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So, how craptastic was your 2012 hop (or other green stuff) growing season? Three out of 6 rhizomes survived the winter and came back this year, which is good. However, only one has managed to grow over 6 feet, and the other two struggled to 3 feet, and they all look like crap. I doubt any...

Am starting another blueberry mead. This is a rather simple mead, and with a much lower ABV than my previous blueberry meads and wines, which pushed upwards of 23%. Figure this has about a year in the fermenter (probably 4 -6 rackings depending) and another year in the bottle minimum. Below...

Finished bottling my cream stout today - water volumes kind of got away form me, but with good efficiency and a lot of luck, the extra .25 gallons was fine. The grains pictured are for my next brew - a wheat porter. And now for a chicken picture, because they (and one not pictured), eat all...

After 7 weeks in the primary, figured it was time to bottle my Wit last Sunday. One of the teachers left 6 Coke bottles in the teachers lounge, so thought I would take them home and put some beer in them. I think they turned out nice. :D I wanted to put a dark beer in them, but it didn't work...

I am thinking about brewing the below Wit this weekend. The recipe is one that I think came with BeerSmith. Was wondering if any had any suggestions for additions or other advice for this brew. Recipe: Wit Style: Witbier TYPE: All Grain Recipe Specifications -------------------------- Batch...

I brewed a Black Pearl Porter on the 18th of Sept, and bottled it on the 10th of Oct. Bottles have been sitting in a cool area of the garage with the rest of my brews, so the location is fine. Hit all my numbers when brewing, and when racking and bottling, the taste was quite good. My notes...

So, the SWMBO came home tonight, walked up stairs, looked at me and said; "Your house smells like the brewery!" (referring the the Alaskan Brewery she said) :ban::ban::ban: Anyway, some pictures from the past few weeks: My Blueberry Mead Labels - Bottled on the 27th of Oct: Bock from...

I did a 1 liter starter (1 liter water with 4 ounces light DME, which is the recipe I always use) for my Trappist Ale yeast on Friday night for a brew I had planned for yesterday (Sunday). No apparent or continual activity was apparent Fri, Sat, or Sunday. So today I boiled some Go-Ferm and...

Do not rub both (or either) eyes after stemming and de-seeding 80 very hot dried chilies prior to washing your hands! :eek:

Did a batch of Black Pearl Porter yesterday in my clean, but messy, garage. All went well, and it is bubbling away in the warmer computer room. My note book: My garden, which is dying due to spring, loves spent grain :D

So, I was placing all of my items in an on-line vendor for my next few brews. Since I had not ordered from this un-named company before, I decided to give them a call to make sure they would deliver my packages to my freight forwarder in Washington who would send the packages to me in Alaska...

Just wanted to stop in and say hello. I have been making wine and mead for some time, but am new to beer brewing, with only a braggot and a Bock so far made. Actually, I am a new returnee to beer overall. Prior to tonight, I had my last beer on the 31st of January, 1999, disappointedly...