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Long story short, I found two 15' copper refrigerator lines in my parents house and took to making my very own wort chiller. Since it was 1/4" tubing, I made two separate chillers and connected them [like the "rib cage" style I'd seen before] with a couple of SS adjustable clamps. My question is...

So any of those night flying lights are UV? I just want to make sure before I purchase them and find out that it doesn't make that chalk pop.

I'm not sure if you're asking if you can dry hop whilst bottle conditioning or if you're going to open a beer and hop it. If it's the later, you're better off just sniffing a hop flower or pellet while drinking that beer. If it's the former, you're much better off hopping your beer in a...

Hey Monster, I love your setup UV light and chalkboard setup and I'm currently in the beginning of my keezer build. I was hoping you wouldn't mind sharing some of your secrets in your build; imitation is the sincerest form as they say. I was wondering, does your setup have rope lights or...

I've never boiled my sugar to prime my bottles, honestly, and I have yet to have a batch go south. I'd just add it to each bottle since there are only 8 and you won't really save much on time. Just sanitize the instrument you're measuring with. You can tare a scale with 8 little ramakins to...

PS. I'd keep that Mr. Beer kit after you switch to 5 gals because you can get two boils going and start doing All Grain (AG) Brewing on a smaller scale to practice. And besides, 70 beers (with some variety) is better than 50. Happy brewing!

Rave, F250 is somewhat right. When first learning, it's really easy to have grand ideas of what you want to do, but that makes it hard to learn if you over do it, and learning is your goal for this Mr. B. kit. I started the same way with Mr. Beer, but held my "creativity" back a bit in order to...

If you want to back-sweeten and carbonate, you'll have to keep a SUPER close eye on it since the yeast will just continue to dry your cider (potentially creating bottle bombs). One thing I've heard of people doing is making one in a plastic bottle, so you can feel the pressure build up by touch...

Thanks Colby, I guess I'll do a quick boil of some dextrose and cinnamon, and another with dextrose and shaved ginger and see where that takes me. I'm curious how much ginger to use though, it's a pretty powerful spice.

Hello! I'm making my first cider from a gallon of unpasteurized cider I got from Uncle Johns. I put it in a glass fermentor a month ago with some nutrient and just let it ride while I was at school. I recently bought 2 half-gal growlers to transfer the cider to in order to let it age/clear up. I...

I'm really interested in how they turn out actually. I've heard great things about doing a cider with pears before. Some sort of French style I believe. Keep us updated!

Check out google images (and the beer in general, they simply can't make a bad one and they're all unique) for Lagunitas. Definitely my favorite commercial brewer by far (and being from Michigan, we have some great stuff from Bell's, Founder's, Short's, etc... to compare to). They do a great job...

I'll keep that in mind for my pumpkin porter!

It's a Belgian Bug's Life A Dark Ear-Full of Wig Belgium's Best Bugger That's what I've come up with in the short time I've been pooping. You know what they say, spell laptop backwards and you have your _____ ______.

Rightbrain is really embracing the Cali-hop-heavy style. I'm not sure if their move was before or after I went, but it shares(d) a building with an art warehouse (could kiln your own personalized mug) and one of the best restaurants I've ever eaten at called XYZ. Go to XYZ. It's rather cheap and...

I'm actually from Gaylord. Big Buck just changed its liquor licensing so that they are a distillery and a brewhouse (super expensive, though pretty cool). The sad thing is, while their beer-cheese soup is amazing, their service is atrocious. I've waited 20+ minutes to just get my server to...

Hayley Williams is just too perfect. She's like the punk Emma Watson.

I don't know why everyone's hating on the pizza... Pangea's is awesome and carries some of short's brews to back it up. Give em a go if you're ever back there. http://www.pangeaspizza.com/photogallery.php

Went there last month. They have a wonderful (and knowledgeable) staff who take the time to get to know you, a monthly brew club that just took off, great selection for what you'll need and a willingness to find what you want, give great deals and just give a great experience. I'll definitely be...

I would definitely let it sit in the beer for a while to allow it to mellow in with the sweet potato flavor. You definitely don't want just a "marshmallow" beer, and extract is easily overpowering. A hint makes the potatoes perfect, I could only assume the same thing for the beer.