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I always loved his characters, especially Hans Gruber and the Sheriff of Nottingham. Another British icon gone too soon. Cancer can suck it.

I make my own sauerkraut. It's delicious and full of great probiotics. Does anyone here make kefir? I've been interested in making some. Also, could one use some of the liquid from fermented kraut to start kefir? Or is it completely different organisms? If not, what are your favorite...

I just peed in my wort by accident. It wasn't a full on morning coffee pee and I didn't eat asparagus last night. It was more of a watery early afternoon pee. Do you think it will be ok? :drunk:

I got 2 packs of Blackman Yeast sour blends and decided to brew a 10g batch and split it 5/5 with the 2 different yeasts. F4 Flemish and A4 American. 17# Domestic Pilsner 70% 2# German Melanoidan 8% 2# Belgian Caramunich 8% 1.5# Domestic Rye 6% .5# English Pale Chocolate 2% .5# rolled oats 2%...

6 weeks ago I brewed a big barleywine. 1.118 OG, pitched 2 packs of rehydrated US05 and let it ride. Checked gravity at 4 weeks, 1.024. Checked gravity again 1 week ago, 1.024. I pitched a rehydrated pack of EC1118 hoping to get it closer to 1.01. After 4 days, it's at 1.022. I had planned...

I'm excited to finally announce this! My friend and I are finally making our move into the craft beer business. We are opening a beer bar with 30 taps of mostly AZ beers. We will also have a bottle shop of select craft beers from around the world. If all goes well, this may eventually develop...

The Great Blizzard that ended 2014 has left us in dire straights. Please send supplies. We're ok, for the moment, but things are bad. Hopefully the Governor will send in the National Guard.

My favorite time of year! Lets kick it off with a little something that always brings the good memories.

I scored an Ibrik this week. I'm going to use it today. I had a kafette at a local coffee house a couple weeks ago. It was amazing! Now I want to try them at home. I got this one. http://www.sweetmarias.com/store/brewing/coffee-brewers/ibriks/hand-hammered-copper-tin-ibrik-10oz.html

My first time using lacto. YeastBay Farmhouse Sour blend. 2l starter at 22hrs in, upper 70's. Is this normal? It's getting bigger. Sent from my magic box, using only my thumbs.

Working on a recipe to use Yeast Bays farmhouse sour. Looking for some advice. This will be the first time I've tried lacto. 10# Pilsner malt #5 wheat 1# Munich 10L 1oz Saaz hops 45min green cardamom 1/2oz fresh ginger 1oz YeastBay Farmhouse sour blend Thoughts? ***Changed this...

I had a Danby kegerator since 08. It took a dump last week. Good thing I only had 1 gallon of brew in there at the time. Drink up!! The temp control hadn't worked in at least a year and then the compressor went out. Right now is a really bad time for us to be spending money. What to do?? I...

One of the original Lords of Dogtown. Dude could really shred a board. He had his demons and died too young. RIP dude. http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-jay-adams-20140816-story.html

I decided to try my hand at a black IPA/Cascadian dark ale. I was at the LHBS and just winged the recipe while chatting with one of the employees. I had 4oz of various hops at home and wanted to use them up. Here's what I came up with, all grain. 12# Domestic Pale .5# 60L Crystal .5#...

Put together a recipe a few days ago. Grains are mashing now. I will be kegging this one in 6 weeks tops. Here's what I have. 7# Marris Otter 4# Dom Wheat 1# Canadian Honey Malt .5# 80L Crystal 1oz Acid Malt 1# Piloncillo cane sugar 2.5# sweet cherries (sugar and cherries are...

I'm working on a recipe for a vial of WLP645 that I have. Tips/advice welcome I'm looking at using rhubarb and fresh ginger in this beer. Ginger at the end of boil and not sure when I will add the rhubarb yet. base grain either Belgian pale or pilsner malt. I'm leaning toward pils. some...

This probably sounds a bit dumb, but I've always brewed 5g batches. If I want to scale down a recipe to a 1g batch, is it simply divide everything by 5 or is there more to it? Ive been tasked with doing a solar powered homebrew demonstration next month. The solar rig can boil a gallon in 1...

I've never harvested from a bottle before but here I sit, drinking an Ommegang Abbey Dubbel and thinking I need to brew another Belgian besides Saison. Is the Abbey Dubbel yeast worth growing up from the bottle, or is this strain available in White Labs already? Where would I generally get...

I recently used this for the first time in an English Olde ale all grain. I had on OG of 1.062 and after one week it was at 1.012 and totally clear. Today, after 3 weeks, I racked it to a keg, FG 1.01 and totally clear. It's been at 1.01 for a week now. I'm brewing an Imperial Porter now and...

I've been wanting to try some Brett, so I made a couple small changes to my ryePA recipe and I'm changing the yeast to WLP670. 11# Belgian Pale Malt 1-1/2# 10L Crystal 1-1/2# Domestic Rye 1/2# English Carastan 1/4# Carapils 2oz Citra leaf 60min 2oz Cascade leaf 15min 1oz Cascade leaf...