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Interesting "development" maybe someone here can identify. I moved my carboy from the closet to the counter with the intent of letting it sit for a few hours to settle down again before I kegged the brew, and this happened almost immediately: *** by Anthony J. Martinez, on Flickr The...

I've been absent from HBT for a while, engineering school keeps me busy. My interest (or obsession) with photography does too (I recently finished building a darkroom because I shoot film more than digital lately). Anyway, I made a MLT with a stainless false bottom a few weeks ago and tried...

A while back, I finished my keezer build and kegged my first beer. Carbonating that beer seems to be causing me more problems than it should. For now, I am going to blame my lack of patience. There is some carbonation, but not as much as I think there should be. Then again, there is a persistant...

It's been a while since my last brewday, and my good friend Joesph came to town for a few days, so I decided to fix that little problem. A few weeks ago, I decided an IPA would be my next style. Today's brew, however, is more an Adventure Ale. Why is it an Adventure? I have no idea what is even...

Cross post from my blog. This whole brewing thing is way fun. Building a fermentation locker next week, I hope. :mug: Monday proved an excellent day for my second 5 gallon brewday. On deck was a German Kölsch from Austin Homebrew Supply. This was from their Haitian Restoration Recipe kit...

or suffering through engineering school, playing guitar, riding my motorcycle, or teaching people how to put bullets in the right spot the first time... I do this.

Crosspost from my blog. Any thoughts on things you'd have done differently are quite welcome. Right now my closet smells all kinds of awesome, so I'm hopeful that this turns out well. -------------------------- Now that I have all of the supplies required to brew 5 gallon batches of beer, and...

Copy/pasted from my blog. Twelve days ago, I started brewing my own beer. Today, I made a stop at DeFalco's Home Wine & Beer Supplies to pick up a few things I needed to finalize this brewing project. Lacking a hydrometer was making it pretty impossible to know if fermentation had halted or...

14 years ago, I found a litter of puppies in a trash pile on the other side of the planet in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. I kept one as my dog, and named him Midnight (the others also got good homes). Last night, we had to put him down. Luckily, all of his people were here to say goodbye. My...

This is getting way ahead of myself, since my first brew is only 46hrs into primary fermentation, but that has never stopped me before. Anyhow, I ultimately want to be able to do all-grain brews. There's nothing that would keep me from doing extract brews in an all-grain setup, I'd just use less...

Drinking good beer became a "passion" of mine while I was in the 3rd Brigade 3rd Infantry Division, because it was the only way to keep my soldiers from drinking my beer (smokin' them didn't work, they'd still drink it and I had to waste valuable beer-drinking time making them do pushups, etc)...