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After several years of brewing I found my first bottle bomb last night: Obviously went off when no one was around (I wonder if it still made a noise?), and appears to have been a while back as it is definitely all dried up. Was contained by the case that I stored the bottles in and thus went...

Entering a braggot into a small open category homebrew contest hosted by a local distillery. They have a People's Choice award in addition to the blind taste judging, and I'd like to see what the hive-mind can come up with for a creative name. Braggot brewed with OB honey, Vienna malt, and...

My wife loves stouts and porters, and recently started a gluten free diet and so I'm thinking of how I can get the same flavors into a GF beer. Currently have a sorghum Pale Ale in secondary, and next I'd like to try a stout. I'm new to alternative grain brewing, but figured that coffee might...

I know the most common answer to the question of what to do when a keezer dies is to get a new one because of how cheep they are, or how readily available a used one is on Craigslist. That said, I have a few reasons I'm seriously considering to try and repair, or resurrect the old gal in my...

Going to try my hand at a Braggot tomorrow after successfully making my first mead (heather mead that stuck at 1.04 for several months until I racked it to a cake of Kolsch yeast and now is beautifully clear and delicious). Here is the recipe that I've put together: Ingredients Amt Name...

My first crack at mead... 5 gallon batch, 1.094 OG, fermentation slowed to 1.050 so I let it sit in primary for few months thinking it would just take time and be slowly fermenting. Noob obviously. Never went any lower, so I tried adding different wine yeasts at recommendation of LHBS to...