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Well, I'm in a bit of a bind at work. My boss wants me to get a letter out to a German client, overnight mail by tomorrow. Only thing is a professional translation would cost over 100 dollars and the company doesn't want to spring for it. So it looks like we're going to use Google...

Yes, I tried searching and didn't find anything. Anyone know of good homebrew clubs in the Rochester, NY area?

I'm looking for a beer equivalent to the Go Vino Wine Glasses I know many of you have your own bars in your basements, and am hoping someone has found something like what I am looking for. I have 3 kids, and regular glass pint glasses get broken from time to time. I'd like to find a...

So I'm moving house, and brewing has been put on indefinate hold. I am loaning most of my equipment to my brother who also brews. The one thing I kept was my yeast cake from my last batch of hard cider. I pitched it to my 2L flask with 2 cans of apple juice concentrate and 2 cans of...

Dunno how many Brit members we have, but here goes. My wife is a Brummie and I got to spend 5.5 months in Birmingham before she moved to the states with me. Got to drink at some great British pubs, where the pints are 20oz, the barstaff know how to pour a Guinness, and if there's too much...

I've been looking at my ale pails and thinking about airlock placement. If I could jury rig a way to connect an airlock into the top of the side of the pail, why wouldn't I? This way I could stack 2+ fermenters in the same footprint, with the airlocks coming out the side on a 90 degree...

I was storing a couple of smack packs in the fridge because I had reused washed yeast and didn't need them. They go in my "beer shelf," which is the top shelf of the door. My children don't have any reason to use that shelf as it's just for my beer. Yesterday I noticed that one of the packs...

Anyway I passed 100 posts. Dunno what this means but hey, I'm drinking apfelwein.

So I was looking at this product http://www.austinhomebrew.com/product_info.php?cPath=178_33_463&products_id=2320 So it's a 6 gal. pot. I think that would be fine for a 5 gal boil especially if you use Fermcap. I've been running 3 gallon boils in my pot with only an inch of space and never...

So I've brewed a few ciders including Edwort's. My question is has anyone brewed a cider using a Belgian Ale yeast? I am thinking the fruity/spicy flavors from the yeast could well complement a cider. Has anyone tried this before?

So I haven't had a boiler.... That is until tonight. Was making a starter for my washed American Ale Wyeast. Poured .5 cups DME into .5 L boiling water in my 2.0 L Starter Flask. Instant boilover. That was fun. Managed to soak up most of the liquid off the stove top. Hope SWMBO doesn't...

I racked most of my first batch of cider out of my carboy. The yeast never really compacted into a firm cake. It settled out with some cold crashing, but the slightest disturbance of the carboy stirred it up. After racking the cider off I just poured 2 gallons of preservative-free apple juice...

Hi guys, I'm getting into homebrewing with a few brews under my belt. I enjoy a wide range of beer, both in style and brewery. I am not knowledgeable enough yet to identify the different flavors that make up a beer yet. Before anyone asks I don't drink BMC, and like quite a few...

So I went through my basement and garage and collected all the old pry-off bottles. Some of these were sitting for at least 6 months. Pre-cleaned using my Fermtech bottle blaster faucet attachment. Then soaked in a solution of bleach and oxyclean. Ranked in order of easiest...

I work in one of the largest private label cheese plants in the country. I started homebrewing as a hobby to have something to do besides work. How odd that the community of people who brew also make cheese. I probably don't have a huge amount of knowledge about making cheese at home, but it...

Ok, I brewed up a quick and dirty cider and now want to do a proper 5 gal batch. My local cider mill sells un-preserved pasteurized cider, and can do non-pasteurized for brewers. I bought some Wyeast Activator ACT4766, unfortunately before I read the sticky. Here's my initial thoughts: 5 gal...

I am just getting started, and already have found great advice here. I am getting into partial mash kits. I usually buy my kits from Midwest. Next time I place an order I want to be able to add a few things to the order to have "on hand" so to speak. Would one of the experienced brewers...

So maybe I've been bitten by the brewing bug, but I thought I'd take a stab at an "ancient" cider. Basically I had a gallon of cider lying around the kitchen, and since it will be a few weeks til I have the funds to start another beer brew, and my primary is only 2 days in to fermentation of...

Like the title says, I understand what IBUs stand for, but not exactly what the range is. Has anyone done a scale listing different commercial beers (mainstream and microbrews) that lists the approx IBUs? My first batch should be around 26.7 IBUs according to Hopville's Calculus. Where...

Originally interested in brewing mead, but started with beer to gain some experience before I get into the mead. First batch pitched yesterday, eagerly (and patiently) awaiting developments.