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City Beer Store - https://www.yelp.com/biz/city-beer-store-san-francisco one of the best places to buy any kind of beer, with many beers on tap. You can also buy bottles and drink inside. Cellarmaker mentioned above is also a few blocks away and very good. Healthy Spirits is another great beer...

I made one recently with NZ Cascade. Similar to US, but slightly more pronounced bitterness and more stone fruity aroma. Worth a try if you've done US Cascade SMaSH's and want to compare!

There were so many great styles to include, many of which are covered in this awesome website: http://www.germanbeerinstitute.com/styles.html (warning: don't visit unless you are prepared to go down a long rabbit hole of beer research, there's a ton of great content)

Only in Budweiser.

That's exactly how I did it for a Bacon Bourbon Stout I made a few years ago. Cooked up a few packs of bacon, drain just the fat into a 3/4 full bottle of cheap and nasty bourbon and let it sit for 2 weeks. Invite some friends over in the mean time to eat bacon sandwiches. After 2 weeks, I went...

Both batches almost ready to be pitched:

Fair enough! Will adjust for that and give it a brew this weekend. Thanks.

Good question! I wanted to have a beer that combined both hops and then find the right balance between them, so by doing the opposite ends of bittering/aroma I hope to get a sense of which blend I prefer and how it could be adjusted from there.

As someone who is living in the US but originally from New Zealand, the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA - https://www.eff.org/issues/tpp) that has been in the news of late is very relevant to me. I had the idea for a beer that would make light of this deal and see which country ends up...

I re-use most bottles from commercial beer I buy. After drinking I briefly rinse and then put them neck down in the dishwasher. Some brands' labels fall right off while others are a bit tougher. Those ones I wait until brew day, and hold them over the steaming kettle as it boils to help them...

I've been taping up leftover packets (1oz, 2oz) and putting them in a ziplock bag with as much air squeezed out as possible, and freezing them. I tend to use them over the next month or so each time so I'm not maintaining a large stockpile of open hops. Haven't noticed any issues, they still...

+1 gallon Centennial IPA +2 gallons Sierra Nevada Tropical IPA Clone +1 gallon Sorachi Ace Saison = 4576 gallons

Brewing my second attempt at the Sierra Nevada Tropical IPA. 1 gallon all grain, using a 2 gallon drink cooler mash tun I cobbled together today. Currently have the same brew in the fermenter, dry hopped. Will try this one without dry hopping to test the difference.