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Up in Santa Maria now. Soes snyone know a good beer store, preferably one that sells Pliny the Elder? Dont want to go home without some beer souveniers!

Hey all-- I'm going to be out in LA and Santa Maria, CA next week, and I wanted to see what you guys can recommend to me as can't-miss brewpubs, breweries, etc in the area. In LA, I'll be in the Westwood area most of the time, and I won't have much time to venture out into the city too much...

I'm going to have a pretty hefty Kolsch II yeast cake next week. What should I put on top of it? Obviously, I just made a Kolsch (my first of this style), so what other styles would go well with this yeast?

In Little Rock, there is also Bosco's brew pub. They're from Memphis and also have a location in Nashville. I used to go to the Nashville location all the time and they always had great beer and always something new. I imagine the Little Rock location is equally good and definitely worth a stop...

During mash in and/or your protein rest (in any case before you pull the first decoction) the majority of the enzymes have gone into solution, i.e. they're in the thin part of the mash. When you pull the thick part of the mash for the first boil, you'll of course bring some amylase enzymes into...

I second the calls for a nicer, possibly even old and beat microscope, as long as the lenses are good. I have an old Olympus KHC microscope I got very cheap. The lenses are good quality and everything is very clear. It is really fun to be able to see what you are putting into your beer, and...

We're headed out Friday morning for San Antonio and will be staying very near the Riverwalk. Does anyone have suggestions for can't-miss brewpubs, breweries, or local beers? (Or anything else worth mentioning for that matter). We're already planning on going to Blue Star brewing--it seems to...

I know I know I know that you are supposed to pitch at these enormous rates. Even with that knowledge, I ended up pitching one (yes, 1) smack pack of Wyeast 2278 (Czech Pils). The OG was around 1.045 and it ended up at 1.009, and definitely is one of the best beers I've made. I probably will...

I'm looking at a couple of different propane burners on Amazon, but I was wondering which ones you guys have used with success. They don't have a lot of "technical" info on there for comparisoin, and anyway, real-world experience would be more helpful. I use a 12 gallon aluminum brewpot, which...

Two words: Yakima Twilight. YUM

Definitely a coconut flavor. I wasn't expecting it at all, so I was a bit disappointed with my American wheat I recently bottled when I took a swig of my hydro sample. It made for a very round flavor, rather than crisp. I hope that it crisps with carbonation. As an experiment, (and since I...

I like this. If there's one thing I may like as much as beer, it's tacos. You may have sole me right there ;) I had no idea the Pap used a corona. You definitely sold me here. One day I'll perhaps upgrade when the time is right. Now, I must be off to buy a mill and a sack of grain...

Hmmm.... the $76 Crankandstein sounds pretty good, but of course the $23 Corona mill is very tempting. I don't have a lot of money to put towards this right now, and at the same time I don't want to buy something I ultimately won't use. I haven't been able to find a good picture of the...

Hello all, I'd like to buy a mill, but I don't know really what I'm looking for and could use some advice. I don't need anything too fancy, just something that will crush my grain adequately and that will preferably be easy to run with a drill. Looks like everything I've seen online so far is...

This has good suggestions http://www.brew365.com/hop_substitution_chart.php

Since the reading is taken with an old wine hydrometer, rather than with a refractometer, I don't think one has to apply these corrections, right? It has to do with alcohol scattering light differently? Or is Brix a strange scale without a linear relationship with density/gravity? I may be way...

Sweet. I appreciate all the information guys. So, my 1.040 lager is down to ~1.020 in ~3.5 weeks. Is this typical of the Czech Pils yeast? Cool temperatures probably mean slower fermentation, but at what point should I become concerned with the yeast becoming dormant and having a stuck...

It is most definitely old. I glanced at it before I went home, figured he knew more about it than me. Percentage sugar makes plenty of sense. Thanks. Thanks! I'm in Atlanta, not too far east of Midtown.

Cool, that's what I was guessing based on a couple of web calculators I was using. Two more questions... 1. Does any one know of a thing that is not a refractometer and looks like a small hydrometer that measures Brix? 2. Is there any good way to think about what Brix means? That is, I can...

Hey guys, I brewed a lager with a friend in another city about 3 1/2 weeks ago, I brought all my equipment, he supplied the stove, carboys, and basement for cool fermenting temps. We measured the OG with my hydrometer (1.040) and expected to get to under 1.010. Now, the problem is all he's got...