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I'd like to buy chalkboard tap handles for my existing triple tap kegerator. Would like a good way to label what is in each keg for visitors. The three taps are all on the same tower, so they are pretty close together. Basically like this...

I'm taking a cruise out of San Diego in a couple weeks. I can bring two 6 packs of 12 oz beer onto the ship ( can't bring pint cans unfortunately). Any recommendations for beer I should try that isn't nationally distributed? Or a good store to hit to have a good selection? I'm typically...

Anyone from Michigan who can answer a question about bottle/can deposits? I'm on vacation here from out of state and unsure if my bottles will be taken for recycling so I'm going to bring them for deposit refund. I also have some pint metal cans. Is there a similar deposit refund on them...

Has anyone done the BYO bootcamp? If so, how was it? They are offering it in Indy in November and it's local to me. Only problem is day 2 happens to be my wife's birthday. She told me I can go both days anyway, but I fear it's a trap. :-) I'm seriously thinking about taking the day off...

I'm taking a cruise out of Galveston next month and can bring two 6 packs of beer on board with me. (One for me and one for the wife, but she doesn't drink beer so really two for me.) Does anyone have recommendations for local beer to try that I can't get at home in Indiana? Any...

I'm considering purchasing a kegging system at home. I'm not the most handy person so I'm thinking about buying a fridge on line from somewhere like kegerator.com and not trying to build something myself. Any recommendations or experiences with this website or others? I also see that Midwest...

I brew extract with steeping grains. I usually brew at night after the kids' bedtime, but often handle the grain steep before bedtime then let things sit (with kettle covered) while putting the kids to bed (maybe 30-45 minutes). I have a recipe that calls for first wort hops during the steep...

I started up a yeast starter last night and when I woke up this morning checked my stir plate to find small brown specks floating on the surface. I used dme, some yeast nutrient, and wyeast American ale yeast. Is this scorched dme or something that means I need to dump and start over? Sent...

I have a batch of a two hearted clone that turned out great the first time I made it and really bad the next. I think I may have oxidized the second one. New tubing being refusing to uncurl meant that I got more splashing than normal into my bottling bucket when I siphoned from my fermenter...

How long do you use an autosiphon and bottling wand before replacing it? I've had mine for about 18 months and am worried it's contaminated a batch. Could be wrong about the batch being contaminated but I'm planning to replace them. But then again don't want to waste my money and throw out...

I have a Super Agata bench capper. I've used it to bottle about 4 batches now. On the last batch the caps didn't seem to go on straight. When you look across the top of the bottle one end is raised above the other. I opened a bottle or two and they're not carbonated after about 4 weeks so I...

For brewers who use a nylon bag to contain hops during the boil, when do you remove the hop bag? At the end of the boil or do you leave it in while cooling the wort? I've always removed it at the end of the boil, but I wonder if I'm missing out on aroma by doing this. Those who add the hops...

I bottled a batch of beer in November. After about three weeks it had a nice level of carbonation. I've been putting a few into my fridge at a time to cool but leaving most of the batch at room temp. Some of the bottles that I put in the fridge more recently now seem to be over carbonated...

Hi all! I grew up in Ohio (Go Buckeyes!) and now live near Indianapolis. I've been brewing for about a year now (13 extract batches on my stove) and have found the information available in these forums to be amazingly useful. I can't imagine trying to improve my brews each time without the...