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Just wanted to share a picture of my fermentation den. The buckets are only 3.5 gallons but I rarely have more than two batches going at once so it makes a nice picture. From left to right we have an 8.7% Dubbel/Dark Strong, a 10% Dark Strong, a 7.6% Tripel and tomorrow the upside-down...

I have a grillsmith brand 30 quart burner setup. It is the kind with the safety thing that shuts it off after 20 minutes. I bypassed that and I have used it successfully for 35 batches or so. It has been slowly but surely acting worse and today I couldn't keep it lit. The last couple times...

How can Deschutes River Ale at 4% cost more than Pyramid Outburst IIPA at 8.5%? I can buy Outburst at WM for 7.47 a sixer and DRA is 8.99 at safeway. ?!?!?!?!?! "So wait, we can use half the ingredients but call it 'session IPA' or 'Long Haul Pale Ale' or whatever and still charge 9 bucks a...

I bottled a batch of Quad on October 15th and it is totally flat. It's flat because after about 10 days in the bottle I moved from Denver to Seattle and they sat in a Uhaul three nights in a row very close to freezing temps. They are totally flat and they taste sweet like none of the priming...

I'm pretty convinced after using it on my apfelwein. It took it from 1.092 to .997 and I'm not sure it's even finished. I had a sample of it at .997 a couple days ago and I swear it tasted almost like chardonnay or another dry white wine. I've googled and I can't find anything on its origin...

Just wanted to send out a heads up for Denver people. I went to Larkburger yesterday at University and Dry Creek and they had happy hour from 2-5 and all beers are 2 dollars. I had an Old Chub (8%) for 2 bucks with my burger. I don't know if all stores do this but it's worth a shot. Another...

I'm going to have a mill in about a month and was wondering where people buy their sacks. I'm looking for 2Row and maybe pilsner. I live in Littleton but I'll drive if the gas math is right. Thanks

I just got back home from a 3 week camping trip to Death Valley and other spots and I noticed that my 7 gallon Aquatainer is HDPE. Then I got to thinking of course. These should be perfect for fermenting. Pros food grade plastic 2 openings, 1 large 1 small square if you're tight on space...

I'm not sure how I feel about this. Don't get me wrong I love dogs and it's always nice to be around them. I just can't get over the possible sanitation/food grade issues. I know hops and yeast are sealed and much harder to be contaminated but grain sitting in open bins? Pet dander on my...

So I had a wacky idea for a beer today. A big English brown hopped kind of like an IPA and fermented with Wyeast 3711 French Saison. Am I nuts or what? Style Name: Yeah right! Batch Size: 3 gallons (fermentor volume) Original Gravity: 1.082 Final Gravity: 1.003 ABV: 10.29% IBU: 63.65...

This yeast is a beast!! I haven't been on here much lately because I wasn't brewing over the summer. Also, I've decided that I like making big beers the most. I like PAs and whatnot but given the cost of good Belgians I decided to focus my brewing on 9%+ABV Belgians and just buy PAs and weaker...

I make 3 gallon batches and I alternate between two yeasts and run about 6 or 7 batches of each kind of yeast then start over. For example my recent runs were with Trappist 500 and Cali 001 It went: 01. Golden Ale (001) 02. Belgian Pale Ale (500) 03. APA 04. Belgian Dark Strong 05. SNPA Clone...