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Frankenbeer, whatchya got stew, stone soup, Picaso brew, whatever you call it. You know what i mean, those beers where you have a pile of this and that laying around and just say what the heck! I usually get one or two of these a year, and sometimes you get a real gem with the hodgepodge. A...

I am still looking at a pile of grain and deciding . . . . PROcrastination, not AMATEURcrastination!

Seems like there is a lot of paralysis through analysis out there - especially amongst newer brewers. You don't have to look too far to find posts worrying about endless minutia leading up to the actual brew, and even more afterward! Constant fretting about "did I do this right" Or "I missed my...

Don't care if this is political - or inappropriate; God bless and god speed Mr Aaron, my baseball hero!

So, many here are aware we recently had a devastating fire. We lost home and business, most of my machine shop equipment and inventory, and my brew gear. Good folks here on the forum have been very kind and generous in their offers (yoop89, JAReeves, THANK YOU in particular!) Getting back to...

As some of you know a few days back we lost everything to a fire. It has been a trying time. But Sam Adams unwittingly provided a little ray of sunshine. When the O-Fests first hit the shelves this year I bought a sixer. Not my favorite, but the Wife and my oldest son love it. SO . . . Anyway...

I was hesitant to post this link because i really don't want to wreck the day with another round of the tired old snotty comments about BMC's from the beer snob crowd. But this old gals story made me smile. Is there anything beer can't fix...

AAAHHhhhhh! One of the joys of the current internment is that there are little helpers around with idle fingers and dandy intentions!!!! So I now have a bag with: 4 lbs of Marris Otter 8oz Victory 8oz Vienna 8oz Munich 8oz Simpsons DRC 12 oz of melanoidin All "nicely mixed and ready for you to...

So the story begins on a fine Saturday morning, with the noble goal of brewing a fine ordinary bitter to replenish the dwindling pipeline. It's a favorite recipe, and perfect for a quick easy brew day, with fast finish grain to glass. The evening before I had gathered the requisite materials...

Over the past 30 years, I have on a few occasions made a delectable brew that I was unable for various reasons to reproduce. Normally such a thing was my fault, and involved sloppy note taking, geezery memory, over indulgence during a brew session, or something of the sort. One is supposed to...

So. I made this little side batch of a mixed fruit cider. (Kid juice for my son and his girl on new years type stuff) Today, I went to bottle and I noticed some floaties on the surface. Hmmm. No spider webs. No obvious mold. No pellicle. Looked like little yeast islands. . . . NO worries, seen...

I have noticed that one of the biggest questions anytime a recipe is posted is; Can i substitute "X" ingredient, and what will happen. Often this sparks great debate! I look at it this way - the answer is most often YES. This hobby of ours is cooking, not alchemy. If there are flavors you like...

I just put a couple of pork butts in the smoker, and got out the brewing gear. I am brewing an AMERICAN pale ale today.(And probably consuming a few as well;)) Anybody else got fun plans for the day?

A few months back i bought a Spike CF 5 and I like it very much, and hate to sell it, but circumstances dictate some things must go quickly! I have the CF 5, the full TC 100 heating and cooling bundle, the gas manifold, transfer kit, racking arm, 2" sight glass, and extension legs. 650.00...

I hope wine is the right forum to put this in, although it fits everywhere and is about NOT taking things for granted. Some time back I made a batch of raisin wine. This is a recipe I have done for 30 + years. Details be damned , we are talking two months of primary, then two more of secondary...

This is a brewing lesson that is easy to forget sometimes! Back on the day after Christmas, I set out to brew a batch of Ed Worts House APA. This an old familiar recipe well known to many on the forum; and one i have brewed a number of times. I got up early, set everything up, milled my...

You see a lot of posts/questions about fermenting at ambient room temps, and what can be expected without temp control. Allow me to relate some info about a ferment i have going right now that shows just what CAN happen in a good healthy ferment. A few days ago, i brewed an old favorite stout...

So- the water is in the grains, and I have a little time to kill. I was thinking as i read over some new posts that there are people who obsess, sometimes dramatically, over every little number in the brew process. If they miss their predicted OG, or their FG, or any of the other assorted G's by...

Just got a truly unexpected X-mas bonus, and I am gonna splurge and buy me one of those R2D2 looking stainless fermentors with bells whistles, and do-dads that does everything but chew up the grain and pee out the beer!!!!!! I gotta go drink all my kegs empty asap -it's gonna be a great...

You would think after a couple three decades THAT would sink in. Anyway, as some of you know back around Christmas time i helped a couple of newbies get started. Both are firmly addicted, and have gone up the scale to all-grain albeit to slightly differing degrees. A couple of weeks ago my...