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So I just wanted to start this thread to, have a place to show and talk about how your Dad or family have heled you with brewing equipment ect. So my Dad is a welder and works at a big shop. He calls me and asks if I could use 20 inches stainless pipe. I can weld a little but not that great...

So I want to be able to blend a Gueuze. I have two Buffalo Trace barrels and I know that is not typically what is used but I have them. The first barrel will be filled and the yeast used will be Yeast Bay, Melange. The second barrel will be using Yeast Bay, Amalgamation. The beauty of barrel...

So today was a Long day! Monday all over agin! This is my reason for having a beer. Feel free to add yours. A purg cart as we call it. A dolly with 12"PVC holding 35gal of water and a 2 1/2hp (jacuzzi pump) fell over pinning me against a door jam and then this

I have loads of friends and if one goes out of town, they will ask if I want something. One of my brew Budys went to Tx last week Can't wait for a brew day and the boys to drink some of these.

Wake put to DemiJohn foaming over the blow off and 1 gal of beer on the floor. Who else has brew friends and has to clean up there beer? I really like brew friends, cleaning my basement at 8 am on Sunday sucks

Any one else have this problem?

Me and a Budy loaded up equipment and are about ready 3 mash tun's with pumps and heating elements for RIMS setup, 3 boil kettles, 2 HTL's. And everything else

Just sent pics of some beer to a friend in a text his response " I am going to bring an extra Liver" thought it was great. What are some of yours?

So I wake up and go down stairs to let the dogs out this morning and see a river coming out of my storage room. I am pissed cause there is a Frig with bottles, Kezzer with 8 kegs in it, them I think if a dog pissed I am going to freak. Well the frig had home made Grape Soda and the door...

Haven't been to Barns and noble lately just found this book love and have all the other Oxford Companions Wine, Food Read this and thought what a great explanation Love Beer and Food. The slightly nerdy explanations of Senses reactions to flavors and taste as related to smell is what...

A few friends and I are doing 60gal of Black Barley Wine to fill a Buffalo Trace Bourbom Barrel. Kicking off the new year right with beer for next winter. :mug: :mug: :tank:

This Saturday at the Homebrewery Store in Ozark Mo is a Homebrew gathering and tasting. It is from 3 to 6. If you have some and want a few oppinions or just want to come hang. The owners moved to a great new building a year ago and are doing a 1 year anniversary party. If you live close check it...

Ok so I will call almost every brew day and some bottle days. Ok so let's here them. What can you blame it on and the SWMBO will buy as a good reason.

So this past Sat my two Brew Budy's and I planed a brew day. It started as a 20g day then 30 then 40 and then 50. The day Started at 8am for me and after going to get parts for a broken faucet. I got started around 11:20. I have a twin 2 vessel RIMS set, and a gas water heater that is cranked up...

This past sat was International Sour Beer day what did you do! We did a Consicration, New Belgian - Peach sour, local brew 13 Funk, a brew from KC brew pub 75th Street- Sour Bruenet.

5 are friends. They tend to forget there's. Love having good Brew Buddy's yes there are 16, and 3gal in a barrel that isn't in the photo

Have had a problem as of late that when I transfer to secondary my beer gets infected with a air born yeast. Has any one else had this happen and if so what helped. I have a spray bottle of Sanitizer and spray everything before I open any fermenter. Clean everything really good cant stop this...

19# 2 Row American 8# Golden Promise 2# Honey malt 6# CaraPils 2# Corn sugar Hops 60min- 2oz Simcoe, 2oz Columbus 45min- 2oz Chinook 25min- 1oz Simcoe, 1oz Centennial 15min- 2oz Citra Dry Hop into secondary 2oz Simcoe 2oz Citra Wyeast- American Ale Mash at 162 for 60min. I am...

So Just wanted to see who else handled the builds for there brewing friends. This is what I have to get welded up for my friends. I guess thats what happens when your dad is a welder and you do HVAC and have the tools. When it gets done they will all have sweet rigs and I will have an...

So I just set up my RIMS system and HOLLY CRAP!!! My Brew Pal app said my Double IPA was going to be around 10%. Ya, either the app is cracked or RIMS totally Kicks A*# cause my brew came out at 13.4% and was spot on volume. Then my friend came over with a grain bill and his was a 10gal 7% brew...