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In an effort to help my SWMBO to embrace my homebrewing hobby. I dedicated one keg to only hold carbonated water. I also picked up several flavors of the Italian syrups. The syrups come in sugar free options as well. It seems to be working so far. Both my wife and son make regular trips to...

A friend and I were brewing a 10 gallon Robust Porter this morning. Everything clicked right along perfectly until the very end. After the wort chiller got it down to about 90 degrees, the kettle decided it was time to commit suicide and fall over and spill about 6 gallons of almost wonderful...

Read a sad article about the decline of alcohol consumption in Ireland. Let's hope this terrible thing doesn't spread. :mug: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100322/od_nm/us_ireland_drinks_odd

I was in my office break room and made a cup of tea. After dipping the tea bag I squeezed it, then I got concerned that I may have added additional tannins to my cup. I'm sure stuff like this happens to others as well. :cross:

I have got a 1 gal apfelwein fermenting and have not done one before. It seems to be working, but have noticed the smell was not of fragrant apples but of a nasty fart. I used Red Star Montrochet, apple juice and dextrose, basically Edwort's Apfelwein. Is the rank smell normal or should I...

Apparantly a little too ready to get my boil on. The mash seemed to come out fairly clear. Is not recirculating going to cause me a problem? I did use whirlflock in my boil, and it's a brown ale, so being crystal clear isn't a huge priority on this one. Mainly worried about any other problems...

Just got back into brewing after about a decade break. Don't know what I was thinking to wait so long to get back.:drunk: