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I've got a homebrew comp that needs the entries in 3 weeks. If I put it up on Sunday 10/21, can I enter a simple Graff in the competition? Recipe is very basic... 3 gallons cider, 4 lbs DME (amber), 1 oz Cascade, 2 gallons H2O, and Windsor yeast. What do you folks think? DoAble?

I've been homebrwing for about 15 years and finally came into putting up a cider in early September. Just found a simple recipe for a Graff and was wondering if it was possible to pull this off in a 3 week period? Recipe calls for 3 gallons cider, 4 lbs DME, 1oz loose hops (have Cascade), and...

Is there a 1 to 1 substitution for DME and LME? For example if I was to use 6.6 lbs of LME would I use 6.6 of DME if I did not have the LME? Always wondered...

Are any of you out in HomebrewLand tired of the larger Craft Brewers flooding the market with traditional Seasonal Brews 2-3 months ahead of schedule? I fully understand the Market share/first to the taps, yadda-yadda-yadda...BUT the seasonality of brewing is one of its greatest traits! I'm...

Let's see if this works... Click this link for more info and to register. http://www.uvm.edu/extension/cropsoil/wp-content/uploads/hopsMA8142012.pdf

Well I had the best intentions and planted 16-20 rhizomes in 11 pots three weeks ago in a great growing medium and now I have a bunch of pots w/ rotten sticks in them... That's the bad news... As for good news our 2nd year crop is taking off phenominally. My question... Has anybody taken...

Had the crazy idea today of mounting a coldplate exchanger in the back of my fridge and running a couple of tap lines from outside in and putting a perlick or two on the side of the fridge. Has anybody tried this and what were your results? Seems like it would save on running another fridge as...

Just attended the 3rd ANNUAL UVM Hops Conference in Burlington and thought that Heather and Rose put on another informative program. Did anyone else on this board attend and what were/are your feelings and thoughts about the feasability of establishing a HopYard in New England?

Got some new kegs and coincidently have a nice stout ready to bottle/keg... PROBLEM- no CO2 or gauges or hose,etc. My question can I still add priming sugar as I would for bottles and just sit on this and let it naturally carb up? Thanks for the input!

Got a small 5 gallon batch in the primary for the past week and the thought crossed my ming to cask condition it in an oak barrel as the secondary/bottling once the bubling has mitigated. Anybody else out there do this? Any other thoughts or comments? the basic recipe was 5 gallons...

Anybody here recently try their luck with sending some homebrew over to our guys & gals serving in Afganistan? A friend of mine was just activated and I was thinking of trying to send him a sampling from home. Let me know. Thanks

Here's an out of the blue question... Which would you prefer one has the choice of say a 10 gallon fermenter and only a 5 gallon brewpot, or a 10 gallon brewpot and 2-5 gallon fermenters? :confused: So basically is it better to do two boils and combine the wort for fermenting or brew a large...

Just an off-beat random question... Do many (or any) professional brewers use extract or is it considered a major sin to not be an all grain professional brewhouse? I could see plusses and minusses both ways but was wondering what you guys thought...

but please somebody let me know what SWMBO stands for. I think I got one but need to know for sure before she figures it out... Thanks

Anybody aware of any upcoming homebrew comps in and around New England? I've been unlucky at finding any so far. Thanks for the help...

Hey Guys, New to the site but been homebrewing for roughly 10 years, I've seen references to gruit herbs but have never had the time to experiment. However, I do now. Anybody else dabble in the realm of the un-hopped ale? I'd be interested in any and all comments. Cheers. and relax...

Just an FYI to all you home brewers... I just scored a turkey fryer propane set-up from Lowes for $15.00. The set was on clearance marked down from $59.99. The aluminum pot is kind of thin but the burner worked like a charm. I do have to modify it and remove the 150minute gas timer. But...

So here's my quandry... 2 weeks ago I bottled a nice Chocolate Cranberry Porter, however after sampling yesterday(18 days after bottling) ZERO carbonation... only a faint "fzzzt" upon opening the bottle. I reviewed my notes and I think I only used ~1/4 cup priming sugar instead of 3/4 cup...