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So what's the story with beer then? I can't tell you how many times I've been told by people that beer (commercial) starts to go bad after a few months. Is that just bogus, or when does beer start to go downhill? I imagine the alcohol content makes a difference. I'm conditioning in the...

I'm game for anyone who wants to unload some good bottles! Just PM me. Thanks!

On the advice of a few people I've tasted my first beer at various stages of the brewing process to get an idea for how it changes. By the time I bottled (after 3 weeks in the primary - this was a very simple extract amber ale), the taste had changed from very sweet to...well, beer! I'm...

That would be great MeatyPortion! Just PM me with details. :mug: Brandon

Sweet! I didn't even think about Woodmans. I'll give them a try.

I just got a couple of cases of old bottles from a local guy. Most of these bottles are 10+ years old. They've had their labels removed, but whoever did it didn't care to remove any of the glue. So now they've got 10 year old glue that looks like it's been baked on with age. It's rock hard...

Not sure if this is kosher in the classifieds section. Feel free to remove if it's not. Anybody around Madison have bottles they want to get rid of? I bought a few cases from someone recently and they were so old and nasty that I had to throw about half of them back into the recycling bin.

I just bottled my first batch (Amber Ale)!!:ban: It smells great, but is pretty "sharp" right now. I'm assuming that'll probably mellow out after a few weeks in the bottle. Anyway, what I'm curious about is clean-up. I sprayed my primary out (bucket) and wiped it down with a towel, but I...

Thanks for the info! My pot is only 7 gallons (which is why I'm going to use some DME instead of all grain), so I guess I'll just use as much water as I can for the mash and then simply do a small volume sparge if necessary to make up the balance. I don't have a wort chiller yet. So far...

Tomorrow will be my first attempt at a partial mash - BIAB! I'm a little confused about water volumes though, and don't know how much to use for the mash, and whether I add water for the boil to reach my volume or wait until the boil is over and I put it in the primary. My recipe calls for...

I'm brand new to this hobby, having just completed my first extract batch! I'm loving every minute of it already, but I need help learning how to interpret a recipe. First off, for the grains, do I really need to weigh out ".38 lbs" of a grain, or is that just what Beersmith spits out and you...