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member since 2007 but haven't brewed in many years. life came along and lost the desire to brew. after a couple of recent events i am need of some new therapy and one of the first things that came to mind was the excitement and enjoyment i got out of homebrewing. so it is good to be back!

:ban: Yeah I know nothing new to most of you guys and gals but very cool for Alabama! :ban:

Holy cow this was a good beer! Had never heard of it until last night at J. Clydes in Birmingham, Alabama. Did a quick google for a possible recipe but came up empty. What I would like to know is how many of you homebrewers have tried this beer and does anyone have a possible recipe for this...

:) :):) Left: Cascade Middle: Fuggle Right: Cascade-close up Was able to dig up two additional cascade offshoots today and replanted so now I have 4 Cascade plants. Not shown is a Mt. Hood.

Found this growing on top of my beer yesterday. It was not there the day before. There is no odor at all when I removed the cap and airlock except for good smelling beer. It is ready to be bottled and I am thinking about racking off about 3 to 4 gallons from the bottom and throw out the...

Alright fellow brewers I am in need of some information about form fitting packaging for beer bottles. I am planning on taking a few of my homebrews on an airplane ride to Denver in about 3 weeks and need to find packaging so they don't get broken. So please any info will be appreciated.

:( I noticed a few days ago a very, very thin layer of "something" white growing across the top of my Christmas Ale. This "something" had small groups of "bubbles" growing in little evil colonies. I removed the airlock to have a smell. Took a sniff, did not smell too bad but just not quite...

Here is my label for my pumpkin ale. What do you think?

I have a recipe for what I am going to call "Mrs. Clause Christmas Ale". I am in need of your input about what hops to use with this. 8# 2 row 2# Carafa I 4 oz. Chocolate malt 4 oz. Black Patent 8 oz. Carapils 1/2 cup molasses at flameout 1 tsp. cinnamon 1 tsp. ginger 1/4 tsp. nutmeg...

Attempted my first AG yesterday.:) Making a Dunkelweizen. Without going into too much detail, I collected 6 gallons of wort; boiled for one hour with hallertau hops; cooled wort down to 80 degrees; poured cooled wort into plastic bucket causing some aeration; placed lid on plastic fermenter...

I have two 1 gallong jugs of apricot wine working. Started on Jan. 10, '07. Recipe: 2 1/2 lbs of apricots 2 lbs. sugar 1 campden tablet 1/4 tsp. tannin 1 1/2 tsp. acid blend 1 tsp. yeast nutrient 1/2 tsp. pectic enzyme 1 pkt champagne yeast I used my juicer on the apricots and...

Very new to homebrewing but already enjoying it. Started out a couple of months ago using a Mr. Brew kit and yeah have read some of the post about MB but I think it is a good way to get started. Have been reading and enjoying the posts on here and look forward to eventually moving up in my...