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Kegging is great until you have a CO2 leak that you can't find and you lose several full tanks! Bottling on the other hand has become just an extension of the labor of love for the hobby. Cheers

To add to the various methods: I used 2 oz of crushed Sumatran coffee grinds to 5 gal of porter after primary fermentation relaxec. Bottled a gal and split (shared) the other 4 gal. Submitted to a BJPC competition and took home a gold medal.

Did a chocolate cafe milk stout and used American Pils as base malt and took home a gold medal in a BJCP competition last week.

Hope some of that Pliny makes it to the next Prince William Brewers Guild meeting :)

A fellow brewer and I did a clone and took Silver in a sanctioned competition today in VA. IPA's entered (10) were combined and we came in close to the top. Sweet!!

Interesting. I was listening to the award ceremony at GABF yesterday and one of the catergories only had bronze and silver medals awarded. There was no Gold medal for that particular style. So I guess if they can do it, there must be something to the point. I just naturally thought the...

Welcome to the obsession. If you are interested, we have a home brew club in NOVA (Prince William Brewers Guild) which you are welcome to check out. We have an upcoming meeting on Sat Oct 14 at my house. PM me if you want more details. Sheldon

I have mine lagering for another 8 days and then bottling (no room in the kegorator), but sharing the batch with a fellow home brewer. Looking forward to sampling.

Planning to brew a 2.5 gal batch of a rye black IPA and need 4 oz of Midnight Wheat and 4 oz of Cara Rye. Anyone have either or both or know where I can that without having to buy full pounds or getting ripped off on shipping? Thanks folks

I have an almost full quart of Idophor concentrate that I am offering for free. Pick up only in NOVA.

If I may ask, why are you selling this tool? Sheldon

Spoke with the man and have everything set to go. Planning on brewing by mid month.

I have been invited to a hb club member's home to pick some fresh Cascade hops. My questions: How are these used? Do they need to be dried? How are they stored? Without an alpha analysis, how does one judge its %?

I have found kegconnection.com to be super good with customer support and love my dual tap set up.

9 lb 2 row, 1 lb MO, flaked oats and flaked wheat. Watching it ferment now.

I just brewed a coconut porter using total of 7 oz of unsweetened coconut. 3.5 oz lightly toasted as previously stated and added at knock out. Then another 3.5 slightly toasted after fermentation for about 5 days. It came out really good even though its not prime porter season.

I could use some Father's Day love.

Hang out at the hotel lobby with your beers out and others will join in. We did it at HBC and GABF last year and it was amazing meeting folks from around the country, both brewers and homebrewers.

This Saturday there is a brewfest in Woodbridge, VA (Wegmans shopping area) featuring many of the local VA craft breweries. This is the first one being held in this location. Hope to see some local folks there. I plan to be pouring beer for the masses.

I drove up to the one in Baltimore last year and it was a blast. Came home with 2 shopping bags full of stuff including an extract kit. If you stay til close to the end, the vendors will give away almost all the stuff they brought. A friend came away with a full sack of 2 row. Have fun...