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Addendum: I visited a local brewpub, close to my new attending gig. I've heard the food is not great but needed to kill time before my bus came. I ordered a Belgian style first. 1) poured it into a pint glass. Now, I know lots of places use only one glass for beer, but it seems to me if the...

Sounds tasty. Post a recipe?

Having moved recently to Buffalo from Southern California, I was worried that my quality of beer life was going to take a plunge. SoCal has some mighty fine breweries. But, a little diligent research led me to find Village Beer Merchant, with two locations (one not more than a mile from my front...

I'm visiting LA. I live and am brewing in Buffalo. So the furnace will still be working to keep us at 55.

Good day all, I have two batches going, one in primary (four days now) and one in secondary. I am going out of town in a couple of days and will be gone a week. While away, we're going to drop the thermostat to probably 55°. Is this going to mess with the fermentation? I'm not too worried about...

Having worked for many years as a bartender I have heard more stupid stuff said about beer than I have time to type. But, here's my favorite: I worked in a place in LA that serves only California craft beer — Bear Republic, Stone (they might have outgrown "craft," but still), Lagunitias, Ballast...

If you took a gravity reading when it went into the bucket, take another sample. If the gravity is going down, your beer is going up.

Sam Adams Chocolate Cherry Bock. It's terrible, but came in a twelve of different "Holiday" beers. It's been in the back of the fridge since before Christmas. But even a bad beer is better than no beer at all, and it's keeping me company while I boil my latest beer.

Brewed my first batch yesterday after almost a year away, and after moving to Buffalo this fall. Ditched the cheap-o Mr. Beer equipment for real brewing gear. Made a 2 gallon batch of partial grain Imperial Black IPA that is merrily bubbling away. I'm considering adding bourbon soaked oak chips...