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Nice to see other Caps fans on here. Although I feel they are a big bandwagon team right now. Basically before we got Ovie, you didn't want to admit you were a caps fan, and most of the time you could get free tickets because people couldn't sell them. Caps were the joke of DC sports (skins' 3...

Yea I just was speaking of Breweries in the DC metro. I did forget Old Dominion and the few times I did have it, I really enjoyed their beer. Baltimore does have a few good places too. Ah, Mclean. Lived there for about a year. I actually still go back to Vienna/Tysons a lot for work and...

Here in Vermont, Switchback is a beer that is in almost every bar. You can only get it on draft but it is pretty good for the usual cheap price. You'll probably find Switchback in more places than Budweiser in this state.

As someone who is actually from the MD/DC/VA area (there are so few these days), there really aren't that many great breweries in the state. It is odd that a town like Fredrick has 3 different places. It is actually a great little town and if for some reason you have to live in the MD/DC/VA...

Welcome! Just recently moved away from Portland after living there for a few years. Great place for beer! Almost as good as Vermont :D

+5 made from dry yeast (ie: no slurry) 639

I just brewed NB's hefe kit and it came out great! Although considering how far north you are, it may be a little late for a hefe. Our summer here in Northern VT is coming to a close fairly soon. I now want a stainless steel baster!

I just made this kit and it turned out great. If you read the reviews on the kit you'll see some suggestions about putting in the LME late in the boil which should make it lighter in color. I followed the recommendations and it turned out a little on the dark side for a hefe, but it is still in...

+1. Vermont Black Ale (VBA) is what I lean toward. (I may be bias :D) Also, the NW did not always dominate the Hop growing in the US.

22,472 +5 Wit +5 Maple Dark Ale +5 DIPA +5 Irish Red Ale +5 ESB +5 Tripel +5 Bavarian Hefeweizen = 22,507

All Magic Hat. Vermont is a great place for beer where you won't find a bar without a local brew on tap (usually a few) and thankfully, BMC at least their flag ship beers are rarely found on tap. That said, there usually is more than one Magic Hat on tap, and they are all dreadful. I think it's...

Good to see another Vermonter on the here. Welcome! Hill Farmstead is awesome, and has really started making a name for itself outside of Vermont. Good luck finding the brewery though ;)

I brewed this exact kit a few months ago, and I only have one or two bottles left. Shame since it was the best I've brewed so far. I did 2 weeks in prim, 1 week in 2ndary dry hopping and it turned out great! If I had to do it again I might leave it in primary a little longer, like an extra...

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Trying a variety will help in deciding if you like the style as a whole or not. I'm a huge fan of Victory's Storm King, but I've yet to find any other Stout (homebrew or commercial) that I like. Thankfully I talked myself out of getting an Imp Stout kit and getting the DIPA instead :mug...

Thanks for the responses. I do rack onto the sugar water, which I thought would stir it up enough to not have bottle bombs. I guess I'll try to be more careful with cleaning and sanitizing my bottles.

mbird, Thanks for the reply. For this specific beer it hit right in the middle of the range FG 1.011 and the range was 1.010-1.012. I'll make sure to try the slow stirring for my next bottling session

I had my first bottle explode last night on my 3rd batch ever, a Double IPA (OG 1.072). Ironically it happened when I was bottling my 4th batch. The bottle shattered and the force of it actually broke 2 other bottles that were right next to it. The DIPA was a kit from Midwest and I did exactly...

Just started homebrewing. As a recent transplant to VT from the MD/VA/DC area, I was inspired but all the great beers and beer culture in VT to try my hand at brewing. I'm on my 3rd batch now which is a DIPA and it seems to be going great so far. My first brew was a Witbier that turned out very...