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not sure if this has been posted before, but for those of you with newborns, check out these "home brewed" onesies you can buy it here [link] [i'm in no way affiliated with the seller]

My wife is Japanese and still has family back in Japan so we try to go there as much as possible. I've been there 6 times now and now that I know what to look for, it's getting easier and easier to find some decent brews. If you ever get a chance to go to Japan and want microbrew, ask for ji...

I'm planning on moving on to an eHERMS process and I'm starting to put the parts together for a brew rig. Please take a look at my design and if you have any comments, I'd love to hear them. Goals minimize the amount of equipment [kettles, valves, plumbing, etc.] as much automation as...

I'm planning out my wooden single tier brewstand right now. Should I place the pumps closer to the kettles? Or closer to the ground? Here's a little diagram of my plan

In another thread, cervezarara said: I recently had an infection. I have a few questions regarding the above-comment: 1. Is there a recommended ratio of bleach to water? 2. Must everything that touched the infected beer be bleach bombed, including the racking cane/siphon I use to get the...

Sorry for sounding like a noob, but does this look infected? It started out as a regular kolsch which I used 2-year old grain. It was in primary for 2 weeks before I racked it to secondary where I add hibiscus flowers. Those are the dark floaties you see. The flowers were soaked in vodka for...

Just kidding. I know it'll turn out fine. I planned on making a kolsch. The mash turned out great. I hit the temps perfectly. My pre-boil gravity was spot on, but everything went downhill from there. The recipe called for Mt. Hood as the bittering hop and 0.5 oz Saaz at 15 minutes...

This is an extremely noob question and I'm almost embarrassed to post it. I'm basically trying to copy the countertop brutus using the exact same components (auber syl 2362). I'm pretty sure I have everything wired up correctly as everything is working, except maybe the PID. I did a test...

I started building my keezer almost 2 years ago. It was primarily based on Jester369's keezer project. Mine was going to be slightly bigger with some storage space and the top would overhang like bar. I got it to work [pics here and here] and I've already served countless pints from it but it...

sketching and painting were all done with a wacom tablet in photoshop. comments and constructive criticism are welcomed.

So, I get an envelope on my desk this morning stamped CONFIDENTIAL. It's never happened before and I've been involved in a lot of confidential items, so I'm thinking it's the worst like I'm being laid off or something. I open it up, it's a wage garnishment letter for delinquent car registration...

I want to do BierMuncher's Cream of 3 Crops which is an 11-gallon batch. I can scale the recipe down, but I might as well do the larger batch if I can. My MLT can handle the grain bill. I have two 8.5-gallon stockpots. I plan on splitting the runnings between the two stockpots and boiling...

I lost the recipe sheet that came with my order. Does anyone have the recipe for AHS's American Red Ale? I really just need the hop schedule. Thanks. :mug:

22oz bottle Appearance: Pours a pale yellow with a white quickly dissipating head. Medium carbonation. Aroma: light nutty/grainy. Taste: Slightly bitter in the front, slightly malty with hints of biscuit. Sweetness and bitterness are in good balance, but not much of a hop presence...

I'm putting together my keezer and I'm using a Love controller. I basically followed this wiring diagram, except that I only connected #7 to ground and did not connect it to white/neutral. It's running perfectly - compressor turns off when it the freezer hits the right temp and turns on again...

I'd love to get into making soda, but I drink entirely too much of it and so I've switched to diet soda last year. It might be blasphemous, but does anyone have any recipes for diet soda? Oh, and how easy is it to make soda?

taking the minimalist approach is always much harder than it sounds. comments and critiques are welcomed. is it too much or too little?

Can yeast spoil? I opened up a vial of WLP013 (London Ale) for a starter I was making earlier tonight and it smelled rancid. It smelled really bad. I just bought the yeast this morning and the label shows an expiration date of Sept 2008, but it just smelled really bad. I pitched it anyway...

So I ordered a Belgian Wheat kit and it was supposed to come with 7# of Wheat LME, but they sent 7# pale LME. It just came today and I plan on calling them to get it straightened out, but I'm afraid the Wheat LME won't get here until next week and I really really want to brew this weekend (I've...