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Here is my idea for a ginger ale recipe, I am going for a spiced ginger ale with a strong ginger bite with a slight sweetness. Please review my recipe and critique it! Any suggestions or recommendations would be greatly appreciated! 3.5 lbs. Ginger .5 lb reserved for dry hopping 5 lbs...

Ok, so I've wanted for a long time to get a fermentation chamber up and running, and now that I moved to Arizona I pretty much have to in order to keep homebrewing. So, here is my dilema. I recently came into a fridge that was built in 2005, from a friend that just gave it to me. The model...

I love Patrone (one of the few hard liquors I drink), and was wondering, has anyone has ever tried using a blue agave extract in their homebrew?

LOL nice man, nice! Oh, Stay thirsty my friends!

Well, I know most breweries that make NA beer do in fact heat up the fermented beer to the temperature that alcohol evaporates at, which is considerably lower than the temp that water evaporates at, so you are left with all the flavors of the beer (theoretically). In Japan Asahi makes a beer...

Count me in as well!

I don't know of any breweries in that area, but becareful about driving through "dry" counties, if there are even any in that region.

Thanks for the posts guys. In retrospect I think I'm just going to get a refrigerator and do 2 5 gal batches seperatly with specialty grains and DME like Pappers suggested (Thanks btw!). The others can wait until I get the time to make, which I hope won't be long.

Well, its been a good 6 months since I finally got back to the states from being station in Japan, and yea I promised myself that I would start brewing again when I got my house. Well, that hasn't happened yet. With a lot of people in my command wanting to try some of my homebrew the pressure...

Well then I guess that settles it... SOLD!

Your right about tools being an investment, but SWMBO doesn't see it that way. I'll be getting another keg to work on in the future so it's worth it to me, just not to her, and yea thats a whole other thread :-) barefittings.com has some cheap fittings, but how is the quality? I'm thinking...

Well, it wouldn't be mine if it wasn't perfect LOL, so yea... anyways yea I think I'll take your advice on that one. This was the first time I used a grinder in years, and even then it was for grinding welds down. I'm going to look for another keg around my area to try it again once this one is...

Total cost so far is right around $150. I bought the grinder brand new for $40.00 at Home Depot along with some safety equipment. I've burned through 5 cutting wheels and a grinding wheel to get it to this point. Today I bought a metal file and a 7/8" UBIT for making the weldless holes, that...

So I finally got around to hacking my keg up that a friend gave me, and well, it could be better... Here is my keg Before... The first cuts: And finally somewhat finished (before my neighbors called the police on me for noise violations...) Its by no means perfect, and yea I...

Have you ever had this happen before? Can you post your recipe and brewing method? What equipment are you using? Are you using anything with lead in it (I.E. pewter plates, etc) What type of water are you using? Tap? Where did you get your ingredients? Where were they sourced from...

LOL No, not really :-) My wife freaks out when I eat stuff thats been expired on the package for like 6 months. As long as it doesn't smell astringent or bad I don't have a problem eating it lol

So just a quick note when acquiring said keg from a friend. EMPTY IT OUTSIDE! As soon as I popped the seal on the keg, gallons of stale, stagnant beer rushed out. I'm talking projectile keg vomit. I carried the keg a little over a mile home walking from a barracks room, and yea it was a little...

I don't see why not either, as long as its not like from the 80's or something. I would use it :-)

My first beer that I ever made was a Coppers Kit, I believe it was an ale kit, can't remember off hand, but what I do remember is that it tasted outstanding! Made me want to make more, and yea here I am here lol. Anyways, I do remember adding more liquid malt extract to my brew, and the final...

Well, after some reflection I want to use this stuff with some nice amber malt extract or DME with some type of strong wheat flavor. As for hops not entirely sure on that, nothing over powering and nothing fruity, like a hop characteristic of something similar to Pyramids crytal malt brew...