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I'm curious what the division out there is amongst brewers between whether you like to brew existing recipes or crafting your own. Granted this is a fairly non-scientific poll and doesn't account for bias of brewing experience, but oh well :) For reference: "Your recipes" refers to recipes...

A couple of weeks ago I tried Viking Blod, and it was amazingly delicious. I figured I might as well have a go at making some mead of my own, and since I really like jamaica (hibiscus tea), I figure that would be a good place to start. I don't expect to make anything like Viking Blod, of course...

So my company (Assay Depot) teamed up with another company (Biocurious) to present a challenge to the scientifically minded. We ask that you submit with a short research proposal detailing what you would do. Full details can be found here. Only reason I'm posting this over here is that I'd...

Alerting the masses: http://www.chugsd.com/2011/09/13/september-or-october-2011-chug-meeting/

******** MOSTLY IGNORE THE ABOVE INFO ******** I made this recipe based as a variation of Graham's English Cider. After making his recipe (although quite tasty), I felt it wasn't traditional enough for my discerning English palette. The big difference in my recipe is that I use actual malic...

Amount Item 10.00 lb Pale Malt, Maris Otter (3.0 SRM) - 74.07 % 1.50 lb Brown Malt (65.0 SRM) - 11.11 % 1.50 lb Crystal Malt – 60L (Thomas Fawcett) (60.0 SRM) - 11.11 % 0.50 lb Chocolate Malt (450.0 SRM) - 3.70 % 2.00 oz Goldings, East Kent [5.40 %] (55 min) - 20.4 IBU 0.50 oz...

My wife and I disagree on how we think the majority of people use touchpads/clickpads on laptops. I know they are a big PITA sometimes, but for the sake of settling this debate, please answer the poll assuming you have no choice but to use the touchpad on the laptop...

I wrote a review on our club's website: http://www.chugsd.com/2011/06/11/all-about-brewing-new-sd-home-brew-store/ Here is that review: All in all, I definitely recommend anyone east of I-15 to go check it out, and everyone else even curious in San Diego as I think this store has some...

Just thought I would share with everyone: I went to visit family and picked up the CAMRA Good Beer Guide before going. I visited plenty of pubs and had some very delicious real ale everywhere I went. Amazing stuff... I made my way to the Fuller's brewery in Chiswick, Grren King in Bury St...

So I swear I used to see more of this stuff, but I've not been able to find any at the big box stores locally. I'm not sure what other kind of stores to look for, so can anyone give me a suggestion on where I might look for this stuff? I need it to be 1-1/2" thick...

I know there are plenty of dog lovers out there, so I thought I would share some pics a friend took when she went with my wife to Coronado Dog Beach with my wife. Jack is the black and white pure bred Border Collie and Darby is the all black 1/2 BC and 1/2 Lab.

Taken from How to Brew: I believe it is not disputable that the 'hot break' is the point at which constant form formation ceases. What I'm unclear about is how that/which that occurs. According to Palmer, in the above snippet from his book, the proteins coagulate together and fall out of...

Back story: We moved from an apartment into our first house in April 2010. I had a nice little 5 gal setup with a 5 gal drink cooler for an MLT, a couple of decent sized pots and a heat stick aid in stove top boils. Upon moving to my new house, I set up to brew in my kitchen on my nice new gas...

I decided to rearrange this post to be a little more straight forward with the information. The bulk of the info provided here was copied/edited/paraphrased from a Dec 2010 post on Homebrew Finds - so a big thanks to Chris (724b). Rather than copying the blog post's text, I have pared down to...

See this for details: http://www.chugsd.com/2011/01/05/jan-2011-chug-meeting-january-22nd-300pm-hamiltons-tavern/

After doing some research on here to figure out what hardware I needed to make my MLT from a 70qt Coleman Xtreme, it looked like I needed the 2" cooler fitting. I got the cooler for Christmas (initially was bought the smaller one, but traded it in at the store for the 70 qt) and was also given...

She likes to think outside the box for brewing-related stuff I wouldn't normally think of getting myself. Last year she got me a Crafty Gremlyn Brewing wall mounted bottle opener. This year she stepped it up a little and got me a white board and coaster set. We're planning on giving our den a...

My wife and I decided it was high time we got our first dog, Darby, a new friend. We so looked for a few weeks and found a Border Collie from the same rescue we got Darby from. So now we have added Jack to the family...

I have a bunch of bomber bottles sitting around my house that I no longer used. I tried posting in the bottle thread an no one ever got back to me about wanting them... At this point I just want them gone.

This is from a hilariously funny blog I frequent, check out the rest if you feel so inclined :ban: http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/04/alot-is-better-than-you-at-everything.html