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I will be spending Thanksgiving with family in the Kansas City area and want to see if any of you know of good beer bars and bottle shops there. I'll be in the Overland Park area most of the time but will be downtown on the plaza a few times too. I live in PA so I usually find beer in KS that I...

I brewed a black ipa and about 12 days ago transferred it to a secondary on 2oz of citra. My problem is that I originally planned to bottle today and ran out of time due to preparing for holiday travel and will not be able to bottle until next week. I have read that dry hopping too long can...

I'm planning to brew a Kate the Great Stout clone that Jimbus posted a recipe for a few years ago and the thread is still going and quite long. I've made my way through all of it and plan to brew this beast tomorrow. I've also read about Parti-Gyle brewing and plan to experiment making a second...

Received my Northern Brewer package today with a large box containing a few random items along with my grain bill, hops and yeast. It's WLP 500 if that makes any difference. By the time I received the package (2 day shipping) the ice pack was melted and the insulated envelope was now keeping the...

I just wanted to say thank you to all of you that post on the forum. I have been reading posts for quite a while and have learned a lot of good information. I post on occasion but mostly just lurk, read and absorb as much as I can. I went all in about a year ago with kettles and a fairly proper...

I'm going to be in New Zealand from January 21 through February 10 and have a bit of time to explore when I'm not working. I'm curious if any of you have knowledge of places worth visiting. Breweries? Brew pubs? Hop Farms? Beer to keep an eye out for? I'm also curious what the rules...

I've brewed a few kits in the past few years and only two of them were extract. I've been having great luck with all grain but want to get a couple friends into home brewing and extract is the easier method... or should be. I've done two extract kits and one turned out great and the other...

I'd like Santa to bring me a CO2 tank & a regulator to keg as well as a grain mill. The grain mill may be my priority since I enjoy all grain brewing and bottling works well for now. What do you want Santa to put under your tree?

I'm planning to brew on Halloween morning and found a Vanilla Bourbon Porter posted by Lil' Sparky on here from Denny Conn to make. I'm excited about it and figured a dark beer on Halloween was fitting. Anyone else out there planning a Halloween Brew or a Halloween themed beer? I'm sure there...

I brewed a Northern Brewer Sierra Madre extract a few months ago and followed the instructions given. I did a full boil and added the LME at the proper timing. After reading multiple posts here in HBT about this I learned to add the LME at flame out. My Pale Ale is darker than it should be, has...

My situation is: I live in PA and my friend in North Carolina has a few pounds of flower hops frozen, waiting to be used in future brews. He's willing to share some of the hops with me but neither of us know if the hops will still be good to use once they get thawed during shipping to me and...

I received my ups delivery on Friday afternoon and when I pulled the Wyeast smack pack out it was a little inflated. I felt around and the nutrient pack inside had already been opened. I put it in the refrigerator right away since I wasn't planning to brew until next week. I'm just wondering if...

Hi everyone. I'm in China having a hard time with internet but will be able to check this thread occasionally while I'm here. I'm traveling this Wednesday to Brisbane Australia and wanted to know if any HBT members know of places to go for a good brew. I'll be there for about 12 days before...

I live in State College, PA and the Dogfish allotment of 120 showed up. A lot of bottle shops around town have it right now. Cheapest I saw was Wegmann's grocery store for $8.99, everywhere else was $10 per bottle that I saw. Wanted to let you beer lovers know while the students are still gone...

I will be in Vail, CO Feb 9-12 for work and I'm wondering if any of you fine home brewers know of a good location or two for a fine beverage. A recommendation from another person that appreciates fine beer would be great. Thank you. Chad

I'm new to brewing and plan to expand my equipment soon to have the ability to brew some of my favorite craft beer. So far I've brewed a Pale Ale and a Witte with decent success. What I'm curious about is those of you that are able to brew just about any type of beer you want to drink, what do...