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A buddy of mine is interested in making some wooden barrels for his home and asked if I wanted him to try and make one for fermentation. What woods would be interesting? I was thinking spruce or maple. We don't have a lot of hardwood trees in our area so those are a little more expensive...

I've been brewing for about three years, made some good beer, and a couple great beers and one really crappy beer that I can't drink and I can't seem to bring myself to pour out. Anyway, I made a beer, Huckleberry Kolsh that I feel turned out this time. This is my second try with...

I'm thinking about making some wine this summer. Can I bottle wine in 22oz beer bottles? Or do they need to be corked bottles? I have a place to store them in the basement on their sides.

I went to a Barley Wine (commercially available stuff) tasting last Tuesday and had a very good time. The host had a keg of his stout also out. I liked the setup! Now I'm thinking about kegging my homebrew. One keg looks easy to set up. Multiple kegs looks more difficult. Is there a...

I've searched but haven't found anything similar to what I'm looking for yet. I have a beautiful almond colored range in my basement. It is all mine:rockin:, oven is storage and the top burners work great. The large element is 2600w and boils wort in a fast enough fashion during the winter...

How high is your trellis? EDIT: Better?

I don't know that I have found a great answer yet. Is there a difference in quality between the two? I did find that for 1# DME I could sub in 1.2# LME. Is it that straight forward of a conversion? Thoughts or point me to the thread that explains it? I haven't found it yet. There it is...

I stumbled upon this site: http://www.foodsubs.com/Flowers.html and of course started to wonder which ones would help in flavor. I'm just sharing/thinking. You know how it is. :D

I've reserved some rhizomes to start this year, 2 Cascade, 2 Willamette, 2 Centennial. If I build a pergola will they grow over it to provide me with shade in my yard? I've been wanting to build a pergola for some time now and if they will grow on that it would be sweet.

Anyone use a non-contact thermometer to watch the temp of the wort? I'm going to try it out, just to see how I like it. I don't have a thermometer mounted in my pot so this is why I'm thinking about it.

I've been brewing with a Mr. Beer for a couple years now but it always felt like I never had enough beer. I have upgraded to a 5 gallon setup for now and am still using extract recipes. Saturday I made a batch of wheat beer. http://www.steelnthings.com/beer/P1011237.JPG...

Are there codes on glass bottles that sort of explain how much pressure they are rated for? I have some small Sanpellegrino bottles that are pretty small and look fun to use/give away. I dunno why, I can't explain it. Anyway, is there a Da Vinci code for glass bottles?

I have not been able to bring myself to buy empty beer bottles at the LBS. So slowly I have been collecting bottles from Deschutes and Widmer and the like. Recently I was given about 3 cases that a buddy had saved up for me. My first attempt at removing the labels was soaking the bottles...

What air locks are you guys having success with? What do you use for the fluid? I've read that water is fine, but a lot of folks I know use vodka also. I'd rather not use vodka because of the smell (you guessed it, I had a bad experience with it once). Is water ok to use?

Has anyone developed a beer just for BBQ sauce and cooking? I've tried to make a few sauces with my beer that I like and none of them have turned out.

We were having one of those deep office conversations and some how we got to talking about fermentation and how yeast eats sugar to make alcohol.....blah blah blah, fun stuff right? :rockin: But then someone asked if anyone had made beer (loosely termed) from pepsi (or coke or Royal Crown...

What are the pros / cons of different shaped cooler mash tuns? To me, it would be whatever your budget / space allow. I don't know, I don't even have a mash tun....:rolleyes: Is this going to be one of those round head lights vs square head lights?

What should I make with it? It came with a brewing setup I bought on craigslist. The rest of the ingredients I wouldn't trust, but this is a can of John Bull Light.

I've been brewing for about 2 years now and have bottled all of my brew to share with family around holidays. Recently I saw a Party Pig at the LHBS and thought that would be the shizzle, but for $40 I should wait (I brew on a budget). Searching for beer on craigslist netted me a pig for $5...

I have a deep sink in my basement that I want to setup for cleaning my beer stuff like bottles and carboys and pots etc. What have you guys built for cleaning beer equipment? Special faucet? Dedicated bottle washer? Pics please.