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Because they have Lucas refrigerators, of course! Like this one ... it's actually a Frigidaire that I got off Craigslist for $10. But it really needed to be re-branded, and when I had a leftover Lucas logo from having vinyl cut for my MGB, I couldn't resist the chance ... :mug: Sadly, it does...

Just thought I ought to share my most recent home-brewing lesson, in case it can be of assistance to anyone besides me. I've developed this stout recipe that is just stunningly scrumptious. It's got four pounds of flaked barley in it, though, along with a pound and a half of roasted (huskless)...

... is a label on one of my beer taps. Basically, when a bottle gets accidentally overcharged, and either domes the cap or makes two quarts of foam when you open it, I open all the bottles and dump 'em in the Cornie. Right now, Spoke Norton is tasting really good. There was a gallon left of...

So I just got done crushing the fixin's for another batch of Wilhoit Springs IPA. It's 8 pounds of Golden Promise, 2 pounds of Crystal 10 and I've been playing around with the rest, in this case three-quarters of a pound each of Victory and Special. I got to thinking ... what does...

I couldn't seem to find a forum for this venture -- but I just picked up a packet of Koji-Kin at the local brew shop and I'm gearing up to give it a whirl. Anybody got any tips for me?

I feel a little project coming on ... anybody have one you could post some pictures of? I was looking at that 100,000-BTU burner at the CPAPC Website and thinking ... I'm still doing my boils on an electric range and this seems nutty when you consider I have access to natural gas. An outdoor...

Hey guys, tell me if this is a good plan or if I'm about to ruin two batches of bottles. I had a couple batches looked like they were done ... and weren't. They've domed their caps, always a bad sign ... and sure enough, when you pop one it foams like a mo-fo. I lack patience. I like to drink...

Just as I was wishing I could do something with all that dead space at the top of my new Kegerator (it's a regular frig, with a freezer to store hops in!) I ran across this on Craigslist. http://portland.craigslist.org/clk/clt/673485783.html Now, I sure don't want five liters of Coors...

So last weekend I went to see my stepdad. He's all into burning fryer oil in his crapped-out Cummins Diesel ... gets it from some restaurant that apparently gave him three Cornelius kegs full of the stuff last time. Natch, I snapped them right up. Now, I've got one cleaned up and bought a...

Hi guys! So I'm homing in on my perfect recipe for dry Irish stout. One of the things that my stout lacks is that white head that Guinness has. It's tan in my stuff. I ditched the chocolate malt; no diff. Now I'm thinking maybe it's my base malt. So I just went and filled what might be my...

... this might change your mind! It's hot off the AP wire tonight. Craft brewery shares hops By DAVID PITT Associated Press Writer DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A shortage of a key ingredient in beer has shown that even business competitors can come together over a cold one now and then. That...

Seems like every post I read involves mashing and lautering in a converted cooler. Am I the only one around who mashes in a pot on the stove and lauters in a double bucket?

Hi guys! Say, I recently made a batch of something with equal parts Victory and Special Roast in it. I really liked it. Now I'm trying to get a mental handle on which of these grains adds what flavors so I can adjust the amounts intelligently. Since I have to do this five gallons at a time, I...

My dry stout is behaving strangely. I racked the wort straight onto the yeast cake from an ordinary bitter that I bottled off the same day. It exploded into activity within a couple hours and by nightfall was bubbling so fast I couldn't even count the bubbles. That was two days ago; today...

Just brewed up my first Scotch. It's supposed to be an 80d. but my final gravity reading is coming in at 1.066 at 84 degrees ... mommie, I'm scawed ... I'm sure it'll be great but I was gunning for 1.050 +/- .004 ... guess I'll have to work on my calculations a little. I'm...