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Just saw this thread ... sorry to hear. I had to put my cat down at Thanksgiving and dread the day when my dog Shadow reaches that point. We'll raise one for Integra tonight.

I'm making my first wine, a Zinfandel/Shiraz mix. One of the ingredient packages says it contains shellfish. I am allergic to shrimp, but not overly worried about this. Is this a common additive to wine or just the home brew kits?

I would also store the beer in an area where if it does explode you can clean up easyily. Luckily I had my last batch in the pantry because I was too lazy to move it to the basement when it went off. Strawberries and beer everywhere. It took me a good month to find all the pieces to my...

When you say lager a beer, you just mean let it sit in the secondary out in the cold?

oh wow. my recipe calls for 8# of fruit, maybe I should cut that back.

I was planning on doing fresh berries ... i'll look around see what i can find. Thanks!

I've got a hefeweizen fermenting away and will soon be to the point where I steep and add berries to the mix for flavor. I'm contemplating using strawberries ... are there any complications or anything that will make them harder to use than say blue or raspberries?

my dad directed me here. brewing will soon run in the family as my kit is on its way.

I was just down in Norfolk, VA for the weekend and had it. I thought it was ok, sort of like a slightly lighter guinness.

I wish there was one in HdG, then I could walk there. But then again I'd probably spend too much $$. I'm gonna be ordering my first kit sometime this week, hope to start over the long weekend.

Homebrew Cellar 815 Matthews Ave Aberdeen, MD 21001 410-273-7774

I found out through a friend that he runs the shop from his garage.

I work in Aberdeen and saw the address for the place here. It looks like it's a residential address, but who knows. Also, I used to live in elkton, literally across the street from State Line. That place is awesome, I still stop in if I'm ever driving through Elkton.

Thanks ... I've had several people mention that place, so I'll probably be checking it out soon.

My dad's been big into homebrews and I think it's about time for me to start making some of my own. I'm up in Havre de Grace; any good places up in Harford (or Cecil) County to get supplies?