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I mean, if it is bubbling along it is probably making beer right?

If you are up for a trip, Solemn Oath Brewery is in Naperville, a suburb due west of Chicago. Its phenomenal. Binny's usually carries a few different styles of theirs if you can't make it out to their tap room.

Making this for the second time on Saturday. I have fought the urge to make elaborate brews because I really want to master a few simple beers that I can start to predict results on and this beer is hands down going to be a regular beer for me. I expect to make it at least once more and as many...

So I just put the finishing touches on my new mash tun. I went round with a false bottom and haven't had a drop leak or seen much of a drop in water temp after several rounds of testing so I'm ready to brew with it. I'm going on my 3rd All Grain Brew with the first 2 being very good thus far...

I always wrestle with it myself and usually (always) cave and try one when I have the urge. I always tend to feel like I enjoy them more after 3 weeks in the bottle and feel sad that I 'wasted' one too early. I balance that with the fact that no matter when I start drinking them, I'm sad when I...

There are few things in this world I hate more than burns of any kind. I am so sorry to hear about this and am cringing for you man. I can't even imagine what that had to feel like. As for the name, I mean its all encompassing but if you ever want to open up shop you can call yourself "The...

MLB The Show 16 occupies my free time right now, but I just hopped back on WoW after about a 6 year break. I don't know if it ever was able to capture the magic of Vanilla, BC, and Wrath, but its fun again. Cool to see how some of the lore changes have been implemented. Man, there was a...

The man has a gift. Those are gorgeous.

Man oh man, I STRESSED about AG. I put so much time into so many things before I heated up a drop of water, then about 12 hours before my first AG Brew day, I read some stuff here, asked a few questions and got some good advice and just said "Screw it, lets see how it goes". I missed numbers...

St. Louis finally broke through and they finally slayed their dragon. I was very impressed with how they bounced back in game 7. They had the fresher legs when Chicago truly appeared beaten there at the end. Had a a two post clanger late that would have tied it but it was clear that whatever...

Not yet, no. I'm enjoying the fruits of my labor but I'm biased because I've created it. I'm only grading my beers as "Drinkable" at present.

+5G Yoopers Pale Ale =6733.25

"My teeth didn't fall out after I drank it" It was only my second beer. I've yet to make a beer I'm really comfortable sharing yet.

I will be making Yooper's Pale Ale on Sunday. Should be a perfect 70 degrees or so here in the Chicago land area so it seems like an even more perfect day to brew!

Any commercial brands you'd recommend? I have a friend who is a much more serious home brewer than I am but he still hasn't touched on Mead yet. I don't have a source for home made mead.

Man, I've gotta really get on board with this Mead thing. I don't know if I'll be making any anytime soon but hearing it talked about so much, I'm not sure what kind of drinker I can call myself if I've never tried it.

Hope you enjoyed those regular season games Blues\Stars fans! Its crunch time now and you're in our world! Come on down and swim in the deep waters of NHL playoff hockey with a team full of guys who have full NHL seasons worth of playoff experience. Go Hawks! All bias aside, I am 50\50 on the...

Great thanks!

I am making that this weekend. REALLY looking forward to it. My LBHS does not have Whitelabs however. Is there a Wyeast option that would work? They only carry it. I was thinking 1056.

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