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Anyone know where i can find some of the plant?

Well, the yeast anyways.... I'm planning on making a quad soon (Variant on three philosophers). For the yeast i was thinking of farming what i could out of a bottle of Ommegang Abbey Ale (Delicious!) but i realized that its a dubble. Would the yeast form that be appropriate for a quad, or...

Lagunitas is opening a Brewery in Chicago! (Just a short drive from me) Color me excited. Also, color me hoping i can get an interview for their open HR position....

Ok, so its not so much as an experiment, as me being stubborn. My preference is to bottle carb my product, mostly because my joy of creating a living product. And then drinking it. 2 gallons Cider 1 gallon Apple juice 1 gallon water with 1lb of dissolved honey 8 oz water with 1/4 cup...

So i have approximately 4 gallons of cider that has been sitting in my carboy for just over 2 weeks. Fermentation has died down very well, with only the occasional odd bubble. I used the following: 2 gallons of unfiltered cider 1 gallon of natural apple juice (the 365 stuff from whole...

On your custom brew rigs, how are you determining the total volume of liquid in your kettle? Iv'e re-plumbed my basement a touch so that I can pour water directly into my kettle, but I'm torn between doing the math and marking out gallons on the interior of my kettle and adding some type of...

Stopline Mocha Stout Batch Size: 3 gal Boil Size: 2.0 gal Boil Time: 60 min Efficiency: 75% OG: 1.049 FG: 1.012 ABV: 4.9% Bitterness: 36 IBU Color: 24 SRM Maris Otter 4lb Roasted Barley 8oz CaraMunich 8oz Golden Naked Oats 8oz Fuggels (US) -...

Hi. Just on my second batch with some new gear (Brew and Grow in downtown Chicago is starting to know me by face) as well as an old starter kit I used years ago, lost, then found again. Having just bought a house, it seemed appropriate that I start the hobby back up. I've been lurking...

So, i'm on my second batch with some new equipment (after having not brewed for years) and i get the bright idea to make a somewhat casual-drinking amber ale using 12% in-house smoked malt (i just used some 2-row) and local honey. Stupid me, I calculated the honey as flavor and not sugar (added...