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Tropical Storm Fay made its way through my city over the past few days and I'm happy to say all my hops made it safely through. My setup consists of metal conduit that's 10 feet high and approx. 8 feet across. It's not anchored, just pounded into the ground. I did, however, tie it off to a...

Having one of these a day. So far... Piraat Ale - I really wanted to enjoy this but it was just too sweet. Compared to the Affligem and an Avery Golden Belgian Ale that I had recently it was just too much. Affligem Blonde - Very enjoyable, similar to the Avery but with less of a champagne...

Good news is that TS Fay doesn't look like it will pummel us and I got to leave work early yesterday. So I celebrated by stopping at Total Wine and built a Belgian sampler of the following: Piraat Ale Affligem Blonde Ommegang Rare Vos Ommegang Abbey Ale Gulden Draak Duvel Ale I had...

Updated my profile to show that I live in NE Florida. Exactly where Fay is heading today! :eek: But it's OK, I have many gallons of water in the garage and finished bottling 5 gallons of Pale Ale last weekend (it may not have enough carbonation yet, but at least it has alcohol!). :mug: Most...

The names don't exactly roll off the tongue, eh? I'll definitely increase my budget for Belgians. Thanks for the tips so far!

Last my wife and I had a beer tasting party as a fund raiser for her church group (Catholics, of course). It was a fantastic success and we're doing it again this year. We selected 5 countries and had 3 samples from each (a mix of homebrew and commercial). This year I've added Belgium to the...

Remember, this is not their Lager and I did say I wasn't proud of the fact! I remembered that I can get Coopers Bitter locally. At least we could at the beginning of the year; I haven't been to the liquor store in many months. I will probably try their bottled Bitter to see if it's even close...

I don't know when they started selling Bitter in the US, but they started showing up in my NE Florida supermarkets within the past year. They're right next to the regular Lager oil cans, about $2 a pop. I agree that it will take a real Aussie with access to real Aussie bitter and this Fosters...

I know it's not really a quality beer, but I love Fosters Special Bitter oil cans. 99% of it is probably the novelty and tactile sensation of sipping from that big ass can, but a guilty pleasure can't be denied! That said, does anyone have a reasonably close clone recipe? It can definitely be...

Finally got around to doing an unscientific study and here are the results: My locally purchased flip tops still suck. The amount of priming sugar, recipe, and fill amount don't seem to matter - they still leak. I swapped the mechanism from a Grolsch bottle and put it on one of my locally...

When all else fails I use Goof Off. It's pretty noxious stuff, but a little dab on a paper towel will remove just about anything from a bottle.

They are 16 oz. bottles, same as my plastic ones. My glass bottles (w/out flip tops) are 22 oz. and I have no problem with them. I forgot to add that I have a few real Grolsch bottles that I've used along with the ones I bought and they carbonate just fine. It just occurred to me that I can...

I have two dozen barely used flip tops (Grolsch-style) that I bought new from my local brew shop. I've subsequently switched to capping, but I hate to let those expensive bottles sit in the closet. The problem is they do not have a good seal and most of the beer that I've conditioned in them...

Thank you! I just put a Sierra Nevada Pale Ale recipe kit in the primary last night but this will be next batch.

I Googled a clone recipe for Dogfish Head 60 Minute IPA and found it here! :mug:

I don't see that you ever posted it here, but if you could do it that would be greatly appreciated!