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I use Arm & Hammer deodorant because it doesn't have aluminum. I don't like how aluminum deodorants stain the armpits of my undershirts and I'm not sure I like the idea of absorbing all that aluminum. The grocery store stopped carrying Arm & Hammer so I was looking another deodorant without...

Yeast are tiny little creatures, but they create quite a commotion while they're fermenting. I searched, but I couldn't find any information on the physics explaining how these tiny yeast cells move the wort as if it is boiling. My buddy said it's probably the amount of CO2 being released...

I brewed the Northern Brewer Black IPA a few weeks ago. It fermented from 1.078 to 1.012 and the sample tasted amazing! :drunk: The flavor profile will hold up really well to some oak so on Saturday I transferred to secondary and added my dry hops and 1oz of American Oak cubes. I steamed them...

I'm watching Top Gear and tossing a few batches that just never matured. A coffee porter, graff, and Newcastle clone. While some people have the "drinkable" threshold I have higher standards. BMC is drinkable, but I wouldn't waste my time drinking it so why would I hold my homebrew to...

It's too bad, even though the show had some minor faults it was still a good thing for craft beer.

My mind was blown this morning when I learned there are a large number of families that put presents from Santa under the tree unwrapped! My family always had presents wrapped in special Santa paper so we knew they were from Mr. Claus. I don't understand how you keep the lingering excitement...

My buddy and I did our first all grain batch together yesterday. Everything went well up to the end. We did sparge a bit too much water, which brought our OG down a bit. That was due to my buddy not measuring the water level in his kettle and having clear markings on his spoon... lesson...

I'm traveling out to Des Moines tomorrow on business for a couple days and will be stuck to downtown without a car. Which brews should I look out for while I'm there? I've already decided I'm tracking down some Bell's Two Hearted since we don't get it in California. What else should I take...

Title says it all. Do they give it to employees? Dump it? Keg it for special release in the brewpub? All the above? I was just reading about the SN Abbey series coming out next year and I was wondering how many batches a brewery must go through before they find a recipe they like.

I have twelve extract/partial mash batches under my belt and I'm trying to plan the next steps to eventually go all grain. I have the following: 5 gallon kettle 25ft copper wort chiller 2x 6.5 gallon primary buckets 1x 5 gallon better bottle secondary 1x bottling bucket I currently do...

I entered a Saison in a local homebrew competition. It was a Strong Saison with a total ABV of 8%. The alcohol is well hidden behind the yeast and slight orange peel/grains of paradise flavors. The recipe is a Frankenstein of various recipes I picked up here. I was pretty proud of the result...

I love video games and brewing and I like the play on the word 'masher' so I came up with my little hobby brewery "Button Masher Brewery" Here is the logo I'm working on. I updated the logo and I think I'm pretty close to final. Obviously the brews will be video game themed.

I was reading this article (which is a great article if you have a few minutes) and this quote stood out to me: "It used to be that you'd go to a really nice restaurant and the wine selection is amazing, cocktails are fantastic, and then you've got two crappy beers to choose from." While he...

I planned on bottling my Caribou Slobber and then brewing up some Nukey Brown and pitching some slurry from the Wyeast Northwest Ale cake. Life got in the way and I was able to bottle, but did not have time to brew. I wasn't prepared to save slurry for a later time so I didn't have any...

I plan on using yeast from my slurry after I bottle tonight for a brew a couple hours later. I ran the numbers through mrmalty.com 1.052 SG, 5.25 gallon volume and it recommended capturing 93ml of slurry. This seems like a small volume of yeast, is that right? I hear about huge starters like...

http://blogs.westword.com/cafesociety/2010/09/overrated_breweries_a_six-pack.php I just read this post this morning and I agree with almost every beer on his list. The exception for me is Pliny. It set the mark and remains one of the best double IPAs out there even with all the hype.

I had a great time out at the brewers festival today. I tried to only taste beer that I don't normally try or I can't get in store. That being said, there were far too many standard offerings at the brewers festival. I feel like most of the breweries failed to offer up their best or most...

I have a little dilemna. I have Northern Brewer Caribou Slobber in primary right now. I used Wyeast Northwest Ale 1332, which hit the top level of approximate attenuation at 71% like a champion. I was planning on pitching a celebration ale on top of it. However, with only 71% attenuation I'm...

This is my first time going. Now that I'm into homebrewing and really appreciate fine craft brew I wouldn't miss it. The list of brewers is incredible. http://calbrewfest.com/ When: September 11, 2010 Where: Discovery Park, Sacramento