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Nice! The family that plays together, stays together. Well done.

I did a sleep study and was putting out jet engine decibel levels. The Zyppah mouth piece for snoring took care of that. I've been using these for a number of years now. Works great. I have no affiliation with this company, just a happy customer.

It doesn't make sense to time things that I enjoy doing. I just do it for however long it takes and as long as I am enjoying the process, time seems to fly. Brewing is as much of a diversion as baking bread, gardening, fishing, playing music, or wood carving etc, and is therefore mostly a labor...

Yes, it's a refreshing light alcohol sipper with hints of tea and is fairly dry. If you want more alcohol you can add a shot of vodka when serving.

I've taken to brewing low-effort sparkling tea mead. More refreshing and less cloyingly sweet than typical meads: 1 gallon sparkling tea mead - 5 regular tea bags steeped in a couple of cups of hot water (I mostly use Jasmine Green Tea, but have started to branch out. I have a Blood Orange...

" The New West Coast IPA What was wrong with the old west coast IPA? I can drink the old stuff for days. It's a little higher ABV than a pale ale and a bit hoppier. What else is there? Enjoy!

10lbs Pale Ale Malt. Via UPS. The beer will continue to flow. All will be right with the universe. Carry on my Brew Brothas!

Apologies for resurrecting an old thread, but it has a fair amount of useful info. It also has a few info gaps when it comes to avoiding skunkiness. This is starting to feel like a faith-based rabbit hole. What is the level and duration of daylight exposure that we are talking about here...

You will not be disappointed with Crimson Seedless in a hot dry climate. I can't speak to how they do with a humid Summer (re: mildew). If you hold back the water, which is almost certain here in So Cal, the grapes will be on the small side but off the charts sweet with some spiciness. Note that...

Brewed an experimental 1g IPA with Pale Ale & Aromatic Munich malts and a hefty amount of Amarillo hops. Cheers!

I consider myself a beer explorer, not an investor. Trader Joe's and even my local Ralph's market lets you break out singles from a 12 or 6 pack. The BevMos and such do not, so I'm not a fan of those stores. Some of these 4 and 6 packs can get pretty pricey. I've found some really good and...

The best seedless grapes I ever had were from my Crimson Seedless vine. Late Summer early Fall harvest here in So Cal, very prolific and super sweet. It went well for about five years and then got overrun with Glassy-Winged Sharpshooters, which did it in. They carry Pierce's disease, as a result...

@BrewnWKopperKat, excellent post sir!

Thanks for the tip! It's time to start demanding easy resealable hop packages. We aren't all "power" brewers. I intend to vote with my dollars from now on.

@Bobby_M for the save! You are so right. Good call. I should just go into my storage room where I keep my sealer under the day bed, flip up the day bed cover, pull out the box where I keep the sealer, drag out the box, schlep it into the kitchen, clear off the kitchen counter, pull out the...

I've bought hop packages from Yakima Chief, LD Carlson and now for the first time from Artisan. I'm a small batch brewer, so resealable packaging is a welcome surprise from Artisan. Is it too much to ask that this become the standard? Does it add that much to the price of a packet of hop...

New small-batch home brewer and beer explorer here. I walk into just about any store from Trader Joe's, Whole Foods, to taprooms around town, and can always find something good, interesting and different to drink. I brew an APA & ABA that my wife and I like a lot. Feels like the golden age of...

Nice! I would dig having everything in one room. My brew situation requires me to do some sneaker work. I brew in the kitchen and then move the fermenters into my brewing storage/music/fishing gear, multi-purpose room. I then schlep the fermenters back into the kitchen for bottling, and then...

I keep my brews to 1 to 2 gallons a week, sometimes skip a week or two. Smaller batches just seem more manageable all the way around.

Youtube channels can be a lot of work, but it's in the Google-sphere so we have to play by their rules. Best of luck to you and anyone else trying to scratch out a few bucks with it.