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Happy Birthday. Hope you have a special day and a nice celebration. I'll hoist one for you today,actually probably a couple.:)

I am having a tough time removing the glue that holds the labels on the yeast vials. I soaked some all day in PBW and the paper comes off but the sticky glue won't budge. Andbody have an tip on how to get this off? I guess a solvent of some sort would work.

Currently, I am in San Diego so we had to visit Stone Brewery. We took the brewery tour and then ate at the bistro enjoying some of their brews. It is a real nice facility which is fairly new. I even went to a presentation on malt and milling which was interesting and enjoyable considering the 4...

I am considering making a brew similar to Firestone Double Barrel Ale. I found a recipe from Morebeer and it says to add 2 ounces to primary fermentation and then an ounce with the dry hops. Anyone have experience with this. Double Barrel Ale is a very good beer that is brewed in oak barrels...

I saw this on another forum and thought there might some interest. BYO magazine is selling a booklet with 150 Classic Clone recipes for $5.00 and a buck for shipping. http://brewyourownstore.com/clone.html

I am getting ready to bottle an ESB and there is more trub in the bottom of the secondary in this batch compared to my prior efforts. I was thinking of using a muslin bag to help strain the brew as I siphon. Will this work well and is it better to use the straining bag in the secondary or at the...

Hi All I am considering purchasing 2 extract kits but I can only do one now and the 2nd one would be brewed in 3-4 weeks. Do you think the ingredients would be OK if I refrigerate them? The reason I am considering this is that I get free shipping if the order is $60.00 or more. Does anyone...

I cooked up my 2nd brew this morning which was an extract kit that was of much better quality than the 1st brew. Our local shop sells organic kits so I brewed a Red Ale. I have a nice gas stove, circa 1959 and it can put out a lot of heat so boiling 4.5 gallons went very well. I was pretty happy...

I am bottling my first batch this morning made from a Coopers kit. I got beer on the floor from the open valve of the bottling bucket during siphoning and also from the bottle filler. Where do I put this thing while grabbing some more bottles? I have foam overflowing the bottles and still more...

Hi All I just found this place and signed up. My wife (bless her soul) got me a beginner kit for Christmas and off we go to try homebrew. The kit was purchased locally and came with a Coopers Pale Ale syrup. I suppose that is the easiest thing to try the first time out but I plan to try...