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Gonna do a Mexican lager this weekend. It calls for flaked corn... I'm out of flaked corn. As I see it, I have a few options: Instant grits. They're white and less sweet and corny, but it's readily available. Regular grits. Best practice is to do a cereal mash, but I really don't want to take...

I can't find a place to get just the must/concentrate. I don't need a kit. I already have too much metabi-oak chip-nutrient-campden-sodium-peptic-tannin-sulfite for several batches. So I really don't need/want a kit. I checked with some local wineries for buckets of must, but they're obviously...

While posting some incredible insight to another forum member, it looks like I had my 10 year HBT anniversary yesterday! Has it really been that long? I guess a big thanks to all who have helped me and a big you're welcome to all those I have helped. I'm sure that scale isn't the most balanced...

So my wife finally talked me into making some hard seltzer. I read a few things and sourced a few ingredients, but still have a couple questions. So far I've got some crystalized lime, a bunch of corn sugar, and decided on Origin seltzer yeast instead of EC-118. So my unknowns are a) has anyone...

It's official! I just finished a batch of Munich Helles that marks my 500th batch! It had to be my Munich Helles. I thought it was fitting because that was my very first unskilled, fumbling attempt at homebrewing. It was not good at all. I can't even begin to tell you what went wrong. It was...

Hey all, I'm taking a road trip to see some friends pretty soon in Florida. Lakeland, to be specific, and wanted to know if there are any must visit breweries, taprooms, cigar lounges, etc. in the area that yall would recommend. We may even make it to Tampa and/or Orlando if time and people permit.

Hey yall. I'm going to do some 10-gallon brews in the very near future. I'm intrigued by the fact that you can double your output (from 5-gallon brews) for only a slightly longer brew day. I have some house beers that I wouldn't mind having two kegs worth. However, the other part of 10-gallon...

I've been in search of a keg management system for a while now. Until recently, I've been using the method of when you pull the handle and beer comes out, that means there's still beer in the keg. When no beer comes out, the keg is empty. Although they would probably be the most accurate, I...

Anybody have any experience with this yeast? According to the directions, if you don't make a starter, the yeast is under three months old, and your OG is ~1.040, you can direct pitch around 65° and after active fermentation starts, the gradually bring the temp down to fermentation temps -...

Yep! Free grains. I have lots of specialty grains that I would not be able to use in a lifetime and are free for the taking. I have about 40lbs each of the following available. Crystal 10 Crystal 60 Crystal 90 Victory/Biscuit Special B Wheat Pick up only around Fort Worth, TX. I will not ship...

What is everyone planning on doing now that hops are illegal in the United States? Thankfully I have a stock of rhizomes and am willing to open a black-market online storefront. I will take offers starting at $50/ounce. <iframe width="775" height="409" src="" title="YouTube video player"...

This is only a recent problem (and solution) of mine since for the past several years all I did was dump my spent grains into my yard debris bin for weekly removal. I have moved to a different place where yard debris goes in the trash. Trash is not collected by automation, but by a crew of guys...

Hey guys; I recently made a move from Oregon to Texas. I did realize that room temperature in Oregon is cooler and more ale friendly than room temp in Fort Worth... I need a ferm chamber. I want to be able to ferment two buckets/carboys at the same time. A freezerless fridge is ideal, but hard...

I'm setting up a new fermentation chamber and ran across a little annoyance. When this freezer's temperature raises beyond its threshold of 21°F it will sound an alarm. As I am using an Inkbirg to control the temp, it will sound every time the Inkbird kicks it on. I found the little control...

Hey all, I am moving and my bar, along with the tower, is staying here. I build the tower with 2 5/8" spacing between the taps (not on center) because I wanted a little more wiggle room for my handles. I plan on using just my stand alone kegerator for the foreseeable future and would like to...

Just a quick question for those using beer gas - I recently got a new nitro set-up and a new tank of beer gas to boot. I took my inaugural voyage with my peanut butter porter. It was waaaay more gooderer than it ever was on CO2. I carbed it up to a modest level with CO2 first, then put it on...

I was gifted my first chugger pump a little while ago that spawned and grew to a whole makeover of my chilling equipment. I went from a 25' coil immersion chiller to a Northern Brewer SS counterflow chiller. I got some silicone hoses, a new port on my kettle for recirculating, a thermometer, and...

I have a mill that does a good job. It's just too slow in my opinion. It's got a direct drive motor that can go 1400 rpm (so says the sticker on the motor), but instead goes ~70 rpm. I took the electric box apart and found this little guy. No idea what all this means, but I'm sure it's what...

My first keg set-up had two taps so I made a pair of tap handles (shameless plug) that features beers from The Simpsons and Family Guy. Since my latest bar build (another shameless plug) I gained a tap. So I took this opportunity to make a third tap handle from another one of my favorite...

This is a re-post from a few years ago, but I wanted to update the pictures because photobucket is being a turd... I wanted some cool tap handles. At first I wanted ones that had the name of the beer that I brewed on it, but no dry erase or chalkboard. After deciding that that's one helluva...