Recent content by bensbrew80

I went to Smoky mountain Brewery last night in Gatlinburg. It was pretty good, (if not a littlt touristy) but they had a nice low-hop,lightly carbonated brown ale called black bear that was tasty and i got a growler of their Cherokee Red to go. I will definitely check out Sun King as i will...

Leaving this morning...I live close by ( and frequent) 3 Floyds quite a bit, plus Dark Lord Day was yesterday and that place will look like a tornado hit it! But i may try Flat 12 as well as Peoples Breweing Company this week. Thanks again everyone!!

Turns out that due to a job interview on Thursday, my trip is cut short to TN only, so looks like i'll at least be hitting up Yazoo! Thanks so much everyone!

I'm headed to Myrtle Beach SC from Chicago (through Tennessee) and I'm looking for some good microbreweries to sample along the way. Any good ideas??? "Na Zdrowie!":mug::mug:

oak sounds good. Thanks!

So, i made an Irish Red (from Charles Papazians book, "No Sham Shamrock Irish Red Ale) using DME, last Saturday night...I was wondering if anyone had any good ideas in relation to what i could add to my secondary fermenter to give it a unique taste?? I added vanilla beans to my secondary...

Thanks! I'll be on the lookout for a bigger pot. A local brewer here told me there was virtually no difference between steel and aluminum pots so i'll probably go that route.

Hi everyone! I'm a brand spanking new forum presence but the idea of getting help and sharing ideas sounds great to me.. I've been using Brewers Best kits thus far but would like to get out of the Partial boiling i've been doing. I was wondering if a 7 gallon boil pot would be big enough to...