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OK, so I work two days a week for my LHBS shop and, I was told something shocking. All the hop plugs are going bye bye. These have been frozen for some time, but appear to be in good shape. My rule in the past has always been, if it's green - it's in. If it's brown, no way! So, is...

Man..... I never thought I'd ramble on about a "mushy" topic like this, but it is kinda kewl! My brewing past started about ten years ago, then I took a couple years off after taking care of my father while he was battling cancer. After all that, I had a hiatus from brewing. I now live...

OK, I have the books, videos, magazines, yadda, yadda, yadda. I still get confused when I read about stressing yeast. I have for YEARS made a simple slurry cooking water and dextrose and using that as a starter. 24 hours later, plenty of growth and then often pitch the yeast. I have...

OK, so I drank a few of these last night (a good reason to not post this question after the third one!). I get one overwhelming flavor when I drink the stuff - Earl Grey tea. Would I surmise that the flavor is from orange peel? I thought a good deal of the flavor in Earl Grey was oil of...

OK, so.......... I'm a little familiar with the mechanics here. An O2 tank has reverse threads than a CO2 tank. I searched here and found pretty much the same answer: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f35/air-tanks-45513/ However....... The regulator should still be usable for a CO2...

Just a thought based on more reading. I was reading several posts today about backsweetening and it brought up a thought. I've always made cider, tested every few days for flavor that I liked and then cold crashed the batch. But...... if you're using unpasteurized cider (and you don't...

I've been getting back into the cider bit again after a year hiatus. Figured I'd read through the forum and get some ideas and I'm perplexed by a few things. Pasteurization When using non pasteurized cider, I see comments from those that seem to cook cider and those that don't. If you...

OK, I've been brewing cider for a couple of years now (how could I not after such a HUGE thread here about a year and a half or two ago!). I have a friend that saw me reading a back issue of Zymurgy and asked what it was. Of course, about 30 seconds later, he said he wanted to learn more...

Hello All, I'm starting to hit the frustration point bottling and would like the convenience of kegging. 2 main questions I have are.... what effect does this have on freshness? It would take me a couple weeks to down a full keg (I do like my variety now!). I've bought commercial beer...

Just curious. I use computers all the time - but I've noticed I like paper. Of course, I'm gonna have to get off my but and make myself a nice logbook one of these days if I continue. I haven't jumped yet into beer software yet (outside of Excel). Any advice? Stick to paper or go...

Hello all.... is it just me, or does an introduction greeting on a beer forum make me feel like I'm at an AA meeting....... anywhoo! Thanx to those that make the resources here possible - I was a watcher for a few days and read a lot of really neat threads. Running a few large boards, I know...