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So I was at my parents house. me and my dad were splitting a bottle of saison dupont when my 4 year old daughter come up to me and asks me what I was drinking. I simply told her it was beer. Then she said. " OH COME ON DAD THATS NOT BEER" I said "yes it is I would lie to ya." Then she replied "...

i want to brew a realy low abv Belgian abby ale. i know dosnt make much sense. i want all the belgian character but not all the alcohol. im thinking 3.5 to 4% abv. i dont brew belgain beer ever so im not sure what would be good to use in a low abv realm.

Im brewing a sweet stout tomorrow and I want it to be full bodied. The ingredients include .5 # of flaked oats and barley and a pound of lactose. Should I go ahead and use a full body mash or a medium becuase the adjuncts will add enough body to make it full.

The "Brew Free or Die" is in Sam from dogfish head handwriting. He's the one who inspired me to start brewing. The sword is a symbol of a free man. The mash paddle is for brewing... duh. And hops are just pretty.

I just finished off a shandy that was great. And it never touched a hydrometer. It was just a quick extract beer that i was ganna keg. Anyway it was realy good. I dont ever do this normally nor do i plan to but it did work out. Anyone ever just say heck with it and not take any measurements.

I was listening to NPR today and apparently one of the experiments aboard the SpaceX Dragon is to see if wine will ferment better/faster in space. Not realy beer but its kinda cool anyway. Also drunk astronauts. I would like to hear about the results when they're done.

Ok so my work has just started checking car at the gate for drugs and alcohol. (Been having problems with that i guess) anyway a brewer friend at work needs some hops that i had extra of so i brought them to work not think what if they find them and think they're drugs. Well as you can guess i...

Me and my wife give ourselves $20 a week to do with as we please. If its in my pocket ill spend it. What i wanna do is save it for a few weeks to get another keg. I put the 20 under my first keg think out if site out of mind. But its taking alot not to go grab it and buy sumthing with it. Thanks...

So i just got my first keg last saturday. Me and the miss. Were at the lhbs get some stuff for the brew day and i look over and seen the kegs. Now check me out, i think im smooth. I say "hey wouldnt it be nice to make a keg of rootbeer for maelees (my daughter will be 4) birthday party". And she...

My club is starting a style from a hat game. im up first and i drew straight unblended lambic, does anyone know what would be a good one i could get around here.

Im planing a dunkelroggen. I know rye is hard to work with so rice hulls are a must. Whats a good rye malt to rice hull ratio.

So i went to a rib place yesterday and they dont have much on tap there just bmc light and some sam adams bl and the seasonal. So i thought id get the ofest its good and it alot better them bud light. So i order it. The waitress comes back and says "sorry but we dont have the sam adams seasonal...

I never met another homebrewer before, untell last saturday. I dont belong to a club. There kinda far away and my schedule is not reliable. I met one at homebrew shop, With what i think is the best ice breaker. "Whatcha brewen". Then we proceeded geek out on beer. It was fun to talk to someone...

So i was in the car coming back from the brew shop with my three year old daughter. I asked here if she was ready to do a mini mash. And see said "no, i wanna do a micky mash." Man that kid is a hoot.

I have some grapes that i need to use and some grain to. And im ganna go to my bee keeper tomorrow for honey. Does anyone forsee a problem with combining all three for a mead. Any advice would be helpfull.

My brother and i was talk about the scifi/fantasy genre steam punk and it inspired me to do a beer. Id like to do a cal common but as we all know in steam punk the color brown is sexy. So naturally i want the steam punk beer to be brown. Not sure about the flavor and i dont realy care if its...

I move from extract to ag 3 batches ago. all of them i use a mash tun. Last night i brew the NB PM kit Lambic grand cru using a bag and a kettle in the oven. I hit 1.043 out of 1.045 so not bad. But i had a hard time keeping the temp at the right spot. My ovens lowest setting is 200 F. My...

Whats your jimmy johns sammich and the beer you would pair with it.

a vodka bottle (full) fell of the fridge and on my toe. Im ganna lose the nail and i am in alot of pain. Wish it was a beer bottle may not have hurt as bad.

I was going to brew today and i smacked my pack and it blow up nice and all but something came up and im not ganna be able to start tell tomorrow morning. I smacked it at 3 and its 6 now, if i start and 6am will it be ok. Should i fridge it