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So one of my buddies came over and after seeing all my carboys and one gallon jugs said something to the effect "Dude, you're going Breaking Bad in here". I'd never watched the show and had to ask what he meant. You gents ever have an experience like this when a nonbrewer walks in on your...

Hey people, I suppose this is the appropriate forum section. Has anyone brewed their own brine? Salmon fishing, particularly dipnetting, is a big deal in Alaska. My dad's brine consists of brown sugar, wine, soy sauce, salt and spices, I got to thinking, "why not brew brine that has all the...

I pitched two packets of this into 57* wort. Should have rehydrated, there was a four day lag... held it in freezer at 50* the first 24 hrs, then raised to 57*. Its currently chugging away at 49*. 9 lbs domestic pils 1/2 lb brown malt .4 lb honey malt mashed 153 for 60 mins, salts: .5 tsp...

This is real, and comes in 5 different flavors including peach, banana and passion fruit. http://www.today.com/money/hello-kitty-beers-make-splash-asia-8C11128802 Thoughts? Has anyone had the honor of trying this?

Greetings sports fans, Yesterday was another brewday, started heating strike water at 6:20 am and finished clean up around 5 pm. I wanted to do a repeat of my standard amber (found here https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f14/new-temp-controller-irish-amber-w-willamette-hopstand-426263/) but...

:D, Recently made an offering to the porcelain god. Apple cider with a 96 oz can of Vintner's Harvest peaches, s-04 and burton ale yeast. Where I erred: adding Lactic acid bacteria, and/or adding citric acid. Supposedly initiating an MLF will eat up some of the acetyl aldehyde, citric acid...

Hi, This is my first visit to the cider forum. I started this Brett Claussenii Cider on 5/4/13. 1 gal Kirkland organic Orange Juice 2 gal Kirkland Apple juice 1 qrt Florida Orange juice, no pulp 1 tbsp pectin enzyme 1tsp yeast nutrient OG 1052 pitched ~1/2 cup Brett C slurry at...

Hey everyone, Made a 1045 2 qrt starter with White labs Brettanomyces Lambicus two days ago. Fermentation was visible the next day w/ small krausen, smells fruity. Why does everyone claim to prefer Wyeast? Next weekend I'll be putting together a three gallon Brett L/Trappist yeast ale...

wanting to see more beers from start to finish I decided to help dilute the number of half reported beers. Here goes... Brew day 8/10/13 Anchorage water seems a touch soft for allgrain, AWWU reports hardness at 56. I've gone from 2 hour conversion with no salts to 50 mins with adjustments...