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Hey all, I'm building yet another keezer collar project but I have a specific question that I need help with. I want the CO2 tank to sit outside the keezer and run through the backside of the collar. I want to do this with some sort of bulkhead fitting that will allow for a valve on the...

It's taken me three weeks of nagging a Craigslist seller, but I finally went and picked up this little gem just the other day: That's a 16V "Kid Trax" SRT Viper ride-on car for kids. It doesn't run, and it only cost me $20 bucks. I'm going to cut the car in half, width-wise, just...

I found a partial case of beer buried in the back of our living room over the weekend. When I uncovered it, I discovered a shattered bottle. I realized quickly that it still had a cap, and - most oddly, I couldn't find any hint of beer! On a whim though, I chilled the other bottles in the...

I like to cook... Alton Brown - a highly knowledgeable and talented chef from the Food Network - once shared a recipe for braised ribs with a homemade Bar-B-Q sauce. He wanted to impart a citrusy-yet-sweet flavor to the thick, sticky sauce. What's my point? I'm getting there... He...

Sorry guys - I tried search, but search was being FUNKY for me tonight... I'm going to attempt a Bock, taking advantage of colder temperatures in the garage to get fermentation to work. I'm doing a LOT of homework before hand, and have learned that I need to perform a decoction mash to...

So, heh - kinduva GOOD problem... I did another mash tonight using my new grain crusher. Combined with tap water (treated to eliminate chlorine), some basic pH control, and an enzyme rest, I - according to Beersmith - hit 95.1% efficiency on a sessionable fruit beer recipe. I couldn't believe...

Greetings Brewers! As a bit of a computer geek (and a guy with maybe too much spare time at work) I've been working on maximizing my benefits out of Beersmith. Today I finally got around to creating some Mash profiles that I typically use, and thought that maybe I'd share my...

Hey all! Love this place - just wanna say... I brewed a beer a few months ago and now that it's "done"... ...it tastes awful. Lots went wrong I think - mash temps were off, I got poor efficiency, I didn't separate out dark grains, PH was probably off, I think I used the wrong yeast, and...

I'll try to keep this short... I brewed a Black IPA this past weekend. I went with a 2-gallon BIAB approach because I knew I'd be losing a lot of beer to trub through dry-hopping. Last time I did BIAB I hit about 75%. I presumed I'd do the same but then didn't do a separate hot-liqour pot to...

So after trying Black Cannon and really enjoying it, and then doing a lot of reading on the Black IPA style, and then trying a Back in Black, which I didn't enjoy as much, I'm very interested in trying out this style. I read some really neat stuff about the debates regarding the origin, the...

This has happened too many times for not to start asking questions... I brewed a beer that has just had nothing but problems - you can follow the original thread here. When I first decided to dilute the beer and rack to a secondary, my satellite test-sample bottle (referred to as SV from...

I'll try to keep this short... I brewed a Dopplebock using White Labs 810 San Francisco Lager, as I have no lagering equipment. My mash efficiency was terrible (You may see this thread for further explanation) and so I added some DME and some sugar(s) to recover my OG... ...but then I...

So I'm still piecing through the idea, but I'm wondering if this is an old topic already covered, or if anyone else does this and can weigh in... I LOVE cooking. I love making stuff up and seeing how it works. Of course, your reward is near-instant. Season steak, grill steak, eat steak...

If there IS a place to put this in the forums, I couldn't easily find it... So my apologies if I stuck it in the wrong place... I'm hosting my third-annual beer-tasting party in April. I usually invite a bunch of beer know-nothings, but it's always a good time... Anyways, I'm thinking of...

Dear HBT'ers, I'm really asking for some professional advice here. I brewed an AG beer a few weeks ago and BOMBED on my efficiency. I was very bummed. The next brew (a week later) I hit about 77 percent, which I was quite pleased by. I did things differently the second time. I'd like...

Here was my recipe: 2.50 gal Deer Park (R), Bottled Water Water 1 - 3.50 lb Pale Malt, Maris Otter (3.0 SRM) Grain 2 56.5 % 0.75 lb Chocolate Malt (225.0 SRM) Grain 3 12.1 % 0.75 lb Wheat Malt, Ger (2.0 SRM) Grain 4 12.1 % 0.50 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (60.0 SRM) Grain 5 8.1 %...

Hey all, Haven't been on here much on account of a baby due in 4 weeks... *eep!* But I'm trying to plan ahead (as I have been all year) for the annual Mopar Car Show in July. For the past two years I've presented a homebrewed beer, complete with labels and "story," to our club members. I...

Hey all, I haven't posted in quite a while... In May my wife and I were shocked to learn we were expecting, so of course everything has changed gears and all the stuff I loved doing in April... ...I haven't been able to do since... Back around that time-frame - I honestly can't even...

Okay I TRIED searching, and all I found were people who use 6-row in recipes and obviously already know how to use it... I recently made a Cream Ale with 2-Row and it was great. But I did some mor reading on the "official style" and learned that most use all 6-row or a combination of 2 and...

Hey guys! Well no thanks to all that bad influence form YOU people, but I finally broke down and bought a used "basement" refrigerator that I'm going to use to store beer ingredients, some extra freezer space, and of course, HOLD BEER KEGS! I already have one complete kegging setup, and will...