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In honor of the Boston marathon (and in honor of my 1 day and night off in months), I'm doing a marathon brew day. Starting at 6am I plan on brewing at least 4 back-to-back batches; two double IPAs, a kolsch, and an RIS. My hops just pushed through the soil outside, which was a great reminder to...

Hey wine forum, Picking up a few pails of juice at the end of April. I'm going to ferment in my chest freezer at 80F but wasn't quite sure what temperature I should maintain for my secondaries and further rackings. Haven't seen much info on this other than to avoid fluctuating temperatures...

Alright. I'm looking for a chest freezer to designate as a fermentation chamber and have stumbled upon a 22cu ft Kenmore chest freezer on craigs for $200. It sounds awesome (I could fit what, 6-7 fermentors in it?) and for $200 who could complain. Its model number says it's from 1994 but the...

This is not my sale ad, but I found it and successfully purchased (4) 5-Gallon glass carboys for a total of $60 ($15 EACH!) Just passing along for my fellow homebrewers. Let me know if anyone finds this useful, I know I did. http://boston.craigslist.org/nos/for/4882659633.html

So I'm brewing a big RIS (O.G. 1.103, yikes) and have stepped up my yeast and plan on brewing in a few days. I typically wash my yeast and store in fridge and this works great. However I don't like washing anything above 7-8% due to possible stress; just doesn't seem worth the possible negative...

Looking to gift this for a friend. Can get local MA brews and Heady when I do go to VT. Pm me to work something out!

I brewed an IPA using Chinook for bittering and centennial/cascade at 5 and 0min. I plan to dryhop for 5 days in keg, using 1oz Cascade and 1oz Centennial. I haven't dryhopped with Chinook before, so I'm looking for some input. I do have another ounce of Chinook available for dryhop, but I do...

Alright HBT, direct me. I'm from MA and am buying every beer that looks delicious. So far I have tried many of the beers I've aimed to try (Old Rasputin!), and am now in search of more local-ish gems. Suggestions? I enjoy all styles. As I live in MA, I easily travel to VT for...

Not too sure how this happened. I think it was dark and I couldn't see. Or I was drunk and couldn't see.

Hello HBT, Looking for an insight from all you smart guys and gals out there. I'm looking to turn my under-the-stairs "closet" in my basement into a nice little fermentation room. Obvious method would be to use an AC, but its in the dead center of my basement and it isn't as easy as...

HBT, I need your advice. It won't be easy. I'm looking for a tasty beer to brew that I can age for at least 6 months, either bulk or in bottles. The kicker is, I am looking for it to be able to satisfy the BMC crowd. Kinda rules out IS/RIS, so I was thinking perhaps a simple, slightly...

Had to bring my friend to BJ's Wholesale to pick up 2 new tires for his RX8 and had time to kill, so obviously I browsed through to the juice section and saw good prices on 1 gal apple juices. I picked up 5 gal for a standard batch of hard cider that I commonly do around the fall, but decided...

SWMBO and I just purchased our first home with a beautiful grape trellis in our backyard. Obviously this was going to become a hop trellis. After planting my rhizomes and caring for them for a week, I receive a text message from my better half while I'm at work. It's simply a picture of a...

After finding my grandfather's 60 year old bottle of homemade amaretto (greatest treasure of my life), I decided to make my own. However, I'm still at a loss on the best way to bottle it. I intend to age a good portion of it, and I'm not sure the best vessel to do so in. I have two...

Alright HBT, I once again poured over the threads looking for an answer but I seem to be the only unlucky brewer out there. I'm making a hard cider and its on day 13 as of right now in my fermenter. I took it out to get a gravity reading, see how things were going, and I realized it was already...

Hey HBT, I've poured over the threads and haven't found quite the answer I'm looking for; sorry if I'm reposting. I have a small batch of hard cider in the works, and I'm hoping to make it a little sweeter to make all my drinkers content (they're all used to commercial hard cider). I pitched...