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I'm in the process of building a bar in my downstairs and had a couple questions. I'm going to purchase the following kegerator to install under the bar...

Did the same with my better bottle. Luckily I had just transferred my Belgian Triple to a secondary last weekend.

just had to figure out how to get that little piece of foam out of the bottom. Is it necessary to take that piece of foam out? If so, uh oh.

Thanks for the input guys. I was just wondering why it seemed everybody talked about pouring their beer in a glass. As a noob to the homebrew scene, as far as the sediment goes, I couldn't see an advantage of drinking it out of a glass over directly from the bottle. Either way you're going to...

The reason I ask, is because if I'm going out on, say a boat, I don't want to be carrying a glass around with me.

I've read a lot on here about how to get the proper head on your beer when you pour it or how much to leave in the bottle when pouring your beer. Nowhere have I read about drinking straight from the bottle. Is this just not done with a homebrew?

I'm also considering adding zest to a Belgian Tripel I brewed 3 weeks ago. I'm going to rack to a secondary this weekend, but didn't know how to go about adding the zest. Do I just dump it in after racking or should I put it in a muslin bag?

Here's a good story on a home brewer from an unlikely source. Just don't know how he wouldn't be able to have lagering equipment. I'm sure he could afford it. http://espn.go.com/espn/page2/story/_/id/6829972/brewing-company-makes-beer-flavored-mariners-maple-bats

Usually a big fan of all the Sam Adams seasonals and specialties, but for some reason this one didn't take. To each his own, though.

Yeah I'm starting to think that's the way to go, also. I've done a couple brews now that have hop additions at different intervals. The muslin bag tends to flip and turn during the boil twisting the strings all up. Makes it hard, and hot, trying to untwist the strings to add the other hops.

Yeah I did have a couple days where the temp raised up due to our air conditioner going out. Just happened to be the two hottest days of the year.

I was under the impression that a Hefeweizen was one that didn't take long to be ready. I know more time the better. Like I said, I was rushing these two beers on purpose so I could familiarize myself with the qualities of a "green" beer. I was really looking for answers as to whether these...

I wasn't so much testing the rule as much as I was trying to find out the reason behind the rules and the differences when you follow and don't follow those rules. I just don't have the experience yet to know if the differences between the two I drank were caused by not being conditioned enough...

I used the 5 oz packet of priming sugar that came with the kit. I followed the instructions for dissolving it and then poured half in my bottling bucket and racked on top of it. After half was racked I poured the rest in and racked the rest on top of that. Then I gave it a gentle stir.

I'm hoping for some feedback to see if the beer is ready to put in rotation or if I should leave it a little longer. Just a little backstory on the HB: Hanks's Hefeweizen from Midwest Supplies. Brewed June 25. Spent 2 weeks in primary and bottled on July 9. OG = 1.050. FG = 1.010. Yeast =...

I don't know Bergen county too well, but I know up in the northern counties there is a chain called Bottle King. Become a club member for free and you get great discounts and they do have a great selection of beers. One of the few places in Jersey that I've found that carries all three labels of...

Thanks guys. We're down by Ocean City, so we aren't totally unfamiliar with Philly, but most of our experience with heading for a night out mainly involves going to AC (usually where we wind up after getting nice and lathered up during our last few trips to Philly as well lol).

I've beeen looking, and posting, about a couple beer bars in Philly. Namely Monk's and The Eulogy Bar. What I'm looking for is a few of the lesser known, but upper scale bars of the same ilk. The reason I'm asking is every year, instead of a christmas party, the owners of my company take us out...

Don't know if you're still in AC, but there is a bar in Tropicana in the quarter that is pretty good. I think it's called The Red Bar. It's a russian themed bar that has a vodka freezer and some really good russian beers. They have an ice strip that runs along the bar for you to set your beer on...

Thanks for the info. I'll have to try those and maybe just do an oktoberfest for this year.