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Just wondering if anyone had been there. I owe my wife a nice vacation for our 10 year anniversary. We're pretty sure we want to stay on St. John for 4 nights. Anything out of the typical worth seeing? Any places to avoid?

Hi, I have some question about my first foray into mead making. Here's my recipe I found: 3 lb Honey 1 Gal Apple cider 1 tsp. acid blend 1 tsp pectic enzyme 1 pk champagne yeast 1 tsp yeast nutrient 1 1/2 c. orange juice at room temp. boil 1 part honey to 2 parts water. Let cool and...

In the new issue of Outside magazine, they listed to 50 best places to work. #2 on the list was New Belgium Brewery, and #17 was Alaskan Brewing Company. Though Everyone would enjoy the read.

Looking for some insight constructing a cheap go to recipe. I have a free supply of homegrown cascades. My LHBS has bulk light LME pretty cheap. My thought was an ale version of Papazian's honey lager recipe. 4.5 lbs Light LME 2 lbs Clover Honey 1.5 oz Cascade (boil) .5 oz Cascade...

Scanning Craigslist and came across this for anyone up in the area. Might be a little late, but who knows.

Planning on buying a car from my mother-in-law's work. The company she works for leases vehicles for their sales reps. When they come off lease, the rep is allowed to buy it. Unfortunately, only the employee can buy it. One of her coworkers has been kind enough to help us out. We wrote him...

Got my Munich Helles in dicetyl rest right now. Had a question about gradually dropping temp. I've got a side by side fridge and SWMBO will let me keep my ale pail in there for a month or so. To anyone who does lager beers in their garage, how do you drop you temp 1-3 degrees per day? I'm...

Got a Munich Helles kit and need some help on how to ferment correctly. Yeast is Brewferm Lager. Directions say to move primary to stable area approx 48-58 degrees. My question is: should I primary in basement(ambient temp. 65 and stable), or in the garage(attached garage with highs this week...

My father-in-law is coming over early to smoke us a turkey. Thought I'd pickup a Brewers Best kit to give me something to do while we wait. Anyone else?

Went looking for a car today. $14,900 on special today for $13,999. We offered $10,000 hoping to negotiate. Can you believe his counter offer was $13,888? Needless to say, we walked. BTW, I'll still be walking to work next week!

Awhile back I make a Coopers lager kit. The quickness of this kit won me over, when I'm short on time. The only problem was if I had more than 1 beer, I got a stomach ache. My guess is that it might be the yeast. So, I'm wondering what would the closest type of yeast to substitute with. I...

Here's the story. My Belgian wit smack pack came already activated. I put it in the fridge for a couple of weeks till I got around to making a starter to be on the safe side. I pulled it out last night, and today it bulged a bit more. The directions I found for a starter were: 2/3 c. LME...

I bought a couple of kits from NB that contained the Wyeast smack packs. Of course the kit I planned on making next month, the yeast pack came swollen. The inner nutrient pack sloshes around, so I guess it's still intact. Never having experience with liquid yeast, my questions are: 1. I've...

I've got a few extra bucks and I'm planning on getting a couple of kits from Northern Brewer. I've only brewed a weizenbier kit, a Coopers pre-hopped kit and apfelwein so far. I mainly like wheat beers, and haven't branched out a lot. I'm not much for very hoppy beers either. I've narrowed...

Not trying to knock on it, but I find it rather ironic. What's everyone planning on or already brewing? I gave citrus weizen a shot tonight. First time I brewed pretty buzzed up. I don't think I'll try that again.:drunk:

I've got a 1 gallon jug of Hawaiian punch that I'm going to use for my fermenter. The opening is 1 3/8". Should I buy a drilled stopper, and if so, what number? Or would it be better to drill a hole in the cap instead? I read about people having some issues with drilling it themselves and...

Schlenkerla's thread made me think of an e-mail I got awhile back: For those who hate pooping at work, following is the Survival Guide for taking a dump at work. CROP DUSTING When farting, you walk really fast around the office so the smell is not in your area and everyone else gets a...

My father-in-law gave me some empties last week. They seem thinner at the top, also the lip is a bit different from most bottles. Anyone ever have problems using them?

My first batch will be officially ready next week, but I couldn't resist. I'm on number two right now. Midwest Weizenbier kit A couple of things I noticed: The flavor wasn't quite what I expected, but it's still really good. The color wasn't at all what I thought it would be. I...

With all the talk of Edworts Apfelwein has given me the bug. I was looking to make something a bit sweeter and had a couple of questions. My recipe as follows: 6 cans of apple juice concentrate 18 cans of water (when reconstituted, will equal 2.25 gallons) 1 lb. dextrose 1 pk. Lalvin...