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Hey everyone. I'll be going to Charlottesville for a wedding and was just curious if any locals to the area could point me in the direction of some fine craft beer. I'll be bringing some Ohio beer with me if any of you fellers want to meet up. Let me know what's decent.

We got an ice cream maker for Christmas from my girlfriend's sister! This excites me. I loooove fun kitchen contraptions. Anyways, my first experiment happens tonight on the form of making a sorbet out of Jackie O's Java the Stout (our coffee stout). Pretty stoked to see how it comes out. Prost!

Hello there. I am the president of the Athens Homebrew Club in Ohio. I am wanting to start a club competition that we would do seasonaly. I have a general idea of how we should run it, but I am looking for ideas/criticism/suggestions of the ideas that I have on the topic. First off, the...

Hey Florida's finest! Had a great week in Gainesville for vacation. It is my last day today and the only thing that has been lacking is a great bottle shop. Would love to find some crooked stave, Prairie, and some other stuff I can't get in Ohio. I have a fair amount of Cigar City and Swamphead...

Hey Floridians (?)! I'm going to be vacationing in Gainesville the first week of August. Throw me some suggestions of what to check out. I am wanting to hit up Cigar City, but other than that, I'm lost. Also, I am from ohio, so some suggestions of killer beers to look for that I can't get in...

I will be attending this event on Saturday. Anyone else going to be there? Also, hey Cincy homies... what else should I be checking out in the area? Great bottle shops that you recommend?

After a crazy whirlwind of a couple days, I have emerged a very happy man. I have been working part time at a fire dept near Athens. Some crazy crap happened which opened a full time position. They offered it to me. This means better pay, better hours, benifits, and obviously other great stuff...

So you are facing the death penalty for brewing too much beer in a year... They are pushin the juice in you at 08:00. What do you eat as your last meal? Mine is actually kind of a mix bag of sorts. A properly made French baguette and warm butter. A couple baguettes probably. Some sardines in...

I made a 3L starter, stepping up to a 5L starter for propagation. I planned to fill 7 mason jars with 200 billion cells in each, using a propagation calculator. I made the 5L step up last night and stuck it on the stir plate. I woke up this morning to it gushing foam from the top of the 5L...

Easier shipping. Weighs less. Great beer! Anyone up for a can trade? I can get Jackie O's, Oskar Blues, Six Point, 21st Amendment, New Belgium, and others I am sure I am forgetting. Would love to try The Alchemist, Surley, Tallgrass, Nebco, Upslope, Westbrook, Ska, or any other killer cans...

I brewed an enormous Barleywine near Halloween last year called a Monster Mash. https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f14/its-monster-mash-358653/ This year, I did an English Smash with Maris Otter and Fuggles. Anyways. I need a name for some kind of Monster in the England area. Like Bigfoot is to the...

So I am feeling a bit stupid and can't find an immediate answer, which I need since I am trying to make the starter right now. My tap water is gross. I am out of my usual RO water from the store, but I have some distilled. Will that be ok to make the starter out of since all of the PH crap...

I am frustrated with my water out of my tap and the local spring, I think is a bit more "alive" than I want it to be. I am thinking about starting to build my own water from RO water out of one of those big vending type RO sources at Krogers. Does anyone know how those things work? Does it just...

Hello to everyone that sucks at brewing. Joke. I am el Presidente of the Athens Homebrew Club in Ohio. I am wanting to expand peoples minds into exactly what certain off flavors taste like. I am looking to do some one gallon batches of a simple pale ale to describe common and uncommon off...

I just spent the last hour or so listening to his stuff and love it. Hey Salt Lake City, Utah people... Check this cat out. They play in a little pizza shop from what I was reading. I was sad to see that he is about a whole country away from me here in Ohio. http://youtu.be/MLrC7e3vSv8

What a killer chick. I love her with all of my heart. O. Did I mention she is a freakin hottie? And then this!?!?! I am pleased to say that I am a lucky man. Anyone else get something awesome?

I'm creating this thread for the main purpose of being able to have myself and others write down interesting ideas for "What to brew next". I like to experiment and I'd like to hear what you have to say about fun topics. This should be a thread where people can come to find inspiration on what...

I'm making little gifts of ciders that I have made for some family. These family members have young children and I was wanting to bottle condition some unfermented apple juice so that they can feel like they are participating in the enjoyment of homemade beverages of sorts. Is it as easy as it...

I'm looking to do a small scale experiment with multiple souring agents. I have noticed that there are three or so different kinds of Brett, Lacto, mixes, and more and I want to see what each brings to the table. I can get 2 gallon plastic fermentors for nearly free. I plan to brew a 5 or 6...

I am getting upset. I found a label scraper with a rounded metal edge that contours the bottle very well somewhere on these dang interwebs. Now I cant find it. I am about to go through the painstaking process of scraping labels off and wanted to see if I could buy this and put it off for a few...