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Was at the store today and saw this. When I started drinking Fat Tire It was tasty now it is/has been reduced to cans. Can't even drink them for the bottles anymore. It is a sad day.

Last fall I brewed the AHS Cannonball stout PM version. Primaried for about a month then racked to secondary to bulk age with a cup of Woodford Reserve for what I thought was going to be about another month but I forgot about it until getting things ready to start brewing again this spring when...

I brewed a batch back in July and due to life didn't have a chance to bottle it then. I had forgotten about it until cleaning out the storage/aging area in prep for spring. I am going to bottle it this week but am wondering if I need to add some type of yeast to it when I add the priming sugar...

First day off after seven twelves in a row. Sun is shining back porch has warmed up and I have a case and a half of mixed ipa, apa, and strawberry blonde cold in the fridge. Told my wife as she was leaving for work to expect to see me sitting in this same spot when she got home with a cheesy...

I am on the road to Michigan and while there we are goig to go into Canada for an afternoon. Just wondering if there are any beers that I should try to pick up that are not available in the U.S. Thanks.

I built my chiller today and am going to use a recirc pump submerged in a bucket with ice. It is not feasable for me to use tap water right now. My question is how many gallon an hour pump should I invest in. Harbour freight has a 190 gal per hour pump for around $20.00 is this enough volume to...

So I have a batch of strawberry blond ready to bottle but I forgot to order the prepackaged priming auger with it. Can I just use table suger or try to find corn suger at the store? Thanks

With my next batch I would like to try to save back some wort for priming at bottleing. My quetion is how much do I save back? It is a partial mash kit from AHS that is a big beer (10%+) that I want to brew now so that it is ready for the winter. Am I crazy for wanting to try this? Thanks for...

So we went out to dinner this evening and the resturant had pints for $2.50. I got a Fat Tire and took a sip. Tasted like water to me. My wife asked what was wrong and I told her that I probably would not be having another drink when we go out anymore because my IPA at home was so much better. I...

So I was informed by SWMBO that we are having a Labor Day cookout at the end of summer and that my beer would be provided for libations. I have a couple cases of IPA's and a strawberry blond that will be ready by then but most of the people that will be invited are BMC drinkers. I want to serve...

So I have had a blonde brewing for two weeks in primary and was going to rack off onto some strawberries today when I realized that the one I have in my carboy now is not ready to be bottled yet. Can I just add the berries to the primary? This is my first attempt at a fruit addition and I was...

Opened my first bottle of my own beer tonight. Almost made it two weeks before opening the first one. Was pretty tasty with nice lacing in the glass, but not too much of a head at pour. Thanks for all the info that all have posted here. I hope to one day be able to help a noob like I have...

I was wondering if using the Juicy Juice or Ocean spray type juices would be alright to use in a wheat beer. I know that they do not have all the fermentable sugars that using fresh/frozen fruits do but wouldn't that keep it a bit sweeter? Or because of the preservatives it would cause off...

So I have seen that people use a siphon to get out of the brew pot and into the primary. I was told to just pour the pot into primary to help with aeration. I did notice that my first bottling had little floaters of hops in the bottles so I guess that I did something wrong. Live and learn. So my...

MAY the 4th be with you!

Just got my first batch into the bottles this am. Just out of curiosity I seemed to have lost about a 1/2 gallon between primary and bottling bucket. Is this a normal amount to loose when transferring between primary->secondary->bottling bucket? Or was I being to careful to not suck up any...

I have brewed two batches so far. The first has been in secondary for two weeks after primary for two. Second batch in Primary for two. Both IPA style kits one from brewers best second from True Brew. I have been looking at the partial mash thread by DB and thinking that I might try one for...

Noob question here. I was just reading about not using a secondary just leaving it in the primary for several weeks. Since the kit I bought came with a carboy as a secondary that is what I did. Now that I have read some more I am thinking of just using both as primaries until I brew something...

Just got into this hobby and am already addicted. My first batch is in primary is a B.B. IPA. Been in there for 4 days. The airlock stopped bubbling sometime last night. Took the first reading tonight was 1.015. O.G. was 1.045. am hoping that it goes down a little but directions state a final...