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With moving to a new town, working more hours and buying a house last year, its been a good while since I've brewed. I'm probably in a 1 year slump at this point. My wife is pregnant and due at the end of July, so I finally made an excuse to order some ingredients so I can have her favorite...

Just thought I'd throw out a word of warning. Don't even bother with this stuff. I pick up the occasional commercial cider. They are pretty few and far between in the states and end up being fairly expensive. We just got a Trader Joes, so I thought I'd pick out a sixer of their house branded...

I finally got around to listening to The Homebrewed Chef on The Brewing Network. I really dig the show. I love to cook, and this podcast mixes elements of cooking, brewing and pairing at a pretty high level. Just wanted to share one of the recipes I made from the extra content on the show...

Just wanted to see where people weighed in on nitrites in meat. I started doing research into dry cured meats and sausages a little while ago. All of the sources and recipes tend to include Morton's Quick Cure or one of the Prauge powders, both of which contain sodium nitrite or sodium nitrate...

Ok, now that this forum is up and going, lets get some info here. I've never cured meat or made sausage (aside from fresh sausage) before. What do I need to make some good sausages? I've been reading a lot at Wedlinydomowe.com. It seems like for some sausage curing, the time, attention...

I recently changed apartments and can no longer fit the chest freezer I was using as a kegerator. Not sure of the exact size, but I can fit 2 ball locks (very snug fit) and a 5lb tank on the hump. I never got around to building a collar, but if you made it the right size, I'll bet it could fit 3...

We had a bottle of red wine with dinner last night (Cabernet I think). We were sitting around just talking, and I decided I wanted some cider. Not wanting to dirty another glass, I took my wine glass to the kegerator, which probably has about an ounce or less of wine left and decide "what the...

I have about 8 1 gallon glass apple juice jugs. They are all clean (rinsed out) and some have caps. I live in an apartment and just dont have the room or time for small 1 gallon batches of anything. Free to anyone that wants to come pick them up. I prefer not to ship. PM me if interested.

Picked up a bomber from Earth Fare. Man, this stuff is just not very good. Aroma is VERY fruity, kind of a fake rancid frutiness I can't place. The beer itself is not very sour and has kind of a chemical aftertaste. I think its that muddy NB house taste that is making this beer too malty...

I've started writing a brewing column for Dine And Cook, a kind of foodie news site. I'm not a journalist, but so far its been fun writing these articles. For my second article, I did an interview with Spike, Co-founder and head brewer of Terrapin Brewing Co in Athens, GA. I've posted this a few...

I really hate to post this thread, but I'm utterly confused. I kegged 3.5 gallons of a Belgian Pale Ale last month. I'll normally hook it up to ~30 psi for a day or so, then kick it down to ~12-15 depending on the style for another week or two. After about a week, I took a sample. Not very...

I've been doing a lot of searching recently about planting cider apple trees. Thanks to a helpful link from gratus fermentatio, I found some other very good sites I thought I'd share. Even if you have seen them, I think its good to have this stuff in one place. Craft Cider Making - Andrew...

My inlaws recently bought 17 acres near Columbia, SC. They told me it would be OK if I wanted to plant some apple trees on the land. Does anyone know what cultivars I should be looking at that will grow well in South Carolina? My goal is to plant some trees and have enough apples to start...

Quick random question for any sys admin type people out there. My boss has asked me to come up with a solution, and I don't really know where to start. The probem is that the plant I work in has a meeting every 2 weeks. Evey department manager is supposed to keep notes and share them at the...

A new food website launched a few days ago. its called "Dineandcook.com". More importantly, I'm the homebrew/beer columnist. My firsts article is on Hefeweizens. From what I understand, its going to be a food website made mostly by journalists and foodies. Its going to really focus on things...

So if they can't even pull off the simplest delivery, whats the point of even having them? I mailed a check to the apartment complex I'm moving to in Greenville SC last week. I talk to them on Monday, it hasn't arrived. It should have taken a week max for a letter to make it from Cleveland to...

I'm starting this thread in response to the beer referenced in this video made by Polish brewers in response to our video. In the video, someone mentions a beer called "Grodziskie". It is a classic Polish beer that has gone by the wayside that a lot of local homebrewers are bringing back...

http://www.apple.com/ iPad - your thoughts? Stupid? Awesome? Waste of time? Revolutionary? My initial impression when it was described to me was that I didn't like tablet computers when Dell was doing them, so why would I like this. After I watched the keynote video, I realized its a...

We covered Sour Beer in my BJCP class last night. I had the fortune of tasting 2 different Flanders Reds brewed slightly differently, both using the Wyeast Roselare Blend. Flanders Red #1 (Roselare only) This beer was just over 2 years old. The brewer used a pretty traditional Flanders...

Gaines Adams (recently defensive end for Chicago) passed away this morning at his home in Greenwood SC. He played for my alma mater Clemson while I was there. Gaines was an incredible player and person and will be missed by all Tiger fans. Rest in peace. Gaines Adams passes