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I have never had a DFH I enjoyed. Tried them all, but I didn't care for them. The 120 did give me a quick head rush, but it took a while to choke down (way too sweet). I had always heard good things about DFH and was upset that Missouri doesn't carry the brand, but after traveling back home to...

My son's birthday too...one year today.

Best beer in St Louis is at Square One (not far from downtown or anheuser-busch). Also check out schlafly

All time favorite... The Jerk

5 gallon Haus Pale, chilled and pitched...good day

Chiropractors are fairly well educated when it comes to anatomy and physiology. The science taught in chiropractic school is comparable to what an MD receives. Once the student enters their fourth year of school the focus shifts to musculoskeletal and neurological conditions as well as...

The cool water bath has been keeping my primary temp in the low 70's/upper 60's which is cooler than my last two batches. I am anxious to see if this makes a difference in flavor. Knock on wood, all my brews have been good, at least to me, and I have had primary temps in the upper 70's for...

I'm out in my garage brewing up a nice two-row, but damn it's hot outside. It's going to be well worth it, but I had to gripe. I don't have a immersion chiller and I usually chill off the wort with a cold bath, I just don't know if today I will be able to pull it off. Guess I'll double up on...

They were about as sealed as a zip lock gets, so I'm not too worried about it. I just wonder how the cascade and the nugget interact. It's an experiment in beer, frickin cool. what a great hobby. Thanks for the responses.

I was wanting to use some of my older hops so I chose to use the nugget and cascade at the 60". I was curious about bittering with two different hops. I may have just wasted an ounce of cascade...but they were at least six months old and I thought what the hell. Does anyone know if...

I threw a change up. I had a ounce of older (2 months) nugget I threw in @ 60' with an ounce of cascade.

Anyone ever brew an all cascade AG? I am about three minutes away from doing it, whadda think?

I have a question regarding the ill effects of air in the tubing during a transfer to my bottling bucket. I was using a new auto-siphon that was sucking a lot of air during my transfer resulting in a small foam at the top. I did further testing and it was my fault for having too much distance...

I will do the 1-2-3 method. Luckily I have a couple of cases of well-aged extract HB in the wait. I am wondering what the taste difference will be between the AG and EX, hopefully the extra work was well worth it. I did like half the cost of the AG.

I performed my first AG yesterday and overall I am pleased. Everything went fairly smooth, I just took my time and enjoyed the whole process. My OG was right on where I wanted it so I should be happy, right? I made a yeast starter out of a re-harvested liquid yeast and just when I was about to...