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Gambrinous - Full of BEER! Who here's full of beer? The 5gB is gambrinous, that's for sure. Full of Highland Brewery's 2008 Cold Mountain Ale paired with their one year old 2007 Cold Mountain Ale. G A M B R I N O U S.

Hi Gang... I went to go brew this afternoon, and when I put my specialty grain bag into the water I noticed that there was a patch of dark grains on the bottom of the bag. I couldn't tell if it smelled moldy because it got wet, but I don't even know what moldy grains smell like! Could this...

I generally use yeast cakes with brews of the same style, and if I do use the cake, it is for a darker beer. So... I've got my Belgian Red ready to move to secondary, and I've also got my next Belgian Tripel ingredients ready to brew with. I would like to pitch the Tripel on top of the...

Papazian makes some great points in his books about the pros & cons to both AG & E/SG Brewing, and even admits that AG is not the end-all-be-all of beer making techniques; E/SG can make an equal and sometimes better brew. We all have our opinions on this one, so let 'em fly, but try to...

I'm assuming that StarSan is safe to use with SS, right? What 'soft metals' would they be referring to as inappropriate to use with StarSan, and what is 'inappropriate'?

Is there any significant difference between these two sugars when using as a priming sugar?

I've spent the past 3 days searching the web high and low for 15.5g kegs for sale, either new or used. I've found very very few resources that seem like the sort of thing I need. Can anyone point me in the right direction? 5gB

Hi Gang... Is it illegal for a brewery to use an existing recipe (that they did not create) to brew with as a guideline, then sell the beer? Also, if a brewery is using an existing recipe (that they did not create), but they alter the recipe in slight ways here and there, are there any...

I'm just about out of my One-Step sanitizing solution, and need to get more. What I'm wondering though, is if there is a sanitizing solution that ppl reccommend as better than One-Step. Thanks! 5gB

I have heard of people decanting wines, and now even beers. I decided to try this out, but need to know a few things. Help me out, gang. After bottling a little more than 2 full cases of my Apricot IPA, I needed a place to put the rest! So I filled my decanter with my Apricot IPA. This...

I have this Apricot IPA in secondary for 3 weeks now. The recipe is an Extract with Specialty Grains that I tweaked up a bit. After 2 weeks in Primary, the beer was moved on top of 2-3 pounds of fresh, depitted, and pasturized apricots. The beer has been with the apricots for 3 solid...

There have been a lot of threads on reusing yeasts, and yeast cakes. I recently had the opportunity to go to one of our very successful local micro breweries. Talking with one of the brewmasters, the subject of yeast came up. He told me that on average they reuse yeast strains up 19 times...

Has anyone ever tried skipping the 'priming' stage of bottling by simply timing the bottling so that you are capping not-quite-done-fermenting beer? If the timing is right, you should be able to have the beer finish fermenting out, and get carbonation. Though you'd probably have to let a beer...

I was brewing up an IPA yesterday when I saw this jar of honey sitting on the counter. Unable to resist, I added about half of the jar of honey in the last 20 minutes of the boil. Does anyone have any experience with honey in IPA recipes? Or have a good Honey IPA recipe to share? If mine...

I hate it when this happens, but the Whitelabs German Kolsch yeast i used in my brew yesterday at 2:20PM hasn't done a damned thing yet in my primary. The inner piece on my airlock hasn't even moved yet, and it's now 10:30am the following day. -Wort was WELL aerated -pitched at 79F -temp...

I just picked up a bottle of this beer! My favorite brew store folks put a bottle aside for me! What do you guys think of this beer?

Just picked up a bottle of this limited beer? What do you think of it?

My last few Belgians have been coming out with this sour-like flavor to them. They are not too overwhelming, and some people actually liked them how they were. I'm not a fan though. I made a pumpkin spiced belgian red I made back around Christmas time that had a sour quality to it, but...

I just saw this on YouTube.com How does one do this? From what I've read, it has something to do with "Supercooling", but how does one recreate this? 5gB

Have any of you guys had this beer?!?! :ban: Sweet. Hoppy. Oaky. 10% ABV. I just found it at my local specialty beer store for @ $15 for a 4-pack; it's worth every dollar. It's a tad on the sweet side for my taste, but it grows on you. Dogfish Head... if you're reading... make it a bit...