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Bruisin' Ales is THE beer shop to visit in Asheville. The Thirsty Monk is THE beer bar to visit in Asheville. Second up would be Barley's Taproom. Jack of the Wood is good and Bier Garden is okay but I would not prioritize it. All of the good breweries there have already been mentioned. As for...

Nashville, TN - The Flying Saucer Winston-Salem, NC - Recreation Billiards Asheville, NC - The Thirsty Monk (surrounded by great bars but takes the distinction of being the cream of the crop) Charlotte, NC - The Vintner

How does one keep from exceeding optimal levels? It seems testing apparatus would be necessary.

I brew in buckets. The past couple of brews I lined the bucket with a paint strainer bag, dumped in the wort and then lifted the bag out. My motivation for doing this was an IPA that lost about a gallon of beer to loose trub (mostly hops). I can't say that it results in clearer beer but it...

Please tell me your daughter is not blonde.

I think the word you were looking for was "lurker" not "troll". No one likes a troll, no one notices a lurker. :p

I suggest "illicit blonde" or "illegitimate blonde".

I would think that if anything it would make a better beer by preventing stuck fermentations with highly flocculent yeasts. The only disruption I can imagine is that things may not settle out as well in the later stages of bulk conditioning. Then again, it may assist in settling by vibrating...

It would be more correct to say that high temperatures EXTRACT tannins. The tannins already exist in the hulls. Looking at it in this way suggests that there ARE tannins and squeezing the hulls may very well release them, no? I'm not suggesting that squeezing releases the tannins. I squeeze the...

Anyone care to put a number on "fairly long"? Consider the grains sitting unopened in a 55# bag at room temperature.

Whatever happened to the delete post function...

Unibroue Ephemere is actually a really good beer that I've witnessed be regarded as good by the entire spectrum of beer drinkers. I'm not much for light or fruity beers but I will drink a 4-pack of Ephemere a couple times throughout the summer.

Posting from sunny and beautiful San Diego (Pacific Beach) to let you all know that while Pliny the Elder is a damned good beer and worth the drinking it is seriously over hyped. Skies did not open and angels did not cry. Excellent DIPA that holds its own with those already mentioned in this...

I have only used Star San but I think it is great stuff. I've had some serious spills that would have been complete disasters with bleach or iodophor. Star San mops right up without staining/bleaching. I keep the excess solution from brew days in growlers. My only complaint on Star San is the...

Sometimes the last bottle or 2 gets more yeast/trub from the bottom of the bottling bucket.

Definitely aiming to stuff the bug spray under something nice. I have to ask, what the hell good are these hops? Is the only market for them first time suckers who mistook them for US Cascade or people who actually believed they would replace Saaz or Tettnang?!

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Dredging this thread back up to reconsider my dry hop options in the recipe you can find above. I am thinking of again being a cheap bastard and using what is onhand but I fear overhopping the beer. The more I think about it it sounds good, though. Looking for opinions. Instead of dry...

Your method will be specific to your equipment. My pot will boil 3.25gal (total 4gal) but for comfort's sake I keep it at 3gal throughout the boil. My method is to boil 2gal and dump into my fermenter and let that sit in a cold water bath throughout the boil to bring it to room temps. Then I...

It's a done deal, yeast was pitched when I first posted. Sad to hear I boiled in "insect repellant". I'm such a cheap bastard that instead of tossing the hops and opening something I had onhand like Columbus or Amarillo I steeled myself to use the bag I had opened. I'll try to remember to report...