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I attempted to make a gluten free version of my hazelnut stout for my celiac friend with some success. The color is all wrong. Its more of a caramel color. I'm not quite sure what to add to a gluten free beer to turn it black or at least very dark brown. I'm also going to have to add...

This item was in a catalogue sent to my wife. http://www.herringtoncatalog.com/h765.html Its a magnetic collar for wine bottles. Its suppose to improve the taste of wine by "accelerating aeration and breaking down astringent molecules. I think it is total BS.

Okay, I'm getting tired of dial-up and pilfering high speed internet from my neighbors when they are using it. DSL isn't an option. You have to live within 15,000 feet of one of their hubs and I live 5 miles from anything. I refuse to get anything from Comcast anymore. I'd rather slit my...

Okay, I'm officially a cider convert. I had a pissy day before, during, and after work. So I came home and relaxed by making my wassial cyser. I modified a recipe previously posed by mgayer. My version 2 gallons cider 3 lbs local honey 1 zested orange 2 slices ginger 5 sticks...

Well, I'm back from two months of brewing purgatory. But I'm back with a vengeance and fresh from an 11 gallon bottling marathon. I'm thinking about doing a big wheat beer. Something with an o.g. around 1.075 or 1.080. I'm wondering, how much IBUs would be needed to balance it out...

I've read that priming sugar needs to be adjusted down when kegging. While I'm not kegging yet, I am increasing the size of my bottles. This weekend I'm bottling a 2 liter swing cap. Should I adjust the priming sugar down a little. Or will I be okay if I bottled it like I do everything...

Well, I've crossed another brewing first. Got all my equipment out. Got my brew pot on the burner. Slapped my smack-pak. Started sanitizing my equipment... and discovered that my hydrometer is broken. Hey, it lasted 11 months. So much for my freaking Bitter.:mad: And it means that I'm...

I had a friend give me a bunch of Rolling Rock bottles. I'm a little wary about using them because they are green and everyone says, "green bottles don't block UV". But my friend is an ex-homebrewer and he says that the Rolling Rock bottles work just fine. Has anyone else used them?

I ordered it from barns and noble because I'm interested in messing around with various flavors in beers. I also got it because I want to try brewing a Scottish Ale with horehound as the bittering agent. I had the book for all but 5 minutes before I felt like sending it back. Half of the...

I was reading through Darryl Richman's book on Bock beers in the Classic Beer Style Series. He talks about some studies regarding the differences in chemistry between LME worts and all grain worts. DME was not included. To sum it up, he says there are three problems with LME: potential...

An idea so crazy, it just might work... When I made my hooch, I was using turbinado and bread yeast and fermentation started in 15 minutes. When I made the starter for my Grand Cru, I used DME and Belgain Abby yeast and fermentation started in 19 hours. My idea: making starters with...

I can't go to this, but I thought I'd toss it up for other Utah home brewers. Squatter's is having a beer pairing dinner. I heard about it yesterday on X96's Radio From Hell. http://www.x96.com/12605TIME/djs/rfh.asp Sitting is limited to 96. The cost is $40. Squatters Brewmaster...

I've been having some digestive tract issues lately and went in for another round of testing today. With what the tech told me during the test, I think the doc. is going to give me a choice of giving up meat or alcohol. I'll be the drunk guy at the salad bar.:tank:

I brewed up my first mini-mead last night. In a 1 gallon batch I used: 2.4 lb of orange blossom honey 0.4 lb of mint honey 0.2 lb of local honey O.G. 1.122 I sampled all the honeys before I used them. I think the mint has to be my favorite. I was trying to get a little of the...

I'm still trying to plan a good batch for a honey addition. Right now I'm thinking a Honey Weiss. I was wondering, just how long the honey needs to be boiled. I've read about adding it during the last 15 minutes so that it is sterilized but is short enough that not too much aroma is lost...

My incredibly mediocre Brown Ginger Ale is getting complements from my coworkers. At least I’ll get my bottles emptied faster than if I drank them on my own. I’ve got a really good Stout that has to be bottled in three weeks.

This weekend I'm making my first attempt at a Red Ale. Its my first attempt at something on the hoppy-bitter side of the spectrum and I was wondering what people thought of my hop choices. I'm trying to hop it more like a Pale Ale than an IPA. Also I was wondering what everyone thought of...

I'm going to try brewing with whole hops for the first time next weekend. Is there anything that I need to be careful of when using them?

I've learned a new lesson: Prior Drinking Prevents Poor Performance. I'm bottling the stout tomorrow night and I've discovered I need to drink at least a six pack tonight or buy a new case of bottles at lunch time tomorrow. Tough decision: Get drunk or buy more equipment.... Maybe I...

I just wanted to send an FYI to anyone who may be interested in this book on the history of Lambic brewing by Jean-Xavier Guinard. I ordered it on Amazon.com back in September and I think my order caused the publisher to make a new printing. (At least that's the impression I got from talking...