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Hello, I was somewhat active on these forums about 3 years ago before I moved to TN. Well I'm finally getting back to brewing, joined a local area club, and getting ready to start some brew days. Also, if any of you will be out here for Homebrew Con we will be having a meetup and pouring some...

I'm flying into Reno tomorrow and will be there for 3 days. Any suggestions is greatly appreciated!

So I brewed my usual blonde ale recipe. I mash 9lbs of 2-row and 0.5lbs of crystal 10 at 152 for 60 minutes. Did a 90 minute boil with 0.80oz Willamette at 60 minutes and 0.20oz Willamette at 25 minutes. This is a 5 gallon batch and I plan on doing primary for 2 weeks then off to secondary. I'm...

So I have brew day this weekend and a buddy of mine is coming over to hangout while I brew. After brewing his wife is going to come over for a bbq. So after a long brew day what would you recommend throwing on the grill?

Hello all, I tried my first red ale recipe and after 3 weeks I'm starting to cold crash. I just took a gravity reading before I started crashing it and it seemed like it needed a bit more body. Anyone have any ideas on this recipe? I did a 60 min mash at 153, 1.0 Oz fuggles at 60 min and .50 Oz...

Does anyone have a particular technique for taking a sample from a cooler mashtun for pH measurement? I'm a bit confused on after mixing grain/water, should a draw a sample from the bottom through the ball valve or should I take a sample from the top immediately after mixing? If I do determine...

I miss that guy...

Hello all, At the beginning of next month I'll be in New Orleans for about a week. I was looking for some breewery/beer spots to check out. If you have any suggestions or even food spots it's greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Hello all. I was given a Chinook rhizome by a co-worker. I am not a very good gardener and I was wondering if there are any typical pests to worry about and if they reauire any soil/clearance rewuirements? Any help is greatly apprrciated. He gave it to me in a half gallon sized pot and it...

So after 2 weeks I racked my very first cider into secondary. To fill up the head space I added about one pound of marbles. I used a funnel to add the marbles but as the marbles dropped in it caused the cider to let out CO2 and the cider foamed a bit...by dropping in the marbles did I...

I'll be in Albuquerque next week for a few days for work, any brewery suggestions?

I've been wanting to get into smoking meat but the majority of my spare change goes into brewing improvements. Is there any affordable smoker ideas out there? Any ideas are greatly appreciated.

Is it wrong that my wife likes my first AG batch in a michelada cup? Don't know if that's an insult or a compliment hahaha.

Hello, I'm fairly new here and definitely new to brewing. Just brewed my first AG blonde two weeks ago and it was definitely an experience. I sure struggled with temp control during the sparge and ultimately messed up on my target gravity. I did have fun and tried a sample of it today. I'm just...

So I brewed my first AG blonde this weekend. I plan on fermenting for about 3 weeks (definitely until I see no more change in gravity) then cold crash for a few days then bottle some and keg the rest. My question is after bottling I am going to allow the bottles to carbonate for 3-4 weeks...

So I plan on brewing my first AG next week. I am planning on kegging 4 gallons of a 5 gallon batch and bottling the rest. I have a temp controller hooked up to my kegerator and a heating source where I will be storing my bottled beer that is primed with sugar in the kegerator alongside my...