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My brother owns a bar in the Rochester, NY area and is giving away a functional three door Beverage Air back bar cooler (like the pic attached). Knowing how much we homebrewers love coolers, he asked me to reach out to see if I could find it a good home. If you are interested and local, all...

Today is the third day of spring and I've officially had it with the winter of 2014. It's been below freezing here in Albany since what seems like Labor Day of last year. I brew in the third bay of my garage and, up until this year, have not had many problems with the weather. An extra layer...

Gotta love the weekend...

Today is a good day.

Was away from home on Big Brew Day (May 4th) so I was not able to jump in with the local events. Not to be deterred, I loaded up my gear and brewed where I was - on Lake Ontario WITH Lake Ontario (water). It was a picture perfect day and I look forward to tasting my Henderson Harbor Helles...

Can anyone tell me what the hell is floating in my wort? Looks like fromunda cheese. I'm at boil for a simple All Grain Czech Pilsner (Weyerman Pilsen, Carafoam and Munich II). I overshot my efficiency due to crush (86%). Haven't added hops yet. Notice the crud right about the time I hit...

You had one job...

Of course this happens with the Octoberfest I lagered all summer. Anyone know if Northernbrewer carries two foot straws?

I took the attached photo the last time I was in Ireland. It's a proper pint outside my favorite pub on the face of this bob's earth - Lowry's in Clifden, Connemara. I posted the photo to Lowry's FB page and two things happened: First, Guinness of Ireland asked to use it on their page...

when you wake up to this:

(For the record: I like to support my LHBS and don't mind paying more for the convenience of having a local source for supplies.) So I stopped by my Local Home Brew Store to pick up some Munich Lager yeast for a Helles I'm going to brew. The shop owner fetches me a Wyeast 2308 Smack Pack...

Look who I just found in my boil kettle. Spit it out you cheeky bastard!

Just kidding - wanted to get your attention: It's great for all of us that the quality and character of beers has gone through the roof. But there is a down side to the 'race to the top' as brewers chase increasingly bigger beers. Let me start by saying that I'm not worried about the...

First batch with my new stir plate: poured the stir bar into my fermenter... Eeejit!

Today is my 44th Birthday. Evidenced by the fact that I'm on this site, beer is a big, beautiful part of my life. Being from a large Irish brood, the public and private consumption of fermentables borders on religion for me. Whether it be nature or nurture, I'm never more happy or content...

I'm in Denver this week for business, so I'm going to watch the playoff games today at The Falling Rock Tap House. Finally going to get to try all the West Coast heavy hitters that I can't get on my native East Coast. I'll chronicle what I try today. I have two games to get through and I'm...

I'm a huge fan of Julius Echter. The bartender at my local got me hooked on it and then stopped carrying it (I know - rat bastard!). Does anyone have a JE clone recipe? I've googled and gotten nowhere. Danke shoen and guten abend.

Let me start this mini-rant by saying that I really like Austin Homebrew Supply. Their prices and service are great and I'm a huge fan of their beer kits - all top shelf. But I just received an order and I picked up three of their primary fermentation buckets (as in Ale Pails). HOLY COW! What...

Happy New Year! Thought it might be fun to share our Brew Year's Resolutions for 2012. Here are mine: 1) To move to all grain brewing 2) To move out of the kitchen and begin using a floor boiler 3) To formulate my own recipe for a very flavorful every day beer (at 3.5% ABV) 4) To upgrade my...

Attempting my first two batch brew session tonight. Hopefully I have enough beer to make it to the finish! Elapsed time: 0 hours, 3 minutes Elapsed Beers: 0 Regular status updates to follow.