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Right now, I'm enjoying a beer in a library. Childish as it sounds, I gotta admit that breaking the rules makes it taste a little better. I'd like to take a survey on where the other good, adventurous spots are. Where is your favorite place to sneak an illicit brew? Sneak a couple into the...

I'm moving from Washington to New York in about a week and a half. I made an english strong ale that I'm going to give to friends and family as sort of a going away present. Here's what I've got so far: I wanted the masthead to look kind of like the cover of the New York Times, I don't...

I'm brewing on sunday, so I just made a starter this afternoon. My first starter ever, actually. I boiled about 1/2 cup of light DME in about 12 oz water and cooled to about 80 degrees. Then added a packet of wYeasts, Londaon Ale strain. When I left the house about an hour later, the...

I have some questions about a Blackberry Hefe I'm working on. Here's the recipe that I got from my LHBS: 7 lbs Wheat LME 2 lbs Wheat (grain) 1 oz Hallertaure (Boil) 1 oz Hallertaure (Aroma) . . . Yes, I now realize that this is too much . . . wYeast Strain 3333 German Wit 6 lbs...

Here's a label for a batch of EdWort's Apfelwein that I made. I'd love to hear any thoughts or suggestions. I'm not super excited about the e's with the font I used, but I really like the font, other wise. Perhaps someone can suggest a better font? Now I'm going to go enjoy one of...

I made a couple of batches of some Pale Ale for christmas gifts. Here's the label; What do you think? You'll notice that I lifted the "warning label" idea from other labels I've seen on the forum. Fun idea.

I had my first bottle explode on me last night. I guess I bottled a little too early . . . I was in bed when, at about 12:00, I was awoken by a loud crash downstairs. After waking up, I was pretty sure I knew what it was before I even got there. I always figured that a bottle wouldn't...

Anyone ever have problems with inexplicably low original gravities? With my last 3 batches, the gravity has been coming up 25%-50% short. (My expectations are based on appendix 11 of the 3rd edition of the Complete Joy of Homebrewing). Obviously, I can just add some more fermentables to get the...