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Homebrew Emporium is doing their annual big brew day outside their store this Saturday May 5th (an event where you bring your setup to brew outside their shop and they will give you free ingredients for a 5gal batch). Pretty excited to sample some brews and brew some beer (I will be there doing...

I reside in Albany and was wondering the same thing. I checked the AHA website and there is no Albany club. Maybe we could all meet up some time tho and get something organized? Im sure there are some Albany brewers in here.

A few weeks back I was at a seminar where a guy from bud was speaking on brewing. He said that the beechwood aging was so that the yeast would settle on top and the beer would have more contact with the yeast.

It definitely wasn't a great idea for the company to do this from a PR standpoint (clearly someone thought it was). But I would personally rather walk around with a hot spot then dig through trash for dirty cans.

I plan on doing a Hall and Oats themed beer. With Hallertaur hops and oatmeal. Hall and Oatsmeal Ale.

The man game. You and a buddy put your forearms together and drop a lit cigarette in the middle. First one to pull away loses.

I'm pretty pumped. Going to the second round of seminars tomorrow and then heading to the Sierra Nevada tap takeover.

Dos Equis labels are impossible to delabel. I soak everything in oxy clean and all the labels float to the top except those damn dos Equis bottles... I have found magic hat to be a pain as well.

We should definitely meet up. Mahars is a pretty awesome bar if you would like to meet up there. If there's anything closer to the Troy area (that seems to be the middle point) feel free to suggest that instead. My schedule is pretty flexible this week so let me know what works best for you guys.

Oh nice. I've been there more often recently since I've moved over to partial mashes. It would be great to get together for a brew.

Greetings! I've been a lurker on here ever since I started brewing this summer and I must say, everyone on here is a wealth of knowledge. I just wanted to briefly introduce myself. I am currently a college student at Albany College of Pharmacy finishing up my degree to become a Medical...

He was referring to another post which got way out of hand a few days back. It's worth your time if you can find the thread.

Something tells me this will be going on for a while and I'm ok with that. Hilarious.

We've done drinking games to the show Mudcats and Gold Rush. For Mudcats you have to drink every time someone says "hole", "noodling" and for every statement that is a clear sexual innuendo. Gold Rush we drink every time they say "gold" (including the commercials) or whenever one of them throws...

Weekend events look pretty interesting. I was wondering if anyone has attended this in the past and if it would be worth attending one of the seminars. Any advice on the best day to go? Any insight is greatly appreciated.