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Points well taken. I'll give a clone a shot one of these days, but still like coming up with random recipes, hoping to create something new and different.

I don't understand the fascination with brewing clones. I mean, if I wanted a beer that tasted like Pliny the Elder for example, I'd just go buy a 6er of it. In my opinion (and it's just an opinion so no flaming necessary), brewing a clone is like watching a cover band...they're both close to...

+1 on Brugges. It's a beautiful city and they have a bar there that serves something like 300 different beers...lots of incredible local stuff. I forgot the name of it...probably cuz I sampled one too many of the 12-15% brews, but damn was that place sweet!!! Brussels is just another typical...

or any pet store/aquarium will sell ph tests.

I went through a summer of drinking Grolsch just to build up a small army of those half liter bottles. I don't think I'll ever drink that stuff again.

I hate the idiots who stop just to see a fender bender on the highway. Thanks for the traffic!

I'm gonna go home right after work and test/pound a variety of new car bombs: Mexican car bomb: shot of tequilla in Corona German car bomb: shot of Jaeger in an extra frothy .5liter of hefe (with lemon) Russian car bomb: shot of vodka in an even bigger glass of vodka Iraqi car bomb: 1/2 lb...

I dunno...based on that calculation, I wouldn't trust the site.

Is that calculator right though? For a 5gallon weissbier with a desired co2 of 4.2 at 68 degrees, it suggests adding 8.96 oz of corn sugar. I think the max I've ever used was 5 oz. For background, I brew my wheat biers using 6lbs extract, with typical hop additions.

aquariumfertilizers.com has all the same ferts you find in miracle gro. stop paying for water and mix your own.

Day two of fermentation was more than I anticipated and the kraussen got up in the airlock (3piece) and overflowed on to the lid of my ale pail. I cleaned it up as quickly as possible, replaced the airlock with a new one (clean/sanitized), but was wondering am I at risk of contamination...

...looking forward to a response. I had some bad ass Tripel Karmeliet in Belgium and would love to be able to make something half as good at home.

5oz corn sugar + 5lb frozen strawberries = bombs. That's a lot of sugar for 5gallons.

I like a thick/foamy head on wheat beers and a thin/light head on ales which turns in to lace on the glass as I drink it. I won't be the first to make the inevitable "head" joke though.

I'm currently fermenting 1500 gallons of an IPA in my septic...dry hopping in 2 weeks. Seems ok.

Heads up for bottle bombs!

haha, the concept of "pre-cycling" blew my mind. That was some deep sh*t...my head hurts now. Women will never understand the satisfaction of pissing in a backyard as opposed to a sanitary/civilized/domesticated bathroom. (although I had an ex-gf who spelled out her name in urine once on the...

I save a couple gallons of my aquarium water each week and feed that to the hops. That water has plenty of NPK and CSM+B to keep the aquarium plants happy and the hops seem to like it too. Save yourself lots of $$$ and buy the NPK/CSM+B in half pound bags from aquariumfertilizer.com. Mix your...

+1 for vinegar. You can throw some oil and mixed greens in there for good measure.

* Pre-rinse bottles shortly after consumption * Place said bottle(s) in dishwasher * Day before bottling, press "Sanitize" button on dishwasher 90 minutes of burning hot water (no detergents necessary) ought to kill everything.