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Just got my 2 glasses in the mail today. I sent away the virtual caps one with my name and one with the wifes name and they sent both glasses to the same address. They have etched stars at the bottom of the glass to release the CO2. Not bad for free.

There are a lot of hop varieties I can't find in whole hop form. At my LHBS they only carry both whole and pellet hops in the most common varieties (ie cascade). Even shopping online your choices are limited if you will only use whole hops.

“Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.” ~Ben Franklin~

Fact: Heaven is a perfect place God has prepared for those who believe in Him. Question: Would any place be perfect without beer? Conclusion: Heaven must have beer!

Elevator in Columbus has some decent stuff. Their APA and IPA are pretty good IMO.

Anyone who offered the "cut out beer" option should have their forum membership revoked! This is a home brew forum people, lets keep it realistic! Joining the "Hezbollah like" ranks of the vegans is almost as bad as cutting out beer but I will let it slide this time. Count calories...

I had to put off pitching yeast untill the following morning on the last beer I made... it turned out fine (after a 12 hour wait). Seal it up in something clean and wait to get the correct yeast.

I had a few bottles in a 12 pack box blow after 5 months. I found glass up to 12 feet away that had shot through the cardboard box.

wow. That label is really disturbing. How was the beer?

There was a little foam at the top of the collection tube so i just left the hydrometer in untill the foam went away. I just rechecked it (same sample) and it was below 1.000 in the .994 range. So I pulled the hydromter out and it had about 1 cm of beer inside of it. There was a small crack in...

So I just did a simple IPA recipe with only 11lbs of brit 2 row. My OG was 1.054 (because my efficiency isn't that great yet). I'm using a dry notty yeast. I started it about 4 days ago and just checked the gravity today for the first time. It should have stopped around 1.012-1.016 but it is...

Looks like healthy yummy krausen to me.

I scrubbed off the labels on a great lakes six pack a few months ago. It was a lot of work. I got a 12 pack of the same stuff and even after soaking for 3 days those labels wouldn't budge. Those bottles went into the trash. No bottle is worth that amount of time. Red stripe are the only other...

Drink it of course, but honestly how much can one person drink? I know that many of you are brewing almost every weekend. What do you do with your beer? I've made only a few batches and have an unholy supply at this point. I would say I have close to 150 bottles and another 8 gallons ready to...

That sucks. On the bright side, at least your weren't brewing in your kitchen. My wife dumped a 2 gallon fish tank on the floor and it covered the better part of a 10x12 foot room. A 5 gallon carboy inside would have been a disaster. I brew in my kitchen and ferment in the basement...

The extra head space is more desired during primary fermentation. The yeast is active enough to push the oxygen out of the container quickly. The extra head space is not wanted during secondary because there is more chance of the O2 affecting the beer. I use a 5 gallon glass carboy for secondary...

The last IPA i brewed I called IHop IPA. I used maple syrup in in which probably won't lend much taste but it did boost the ABV and helped the name make more sense.

+5 IPA +3 Hard Cider 1953

Secondary fermentation isn't needed at all. 2 weeks in primary seems a little short, I would leave it in there for at least another week. Have your hydrometer readings been stable for 3 days? If you don't have a hydrometer, I would wait at least 3 weeks(probably 4) total, depending on your...

If you used bleach you need to rinse the bottles very well before using them. A very small amount of bleach can go a long way. The dishwasher gets hot enough to kill most all of the harmful bacteria but it won't rinse the insides of the bottles very well if you still have a bleach residue. As...