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She's retiring from the military. I already am retired. This will be a great way to some extra money, (Still have kids at home ect...) but still be an expansion of my hobby.

Yep! That's exactly what we're looking for. Looking for places with a decent brewing community but no LHBS support. Here's some of the areas we've looked in some detail. Stillwater, OK Lawton, OK OKC, (Edmond) OK Abline, TX (also Lubbock and Amarilla) San Antonio, TX...

Due to tax laws (and some other factors). TX, OK, and WA are tops on the list right now.

The wife will be retiring in less than a year. One of the options we are considering is opening a Brew Store. We have several different places we have concidered going. We are looking for a place where there is a good homebrew community but not a decent HBS in the area. If you could...

Boom!!

Ribs is the only thing I'm smokin' this weekend. But steaks, bugers, and brats (among other animal parts) will be sure to find their way to the grill. Four of my neighbors and myself are beer lovin', smokin', meat eaters. There 5 backyard BBQ's between us this weekend including an...

:o I quess I should have worded that better. Thanks for explaining what I was trying to find a short way of saying.

Hardness from 50 to 150 ppm (your water based on that report) is good for most ales. If you want to duplicate water from different areas you will need more info. The links above list some good sources for testing.

I'm planning on smoking my malt this week. If anyone could give me some pointers I'll gladly take them. I thinking the mesquite might be too strong and hamitont noted. Maybe some apple or cherry. Any ideas or help is welcome. Thank you.

I'll +1 Centennial. If you want something different, try this. The honey gives it a different twist. Recipe: Glacier Blonde Ale Style: Blonde Ale TYPE: All Grain Recipe Specifications -------------------------- Batch Size (fermenter): 5.00 gal Estimated OG: 1.046 SG...

I've used for them bitter many times and never noticed any difference between it and Columbus or Galena (sic).

/:drool:/ Sorry about that! Let me just wipe that up. :rockin:

For the most part if the water taste good, it will make good beer. If you mash then Ph comes in to the picture. Only if your water is very hard or very soft do you really need to worry even then. Basically don't need worry about the water chemistry until you understand the AG brewing...

You would have to have such hard that it would be unusable for anything before it would not work fine for Star San. Star San is such a strong acid in its consentrated form that it will etch glass. Don't worry.

Fortune cookies are just cheap American waffles wrapped around a pointless proverb to make the uneducated American Orinental restaurant goer buy more often. I think such cheep market tricks are just scam. We should aviod all Orinental food stores and restuarants just to prove our point...

lol :mug:

I've found that if we will just go through life being ourselves the we will leave a big enough wake that anyone who wants to follow easily can. We don't have to make waves to get their attention.

I have a neighbor that buys Busch Lite all the time. He likes it. He also loves my beer. He even wants to look into brewing. All the while he still walks around with a Busch Lite in his hand. Is he wrong for that? Has he "done been ejamacated" now that he has had homebrew and craft beers...

Here's to you! :mug: Thanks for your service. I served in the Gulf during Desert Storm, as well as Bosnia, Panama, and other selected destination via Uncle Sam's Tours. I have a small flag that I use to carry in my pocket when I deployed. It's been to 6 continents and 26 countries. It's...

Here's hoping your 4th of July weekend is safe and happy. Here's to friends and family. Here's to a good brew. But most of all here's to the freedoms this land gives us to enjoy life and to those that have made and are making that possible. May we pass these freedoms and this country...