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Hmm, not sure. When I first moved to Maynard there was a restaurant there (Blue Coyote? Or something) but it closed during covid. Maynard is named after Amory Maynard, the founder (whose tomb is in the big cemetery in town), so I wouldn’t be surprised if there had been a cafe named that.

about 5 years now! they have a little outdoor space in the alley between the two bldgs (to the left in this photo). they're really quite good.

Next time you’re in Maynard, check out Amory's Tomb Brewing Co. - great guys and great beer!

this was totally it - thanks!!

Thank you both. I honestly didn’t even realize I could take these plastic disconnects apart 😬 so I’ll take it apart today, inspect everything and make sure I get it back together nice and tight🤞

I am hoping y'all can help me figure out what's going on here. Trying to keg my first beer (have kegged a hop water, but this is my first beer). Got it into the keg last night and put in the kegerator with the liquid disconnect on, but the gas disconnect not connected. This afternoon, I attached...

Yeah, during the shutdown you had to get at least a case (split a couple with my neighbors a couple of times, which worked out great) but now you can order as much or as little as you want! Just popped by the new spot in Deerfield (not open yet, but they were doing order pickups there) and got...

never had that be an issue, maybe because it is chilling at a much slower rate than cold crashing (definitely loosen airlock)?

yes, lid on and airlock in place. I ferment in my basement so I just set it up down there (I don’t yet have any other temp control other than my fairly consistently temped basement), pop the lid in the morning, give it a good few shakes and/or stirs, then pitch. I also hated the amount of water...

if you don't mind waiting, you can do no-chill. I let the wort chill overnight in the fermenter and pitch the yeast the next day.

Yeah, the WW is a 2.5 gallon batch and it took 4 cups of fresh watermelon juice (from half a big watermelon) to get enough watermelon flavor that you can actually tell it's watermelon. My next batch will likely be a pale ale or attempt at a neipa, so even a slight melon flavor would not be...

I’ve reused yeast in different style beers before without any issues. In fact, in the watermelon wheat I brewed last summer I used London Fog yeast that I’d gotten from an earlier IPA and it turned out great. Would this yeast having been used in a watermelon beer create any off flavors (other...

I have a watermelon wheat that I am about to bottle up. If I reuse the yeast (us-05) from this batch, will it impart watermelon flavors in my next beer? The last time I brewed this watermelon wheat I just dumped the yeast, but I am curious..

re: magnets for dry hopping I recently saw these sous vide magnets that have a food-safe silicone coating. planning to get a few to try out in my next batch. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08PC97YHL/?coliid=IUWY4RRFOB1ZU&colid=3UADAEBZQB4XJ&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it

6305.5 + 3.5 gal neipa = 6309