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I did find this in an online article of BYO; But this is what confuses me, why wouldn't the first amount of "liquid" extract just go with the flow of the first bit of water leaving the grains behind for what's coming. The idea that there's this liquid extract next to the grains that will...

Just had a question about the science of sparging. I know I could just take the gravity readings and compare, but I'm very curious about why there would be a difference. I've honestly spent the last hour or so (instead of working) trying to find an explanation and all I seem to be able to find...

I picked up a little stainless steal mesh that sits on the end of the racking cane and don't really worry about it. I've never used a hop bag. Here is a link to what I bought; http://www.midwestsupplies.com/racking-cane-steel-mesh-filter.html I just wash and sanitize it with the racking cane...

I brewed earlier today and was planning on adding some bourbon soaked oak chips to the secondary and picked up a pack of these at the LHBS. Just wondering if anyone has any experience with them? I bought the Medium Plus pack. Here is a link to the manufacture's site and a link to a...

I used to know a great guy (my old college buddies dad actually) who would have loved to do some laser etched glasses really cheap for you guys. Here is a pic of him making one for me; ...but then he left it while it was printing one day and started on fire. It destroyed half his garage...

So I finally sat down and started playing with some ideas I had in my head. Decided to go with Cryptid Brewing. A Cryptid is a creature that is suggested to exist but can't be proven by science (think Nessie, Jackalope, El Chupacabra). Each variety will be named after a different creature and...

Sorry if this was posted elsewhere already, I'm at work and don't really have time to check.

I see your Arnold, and raise you a Connery.

I just bought a pack of this for new years as they were out of SN Celebration and the guy recommended I try it. It's nothing like the SN, but hot damn do I like it. This is by far my favorite winter beer. Does anyone else know a pretty common beer that uses the Simcoe hops? I want to get...

I don't use a Corona mill but I imagine they're all pretty similar. What we were able to do was just unscrew the crank handle and then found a bolt at the local hardware store that had a allen wrench head and just bought a little allen wrench bit for the drill. These aren't the bolts were using...

1) Bell's Two Hearted Ale 2) Victory HopDevil 3) Dragon's Milk

What's the idea with having the seal only be with the inner wall? As long as you can tighten it so that it doesn't leak into the insulation wouldn't it work either way?

The inner sleeve of our Igloo MLT Cooler just seperated from the outter shell so we're looking at making a new one and somehow my dad noticed that an extra Bottling Bucket spigot fit in the hole and that the copper manifold we use for sparging actually fits perfectly in the spigot as well. he...

I debated not posting this, since most people will disagree but I live within 30 minutes of the brewery and haven't been too impressed with it yet. I think they make fine beers but the loyalty they've acquired so fast just blows my mind. I do drink their stuff...quite happily, but my point is...

Anyone know what judges look for in a Chili Beer at competitions? I just cracked open the Chili Beer I made last month and I really like it. There's almost no heat, and great crisp jalepeno flavor and just wondering if anyone had any experience with judging.

nope. I can't imagine a benefit.

I threw a party last week and served 3 gallons of this from a keg (I bottled the other two). The taste and color were pretty damn close. This was my first attempt at kegging and defenitely think I missed the mark on the amount of CO2 to force in and it ended up being a bit flat compared to the...

I just did my first batch (but only 2 gallons). Looking forward to drinking this over the July 4th weekend.

I use one of these and love it.

Monk's Blood just became available in our area through contract brewing and I've been digging that quite a bit. I think it's vanilla and Fig flavored.