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Brewers and Brewerettes... <Rant On> Last week Thursday, 14 November, I ordered a wreath from Balsam Hill. Two years ago, I ordered a new artificial Christmas tree from them, and had it the NEXT day. Welp, my tale of woe began on Friday, 15 November, when I received a message from Balsam Hill...

This past Tuesday, I brewed up a batch of "Brickwarmer Holiday Red." When bubbles started in the blow-off water...after less than two hours after pitching the yeast...I recalled all the posts on HBT of brewers and brewerettes bemoaning the lack of fermentation, or the process stopping for some...

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Brewers and Brewerettes... I don't know what happened to my post to my own thread earlier today, but it is not showing up, so I'll start another thread. I was doing quite well this morning, until I decided to hang Christmas stockings. Today is the second anniversary of my dear wife, Marie's...

Brewers and Brewerettes... Over the course of my brewing history, I have found it impossible to throw out or recycle perfectly good pop-top beer bottles. From time to time, I will buy some Boston Brewing concoction, or one of the New Glarus Brewing beers. and I just cannot part with those...

Homebrewers... Do any of you out there know the woman in this photo? glenn514:mug:

Brother and Sister Brewers... A week ago Friday, my dearly beloved wife of almost 46 years suffered a massive ischemic stroke in her right cerebral hemisphere. She has been hospitalized since then. This past Monday, she had another hemorrhagic stroke in her left hemisphere. Those two...

Brother and Sister Brewers... About 1.5 years ago, I brewed up a batch of Northern Brewer's Bourbon Barrel Porter. This was my second time making this. After mixing the 5 ounces of corn sugar with the fermented beer, I soon had the batch bottled. And I soon started having bottle bombs...

I've been looking at the forum and wiki for quite some time, and I can't find any information on the ratio of the amount of crushed grain needed to get one pound of DME and LME. Basically, I'd like to know how much crushed grain has been mashed to get 3 pounds of LME. Anyone have an answer...

Brewers and Brewerettes... Yesterday was an important day in my family for two reason. First, my dear wife and I celebrated our 45th wedding anniversary yesterday. On 9 August 1969, we were married at Capitol Drive Lutheran Church, Milwaukee, WI. Certainly a reason for celebration...

Brewers and Brewerettes: If any of you are near New Orleans, there's a big party going on, and you probably can find it because of the noise it will generate. My youngest daughter, Amanda, successfully defended her doctoral thesis and has officially completed all the requirements for her...

In September 2013, I brewed a batch of Bourbon Barrel Porter. Recently, I attempted to drink one, and found it to be a "gusher." Tried two more, and got the same thing. Apparently, it wasn't finished fermenting when I bottled it, and that's the reason for the "gushers." Yesterday morning...

All-wise fellow brewers... On 13 September 2013, I brewed up a five-gallon batch of all-grain "Bourbon Barrel Porter" from Northern Brewer. My beginning s.g. was 1.060, and it finished off at 1.020. I have attempted to open three bottles...and all three were tremendous "gushers." It would...

Friendly Brewers... Got a couple of questions on dry hopping, since I've never done it before. I brewed up a batch of "Tongue Splitter" from Northern Brewer, and The recipe tells me to "dry hop." Here are my questions... 1. I plan to use a muslin bag to hold the hops. I will sanitize...

Brewing friends...last night I sat down at the dinner table, ready to eat some delicious homemade pizza and enjoy a bottle of my Midnight Beatdown Wheaten Porter. I popped the bottle cap...and INSTANT GUSHER! I managed to pour well over half the beer into my glass, but the rest ended up on the...

Brewer Friends... Since the members of this board become kind of a second family, I want to share an important celebration today, 9 August. On this very day, in 1969, at Capitol Drive Lutheran Church in Milwaukee, WI, my very best friend became my wife! On that day, I did awaken with...

My brewing friends... You have probably been getting them, too...the calls that begin, "Hello, this is Rachel [Anne/Victoria/etc.] from Card Services. There is no problem with your credit card account..." When we first started getting the calls about two years ago, we'd just hang up. Then...

Brewers and Smokers... Currently, little Brinkman smoker is going full-bore, smoking an 8.5 pound turkey breast for dinner tonight. I put it in a simple brine late yesterday afternoon [water, salt, brown sugar, soy sauce and a bit of cayenne pepper]. Today, it went on the smoker about...

Brewers of all shapes and sizes... Yesterday, I had the time of my life! My wife and four daughters gave me a NASCAR Racing Experience! My wife and I drove down to Joliet, Illinois where Chicagoland Motor Speedway is located. After watching a video and having additional instruction, I got to...

My fellow brewers... Some time ago, I made a batch called "Deception Cream Stout." Recently, I made a batch of "Oatmeal Stout." Neither beer forms a "head" when poured. There IS carbonation in the beer, but no head. In both cases, I used the customary 5 ounces...by weight...of sugar to...