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To get started, I bought empty bottles from a home brewer off Craigslist whose collection had gotten out if hand. That was 24 clean bombers for $5 plus free caps. Since then I have not purchased bottles and still have never bought new ones. A local beer bar/retailer lets me take away any empty...

Pliny clone from NB. Best feedback of all my brews.

I'm pretty shy about sharing my brews, after only 15 months' experience, although almost everyone with whom I've shared my (carefully selected) stuff with has returned positive reviews. My wife actually requested a special batch be made for a family-and-friends get together for her birthday, and...

I first had it in bottles at a local supermarket in Calistoga. Mom and Pop bottle shops or local bars might be your best bet.

My only experience was a good one. A NB kit called Saison du Vin. Saison style with 42 oz. of Sauvignon Blanc concentrate added after the 5.5 gallon boil. To date my wife's favorite batch out of the 25 or so I've done. You need to be careful about the cleanliness and preservatives in regular ole...

I recently had a gruit that was bittered with redwood tips and was delicious. Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

I bottled my Plinian Legacy batch last week. The beer is clearing nicely and the first samples are very good. I was very careful to keep hops sediment out of the bottles, using paint strainer bags and taking my time. However, every bottle has debris at the surface that, when gently shaken...

Dear Friends, Your beer consumption effort at my wife's birthday party was above my expectations. Thank you for clearing out my back stock and freeing up empties. I now have guaranteed bottling capacity for at least my next two brews. Sincerely, -Jason Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

No. I often enjoy a cold one in the shower, Kramer style. First time was after hiking part way down the Grand Canyon and back in one day. Holy sheesh that was a refreshing treat. Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

I also had a Citra pale ale I made but didn't discover I had purchased a slightly darker malt than the one I planned on. My dad really liked it and once it was gone, he talked me in to brewing it again. CPA became DPA for Dad's Pale Ale. Birfday Cream Ale: bottled last night (wife requested a...

Haha. Nope not trolling. My buddies love the stuff, and I've tried it enough to know I should avoid it. Something about the malt character that tastes funny to me. Just one man's opinion... Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

Racer 5 IPA. Tried it thrice. Never nice. It's dead to me now. Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

Brewing this as I type. I'm planning for a blowoff tube. Also: So. Much. Hops. Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

I pit the fermenter in a cold weather sleeping bag and keep it cool with reusable cooler packs. Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

30 minute boil 2 lb Pilsner DME at 30 min 4 lb Pilsner DME at 10 min 1/2 oz Citra at 30 min 1/2 oz Citra at 10 min Dry hop with 1 or 2 oz Citra Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

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Our CA municipal water gets pretty warm in summer. I chill with that (into my washing machine) until about 100 degrees. Then hook the chiller to an 85 gph fountain pump in a small cooler with ice water in it. Makes quick work of it - about 15 minutes total. I then re-freeze the cooler contents...

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Is Carapils Carapils no matter what? I recently brewed a recipe that I made up myself and vetted on a couple online brew calculators. It's an extract brew that uses Carapils steeped during the water heating process, removed at 170 (I followed the directions found in a NB kit that used a...