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Mose, I was stationed in NSGA Misawa Japan and have been to Yokosuka and "The Haunch" too many times to remember. I'm heading to Rota in October. Go Navy!! Thanks for the info!

I'm not there yet, but I plan on moving to a Navy base in Spain!!

Any military homebrewers have any pointers about shipping grains / equipment from homebrew shops to FPO / APO addresses? I noticed that a few online sites ship to FPO/APO but I'm curious about if one is better than another due to cost / quality. Any info would help.. Cheers, Dan

I'm leaning towards cherry juice or cranberry juice, especially since I'm going with a belgian. However, since I don't have a lot of experience with adjuncts, when would be the best time to add it during the brewing process? Thanks everyone for their posts!!!

I've heard the same thing.....but it just seems so wrong. I'll keep searching!! Thanks!!

Please allow me to preface this by stating that I've rarely ever use adjuncts in a brew. However, I'm going to have to take one for the team!! My girlfriend / sisters / neighbors are huge fans of the True Blood show on HBO and the ask me to brew a "blood red beer" when the show starts back...

I used white labs for both of them. The lager and ale were stored at appropriate temps. That's what has me confused.

I've been brewing extract and all grain for a number of years. Recently, I moved to a new area and bought a house. A few months ago, I began to start my brewing back up and started out with a few extract batches. Everything was fine.. no problems. However, two weeks ago I started with a...

We just received news out here in Pittsburgh that our beloved Penn Brewery is closing. The local papers are only mentioning that the local restaurant / brewpub is closing. For the past few months the brew has been made out of Wilkes-Barre, Pa and I'm not sure if that will shut down as well...