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  1. swampbrewcrew

    Traveling LA, MS, AL...searching craft beer

    If you will be travelling through Jackson, MS during your trip LD's Beer Run is worth a stop. It's a relatively small shop, but they carry a lot of local and regional breweries that may be hard to find outside of the area. Oxford and Starkville, MS should be relatively close to your route...
  2. swampbrewcrew

    The craft beer bubble is busting.

    I see posts all the time about this brewery or another closing down, and I’ve always chalked it up to market saturation. My local brewery in Jackson, MS has announced its closing. Lucky Town Brewing didn’t get beat by competing local breweries because there aren’t any. They lost the retail space...
  3. swampbrewcrew

    Lightbulbs for heated fermentation with clear glass vessels?

    I used terra cotta flower planters. Lightbulb inside of the pot, and the base secured to the top of the pot. It blocked all of the light, and the terra cotta stayed warm for awhile after the light bulb cycled off.
  4. swampbrewcrew

    Ohio Soldered E-Kettle, SP14 Burners, & 120v Elements with Hot Pods- MOTIVATED

    That came out sounding crass, and I didn’t mean it too. Give that stuff a new home.
  5. swampbrewcrew

    Ohio Soldered E-Kettle, SP14 Burners, & 120v Elements with Hot Pods- MOTIVATED

    I’m the homebrew rep for Bayou and I almost want to buy the turkey burner for nostalgia. It’s been a hot minute since we sold those. SQ14 by the way, all of our square frames start with SQ. The SP14 caught my eye because it was real close but not right, and I thought I was chasing a knockoff...
  6. swampbrewcrew

    Brand New to Brewing

    You’re going to have fun with this. Just by reading along I can tell you’re a frugal person at the edge of a rabbit hole. If you can get over the small learning curve between drinkable beer and good beer, you seem like the kind of guy who patches together a $2k system for under $500.
  7. swampbrewcrew

    False bottoms.. prices are all over the place....

    If you have one of the Bayou brew kettles they sell a raised false bottom that will go over the elements.
  8. swampbrewcrew

    Dirty Confession

    Don’t drink heavily and brew is the lesson. I legit hopped 2 oz of centennial at 60 minutes on a Pilsner because I was looking at a recipe I wanted to brew later on. The timer went off, and I panicked because nothing was weighed out yet. Glanced at my phone and boom! Here’s a ton of IBUs to...
  9. swampbrewcrew

    Dirty Confession

    I screwed up the hop additions on a lager recently. It’s west coast ipa in IBUs with no malt to back it up. I’ve been pouring 12 ounces into a pint glass and topping it up with Coors lite. It’s absolutely delicious.
  10. swampbrewcrew

    Historical and uncommon styles

    His level of detail is unmatched. Also lookup the reddit homebrewing group. The name escapes me, but there is a poster who does regular updates on meeting with traditional farmhouse brewers that are absolutely phenomenal. Nothing we can reproduce without their house yeast, but a good launching...
  11. swampbrewcrew

    How much is too much?

    During Lent I do quit drinking in addition to a lot of heavy dieting. I’m not very religious, but my parents are. In my case it’s a good cleanse every year that helps keep the tolerance in check, and gives my parents and I something positive to work on every year. I generally drop a good 10-15...
  12. swampbrewcrew

    How much is too much?

    I may not drink at all for a week, and I may brew a beer I really like and kill a keg in a week. It’s more a “what’s on tap?” than I wanna get drunk thing.
  13. swampbrewcrew

    OG too high please help!

    Rush shipping, and packed on ice? $25 doesn't sound out of line there. It's $30 to overnight an envelope.
  14. swampbrewcrew

    How much can alcohol can you handle?

    Once at a football tailgate several years ago my wife mentioned how much I had been drinking. Me in my drunken state of mind quipped, “I’ve had a water after every beer! Look! I’ve almost drank a case of water”. Not my wisest move.
  15. swampbrewcrew

    Stone Brewing sues MillerCoors for Trademark Infringement

    Just my .02, but I’ve heard the line “15 bones for 30 stones” since 2005. I’m sure we picked it up from people older than we were. In my entirely unprofessional opinion it comes down to the difference between Stone Brewery, and stone being shorthand for Keystone. I watched the video with the...
  16. swampbrewcrew

    New York Blue Point Brewery broke ground for new digs, but keeping to their craft brew roots

    “Hey someone with tons of cash, and strict quality control wants to buy my brewery”. “You better not man, quality will suffer. They’ve been making the exact same beers taste the exact same way regardless of ingredient availability”. “Good call man! I’ve got to stay independent and not take...
  17. swampbrewcrew

    Cloudy Hazy Beer

    What style of beer did you buy? Hazy and fruity is pretty standard for a lot of Neipa’s.
  18. swampbrewcrew

    Benefit of kegging.

    I’ve been kegging most of my beer for about a year, but I have had to bottle some over the last couple of months due to brewing more than I’m drinking. One thing I’ve noticed is a significant amount of beer gets wasted to dregs in the bottle. When kegging I may dump the first glass, but after...
  19. swampbrewcrew

    I blame Forged in Fire...

    I fell into the same rabbit hole you did with Forged in Fire. I made a coal burning brake drum forge out of a brake drum I found on the side of the highway and a cheap blower from harbor freight. I got my hands on a couple feet of rail road line for my anvil. I haven’t made anything of interest...
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