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I have a Scottish 80 that I really like. I'm considering using it as a base for a hoppy brown simply by adding a bunch of hop flavor and aroma and some bitterness. I would like to do some experimenting with the finished beer by making some hop tea to add to get a feel for where to take the...

Looks like most of us would trade sleep for brew!! My kids are 3 and 1, so late night during the week is my staple. My 3 year old helped me cap a few bottles the other day, so may with his increasing help I'll move to the weekends. I don't enjoy being up late, but something's gotta give.

I'm on number four in a year of brewing. My son pulled one off the counter today and dropped it. Ready for a new one!

I agree with what Rev said, but I also sympathize with folks who try their hardest to be prepared and still have a mishap. It surely happens all the time. I have two kids and still find time to brew. However, the amount of time that I have to plan and inventory my ingredients is very little...

"I don't think the debate about "Cascadian" is so much the origin of the style, but that it uses so many of the hops grown in that region. Add the fact that people in that region really dig hoppy beer, and they have an argument." If your stance is based on the fact that many of the hops are...

Any chance they sell other regulated substances? They'd be my choice every time!! :)

I recently took two growlers (Roof Brothers and Schlafley) to the Yazoo Brewery in Nashville and they told me they could not fill the growlers, but would be happy to trade me my growlers for two of theirs at no charge. As long as you aren't attached to the growlers you take in there, it's not a...

I've had this same problem. It's strange how it seems to happen sometimes, but not always. My new hose that caused the problem initially no longer imparts that taste. i no longer take any chances, however. I have had a plastic taste in my beer around 7 days in fermenter that cleaned up. I'm...

no worries, I would pay that amount, but wasn't sure when the auction was over. For some reason, the time on my posts is way different than what my computer says. didn't intend to try to steal it from you.

36.00, how much time left?

Ha ha!! I could have predicted folks responses. Some people wouldn't take the chance...others would. I will assume that her hands were clean, and in the absence of LHBS or more yeast, I'll go ahead and make a starter when i get home.

So I'm gonna brew soon and in the interest of time, called my wife to take my wyeast activator pack out of the fridge and give it a smack and get it going. in her defense, i should not have trusted this job to anyone else. in my defense, the instructions were clear. Take the package from the...

This thread has me excited! I've got a bunch of deer meat left from last season that has to be gone in time for the new season in a month. Gonna break out the sausage making equipment this weekend and fire up old bertha. probably gonna do three or four different kinds, andouille, bratwurst...

It's not usually my preference, but there is a place for some sweetness in jerky. you just have to be careful what flavors go well with smoke. i would argue that cherry and maple are not flavors that go well with the typical BBQ flavor. The great thing is that you learned that for yourself...

Bottom line is that u made beer. As others have mentioned, learning is a big part of this hobby. One word of advice. I have tried to become a beer connosieur. As such I want to make beers like the commercial ones I try. The reality is that u will save money and learn more by keeping things...

Can't help but drink beer when this movie is on. I'm thru a bottle or three floyds milk stout and a 750 of home-brewed robust porter. Maybe I'll chug some lager from a boot. Anyone else love this movie?

I know there are many many posts in this forum about water. I have read many of them, but still would like some advice specific to my water. I'm planning recipes for a Scottish ale and an IPA that i will brew in the next couple weeks. I'm making decent beer now, have 7 batches under my...

I once asked a buddy if he wanted to try my homebrew (I was offering and APA and a scottish ale). He said no. I asked why. He said he does not like "flavored beer". At least he was honest. With the thousands and thousands of different flavors offered by different breweries both within and...

Moving east takes us farther from family, so not much of an option. We used to live in Prestonsburg out east. We like it here. No quarrels with the area other than it being a dry county and a general weirdness about drinking alcohol. It's not that people don't drink, but a lot of it goes on...

i wish I lived in that fermenter!