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Besides, it could be worse...we got our first snowfall this weekend :(

Driving to Anchorage from Fairbanks when I was in college about 10 years ago, in a friend's Saturn, when an unexpected snowstorm hit. We rounded a turn and lost traction and flew about 50 ft off the road into a ditch, right side up. No injuries, but we were in a dead area, so we had to...

Welcome To Skinny Dick's Halfway Inn Nuff said ;)

You dont happen to live in North Pole, Ak, do you?

+1 to that. I live in Fairbanks, AK, with an area population of about 100,000. We have TWO homebrew stores in town, and both are housed within liquor stores. They don't have the best stock, but I always check there first to pick up what I need, both to support them, and to save on shipping...

We picked one up at Lowe's on Friday. HWMBO made these tap handles out of some table legs (cut from a three dollar table) and some of those wooden plaques you can get at a craft store for about 50 cents. Laminated the labels and then attached them with a removable sticky, so we can change...

Office manager at a state university for a small group of undersea scientists...they do the fun stuff, I do the finances so we can pay for it :o

The whole bar top is covered by 12" x 12" vinyl tiles, in a multi-colored slate-like finish. It's not as nice as real slate, but the weight is much more reasonable- important since we rent our home and will one day want to move this monstrosity. The front and sides of the bar are covered by...

I'm having one of my few remaining glasses of of first-batch apfelwein. It's been in the keg 2 weeks, checked today and we have maybe a gallon left...somebody's been drinking after I go to bed! Gonna have to get more started, it's awesome.

7736+10 more = 7746 and more to soon be started!

Finished up some trim on the back today, here's a pic: Still have some work to do finishing up the corners so they are presentable, but the back of the bar will remain largely unfinished, since we are just storing beer-gear back there, and no one important is allowed behind the bar :)...

The hand pump IS a PITA. But before I was able to keg, it was still worth it to me. I found attaching the metal collar to be bit tiresome too, but it gets easier with time. Also, believe it when they tell you not to use old pouches- I used a 1 year old pouch and it did not fully inflate...

Here are a couple label's for the BK's Pirate Ale (Secondary) and the Pumpkin Ale (primary) that are happily fermenting away in our closet. These continue the series of doggie labels that fairbanksbrewingirl has posted previously. Opinions? (Edit: Oops posted this under...

Not positive, but I think that site is aimed at higher production customers. You would definitely want a corker for more than, say, 30 bottles at a time. But they were easy to insert by hand for the 15 bottles I used them on. They seat without much pressure as long as the glass isn't too thick.

I went to Ireland in 2005, it's beautiful there. Be sure to chat with the locals, many of them are as willing to tell stories as you see in the movies :) Also, I'll repeat the advice the rental car guy gave me when I left the lot: When you come to a roundabout, look right, and go left...

All right- I got the zork corks and used them about three weeks ago. May I say? Awesome. Here's a picture: They look good, they were very easy to use (just push in by hand- not hard at all), they are easy to remove, hold a good seal, and the best part is they are reusable, so if you...

No joking there. I hadn't had my new car for a week before I got hit with a rock. That crack spread like a mo'fo, so there was no time to fix it. It's not in my field of vision though, so I'll leave it until I get a few more :)

Thoughts? Keep in mind, we want these to be a little goofy. This is my hobby, after all :)

I'm getting a kegerator in two weeks! I've been looking at them for about a year, then stopping myself because A) They are too expensive to buy new, and B) the thought of making one makes my head hurt. (Seriously, I start reading those how-to's and my brain just shuts down.) So I tabled it...

I saw that too, then found another thread contradicting the need for a corker of any kind: http://www.winepress.us/forums/index.php?showtopic=27266 I just placed my order, and should have them by the end of the week- just in time to cork some apfelwein! :mug: I'll let you know how it goes.