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Anyone have issues with their perlick tap leaking. I bought mine about 4-5 years ago and it worked great for awhile but now leaks like a sailor coming off of shore leave. Taken it apart and cleaned it thoroughly. When the tap is closed I still get a stream of beer coming out. Don't realty want...

Our homebrew club bought 120 lbs of honey from a meadary in Colorado. We have some extra that we'd like to part with. We have 53 lbs of California Orange Blossom Honey to sell. Asking 5.00 per lb. We are in north eastern Illinois close to the Wisconsin border. Pm me if interested. Shipping can...

Going to be in the Lawrence ks kc area this weekend. Looking for an in person trade. Have several years of dark lord, this years goose prop. Can get zombie dust, new glarus or any other beers distributed in Wisconsin and Illinois

I posted this earlier with the wrong title. I have dark lord going back to 13, older Russian river sours, revolution bean gene and blue gene from 2 years ago, lost abbey varitas from this past year, White chocolate from the Bruery, and some BSBS from 2012 on including this years prop...

I have dark lord going back to 13, older Russian river sours, revolution bean gene and blue gene from 2 years ago, lost abbey varitas from this past year, White chocolate from the Bruery, and some BSBS from 2012 on including this years prop. Willing to grab some zombie dust, or new glarus beers...

Im participating in a benefit for autism next month. My son, who is autistic, was given the job of deciding what daddy should make. He said chocolate ice cream. I was thinking of including ice cream cones sans ice cream in the mash. Anyone tired this before?

BABBLE Homebrewers of Lake County Illinois will be holding our brew off on next year. Final judging session award and auction will be held on March 4th 2017 at Zumbier in Waukegan Illinois. We have a bunch of great items for auction including sacks of grain, a plate chiller, spike brewing brew...

My wife is a redhead and I had an empty bomber of sprechers redhead ale that she turned into a candle. Well I broke it last night and need to replace it. Hoping someone has a bottle that I can buy. Thanks

Dear Club Members, past and present, Has it really been 20 years since BABBLE Homebrewers began brewing in Lake County? Well, it depends on who you ask. The origins of the club are shrouded in the depths of time and obscured by formal definitions of when the group of homebrewers who started...

I have a extra ticket to the Great Lakes Brew fest on the 17th of this month in Racine. Its a really nice fest at a great venue. Tickets are usually 50.00 I looking for 40. I can transfer the ticket to you directly electronically.

Im planning to do an oktober fest this Friday and am using Omega Bayern lager yeast for the first time. I know some quys that have used it at ale temps for lagers and had no issues. Just wondering since this yeast is so versatile and quick to take off if I need to do a 2l started like I normally...

Im looking to do my second big beer. My last was a wee heave that ended up being 12%. I did a scotch ale and put the wee heavy directly on that yeast cake. Oxygenated the crap out of the wort and let it sit for about 6 months in the primary. The beer ended up thin and some of the feed back I got...

Fairly new to water chemistry, planning to use the boiled Munich water profile, and am having an issue with the calcium contend that is recommended 12.0 ppm. Even with 100% RO water the calcium content is still 18 ppm. Am I making more of this then necessary or am I missing something. Planning...

Im planning to be in Oregon the last week of July and have been told the Oregon Brewers Festival is a must. Looking at past beer lists it looks small and many of the beers on the list look to be stuff that is not that difficult to track down. Am I missing something? What makes this fest so great?

I just got a bunch of funk on the house from my local brew shop. I got brett, brett brux, some brett blends from omega, lacto and a lacto saison blend. I know what to do with the lacto, but am new to the others. I know if I use them I need to dedicate equipment for them including kegging and...

Entries are now being accepted for the 2016 BABBLE brew off. Judging will be on March 5th at Only Child Brewing in Gurnee. http://brewoff.brewcomp.com/

BABBLE home brewer of Lake County is proud to present a screening of Blood, Sweat and Beers at the newly expanded Tighthead brewing in Mundelein IL on February 28 at 3:00 PM. The films director, Chip Hiden will be available for a video q and a following the screening of the movie. "Blood...

Anyone have a good source for ribbons or medals for brew off awards? Our last vendor charged us a fortune (over 7.00 per) for rosettes. Thanks

I did a few Berliner's this summer with a sour mash soured with grains with a short boil after wort was soured. After my last one my fermentation chamber smelled like yogurt, wiped it down and sprayed with bleach and wiped down again. Still stinky. Need to worry or just deal with it?

I've been playing with the bru'n water spreadsheet for a few days. Having a hard time figuring out the sparge acidification addtions. My existing h2o produces a mash ph of 5.6 on the water summery page. Im not seeing where to enter the citric acid adjustments that update the water summary page...