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Does anyone else just get the humdrums around the holidays? I mean a solid two weeks of not wanting to do my favorite things, not wanting to even get out of bed in the mornings. I don't know whats the matter with me. I don't want to be alone, but I can't be around people.

I don't know if anyone else has a problem with fruit flies in their fermenting room like me. I made some simple fruit fly traps with a wine glass, a little cider vinegar with a drop of liquid soap in it and some plastic wrap with a few holes punched in it over the glass. In less than an hour...

Nothing beats a good meatball. I made a version of my Italian grandmothers meatballs, which were a way to feed 12 people with only a pound of meat. She would turn that pound of ground meat into about 2 1/2 pounds. Add a bunch of pasta and some tomato sauce and you had a meal. Here it is: 1...

I cut and cored 18 lbs of Asian pears and mashed them in a nylon strainer bag. I added water and 1/2 gallon apple juice to 3 gallons and sugar to 1.080 starting gravity, I then added 3 crushed campden tablets and added pectin enzyme, yeast nutrients and tannin. After 24 hours I then I pitched...

Has anyone else started gaining weight after starting to homebrew? I started homebrewing about a year ago and have gained almost 20 lbs since then. I'm not doing anything else different, just drinking my own beer, wine, and ciders. Still eating the same, and exercising the same. I really enjoy...

Has anyone heard of using sugar beet molasses as a dextrose equivalent? It is used as a cattle feed additive in the US, while in Europe it is used in baking and sauces. It is similar to regular molasses except more honey like in appearance and a less harsh flavor than cane molasses. I read where...

I had too much wort left over to fit in the carboy, so I refrigerated it for three weeks while the stuff I could fit in my brew kit was fermenting. Then I took the stuff I had in the back of the fridge and fermented it. I just tried it today, its the smoothest tasting, clearest beer I've ever...