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I'm going to be spending next weekend at the Washington State Convention Center downtown for PAX and would love to get any recommendations on places nearby that have good food and/or beer!

I was having this discussion with someone recently and I am curious to know what others think. What are the defining features of an American Farmhouse style or at least what come to mind when you hear the term? Maybe specifically what differentiates it from French/Belgian Farmhouse style ales?

So I'm due to buy some grain for next year and I think I wanna get a sack of Maris Otter. I think I've only used Crisp in the past and I've enjoyed it but does anyone have any advice on which maltser I should choose? I have the following options. Thomas Fawcett (English) Floor Malted Maris...

I'm contemplating what to brew next and I was hoping to brew something belgian-y. I've done Saisons and a dubbel before and I'm leaning towards something in the blond/tripel/golden strong ale realm but I'm still pretty undecided. I have a bunch of pilsner malt I wanna use and have a good stock...

First year harvest and had some decent producers. Ended up with some Cascade, centennial, Chinook, Columbus and Willamette.

My friend shared this with me and I thought you would all enjoy it as well! It might belong in the science section but its still pretty fantastic! Cheers!

I recently received this large chest freezer that I'm planning on using for a fermentation chamber but it's got some rust mold/mildew issues. What steps should I take to get this up to ferm chamber standards? Here is some pics!

So I was going to pick up another beer related book but I'm kinda torn between Yeast Brew Like a Monk Brewing With Wheat Is either one more indispensable than the other? I have a pretty good understanding of yeast from an academic background and lots of reading on here and feel that I...

I washed this yeast back in October 2011 and was planning on using it for a brew this weekend. I'm unsure of how big of a starter I will need as I'm not too sure how much yeast I actually have. Anyone have any thoughts or suggestions? Here is a pic! I should also say est original gravity is...

Finally had Saison Dupont Vieille Provision. I can see what all the hype is about, how delightful! Celebrating getting a B in Organic Chemistry, cheers!!

I've agreed to brew up some beer for a wedding this august and per request of the bride and groom they want a light and dark beer. They like blue moon so I brewed up a wit that is pretty tasty and they are sold on that for the light beer but I'm not sure what I want to brew for the dark beer...

I brewed a Biere de Garde yesterday for a local competition where we were given parameters for a base recipe and we get to choose one special or "brewer's choice" ingredient. My original plan was to "garde" it on some oak cubes but I'm worried that the good oakiness might not come through in...

Thoughts, feelings, impressions? I'm planning on brewing a BdG up this weekend and I have a vial of this to use but I haven't been able to find a lot of info on people that have used it before. Most people seem to be happy with it but I was wondering what kind of flavors and esters people...

Hello all! I brewed a big RIS this weekend (1.104ish) and I was planning on giving a good 90 seconds of pure O2 before pitching but I ran out of O2 about 40 seconds in. I was going to pick up another tank today, would it be beneficial to add more O2 this late in? I pitched late Saturday night...

I pitched this Sunday night and it's been going pretty strong since. Came home tonight and checked on it to see my airlock full of yeast and a nice little mess around my fermenter. I was suprised since I have about 4 1/2 gallons in my 8 gallon bucket, never thought I'd have this issue! Lightly...

So I've been working on an ESB rescipe recently and I was kind of throwing around the idea of trying a parti gyle kinda like Fullers and London pride but I was contemplating adding additional grains for the second runnings. My thought was to have something like a mild for the 2nd batch by adding...

I was talking to one of my friends today and he suggested that I(we) should brew something for a few of our birthdays that are coming up. He generally likes darker beer and I thought it might be a good time to try something big and possible brew it this year and have it age a year and drink it...

I recently signed up to brew and pour beer for a local competition they are putting together here in town. The said they are going to have 20ish homebrewers and they want people to brew a 5gallon batch and serve 4 ounce pours to the attendees. Its scheduled to go down on 10/28 so I need to get...

I was planning on brewing when I get home from work tonight and to cut down on time I've contemplated mashing before I go to work and then finishing up when I get home. I have a cooler mash tun so I would guess it would hold temps reasonable well over the day. I'm brewing a cascadian dark ale so...

I'm hopefully brewing a CDA on Sunday and was going to pick up grains today at my LHBS. This is what I have come up with for a base recipe so far. I'm going to pick cascades and nugget hops this weekend so I'm not sure how much fresh hops I'll be adding but this is what I have so far and any...