I was stationed at Bragg from 99-02 and Huske Hardware and Mash House were my first experiences with microbrews. Little did I know then that I would never find a heffeweizen like the one at Mash House, it haunts my dreams today. I remember drinking it straight from the growler in the barracks...
I just finished this stage on my first brew. I woke up the day after pitching and found the airlock filled with brown bits and nastiness and the lid of the bucket bulging and straining to stay put. I yanked the airlock and rushed to clean it out and my inner-MacGyver grabbed my bottling tubing...