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This doesn't really belong in the DIY section since I don't consider it very elegant, but... I was sitting at my local watering hole on one of the rare occasions that I can go out lately and I was watching the bartender wash the glasses on those cool glassware washing things with the brush...

I have a chocolate stout recipe that I want to brew this week. It calls for Hallertauer hops. Don't have any and LHBS is also out. I do have Saaz, Cascade, Perle & Sorachi. I've not brewed this type of recipe before so not sure what to expect in a substitute. I'm assuming that Sorachi is...

I decided to make time to brew today and did an AG version of Cheesefood's Caramel Cream Ale. Everything was going so smoothly, I even commented to SWMBO that this was the smoothest brew session I ever had. So having said that, Murphy decided to screw with me a bit. During the sparge, I see...

A friend gave me about 70 feet of 1/4 copper tubing. It's been sitting around staring at me, and now that I have a wee bit of time, I feel the need to make it into something other than a dust collector. I was thinking of using it to either circulate hot water in my mash to maintain/adjust temp...

I didn't see a post to review your beers and I really wanted to post some input. Please post the recipes (or tell me where they are if I'm being a dunce) The Hefe: Pronounced pffft when opening and served up with a nice 1/2" head. The head dissipated fairly quickly. This one was...

Back from Myrtle Beach and hoping to get paid in a month or so. Sooooo, my beers are on the way out tomorrow. I've included my Redhead Ale which is an irish red inspired by my cousin in Kilkenny. I was trying for a mild red which was on the low end of hopping for this style and the recipe is...

This is a good one. http://www.buzzhumor.com/videos/8369/Ninjas_Do_Not_Joke_Around

This is a pic of the Belgian I brewed up 2 weeks ago. I got great activity after 12 hours and this pic is at 10 days. This tasted awesome both pre & post boil and I cannot wait to sample it when I rack. This is my first attempt at this style of beer and I can't wait for the final product...

for those of you with kids, what's the one food you just have to sit down and enjoy with them. I was heart broken when my first son didn't like peanut butter & jelly sandwiches, but the 2nd little guy loves them. Whenever he wants one, I make one for myself too. And Peanut butter & Fluff...Oh...

So, with the widecast net of brewers we have here, there's got to be some strange ones out there (i.e. the old Texas law about being able to drive with an open bottle(since repealed, no?)) One bizarre law I encountered was back in 85, in NH, up at Lake Winnepesauke (sp). I held a meeting...

I decided to brew up a Belgian White clone yesterday. The only good thing about it was that I finished in time to watch the games. It was finally winter weather here so I had loads of trouble keeping my sparge water at the right temp (bounced between 160 & 187) What a surprise, my efficiency...

I know I've seen a few posts & pics of brewers that are also into Muscle Cars. Just curious as to how many of us there are out there. I met a local here who was a master welder and we started talking cars. I was amazed at the amount of pure muscle that was within a 10 mile radius of me that I...

I don't normally check the calendar (guess I should do it more) I'm going to pop a cold one for you.:mug:

WHAT?!?!?! "He said he knows you" It's not a pig, it's a dog. "I was talking to the dog" What do you do? "I'm a tailgunner on a bread truck" I said I'm looking for Sex. My case comes up Thursday. How did you know I go to Dr. Roberts? "He's the one that taught me Hickory Dickory...

It's Jan 6, RichBrewer is up to his A** in snow and I just took down my Christmas lights in shorts & a T shirt. This blows.

A friend sent me this note... At a U2 concert in Ireland , Bono asks the audience for quiet. Then in the silence, he starts to slowly clap his hands. Holding the audience in total silence, he says into the microphone... "Every time I clap me hands, a child in Africa dies." A...

er..uh...UNITE! We brewers here in the great keystone state of beer (NOT Keystone beer) need to get together to trade brews, tell lies, meet spies... Post your locations here and we can plan on a place to meet. I was thinking sometime at the end of March (can't interfere with the Cardboard...

Has anybody gotten to the tasting stage with a batch using the Sorachi Ace hops? I'm curious as to how the lemony aroma translates in the brew as I'm toying around with some recipe ideas for a lemon-lime brew for SWMBO. She seems to enjoy the fruit-beers with a fairly strong nose and I would...

Darn, I have 3 batches to bottle and I have to go into Christmas mode...help clean the house, clear out the basement sleeping area, change all the sheets for the guests that are coming hopefully to leave shortly thereafter (in-laws) and cooking like a fiend. We always have an open house on...

But I just received my new Laserjet printer (thank God for tax write-offs) and I had to start working on a label. Since my dog chews any delivered packages to shreds unless I get to them first (something to do with the UPS guy not giving him biscuits anymore...) It was only natural to call it...