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I've never had this happen before but it looks like my cones are starting to form in May... Have any of you seen this? Normally it happens much later...

The Today Show just did a little craft beer spot and I thought some of you might be interested in watching it. One of the anchors, Craig Melvin, mentions that he is a homebrewer and he brews a batch at Boston Beer Co. Nothing heavy hitting (Today Show :p) but I thought it was a nice fluff piece...

Here's the article. I thought the concept of kettle souring was pretty cool. Basically you inoculate the beer in the kettle with lacto overnight. Then you boil to kill the bacteria when it reaches the acidity that you want, transfer it to the fermenter and let yeast work on whatever is left...

ABC 13 News just had a news story saying that because of the recent pipe cracks and running faucets due to the late winter weather, water demand was high enough that they had to start pulling water from lakes that have a notoriously bad smell. Normally they treat it with carbon but they were...

After going to numerous beer tastings and events I have come to the realization that people generally fall into two categories. There are those who swirl their beers and those who don't. On one side of the fence people will say that swirling releases aroma from the beer and enhances the...

Happy Thanksgiving everyone, especially to those who are deployed or are on duty.

At the suggestion of other forum members I've started to buy bulk grain so that I could save some money on my beers and make a few less trips to the LHBS and a few less orders online. I read in another thread that people were using Lowes and Home Depot buckets so I went out and bought these...

I used to order grain in specific amounts pertaining to the recipe I was going to brew, or I would order recipe kits. Another thread that I read suggested that I buy bags of grain in order to save money on my brew. I decided to order a sack of Simpson's Maris Otter online because it was...

I saw this story and thought it was pretty cool. A homebrewer and designer made a beer called Resum-ale to offer as a resume to design companies. Apparently it even worked.

I've always thought the old green flash labels were pretty plain looking, so I was interested in what they would choose to do when they decided to redesign them. After seeing the new labels, I actually prefer the old ones. At least the old label has the full logo which has a nice design to it...

Sometimes when I brew, I'll use a recipe that requires ridiculous fractions of an ounce. For example a recipe might ask for 1.80 oz and I have two single ounce packages. This leaves me with 0.20 oz. I'm sure there are many people out there who might use the same hops every brew day, where they...

Simple comparison of two vanilla beans: Left: Brewers Best (Unknown Origin) - Very dry - Hard to the touch - Shriveled and bark-like - Not much interior seeds to scrape out - Smells very minty, not much vanilla - Loose plastic packaging with zip-lock. Great for sealing up when only using...

I am by no means an expert on any language, but while in Germany I grew accustomed to pronouncing their words correctly. This was after discussing beer with a man who seemed a bit agitated, then told me I was pronouncing everything incorrectly. I wanted to give it a shot, and pronounce things...

When I try to upload photos to my gallery, it just loads the page that I started from and no pictures are uploaded. I'm guessing this is probably because the images are too large for the gallery, but there is no warning or error that pops up. Can anyone tell me what the maximum file size is so...

I just wanted to put this out here because I noticed it on MoreBeer. White Labs WLP200 Best of Both Worlds. It's a blend of WLP001 and WLP002 in a single vial.

I have a subscription to BYO and usually buy Zymurgy off the magazine stands. I like to save these magazines, but keeping them in binders still doesn't preserve them as well as I'd like, and I have to be careful when flipping through them, looking for an old article. I thought it would be nice...

I bought this stuff when I was in Belgium...and I'm pretty sure I had some in Germany too. It reminded me of a mixture of fruit-cake and gingerbread. It had a thick consistency, and was the shape of a small loaf of bread. It tasted spicy like gingerbread. It was nothing like spekuloos or...

My wife bought these Jack Daniels Ginger things that come in a bottle. I wasn't surprised, given that I've had their Jack & Coke in a can. I was surprised to find out that they are aluminum, and are pry-off. It seems like a pretty cool alternative to glass. You could take them on camping...

So I have a fermenter that is going nuts right now and I'm happy. Listening to Steely Dan, and it sounds like Reelin' in the Years is actually Reelin' in the Yeast. Give it a shot...listen to it...:cross:

I was looking through the "Show Us Your Label" thread, and I see a lot of people are including QR codes. One member stated that it was to give the label a realistic appearance. I looked through my bottles of Avery, DFH, Stone, Harpoon, Shipyard, Southern Tier, Bell's, and a bunch of others but...