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Hey Revvy, is there a way to do that ginger snap cookie deal into an extract kit? I really wanna try it, but I'm still new and I'm doing extract kits. I'm guessing crush the cookies to a pulp and put at the end of the boil and bring to boil (or at least 165 F to kill everything) and ferment...

My groomsmen bought me the deluxe brewing kit from the local brewing store, American Brewmaster, in Raleigh. They knew I enjoyed drinking quality beer, so they figured I'd enjoy making it. They said, "Out of all of us, you're the only one anal enough to pay such close attention to detail to...

oh, and get some hose / tubing to connect the autosiphon and the wand. I also have some hose / tubing for the blowoff. (On my very first batch, I didn't know that I was supposed to use the airlock. I only saw [older] pictures using blowoff, so that's what I used. Good thing too, because I...

I'm from Raleigh, NC. Great brews down here. All those mentioned are great. Also, in Raleigh there are Big Boss and Natty Greene's (Natty Greene's is also a restaurant of the same company). In Asheville, there is the Highland Brewing Company, also really good.

I'm brand new here and to homebrewing as well. I'm from Raleigh, NC and I get all my stuff from American Brewmaster. Everyone there is super helpful and I have heard one of them say good things about this site [when I mentioned it to him]. By the way -- their extract kits (the normal kits you...