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Just brewed for the 1st time with swmbo today. After 4 bottles of 10 lb hammer for me and 4 bottles of apfelwein for her, it was a success. We made a sam adams boston lager clone. I'm druk, she's druk, yeast is pitched and lagering temp is a nice 55 degrees. Life is good. :tank: Loop

I should be putting this in the nOOb section, because that's what I felt like after I brewed this batch a few weeks ago. Long story short....I scorched the crap out of my oatmeal stout. On brew day a number of things happened and I have never tossed out a batch before, but I almost did this...

I've never really been a sake connoisseur before, sure there were the times at the Japanese Steakhouse that we had a pot of warm sake. But I got a couple bottles of sake last week from one of my employees as a gift upon her return from Japan. It is good stuff. Just did some googling on sake...

Ahhh 4 pints down and 5 gallons in the secondary. Brewed another batch this afternoon to toss on the yeast cake. I'm buzzed and have 10 more gallons of beer. Life is good. :) Loop

Our (ok...swmbo's) dog has chewed through his 4th collar. I've googled to see if there are any collars that are "chew proof" and can't seem to find anything. I don't want to go the choke collar route or put anti-chewing crap on his next collar. Any ideas or suggestions? loop

I don't know if this is going to be another one of those "everytime I post, my post count doesn't go up" comments....but I just noticed that under yooper chick is the title moderator. Am I drunk or did I miss something? loop

I just cracked open the latest edition and I must say, it is the best yet. I am very greatful, but very pissed nonetheless. I never take notes, I never really remember exactly what I did on brew day. I've always enjoyed my beers and have brewed many. Never really hoping I could re-create...

Just checking out the boards and noticed Homebrewer 99's b-day is today. Have a good one. Any plans for the big event? I'm bottling up some 10 lb Hammer today. I'll do it in your honor! Loop

It's Friday, I'm home from work, crack open a 10 lb hammer and turn on the tube. Flip it to ESPN 2 to see if the CWS has started and guess what I see. Dominoes. Yes, those dominoes. WTF???? I seriously thought it was a joke or a funny commercial at first. But,no. These guys ere actually...

Hey Guys (& gals) I've been eyeballing this for some time now. http://www.basspro.com/servlet/catalog.TextId?hvarTextId=45512&hvarDept=350&hvarEvent=&hvarClassCode=5&hvarSubCode=3&hvarTarget=browse I've seen a couple of setups that have a valve at the bottom of the kettle, but nothing like...

Ok, so it's not exactly a pic of my new toy, but what I can do with it....I got a BRUTUL. It rocks. :rockin:

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Had this happen this weekend for the first time. I had a pretty big beer in my carboy (in the spirit of Jacktheknifes 9 lb hammer, it was more like 11lb hammer) All went well in the primary for about 10 days, racked to the secondary and left for about 3 weeks. I went to bottle it and I always...

El P the Mod:eek: God help us. :D Congrats on the promotion. Just remember old wise one... Power does corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely Loop

Just looked down at the bottom and saw that we have 35 people who are lurking. It's hard to imagine that they all are "listening" to what we have to say.:p

Happy 53rd to our buddy El Pistolero. I might have to crack open some hard cider in your honor tonight. Have a good one El P. loop

Happy Birthday Deroux!! Have a couple on me. :) loop

Howdy guys and gals I feel kinda like a noob with this one, but I've never had a stuck fermentation before. Long story, but I'll try to make it short... Thermometer broke when I went to pitch the yeast(ale) and I seem to have killed all the yeasties (probably too cold rather then too...

Is it just me, or does anyone feel like a light-weight when drinking your homebrew? Not that I pride myself on tossing 'em back, but usually many, many skunkwaters can be tossed back at friends houses or rounds at the bar and I'm still good to go. When I drink my homebrew, after about 4 or 5...

I know that those not from the midwest probably will not feel my pain, but on my way home for lunch today the price of gas is $3.40/ gallon. Last week I filled up at $2.43/gallon. :eek: loop