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I just brewed your Fat Tire clone the other day. My first real AG. I'm undecided on what to brew next. I'm thinking of trying a Stone's IPA or Arragant Bastard clone.

I just recently bought a Better Bottle with the spigot for this very thing. It works great. The spigot is adjustable on the BB so you can move it above your trub line for ease of bottling. I've found that bottling the 1/2 Trub 1/2 beer into a clear bottle is a good way to show how well the...

Ommegang is an awesome brewery. I travel in the Northeast region a lot and I've been to both Ommegang in Cooperstown and Allagash in Portland. While they are both excellent Breweries, I would say that Allagash is just about the norm for micro brews while Ommegang is a step ahead. One of my...

Just finally got home from Rochester and I'm only around for tomorrow but I hope to brew my monstorously hoppy IPA recipe. I'm flying to Atlanta on Sunday so I'm not sure I'm going to be able to fit it into the schedule though. :(

I'm planning on taking the Brooklyn Brewery tour soon. I havent' actually tried their IPA yet as I've only started liking IPAs after I've started brewing myself. I just love the smell of the Hops. I'll pick up a sixer of this over the weekend on your recommendation. :mug:

I didn't know about the 120. I'm gonna have to hunt that down. Rohoboth Beach isn't that far away!

Welcome. Nice to see another local picking up the habit! Tons of info here to help you through any questions you may have. This site is definately an enabler! :mug:

I'm a little worried about my Steelers this year. Porter gone, granted he was on the decline but still a lockeroom guy. FA for the Steelers is usually one sided with people leaving and nothing has changed this year. Hopefully our QB will just lock himself in a panic room this offseason...

It's quite good and I suspect the 9% is why it comes in 4 packs! I save that one for a weekend with not much going on!

I'm definately not a picky drinker when it comes to styles but I am when it comes to quality. My favs are: Dogfish Head Indian Brown Ale Stone Ruination Anderson Valley Summer Cervasa Creme Ale Dogfish Head 90 Min IPA Rogue Chestnut Brown Ale Rogue Red Ale Brooklyn Monster...

I did 24 in a bucket yesterday with 1 1/2 scoops. Go with 3 scoops and you should be fine.

But what a way to go for the year! I want that drooling smiley too! :mug:

I've got it. Build a bar at the house. Make sure you tidy up though. That will hopefully soften the wrath of having a bar at the house. :mug:

It's definately going to get better with time. 1 week is too soon. You need at least 2 weeks in the bottle, better 3.

Normally would have asked her but she's out of town for the week at a conference. SWMBO is not the most enthused about my hobby after cleaning up about 1 Gal of BarleyWine from my closet last week otherwise I would have Blackberried her! :( Thanks for the answer, I suspected it was a short...

I'll let you know when I brew my first batch with it. Pol says it got 77%-80% efficiency.

Yeah my BarleyWine went hard for 48 hours and then just died. I left it in the primary for a little longer than needed but no big shakes. Went into the secondary today. My Barley almost ended my homebrewing career. Not reading closely on how to setup a blowoff (and probably drinking a...

Pretty cool. 2 questions. 1) How did you get it out of the primary? I use a glass carboy as my primary and it's a pain in the arse to get anything in or out of it. 2) How long can you keep the yeast in the freezer/fridge. Since SWMBO is a molecular biologist, I'm thinking she...

That's awesome. You've inspired me to throw one of the bottles from my 3rd batch into the fridge to enjoy tomorrow. Only been in for 9 days but what the heck. Can't wait any longer! I brewed my 6th batch today with a buddy and will have a nice Octoberfest Lager in a few weeks. Next week...

That's an awesome setup. I just bought my ingredients today to break in your old 5 Gal setup with a nice IPA. :mug: