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THEY'RE GONE... Claimed by a fellow homebrewer right in my own neighborhood. Bottomline...I have way too many bottles stored in my apt.'s pantry. Don't need 'em all. I put them up on craigslist. 200 + Beer bottles for homebrewer If interested in taking them off my hands, email me thru...

SWMBO and I will be doing a week in Seattle and Portland in November. I've been to Seattle a bunch of times and know the town fairly well, but never to Portland, so obvioulsy looking forward to visiting Rogue, Deschutes...and the countless others I'll try to cram in over 48 hours. Also would...

Anyone got any info? I emailed the brewey, but haven't heard back yet. I'm going to the Hopleaf in Chicago tonight for dinner and brews, so like any good beer geek, i checked their website for the current draft menu and I about did a backflip when I saw this: Stone Ruination IPA Escondido...

Took a little longer than rumored...but its official... Bell's is back in Illinois. Nice!

Well, I'm getting married at the end of summer and I have a keg I'm just waiting to get converted to a keggle. So I'm going to need a burner. Target happens to have this one and I can add it to our wedding registry. Anyone have this one? Stainless steel 16x16 Bayou Classic. Pros / cons...

A bike fest with New Belgium brew on tap... I might go check it out as its about a mile from my place. http://www.tour-de-fat.com

A lazy sunday this past weekend. SWMBO was holed up studying as she's finishing her degree in a few weeks. So with nothing much to do, I walked down to the local produce mart, picked up some stuff to go with my chicken breasts and did some simple kabobs. Chicken, green peppers, mushrooms...

SimCade Pale Ale A super-easy extract brew that smells and tastes AMAZING! The light Crystal with the Simcoe really allows the orange/tangerine/passionfruit characteristics of the hops to come through to the front. The 1272 yeast gives the beer a tart fruitness that in my opinion accentuates...

I hate marketing. Anyone else see the Mike's Hard Lemonade commerical with the guy introducing their new soy drink? Then Mr. tough guy boss comes out and says "We don't do soy!" all pissed off and whatnot. You know...because he's no ***** or whatever. Then a bottle of hard lemonade slams...

I've been wanting to try making a Red Ale for a while as I've never done one. I've had a few Imperial Reds lately that I've really liked, though I've found them a little on the too sweet side. I also want to make use the hops I have on hand. So I've settled on Centennial and it turns out this...

http://www.suntimes.com/business/893532,gooseisland041408.article Goose Island Beer Co. said Monday it will close its original brewpub at 1800 N. Clybourn by year-end because it has lost its lease. The Chicago-based company, founded at the Clybourn site in 1988, will continue to operate...

Opening is still going to be a ways off but looks like they are well on their way. Can't wait for this palce as it will be walking distance from my front door (about a mile away). Lots of pics of the latest advancement here: http://revbrew.com/blog

I was at Two Bros. for the tour and a few rounds yesterday and this was mentioned. Info taken from knaves.org: The AHA's Big Brew Day. Homebrewers across the country get together to brew beer today, because we can. This year Two Brothers Brewery has once again offered us a great...

I definitely grabbed more than a few of these for the few months they had them last year. Glad to see they're back. Costco's selection has really sucked lately. For the Midwest/Chicago area anyway... This little bit was on the Two Bros. website today: We are gearing up for another run...

I didn't even hear about this until today! This is a couple of miles from my apt. I imagine I'll head down there and check it out. $20 seems like a bargain. http://www.delilahschicago.com/ Saturday 2-23 Vintage Strong Beer Fest 2008 On Saturday, February 23rd from Noon to 6pm...

I made an ESB yesterday. Everything went great. Pitched British Ale yeast, no starter, just straight from a fully swelled Wyeast smack pack, and sealed up my bucket. Inserted a blowoff tube through the gromit and into a growler half filled with sanitizer. Put a hooded sweatshirt around the...

I'm not leaving the f'n house this weekend. SWMBO and I scraped our plans last night and instead ordered in a pizza, bottled the Fat Tire clone while drinking some brews and listening to the Eagles of Death Metal. I snuck in my AHS order while the 10% sale was going on, got a little sauced after...

I'm planning on doing a clone of Rogue Brutal Bitter (or at least something close). I've seen a few all grain versions written up online. The hops are Newport (bittering) and Crystal (bittering/aroma). The grains according to a few AG recipes appear to be CaraVienne, Carapils, Wheat, and/or...

Anyone else besides me planning on drinking a lot of beer and watching the playoffs all weekend? I'm lucky to have a SWMBO that loves football that will allow this glutony. The plan is to make a couple of loaves of beer bread. I already bought the spinach/artichoke/parmesan dip (SWMBO is a...

http://www.shmaltz.com/lennys.html Malts: 2-row, Rye Ale Malt, Torrified Rye, Crystal Rye 75, Crystal Malt 65, Wheat, Kiln Amber, Caramel 70 Hops: Warrior, Cascade, Simcoe, Crystal, Chinook, Amarillo, Centennial. Dry Hopped with Amarillo and Crystal HOLY CRAP IS RIGHT! Had a...