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If the OP or anybody else is interested in how to start a small brewery, check out my blog: http://crookedrunbrewing.wordpress.com/ I started at age 25 totally poor with money raised on Kickstarter. Today we are a few months away from opening a second 10 BBL location, we won gold at World...

@MVKTR2 I did it at 25, with money raised via Kickstarter. But yeah, it's the government stopping you. These costs are pretty inflated, but mostly I agree with this post.

@MVKTR2 I did it at 25, with money raised via Kickstarter. But yeah, it's the government stopping you. These costs are pretty inflated, but mostly I agree with this post.

Rye adds a little bit of spiciness that can be accentuated more with certain hops or spices. It doesn't add too much flavor, though. Mostly what it contributes is body. Here is an excellent rye recipe. This is one of the year-round beers I do. Achilles 101 IBU 1.084 OG 9% ABV 12 gallons 15...

Keep it the same temperature. Yeast doesn't like temp changes.

Aging a little bit will help the yeast clear. Saison yeast has a really poor flocculation, a bit of a trade-off for it's high attenuation and fool-proof temperature range. Yep, you're right. I still love this beer, but my black tripel is similar and way more popular at the nano. You can...

This whole thread is so full of lulz.

Yep, that's pretty much what you'll get if you do that. But I wouldn't use pale chocolate malt, it just doesn't have the SRMs to get the color right without using too much, and the roasty flavor will overpower everything.

The cost savings has been debated quite a bit, but homebrewing will save you money and you will be making beer as good as commercial examples if you play your cards right. I made it my business and it's definitely paid off, too. I agree with the OP, but I think the biggest thing is that...

Thanks! This is year 2 of the nano, have this on tap right now. I changed the recipe for contract brewing to make it cheaper, it is a bit different tasting but still very good. Got rid of the candi syrup, upped the chocolate wheat, and switched to raspberry extract. It has been a very...

Grain bill is solid, go ahead and use the crystal 80 if you'd like. Move all hop additions to either 60 or 2 min/flameout additions, and dry hops. You need at least 3 oz flameout and 3 oz dry hops for a 5g batch of IPA.

The one with the lower rating?

Actually, not really. http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/devils-backbone-vienna-lager/95540/ Number one selling beer in my state last summer, over BMC. It's a very nice beer, but being a nice, easy-drinking lager the beer snob crowd will never give it a lot of love. But still, it sells like...

Contradicted yourself a bit there ;) You are right, though.

Not really. Most of my customers are nice, normal people. Most aren't even that into beer.