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Okay, here's how it works...... Everyone adds one ingredient in their reply, at the end we have the craziest recipe ever. We'll make ten gallons starting with 65lbs of Vienna. -ben

Beer of the month? Really??

I'm about to go fill my co2 tank for the third time in three weeks. I can not figure this thing out and it's driving me absolutely insane. Meanwhile I have three full kegs that I can't drink. This is a little long. Sorry. It all started a couple weeks ago, I was busily getting my pipeline...

So most of my friends have been converted over to craft beer, but there's still a few holdouts that bring their BMC to my house and then drink my homebrew and leave their crappy beer behind. I'm happy for them to drink my homebrew, but I'd rather they keep their BMC. It just ends up sitting in...

Sorry I haven't posted in awhile, between deer season and researching Brutus clones I have been busy! Anyway, I am working on a recipe that I hope to brew this weekend. It's based on a witbier. I'm thinking of calling it Rye Wit (love punny names) 5lbs Belgian Pils 2-row 4lbs White Wheat...

So I know some people add priming sugar to their keg and let the beer carb before hooking it up to CO2 for serving. For those of you that do this, what advantages do you find it provides? How about drawbacks? -ben

Any of you hog hunters try spent grains in your traps? I've done it a couple times with mixed results. Specifically I've let spent grains sour a bit and mixed in kool-aid or jello. I've caught a few this way but not as many as I had expected. Anyone tried it? Anyone have a spent grain hog bait...

What kind of music do you listen to on brew day? I usually just tune the radio to the local rock station, unless there is a ball game on. How about y'all? -ben

So... I am enjoying a molasses porter that I made a few months back- flavor is great, will be better in six months or so, the only problem is that it is way overcarbed because, well, because I'm an idiot. No bombs or anything like that, but it has way too much head and takes quite awhile to...

Okay, so I'm ready to give up the bottles and start kegging this spring. I've never minded bottling in the past, but suddenly I don't want to clean and store a million bottles. So I have been reading up on building a keezer which seems simple enough, but here's the thing. I have a working mini...

Got the mash started, football starts in a few minutes. Gonna be a good day. -ben

If you could pick one historical figure to brew with, who would it be?

Stick it in the fridge https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pk9-28HgxfE&feature=youtube_gdata_player

So, what are you brewing tomorrow? I've got some fresh cascade hops that I'm going to make an IPA with. Thinking of calling it Hoppy New Year. I might also make an oatmeal stout. It's supposed to rain all weekend so I'll have to do it in the garage. How about everyone else? Who's making what...

So today I bottled a lot of beer. Two five gallon batches and one 2.5 gallon batch. Everything was going great until the small batch. I was down to the last ten or so bottles when I looked over at the counter and saw the priming sugar. :mad: So I uncapped the whole batch dumped the sugar...

Christmas ale -ben

I've done a half dozen or so extract batches, but finally did my first all grain this evening. It took way longer than I expected, missed my OG by 05, and I have to get up in a few hours for work... all I can say is it was a helluva good night! All Grain is t!+s!! G'night -ben

Okay who drives the black car with the HMBREW plates that I saw on 290 the other day? -ben

Tonight I finally get to drink a beer from my first batch. Can't wait! -ben