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I won a 5 gallon Balcones barrel in a competition. The barrel was bone dry. I have since filled it with water to seal it back up, not a fun task. I'm really digging the idea of aging an English barleywine in it after soaking it in Crown Royal Maple. 1. Is it okay to soak the barrel in...

I have the 14 gallon pot from NorCal (same as MoreBeer). Other than trimming .5" off of the short side of the tube, this is what I've got. I would like to minimize my dead space. Points: 1. I currently leave behind 4 cups (32oz) with this setup 2. I have a bazooka tube on the way...

I recently tasked SWMBO with ordering a pound of organic cacao for a stout I was planning. She was already placing an order with this specific store. I received my cacao today and, UH OH, it is roasted. I didn't even think to specify it with her. I tasted some and it is pretty dang...

Quite a few years ago I "won" a corny in my club's raffle. The problem is that the keg is missing the pinlock fittings, gas/liquid tubes, and pressure relief valve. Basically, all it has is the lid (with hole for relief) and the keg. Buying those parts will seemingly run higher than the...

It has been far too long since I've brewed so I decided today to whip something up with what's on hand while keeping it simple. Seem solid enough? 3.3lbs CBW Rye LME 4.5lbs Pale Malt - two row .5lb Crystal 40 1.25oz Palisade 8% @ 60 .25 Citra 13.8 @ 60 .5 Citra 13.8 @ 0 Danstar...

Finding Utopias in central Florida is a crap shoot and when you are lucky enough to find one, the price reflects how few there have been. Someone in Providence has gathered 8 bottles/boxes of Utopias for several of my friends and I. Short of driving, are there any other options? I know UPS is...

I say recipe check but just got done milling my grains and they are mixed for the morning so there isn't much tweaking to that. I think the recipe seems solid enough, as did the local brew store I showed it to. Questions below the recipe: 15lb two row 1 lb crystal 60 8 oz chocolate malt...

http://www.thrillist.com/links/192558 It just doesn't state if the probe can be submerged otherwise it would be a fun gadget for mashing. It is a Bluetooth enabled thermometer for your iPhone that also has a timer. Something like this would be great for a running a smoker. That way...

Last Sunday I brewed a Founders Breakfast Stout clone. Problem #1 is that my efficiency was off. OG was supposed to be 1.078 but I wound up with 1.060. Wasn't so worried...it'll still drink. Right? :D Just now I was taking a shower and doing a mental inventory of the hops I have on hand...

Every year I camp with a group of buddies during the week after Christmas. I always have various homebrews stocked up for drinking during that week. This year I'm thinking about brewing an AG batch over the campfire. I figure I can use the picnic table for a brew stand (HLT on top, MLT on...

Will this work okay for grinding my grains? I was looking for something close in price to a Corona but that may need less tinkering to prevent shooting grains. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000PCDTNI/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20 That one is out of stock but looks to be the same as this...

http://www.containerandpackaging.com/item.asp?item=G012 These are the same bottles that Cigar City Brewing use as their smaller growlers. The last time I was there and had a bottle filled, I obtained an empty box so I could look it up. I've seen the black plastic and white metal caps used...

Last week I did the brewery tour with a friend. During the tour we were told two things that we found interesting... 1. Light is bad for beer and green bottles are bad (duh). They admit this but say that the marketing department wants green. 2. Bottles and cans are pasteurized but kegs...

Yesterday I brewed my first batch of Ed Wort's Haus Pale Ale, following the AG recipe. Later that night I brewed a second batch with the same grain bill but substituted Goldings 5% for each addition. I plan to have each on tap side by side for funz. :p Using my leftover grains, I came up...

We have been fostering Daisy since June 1st from the county shelter. Due to crowding she was scheduled to be euthanized. The shelter manager confided that she believed Daisy was a good, adoptable dog so we pulled her to save her. The manager was absoultely correct that Daisy is a good girl...

My wife and I have two dogs of our own (white boxer/pointer and a black boxer/lab). I was never a 'dog person' until these two came into our lives. Now I guess you could say that helping dogs has become our calling. The county shelter is around the corner from our house. It is a high kill...

1. I apologize if this is posted in the wrong forum. 2. I batch sparge so perhaps this exact method has already been done. This is basically a sparge type arm that was created for cooling a swimming pool. I found it interesting how he drilled through the center of the "+" to feed the...

A tree in my front yard grew into my main water line. I had a company come out and install a new line. When they dug up the ground they found an intact Sun Crest soda bottle. The paint has long since worn off but the wording is still visible in the right light. My house was built in 1965...

http://bottomsupbeer.com/ My dad brought one of these cups home from a baseball game for me to check out. It is basically a plastic cup with a hole in the bottom. Around that hole, on the inside is a circular magnet. Then a magnetic disc covers the hole from the inside to keep the beer...

http://beernews.org/2010/05/sierra-nevada-tumbler-to-replace-anniversary-ale-this-year/ There's more at the link posted above. Methinks I'll be picking up a bit o' this in the fall. :mug: