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When I went last year Asheville Brew Supply was located in a small room right next to the Christian Science reading center on a narrow downtown street with no parking and lots of construction. Aside from it's location, inside the store was not at all what I thought it would be...very...

SWMBO and I went out there last year so I could buy a majority of my brew gear from a guy on Craigslist and made a day of it. No offense but the LHBS there was very small and somewhat dirty. Definitely make a point to head out to Highland Brewing Company. They were super nice and led my...

What happens if you start a business that sells glassware...or koozies? When someone buys a glass, they get it full of beer or if they buy a koozy it comes with a bottle that happens to be full of beer. I mean, you're not selling beer, you're selling glasses....or koozies. Don't get me wrong...

My point was, the hobby deduction got me thinking about how I could turn my fun, rather expensive hobby into a simple business that could benefit me in any way.

That's what your friendly CPA is for....you know, that one you were friends with in high school. They know all of the rules and can give "helpful" hints. Operating a sole proprietorship basic business really isn't all that difficult. Yes, there is a bit more paperwork to fill out in the end...

As I did my taxes this year and had to actually pay out rather than receive a refund for the first time in my life, a light bulb went off when I saw what you could itemize as deductions. Apparently, a hobby that is done in the likeness of a business can be used as an itemized deduction on...

How much beer do you tend to lose everytime you open up that valve on the conical and really, how quickly do the trub and yeast come out with daily dumps?

I was still hoping to see if Scuba Steve would come up with his plans for his brewstand...as stated before, it's effin' sweet!

It would be great if Scuba Steve could post some plans and costs on how he built that brewstand. I love the look of it and I would definitely want to make it into a Brutus Ten type system. Classy...

My whole system is gravity driven and I only use one burner for AG brewing. Rather than have to deal with two burners, one of which would have had to be on my HLT, I made a heatstick to heat the sparge water. I think the total cost of the heatstick build was about $20. Granted, it takes it a...

I had some difficulty with a Wyeast 1056 American Ale yeast (right #). It was shipped via UPS and didn't get deliver by Friday so sat on the truck or whereever for the weekend. By the time I got it, the pack had swollen slightly already. The nutrient pack inside had not broken yet so I...

I had this same experience before. I brew in my garage which is actually part of my basement. The first time, I got a nasty headache right towards the end of my brew session. At the time I just thought that I had gotten a migraine. Two weeks later I experienced the same headache after...

I actually siphoned with an autosiphon and still got all of the foam. You know, I have assembled and disassembled those kegs a few times and didn't even think to unscrew the post and pull the tube....SUCK! I should have known there was a much easier solution to this stupid problem.

Hey everybody!! It's been awhile since I last posted. I had a major fiasco this weekend when I tried to pull my Sierra Nevada Pale Ale clone from the tap. I pulled and nothing came out??? Everything was pressurized correctly and I was getting good flow out of my other kegs. The only thing...

I hear a lot on here about filtering out the hops so they don't go into the primary fermenter. Why is this so important? I don't have any kind of filtration going from brew kettle to fermenter. If you are going from primary to secondary in a week or so then all of the hops will settle to the...

Thanks for that! I'm not worried about having to add water and I guess they put that in there so people know that they can if they need to. Typically I run off 6.5-7gallons to get down to about 5.5 gallons at the end of the boil.

I'm brewing this clone kit from Austin Homebrew today and was hoping I could get some advice for the best results. The recipe is as follows: 10.25 lbs 2-row .75 lbs Crystal 60L .25 lb Malto Dextrin addition at boil 1 oz Nugget at 60 mins. .5 oz Perle at 15 mins. 1 oz Cascade at 5 mins...

I have three ball-lock and three pin-lock kegs. I filled a pin-lock keg and pressurized it, and because you can't put the wrong connectors on there due to one having three pins and the other having two I could only assume they are connected correctly. My ball-locks were empty when I opened up...

I am a bit pissed about it. The only reason I opened up the other valves is because I thought this wasn't supposed to happen. I'll be giving them a call tomorow.

I have a feeling that's what it is because no beer went to the regulator. I won't make this mistake again that's for sure...Here's to learnin' the hard way!!