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I just finished a mix-n-match of these two recipes! The color looks good, the taste is awesome. Waiting for fermentation now... I'll probably wait to post everything until I know it's drinkable (*wink*), but so far the wort tastes awesome and the color is definitely white. Hooray! (I have...

My chances of ever growing a beard are slim. Should I draw on a moustache instead?

I have lost weight since I started brewing! I've also been counting calories and exercising.

I have an amber with very strong olive flavors... after chatting with the 'experts' at the home brew store, and doing a little internet reading, we're thinking the chlorine in our water is what caused it. Our local municipality uses higher chlorine in the winter months, and I do not (never...

Thanks for the help!! I think I will goof around with the capper (mine is that generic red one too) and see if it was user error before I make my next batch.

I am curious about this whole thing as well... to piggyback on your original question, I'm also wondering what I may have done wrong in my bottling. I used Sam Adams (and other almost identical bottles) and a lever-style table top capper. When I bottled it felt like the caps were on tight, but...

Okay, I've got my beer kit and all of my winemaking stuff too... I'm about to get started! I have a couple questions: A couple recipes I've read say I have to ferment the wine about 10 days, then rack, wait a week, rack again... Is this necessary? How many times should I be moving the wine...

I should have done more research on everything that was involved when I first got the urge to give it a try... although I wouldn't have tried it in the 350sqft studio I was in, I probably would have went for it in my 600sqft 1/1. Instead I waited until I moved into a 1,000sqft house with a...

I think it was all of the scientific-sounding discussions that put me in a panic. Now that I've started to understand the terminology better and I've looked at a lot of step-by-step photos, it does just look like cooking. So, random question: Where and how does everyone keep their...

I don't know that my boyfriend would like that very much... ;) ... but I'll gladly hang around here and talk dude stuff with you guys as long as you continue to help me with my beer!

You guys have made me feel better already! The howtobrew site is freaking amazing and exactly what I needed. I thought I would spend my Friday night playing some PS3, but I've been so wrapped up JUST READING about brewing that I haven't thought to do anything else. UPDATE: I am ready. And...

Well, I'm a fantastic cook... This should be cake! :) Thank you all so much! I will certainly be back over the weekend to get more information.. I'll read the links and see what my home brew store has to say, and of course, I'll have to have a beer.

I've wanted to brew my own beer for years now, and I'm finally at a time and place where it is feasible. I am buying a kit this weekend and diving head-first. I understand the basic principles of brewing, I've read quite a bit here, and I want to get started... but I'm still at a bit of a loss...

Hello there! How incredibly fun to work at the brewery... I'm very new here too, and I'm even newer to brewing. I haven't even started yet! This has already proven to be an amazing stop for information and tips. I love HBT!

I love beer. I had always said I wanted to brew my own, but it wasn't until I moved into a house with a huge grape vine that I decided to set off on this adventure. I'll be making a batch of wine this weekend, and then using all of my cool new tools to start brewing! I have noticed a few...

I have a 5gal bucket of grapes waiting for me right now: I moved in to a home with a large mature vine/vines. I'm a beer drinker and plan to start brewing as soon as I've given this winemaking business a try. Jack Keller does seem to have a lot of information, but he's also long-winded. I...

They're seeded Concord. VERY sweet and delicious!

I'm here to read, read, ask questions and read some more. I am a beer lover at heart, but the grape vines in my yard just couldn't be ignored. I had said I would start beermaking this fall, but I'll be trying my hand at wine first. This looks like a fantastic forum and I can't wait to...

I googled "home brew forum"... I am so excited!