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Cigar city is great. Not in Ybor though, it is off of Dale Mabry. They have a tasting room with a ton of great beers on tap and I think they do tours by appointment. Check it out if you can.

Glass scares me as well to the point that I've never used it. It's been only buckets for me. However, a recent infection in one of my 3 gallon frosting buckets from the grocery store has prompted me to order a 3 gallon better bottle for smaller batches. I've brewed 21 batches, but have yet to...

Beer looks awesome in the carboy. What a krausen! I'm brewing up a 2.5 gallon batch of the same beer here in a couple of weeks.

ajdelange, Thank you very much for the primer! Time will tell, but it seems that this will allow me to turn another random element of my process into a variable that I can control.

Sam Adams Octoberfest...awesome beer, better than i remember from last year!

I bottled these guys last night. I do not recommend bottling 5 gallons of beer in 3 separate batches! (1) Wyeast 3724 Belgian Saison - FG 1.004. ABV=7.2%. (2) WLP500 Trappist Ale - FG 1.009. ABV=6.6%. (3) Harvested Gnomegang Yeast - FG 1.007. ABV=6.8%. I will update with tasting...

I haven't brewed it yet, but I have the grains sitting in my closet for Edwort's Oktoberfest: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f63/bee-cave-brewery-oktoberfest-ale-38880/ It seems to be very well received and I'm looking forward to brewing it up soon.

Here's an update on each beer at 2 weeks. I tasted the gravity samples, and I'm surprised to see that they are already so different. (1) Wyeast 3724 Belgian Saison - Gravity 1.016. This beer has already developed some of the excellent Saison flavors. I'm a bit concerned as it may have gotten...

An update for those who are interested: I brewed a 5 gallon batch of this this weekend. I cooled the wort to 64 degrees, hit it with 60 seconds of oxygen, then split it into 3 fermenters. Each fermenter will get a different yeast: (1) Wyeast 3724 Belgian Saison - Pitched at 64, will allow...

Thanks for the responses so far. Based on the feedback you've given me, I might expand the "Tour of Belgium" idea a bit by doing a split batch with different yeasts. I will make the wort using the ingredients given in the 1st post, but I will drop the coriander so that I can really see the...

I wanted to start by saying that this site has been a great resource for me since I started brewing about 9 months ago. I brewed my first all-grain batch last weekend after doing 12 partial mash batches. I've quietly absorbed a ton of information on this site, and now I would like to start to...

Went to Tall Paul's last night. 24 taps including all of the regular Swamphead stuff, lots of American craft beers, and their own Alligator Pale Ale (and they were going to have Chimay on tap later in the night). They also do 8 ounce drafts, which I like because I can try a large variety of beer...

The swamphead tasting room opened last night. 4 dollar pints of all their brews and they will be selling growlers and bottles in the future. Cool place and the brewery is getting ready to expand.

Same thing happened to me. Somehow Bank of America knew this was the case and immediately shutdown my card.

I think I've likely tracked down the source of my problem. I had to cancel my CC due to fraudulent charges on 2/7. I ordered from AHS for the first time on 1/18. Other than Amazon, I believe this was the only online purchase I've made in 2011. I'm not upset with and I don't blame AHS, but...

About a week before bottling my second batch, I only had about 12 empties. I went to a Halloween party, had people save as many BMC bottles as they could, and I took them home. I'm enjoying a Wheat Beer out of a Bud Light bottle from that party right now. Honestly, the twist-offs in this...

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