Recent content by ugly_mother

If you are still looking for suggestions, Madison Beer Review has a great summary of basically all the best places to get craft beer in and around Madison.

Here's another "World Beer Cup" US represented by Yuengling this time.

I was wondering about this. I saw that cross of plastic and thought that it could definitely get clogged up with some hop pellet particles. It kind of seemed to defeat the purpose of the airlock, but maybe it's useful for wine making. I'll be breaking them off as soon as the airlocks are free...

I brewed the Extra Pale Ale kit a few months ago and it turned out well. As many people on the NB site recommend, I got an extra ounce of cascade to dry hop with. The smell of the beer was awesome! If it doesn't have the ABV's you want, just get an extra pound of DME to bump it up. The...

Since I am just getting started home brewing, I want to know as much about the beer I am buying as possible. I don't really care what the label looks like, but I am much more likely to buy beer that lists ABV, IBU and some ingredients than a beer that doesn't. I want to learn what different...

I had exactly your same overcarbonation problem with a pale ale earlier this month. Sugar for 5 gal, but only 4.2 gal bottled. I experimented with opening room temp bottles and then recapping 2 bottles immediately, 2 bottles after 5 minutes, and 2 after 10 minutes. I then let all 6 bottles...

I really like the look of the label, as well as your text. I think the first half of your paragraph needs to be highlighted more, maybe by decreasing the font size for the second half (once you get to "If you are new to bottle-conditioning..."). I like the whole paragraph, it's witty and...