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I'm thinking about purchasing a five gallon, recently emptied whiskey barrel. Brew up a barleywine or quad (not sure yet) and secondary in the barrel. But, I want to add cherries as well. I understand that the barrel aging at this volume in this size barrel will probably be less than a month...

Looks like a new microbrewery is opening up in the Kansas City area this year. Can't wait to check it out! http://www.cinderblockbrewing.com/

So, I decided to run a small batch experiment to play with water chemistry. I made two identical small batches back-to-back. The only difference being the water chemistry. The recipe for both batches: 2 lbs american 2-row 2 oz c40 .25 oz perle hops for 60 minutes 2 grams of dry yeast -...

Okay, this here is a third generation starter of Wyeast 1469. I began this starter on Monday with a half gallon of DME wort and some washed yeast, it went through it's phases, then I added another half gallon of DME wort on Wednesday on my lunch break. Here it is five hours later. I caught the...

Anyone every pick up anything from the free section of Craigslist? I scored a free arcade cabinet with all the innards except the monitor. It was set up for a golf game, but when I started stripping paint, I found Joust underneath, then Moon patrol! Pretty cool. Here are my favorites and I...

Has anyone heard of the Anheuser-Busch Homebrewers Group? I just received an email from Missouri Malt Supply (based in St Louis) with an invite to this: Attention Home Brewers come join us for the Great Hop Give-Away! Saturday Dec 17th 1:00pm till 4:00pm AB Tour Center (2nd floor Bud...

Don't ask me how I discovered this, but somehow in my googling adventures, I came across a recipe for wine made from oak leaves. Normally, I would have just chuckled and moved along, but my interest was caught because of an old Avalon Hill board game I love to play called Merchant of Venus. In...

Just discovered this little recipe for making your own Oxyclean. A friend told me about it. I have not tried this, yet. 1 Cup Water 1/2 Cup Hydrogen Peroxide 1/2 Cup Baking Soda I hear you can sub Arm and Hammer washing soda for the baking soda. My wife keeps this on hand along with...

So, I top cropped some Wyeast 1469 from a pale ale I'm brewing. I ended up with a mason jar with about 5 ounces of pure yeast sitting in the bottom. I've been reading internet articles and Mr. Malty, trying to figure out how much yeast I have harvested. So, far, I think this is about 600...

I want to try cold crashing, but I currently do not have fridge space to cold crash 5 gallons of beer that are in my carboy. But, I was thinking, I might be able to cold crash by just putting the carboy outside, considering the cool fall temps. My plan is to cold crash starting tonight (Tuesday)...

http://kansascity.craigslist.org/bfs/2642700014.html Or maybe a fermentation temp control? For 180 gallons of beer! Just too big for my puny 5 gallon batches.

Here I am, trying out this homebrewing hobby for the first time this year. Have tried a few extract kits and moved to all-grain using just my little turkey fryer. But, lately, I have decided I'm tired of 1. dealing with the smaller kettle and 2. having to spend 12 bucks on ice every brew day to...

I am flying out to Phoenix next week with SWMBO to visit my daughter and my very first grandson who is only four months old. My wife tells me that we are REQUIRED to go to Ikea, since she has never been to one before. We don't have one here in Kansas City. So, I start google mapping around...

Yesterday's brew session yielded what I'm pretty sure is a 94% efficiency. At first I was excited, but after thinking about it, I'm not sure this is ideal. I ended up overshooting the Starting Gravity. So, I'm looking for some advice or thoughts on this process. I'm using BIAB to mash my grains...

Just found a good, if older, article on microbreweries in Ireland. I would love to try some of these, especially the Red Biddy! Brewed with local wild herbs and bog myrtle. http://travel.nytimes.com/2006/06/18/travel/18journeys.html?pagewanted=all

83% - wow! I switched from extract to all-grain BIAB a few months ago, now I'm dialing it in. This working out well. Granted, this batch was pretty easy - 4 lbs of two-row and 4 lbs of wheat. But, still, 83% is rockin for my little turkey fryer BIAB set up. I mashed 8 lbs of grain in 6...

So I decided to bust out two jars of wlp380 hefeweizen yeast that I washed and stored in the fridge. I whipped up some wort to make a starter, pitched the yeast, and went to wash the jars. Lo and behold, the label on one jar says "wlp380" - the other says "pacman". So, now I have this odd...

My hometown is Birmingham, Alabama. I'm a transplant to Kansas City. I was amazed at the beer selection when I moved here. Alabama has always had some tight restrictions on beer and wine. Looks like things might be a-changin. Free The Hops April 22nd, 2011 Alabamians For Specialty Beer...

Let me know your input on this ESB recipe I am attempting to create. BeerSmith Recipe Printout - http://www.beersmith.com Recipe: Mike's ESB Brewer: Asst Brewer: Style: Extra Special/Strong Bitter (English Pale Ale) TYPE: All Grain Taste: (35.0) Recipe Specifications...

So, I took a hydrometer reading on a batch of cream ale, and tasted a mouthful of diacetyl. SWMBO tasted it and said, "MMM POPCORN." She liked it. I didn't. So, I decided to take my carboy full of beer out of the swamp cooler in the closet and put it in my dining room under the thermostat so...