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I can get a good quality bottled water for around a dollar a gallon. Its not worth risking a brewday over 6 dollars so I always buy the bottled water.

Duh! I'm Winning.

This happened to me once, I sanitized a piece of foil and fixed it over the top of the carboy overnight. The beer tasted great.

So, is there any need to boil the strawberries before freezing? Are we worried about infection?

Someone needs to make a cologne that smells like Hops. Either that or a Glade Plug In that smells like Hops so that your whole room can smell like Charlie Papazian Farted.

Interesting timing on this post. I used Danstar Nottingham for the first time this weekend and had airlock activity within 4 hours! I have always used WLP liquid yeast thinking it was the bomb but this Danstar was more than half the price and way more active. My last batch with WLP took 30...

Jog around the block after you have a beer.

Thanks, Yoop.

Whew, thanks. The local HBS crushed it with a really nice motorized thing, they also have a brewery so I hope it is right. Do you think filtering through cheese cloth might help?

I am done with my 4th all grain and things are looking good however, I am not sure about the mash part. I can hit and maintain my temps well enough however my efficeincy is only 66% I need to do a better job of mixing the mash and running off the sparge a little slower to increase that. My...

I put up a batch of Centennial Blonde all grain today and used Danstar Nottingham Dry Yeast for the first time, I usually use WLP. There is Airlock Activity after 1 hour in the fermenter, is this normal with Dry Yeast? WLP can take up to 30 hours to bubble. Will I need a blow off tube for such...

Have you ever brewed a beer that you hated? I brewed a Wheat beer that is just God Awful. I hate everything about it. I don't think it got an infection, it just has a creepy flavor and creamy mouth feel. Just not my favorite. I often think about pouring the beer down the drain since I need the...

There was a Skit on Saturday Night Live years ago calle "The Anal Retentive Fisherman". It was a video about fishing and it was similar to this guy. Hysterical.

This recipe intregues me however I would like to sample the style before I brew some. What should I buy at the store that approximates this brew so I can sample?

I think this might be an actual syndrome, I would call it "New Brewer Anxiety". I recall my first few brews, I was very nervous and unsure about every step. The whole RDWHAHB thing didn't really take hold. I came home from work during lunchtime to check the temperature and sniff the airlock! It...

Question: So the yeast is in the cake at the bottom of the vessle? Why would you not just shake up the liquid to get the yeast into suspension and pitch the whole thing? It seems that if you drain off the liquid, the yeast would be in a big clump at the bottom and it would be hard to get out...

I recall hearing that OBAMA was told at his last physical to Moderate his alcohol intake... Guess not: Superbowl Brew: Brewed with one pound of honey from this year's 160-pound harvest from the White House Bee Hive, the Ale was made by an unnamed White House chef who is a home-brewing...

Drinking the whole bottle makes me "run" to the fridge for more beer!

I did a search and could not find the answer to this one: How does a sluggish yeast affect the taste of a beer?

Thanks for the advice. I well experienced at doing nothing!