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I'm not ready to say officially that "I have quit brewing", but it's been 2 years now since I made a batch and I don't see myself brewing again in the foreseeable future. For me it has all boiled down to time and the trade offs of the time it takes to brew versus what I can do with that time in...

Greetings and salutations from a fellow NC brewer. Welcome to the community.

I second that. Atlantic brew supply is the best! Welcome to hbt.

Yeah they would definitely ship it, it's just expensive to ship 1 pack of liquid yeast. I prefer to spread the cost across a couple of batches worth of ingredients and get reduced or sometimes free shipping. I'm not going to be brewing for quite a while now, so don't want to order more...

Thanks @Miraculix . The yeast cake is Wyeast 1056 American ale.

My lbhs is a 2.5 hour drive each way, so when I shop there I usually get the ingredients for a couple of batches at a time. So a little over a month and a half ago I ordered 2 batches of ingredients. When I got them home I noticed the pack of hornindal kveik yeast I bought was pretty full of...

Welcome! from another NC guy. It sounds like you are pretty well sucked into the obsession. Happy brewing!

That is a fantastic show. I took my son to see it a few years ago and it was pretty incredible! He and I are both long time fanatics. We had to slow down our collecting a while back for lack of storage space and I was starting to get concerned about the structural integrity of my house under...

Welcome to HBT and the obsession!

I live near Wilmington and the nearest good shop is Atlantic brew supply in Raleigh. They are family owned and are a great online option with friendly helpful and knowledgeable staff. They sell grains and hops by the ounce and in larger quantities and have a pretty good equipment selection as...

Extract versus all grain to me is about control and time management. You can make GREAT beer with extract. There have been many medals won at NHC with extract recipes. With extract some of the work of making the wort has been done for you so it is a little easier and takes a little less time...

3.5G American wheat ale 923 + 3.5 = 926.5

Welcome from another NC guy.

I was washing it after taking my og reading and the stem just snapped in my hand. It was really a game day hydrometer. I have dropped it a couple of times and it has even rolled off the kitchen table with no damage. At least no visible damage. ;) "sigh" guess the old boy lived a good life. :mug:

Well, I guess I'm officially a homebrewer now. I finally broke my first hydrometer. It was the same one that came in my starter kit that I bought back in 2016. I guess 7 years is a good life for a hydrometer though. Good thing I got my readings done before I broke it today, my LHBS is 3 hours...