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My first batch of homebrew was on Labor Day, 2011. Since then I have brewed maybe 8 times. I have also made two batches of Apfelwein. :ban: Up until now, I have saved a single 12 oz. bottle from each batch. They are collecting dust in a dark corner of my basement. I got to thinking...

Ugh, so precious few apfelwein left from last October batch. Looks to be a bells bottle. It's happened 2 or 3 times out of 6 batches. Normal or am I unlucky? Makes me want to keg. Edit: might be odells, I forget who was the leafs on the bottle.

What are some great beers not available in the cities but that can be had in the Orlando area? Going to have family drive me up a bunch, already planning on some DFH.

So I'm sitting here as my first partial mash (and full boil) gets to a boil. I set my floating thermometer in and realize that I'm 90% sure I was looking at 56C and not 156F for my entire mash. Doh! I only have an extra half pound of light DME. On hand. Going to toss that in and RDWHAHB, even...

Attached is a picture of the chiller I soldered the other day. No leaks!! Woohoo! Anyways it isn't pretty, but I want to make it a little more rigid. I have a few extra feet of soft 1/2" copper I could use and solder, just wondering if anyone has any good ideas. edit: also I need to figure...

I stupidly bought this from NB earlier tonight planning to make starters from now on. Now I've realized it's pretty much too small for anything. What's the point of a 500ml flask? Is a 2000ml flask big enough for a 2l starter? Or will I need extra space?