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Hey all, just thought I would share this. The owner of the new LHBS in Boston has a brewing blog, written from the perspective of a former pro-brewer, but targeted to homebrewers. I've drank plenty of his beers, both pro- and home-brewed, he knows what he is doing. Some pretty interesting...

Can't quite figure out which category to put this in, but I got an e-mail from a local distillery who is offering their used whiskey barrels...very good deal I think, I will be picking one up someday soon. I have no affiliation, just thought i would share. I doubt they would ship...

I will be in Japan for a little over two weeks, for a few days of business meetings and 11 days of traveling. Main cities will be Tokyo, Tokushima, Kyoto, Hiroshima, Hakone, Kyota, Koyasan, and Osaka. Anyone have any experience doing anything beer related in Japan? Brewery tours (in...

Hey all, Figure there are some pretty handy people on the board, nobody I know in real life is at all useful in this respect. The windows in my townhouse suck, sitting too close to one in winter results in frostbite, this has got to be costing me a fortune. Maybe it is time to install...

Maybe this is a dumb question, I know people empty barrels all the time and dump in new wort or fermented wort but... I transferred a sort of hybrid smoked/english IPA/old ale to secondary and added a packet of Roseleare about 9 months ago. It has reached terminal gravity and has a nice faint...

damnit, hurt my foot wednesday playing indoor soccer, went to an orthopedic specialist thursday, linsfranc fracture (read: very bad) tore a bunch of ligaments that hold my foot together, and had surgery today. Will be in a non-weight bearing cast for 3 months at least and crutches...so I will...

So lets say I happen to have a fair number of bombers and such that I want to store but are taking up too much space in the fridge. I bought them cold at the liquor store and have had them in my fridge since. Can I store them in my basement (65*F most of the time) or do they have to stay cold...

I bought 5 gallons of apple cider that said pasteurized, and I didn't bother to check the label. Pitched a packet of nottingham on thursday, and nothing yet, no change in SG, no signs of fermentation. Checked the bottles, says is contains less than 1/10 of 1% (i.e. <0.1%) Potassium Sorbate and...

So I brewed a sour brown ale sunday, sour mashed 1/4 of the base grain, and added it to the main mash before lautering/sparging, the funky part smelled sort of like sour milk and feet, hope this works out. In any case, it was a 10g batch split between two carboys, I was thinking of racking...

Hey all, I just tried the re-release of New Belgiums Old Cherry Ale, and it got me thinking about a nice fall/winter beer I would like to make. I do 10-gallon, all grain batches, was thinking about doing a 10-gallon brown ale, maybe modeled after the recipe in Jamil's book (as every single...

I am getting ready to do my summer saison (90*+ days for weeks in a row make it a good time to make one my favorite beer styles). I did one last year with WLP565, and the attenuation was really low, seems to be a problem with saison strains even with careful temperature control and the use of...

By continental, do they mean US made? My LHBS has Castle (belgian), Weyerman (Ger), and some sort of US Pilsener malt. Making a Belgian Pale Ale and the recipe (Jamil, classic styles) says to use Continental Pilsener Malt. Thanks

Time for round two, last year was awesome!!! Anyone else going? I'll be there friday! 6th Annual Boulder Strong Ale Festival - April 11th & 12th, 2008 This event is a tribute to BIG beers from all over the country. Expect 30-40 breweries representing 70 beers! All beer submitted must...

Got lucky the other day, out walking the dog and I see a huge (probably 100qt) coleman xtreme cooler by the dumpster. Looks like it has been outside on someones deck for a while, but the inside is spotless, looks unused, owners manuals still inside. I measured it out and it seems like I could...

Dropped my jeep off at a reputable 4x4 shop to get some work done I have been meaning to get done for a while, 2001 cherokee with ~70,000 miles, haven't really ever had it in a shop for much other than oil changes, had a tranny flush at 30k miles, done my own transfer case and diff fluid changes...

Hey all, I made 10 gallons of ESB the weekend before last and realized that I left out the 4# of toasted malt the recipe called for (I have made this beer before, just had an off-day and forgot it). In any case, the beer has fermented out but is lacking some malty character. I toasted the 4#...

I just got my Northern Brewer Aeration kit, and I can't seem to figure out how to attach the tubing to the aquarium pump. The outlet 'nipple' (for lack of a better word) on the pump is way smaller than the tubing supplied with the kit, and it seems like I am missing an adapter or something. Am...

Vote above if you can. I am in the market and want to know what you guys prefer. If you can, post up why you chose the one you use, which model/accessories you got, what you like about it, and anything you dislike. Maybe this can be a decent resource for people like me.

From left to right, Belgian Golden Strong Ale aging with oak, next two are Jamil's APA, New England Hard Cider, the two in the back on the right are 10-gallons of RichBrewer's Pumpkin beer with some modifications, and the two on the right in front are 10-gallons of EdWort's Stone IPA...

SO I have brewed a lot of beer, and for some reason, with the fall, and me living far away from the nice apple orchards of the east coast, I am missing having apple cider all the time. I was thinking about doing this 5 gallons pasteurized apple cider (the dark brown stuff from 1-gallong...