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Looking for a little direction. SWMBO is getting into home canning/preserving. I've told her many times about how great HBT is, and she's asked if there was a website/forum for home canning / preserving that serves the same function. I'm hoping there are some folks here that can point me...

Hello all Long Island/Queens/Brooklyn brewers! We've just formed a new homebrew & craft beer club based in Nassau County. You can find more information about it here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/321834377975217/ First meeting will be on September 17 (we're firming up the location)...

I brewed a Peanut Butter Cup milk stout that came out really good (I surprised myself with how good it came out). Bottled it yesterday and I like to put labels on the beer I bottle. Since my "brewery" is Main Stage Brewery, and I'm a big music geek, I try to give musically themed names to...

Making a peanut butter cup sweet stout and I'm almost ready to rack to secondary. Planning on adding PB2 & PB2 w/Chocolate to the secondary. I'm not sure what the best way to add is though. Re-hydrate with boiling water (serves to liquefy and possibly some sanitization) or just add powder...

As I sit here waiting for UPS to deliver my new March 815 SS pump (to replace an older pump on my single tier RIMS system), I was wondering if I'm using best practices during my clean up. Post-brew I've typically run PBW through the pump (and RIMS tube) for 5-10 minutes, then flush with water...

I brewed a brown ale on Monday. Got it into the plastic fermenting bucket and pitched the yeast around 3PM Monday afternoon. I checked on the Monday evening and yesterday afternoon and didn't see any sign of activity. I know that the bubbler is not the best indication, but I've always seen...

I'm in the process of getting dialed in to my new single tier RIMS system. Until I get another pump and some sort of sparge arm, I'm doing batch sparging. I've got a question on the best way to do the mash out. The way I'm thinking about it, I can do the mash out one of two ways: 1) Do...

I'm looking to get into making mead (and specifically cyser). I'd appreciate any suggestions for mead references (books, etc.). I've found this one, which seems to get good ratings - The Compleat Meadmaker by Ken Schramm - http://www.amazon.com/dp/0937381802/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20. Any...

I recently purchased a used brewing rig from a hbtalk member that is exiting the hobby. The rig has a RIMS tube, and I've been having problems getting everything to work correctly. I'm somewhat frustrated, because I'm dying to brew using this setup, but I haven't been able to. I'm going to...

So just got my kegerator. I've got the ball lock connectors on it. When I hook it up to a keg, the connections don't seem tight. And on at least one of the kegs, if you wiggle the gas connector, you can hear some gas coming out. I'm thinking that isn't good. The kegs are new strap handle...

Looking at getting a kegerator. Don't have the time or inclination to DIY. I'd like to get something that I can order to my configuration and have it arrive and just work. I'm looking at this model from BeverageFactory.com...

New homebrewer here. Been doing it a couple of months and made 3 batches, all extract. Very impressed with the quality and depth of discussion here. Looking forward to participating.