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I've been away from home unexpectedly & unavoidably for almost 4 weeks. My sweet stout is perfectly aged (my host had some, since he'd helped make it)... And my golden/cream highbred has been bottle conditioning for 4 weeks, and I've not had a drop. Granted, there are 6 cornies of homebrew...

So I was setting everything up in the kitchen for Brew Day tomorrow, and decided to check calibration on both my thermometer and hydrometer. Thermometer is perfect, no worries there. I pick up the hydrometer case, open it, tip in carefully in my hand...and see liquid slosh inside...

Here's my tasty sweet stout. This is about 5 minutes after I poured (yay phone calls at the worst minute, eh?), and as you can see, there's still head. It's still green, and the carb is a bit sharp, but overall it's good, and I know it will improve! I'm brewing a golden this weekend, with...

We've been in a few times, first to check it out as it's a new store, then to grab some equipment and sanitizer, and today we went again and I bought the ingredients for my first solo batch (and first non-kit batch!). Granted, we tend to be less forgettable because of my service dog, but it...

Aloha, I'm picking up up 2 5-gallon containers of mead this weekend (a meadery went out of business a couple years ago, and they want to get rid of the leftover stock). It's too bad I can't handle the 55-gallon containers! :p I'm wondering if there should be any special consideration when...

Granted, I did it with a friend's help for the first stage, and it was an extract kit, but really I'm quite proud of myself. The kit I picked up was built by a LHBS, and the directions were very clear and entertaining, even though I ended up not needing them (my friend walked me through the...

Someone I know has lots of closet space, and always has the good intention to redeem her bottles. When I mentioned that I had started brewing, and needed to buy bottles, she wouldn't let me! She just brought over 120 bottles, all the same brand, rinsed and put back in their cases/6-packs. I...

I've been searching around here since I started getting serious about actually starting brewing. I've been thinking about it on and off for 10 years, heh. But my friend said he was holding a brewing night if anyone wanted to learn, so I picked up a starter set and a porter kit, and off we...