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you might want to try "joe's ancient orange" recipe. it's an easy one to make, uses storebought bread yeast, and is ready to drink in 3 or 4 months. gives you something to drink while waiting for the traditional mead ages. it's won two competitions for me so far.

i use those plastic potted plant saucers. they come in sizes up to 18" or so and about 2" deep. i put small pieces of 1 x 2 about 2" long under the rim of the primary or carboy. this gives the container a gallon or two of capacity around the bottom. i do this for primaries in case they start...

i'm going to try this one. any changes you would recommend after doing that batch?

most competitions do not allow bottles with any identifiable caps or embossing, right? i was bottling today and, just in case i decide to enter some of this swill, was looking for some plain bottles. most of what i found in my recycle bottle box had embossing on them. michelob and sam adams...

the point was that alcohol calories might be metabolized differently than carb calories. a calorie is scientifically defined as an amount of energy stored within a substance. biologically they are not all the same.

so - gasoline is fattening? and by extension, every fart you let fly is helping you lose weight!

i am wondering if alcohol calories are the same in terms of being fattening as other types, such as sugar and fat. doesn't the alcohol get treated as a toxin and eliminated by the kidneys instead of being metabolized like sugar? (my swmbo is asking for a less fattening beer, too, but she is...

heatstroke?

this heers my wood brew skulpcher. see the two peece adjustable desine? this keeps the pot levil cuz i brew on a hill. brew stand thing

first placed the pot on a level surface. i measured a gallon of water at a time, by weight, for the best accuracy. pour into the pot. mark the level with a sharpie. the sharpie marks stay intact for a surprisingly long time. every other use or two, i just remark before it wears off. i intend...

couldn't you accomplish the same thing by just turning the keg upside down instead of replumbing it?

i dryhopped a batch recently, just dumped in 1.5 oz of hops into a 3 gallon carboy and bottled it after 4 days. the hop debris kept plugging up my autosiphon and later when drinking, i had to keep spitting out clumps of hops. but it was pretty good. i am going to attempt to rebottle a couple...

i brew in my carport. i have a lightweight tarp strung up overhead to keep off the sun and sometimes the rain. (be sure it's rigged so the rain runs off. if it collects in a sag it WILL destroy the tarp!)

if it's a stuck fermentation and you have an attenuation problem: 1. if you are using distilled, RO or otherwise mineral poor water, you can add yeast food or use just a carbon filter or add whatever nutrients you need. 2. beano can convert unfermentables, but i've heard that beano can go too far.

somebody send in an intervention team. this guy isn't thinking rationally.

their second brewery is in tampa, about a mile up the road from me. used to be a schlitz brewery years ago and strohs for a while. they have brewery tours daily. i've been a few times (i'll do anything for a couple free beers!). they seem like a pretty good company. they have allowed use of...

the beer in a box seems like a good idea for parties. providing draft quality beer in a small package can be convenient for the occasional drinker who wants to have draft available but doesn't want a dedicated kegerator. but how is it different from the overpriced mini kegs that are already...

i had to reply. i didn't read all 65 pages of comments. i resisted adding this: "you may be an economic expert, but you have embarrassed yourself and shown your ignorance on beer." the only time i will drink beer from a bottle is if i'm out in a hot sunny field and someone hands me an ice cold...

"pour on demand" is not an appropriate phrase. once my 3 gallon holding tank is empty, it slows down to an exasperating trickle, more of a fast drip actually. maybe if you plumbed it with a bypass valve that diverted it down to your carboy and let it run for a few hours it might work, but you...

swamp coolers don't work here in florida(in spite of the name). it's too humid. i've been to the desert in august(burningman), seen 110 in the shade, and 90 degrees and 90% in florida is worse! the sweat just soaks your clothes and drips off(hopefuilly not too much into your wort). in the...