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The plan is for a brewery, however there is a timeline in the plan that (as of now) is 5 years deep, one of the plans is to open up a brewpub. A hop growing project isn't far behind the brewpub on the timeline.

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One of the last 2 classes I have to take before I graduate is a Small Business Entrepreneur class where the final project is a 30 - 40 page business plan. I, naturally, decided to do mine on a microbrewery. Does anyone have any good sources of information for how much a typical...

Tons of beer, fireman's chili, tons of beer, and a belgian beer tent. I got a sample glass for $2 and a Brewfest Tshirt for $10. Sierra Nevada makes some AMAZING mustard with their stout. It was delicious.

I want to try making a pumpkin porter. I've only made a pumpkin beer once, and used pumpkin puree (never again). I wish I could've had it ready by Halloween, but I'll be lucky if I have it ready by next freakin Halloween. F***ing school. =/ Good luck with the pumpkin brew BTW, color looks...

I've been enjoying some Guinness lately, both the draught and extra stout, and I've often thought it tastes a bit like (black) olives. I'm not crazy, someone else pointed this out, and other people have agreed (think about olives next time you enjoy a Guinness). Anyway, I had a bizarre...

This man is a genius. I shipped via Fed Ex before, bottles got a little shaken up in transit (my friend said the beer was a bit cloudy) but other than that, it went fine. I would, however, suggest waiting until it cools off a bit. It's still really hot where I live and my UPS / Fed Ex...

The bottling wand is what fell apart mid-bottling

Awesome :mug:

I'm going, this will be the first year the brewfest is happening since I turned 21. Can't wait. It starts in less than 1 hour

FTW :cross: I kept the splashing to a minimum by only opening the spigot about halfway and pouring sideways down the side of the bottle. Imperfect, but it got the job done. EDIT: sorry, didn't fully answer question, I did NOT use the tubing after the bottle filler fell apart, only the spigot...

I had a fun time bottling a batch of beer today, I finally got to packaging my Rhizome IPA, the only beer I was able to make with my freshly grown / picked hops. First, I forgot to tighten the spigot on my bottling bucket, so beer started to ooze all over the floor until I realized it...

Awesome. Next time I'll mix the grain with a lot of hot water instead of pouring a pot over it. And I'll use less water, I didn't think using a lot of water would reduce the amount of sugars you get out of the grain. Thanks for all the input guys

I sparge one pot at a time and boil them both down until they can fit into 1 pot, then combine and go on with my boil. Since I started sparging with my earlier mentioned bucket full o' holes & pot of recently boiled water, I noticed I was getting great SG's, often higher than expected. Perhaps...

TOO MUCH water? There is such a thing? I figured the more water that the grains had to move around in, the more easily the sugars get sucked out. The constant stirring was something I just started doing since I've been worried about getting all the 'juice' out of the grains. For...