sale website, and I see something even more terrifying than the worst clown ever. OMG, those ceramic "Raggedy" fake dolls should be...

I have several friends who got me into fermenting hot peppers and creating various hot sauces. @Braufessor is mostly responsible, but so are @lschiavo and @toast26. Hot peppers are hard to come by here in the UP, as we don't have much of a growing season for it, but my son-in-law gave me...

We are having Christmas at our place in about a month. Since we go away in the winter, but are leaving by November 1, we decided to have our holidays all at once. So we are celebrating HalloThanksMas on October 12th. We'll trick or treat around the house, have Thanksgiving dinner, and open...

Just started a new batch of fermented jalapeno slices: I used a 2% brine. The lid is a cool new thing I recently got- a dry airlock. The fancy weight is a sanitized rock- so I'll still plenty ghetto! I put in a few onion slices, but nothing else. It's already turned cloudy and bubbly...

I'm finishing up my powerpoint for HomebrewCon 2019. My topic is alternative fermentations (not beer) but I need one more photo. I want to show a gnarly contaminated beer. The idea is "Spoiled vs Fermented", and I want to show what a non-desired group of microbes can do to a beer (or...

I haven’t been around lately- but I had time this morning to check in with HBT and wanted to see if you could figure out where I am based on a picture or two from yesterday. Winner gets a “thumbs up” from me, and a virtual beer. No fair if you’re one of my Facebook buddies and I already...

I'm really going to be into red wine for the next three weeks, I know, but to change it up a bit is there anything new going on in the craft beer scene in Tuscany? I'd like to stop at some new places if there are any! Thanks for any information.

I'm an avid forager/hunter/gatherer and today was the opening day of bow season in Michigan. I got up early, and wasn't very optimistic for a morning hunt but it's supposed to rain and be windy this afternoon/evening and for the next few days. So I went out before dawn to set up. I've seen...

I did an interview for Homebrew Happy Hour, and had so much fun doing it. Of course I talked about homebrewtalk, my first (brewing) love. :) http://www.homebrewhappyhour.com/2018/08/30/an-interview-with-lorena-evans-from-brewersfriend-com-hhh-ep-098/ It was fun!

We'll be in the Wrigley Field area for a weekend in about a month. Is there any place near Wrigley to get some decent bar food and a few good beers? I'm not familiar at all with the area, and I'd love some pointers!

My son finished boot camp today, and I will see his graduation ceremony on Friday at Great Lakes. His father and I are both Army veterans, so it's weird having a son in the Navy! He's hoping to get to go to Japan after A school, but I know wherever he goes will be wonderful for him. I...

I'll be at Great Lakes for two nights, and wondered where to grab a beer in the area. At this point, I'm staying at the Navy Lodge, but we may move to a more family friendly place for the second night if my daughter and grandkids stay both nights. They are young, and a place with a pool and...