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Arrggh, Mateys. September 19 be International Talk Like A Pirate Day. Ye brewers spit on ye hands and hoist the skull and crossbones.

https://phys.org/news/2025-09-wild-chimpanzees-ingest-equivalent-alcoholic.html It's in our genes. Party on Dudes!

Most of my equipment is from Vevor due to cost (It's very affordable ). 5 gallon 201 SS kettle, 16 gallon 201 SS kettle and 8 gallon 304 SS fermentor. So far they are working fine. Anyway, I needed another large gasket for the lid of my fermentor. I couldn't find that thing anywhere. Even...

From China-Zhejiang province- No Malt per se, but uses grasses, herbs, tubers, acorns etc. Interesting read...

When I first got here last year as a newbie this place helped alot. I had bought lots of books and watched videos etc., but this site proved invaluble, I hate bothering ya'all so I research my question on here first and usually I find an answer and don't have to bother anyone. I came in here...

Hi All, I tried my hand at yeast rinsing. I discarded the top layer (beer) some of which resettled out, kept the middle layer (creamy white yeast) which I poured into a sterilized and cooled jar and discarded the bottom trub layer (darker brown like peanut butter). I will use this in less than...

Saw my 2 vines of cascade were ripe. This is my first year.. I'm planting the other rhizomes in pots for the first year and will transplant in the spring.

Lutra. Wow, just wow. I really likey the Lutra. I was tired , it was after midnight and I was at 95F wort temp. I had prehydrated a pack of Lutra Kviek (I normally pitch ale yeast dry) so I just top pitched it in, expecting it to go nuclear. I had one of those 8 gallon Chinese SS fermentors, I...

I'm older (almost 70) and was talking to my younger sister who just told me my father got rid of a still that was at my deceased Great Uncles house back in the 80's. I helped clean that house out, but apparently it was buried under a lotta crap in the shed and I never saw it. She described it ...

I have about 20 pounds of honey in a bucket that had too high of a water content and is starting to ferment (off gas, and foam a little). I want to use that to make mead so I don't waste it. I was going to use JAOM ( Joes ancient orange mead formula (using bread yeast) found on this site. My...

I should have made a video for comic relief when anyone needs a laugh. I could have used yakety sax (Benny Hill theme song) for the soundtrack. The first time is always the worst. Post brew observations. I need a better stainless pot for boiling wort. The one I used is dented up a bit, has a...

Ardaugh Glass, employing 220 workers is closing its Houston TX facility . It's also halting production at its Seattle wine bottle factory. See Beer and wine bottle maker closing some US sites I may try to call them and see If I can get bottles on the cheap since I'm in the area. I hope they...

I am using my well water for my first batch of ale. I can use the water after the sand filter and BUT prior to the calcite tank (which brings the pH up to about 8). It tastes better to me before the calcite tank, so I was going to use that. It's what I normally drink. Or I can use the water...

Hi Guys, I planted hops I thought might survive here at 30.12 latt. Thats pushing it way over the limit. My questions are in boldface I chose 5 I thought would survive, Cascade, Nugget, I planted first - followed later by Neo1, Amalia and Centennial. Do you think those are survivable for...

Does anyone use thrift books, a used book dealer? I use them for all my books. You can get books cheaply . I just ordered some brewing books from them. See Thrift Books

I thought you guys might enjoy this. I didn't know where to put this, so mods, please feel free to move it or delete it. On Christmas day, 2005 as I recollect, I was kinda down in the dumps since Christmas in China has about as much meaning as the 4th of July in Dubai. So my Chinese mother in...

Howdy. I found this place searching for hops varieties that would grow well in TX (30 degrees latt) which is pushing the range quite a bit . I had planted 4 cascade and 4 nugget based on reccomendations from other sites. The cascades are doing OK but the nuggets are struggling a bit. Something...