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Hi Folks, I planted 2 each of Cascade, Nugget, and Willamette rhizomes this spring only 4 made it, I think I have 2 Cascade and 1 each of the other 2 does anybody know where I can find some pictures on the web to try to confirm my id? I know where I planted what but the 2 that aren't...

haha, I'm right outside of Raleigh I have a well and use water out of the garden hose it rocks:rockin: Kelvinator, you should come out here for a brewin some day:cross: Dave

Hey Folks, all I've ever done is extract so I'm learning here can't you just do the boil and then top off to compensate for what you lose? Dave

kool I was thinking this fall was going to be the time to get cranking I'll get some of the stickon thermo thingys any thoughts on mead? I made my first batch on Aug 4, national mead day, it was pretty warm then I waited till mid Sept for the second batch to let the weather cool down I...

Hello All I let my brew ferment in my unheated basement from now till around Christmas the temp will be in the mid 60s for making ale, how cool can it get before it starts being a problem? Thanks Dave

I'm a rookie with my first 2 batches in carboys, but I made my first mead at a meeting of the local homebrew club on national mead day and everybody there said not to boil or pasteurize your honey if you do you'll boil off some of the aromatics and change the flavor I'm sure you'll find...

I made my first mead at a brew meet of the local club on national mead day last Aug there were a dozen folks there making mead and everyone had samples of what they had made the year before they were all quite tasty, some straight meads, some mixed with various stuff I chose to make my first...

Mike, your comments raise an interesting question I keep bees so I'm interested in brewing with honey (I'm a rookie) if you make a honey ale, does the wort tend to ferment faster and leave the honey as flavoring? in other words, if I have a grain bill that can produce 6% abv, and a yeast...

as long as people are tossing other sites around I'll mention this one http://www.beesource.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=256 it's the meadmaking part of a beekeeping forum keep in mind the folks there are beekeepers, like me :mug: I'm working on my first batch which I made at a brewin...

yikes!! I meant to put this in the beginners section:drunk: hmm, maybe I'll go put the bucket back on the floor Dave

made a little boo-boo I thought I would mention it to save other rookies made a stout from the recipe database yesterday and this morning it was on the verge of blowing the airlock, krauzen was foaming out of it. so I rigged up a blowoff tube and went to work. the bucket the tube ran into was...

word processing programs like MS Word have an option to print labels you can set it to so many rows and so many columns you can also buy paper that is made to do labels that you can print them on and then have them peel off and have an adhesive back not sure if that's a good idea, they might...

here's a nice writeup on mead that might help http://www.beesource.com/bee-l/bulletinboard/meadintro.htm by beekeepers, for mead makers :tank: Dave

this is a really interesting thread I'm only on my 4th batch of brew but I have 10 beehives so brewing with honey is high on my list my guess would be to follow Germey's advice except to sterilize the water then add it to the honey honey is antiseptic and shouldn't need sterilizing, that's why...

for anyone else looking for this info, here's the link https://www.homebrewtalk.com/wiki/index.php/Washing_yeast my little homemade starter worked :mug: Dave

Howdy All brewed my fourth batch Sunday, English Dark Ale from extract with steeped grains a buddy brewed a batch as well mine went fine, his didn't, his was from mail order stuff he'd had around the house for a while his yeast failed, no action after 2 days our LHBS is closed Monday and...

careful guy's, your ignorance is showing Dave

2261 + my 5 = 2266 Dave

I have a dozen hives 50 feet from my back door there's no reason you can't keep them on a small place except for ignorant neighbors (sorry for the stepped on toes:) ) actually most beekeepers think hives kept in town are the most productive, all those folks planting flowers and watering them...

HA SG reads 1.000 :rockin: guess I'll just RDWHAHB thanks for the advice Dave