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Just got back from a whirlwind tour of south eastern Alaska. So I saw about .0000001% of it. Anyway, Alaska has a lot of beer. Most places we went to eat had many beers on tap, which was good. However, once I looked at the list I noticed that there were a bunch of IPAs, several beers with fruit...

@Big_D Your man-cave must be something to see if this is your homebrew setup.

I haven't been here for a long time, but I'd say take all advice with a giant bag of rock salt. I've had good advice and extremely bad advice. Luckily nothing has ruined my beer, but at least one batch suffered like a sickly orphan.

I saw that thread. It was horrifying. Especially because at first I thought that was the chambermaid dumping somebody's effluence into the sacred brewpot.

I use these pots (4 and 5 gallon) to heat strike and sparge water. My wife has used one to cook an s-ton of vegetable soup. I don't have any recipes that call for soup aromaticized water. I'm wondering if I should be heading to The Hague to file a crime against humanity report. This is a...

I think a brewer gets to name a recipe (attained from an outside source) when they change: a major grain type, a grain amount by a pound or more, a hop type, a hop amount by 2 oz or more (pellets of course - all the purists agree), or a yeast type. Anyway, I like to name my beers with...

@KyBeer I must remember that. It's axiomatic and will become my mantra.

@brewin'&Qin' : Those are stylin' taps. Good looking beer too.

Yes, but Coors Light ≤ Getting Poked In The Eye With A Sharp Stick.

OK, where are all the purists excoriating @225 for this heresy?

I'm afraid you forgot the words, "think they" right there in between "homebrewers" and "are". Let people have their delusions, please.

@monkeymath Never! I only give it away for free.

@gunhaus I got the jabs.

I've noticed on several threads people mentioning buying beer. This surprised me because one huge reason I got back into homebrewing was so that I would not ever have to buy beer again. Since I can make it cheaper and at least as good (and many times better) as store bought, I see no need to...

If I ever went to Thailand, I'd eat those sausages too.

@eldernut I've had issues with Mexican street tacos, but not often enough to quit. Here's a rule of thumb: if they're giving 2 shots of tequila with the margarita along with the tacos, it's going to be a bad time. I look for the crowded booth/vendor. Can't go wrong if the locals eat there.

@seatazzz, My thought was having to brew sans gas/electricity. Temperature management would be rough. Using beer as a trading commodity would make one "rich" after the apocalypse. @madscientist451, Well, there are the directions! Thanks.

It would be difficult to adjust homebrewing techniques after some catastrophic event (bomb, comet, meteor, a sudden drastic drop in size to the Schwartzchild Radius). Imagine brewing over open flame. No potable water. Materials scarce. Do you have enough brew on hand to last until you can dial...

I altered a Home Depot bucket with a ball valve. I use a fountain pump and a copper coil. I have an ice machine that I fire up about a week before brew day and I try to get 40 lbs of ice. It cools 6 or so gallons of wort from 212° to +/- 80° in about 30 minutes. I experimented with cube ice vs...

I have a Kealive countertop ice maker that has controls that let you make very thin cubes. I don't know if that fits the bill, but it works very well for my purposes (which is to chill recirculating water through my wort chiller). Saves me ~$13 a batch on ice.