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Oh man - how I have missed brewing! Its been a couple months since my last brew session but sitting here in the garage in 20F weather with snow on the ground and just content like a dog by a warm fire. It is excellent! Brewing up an Pale/IPA right now (want the hop aroma but not so bitter...

I am torn between getting a kegging system or getting a Blichmann floor burner. Pricing things out, I think I can get a kegging system for around $200. The blichman burner is 150 plus another 30 or so for the leg extensions (using all gravity right now so I think the extensions are a must for...

Hey Guys - After buying 9 1oz packs of Citra for a Zombie Dust clone for 2.50 a piece, I am now pretty interested in just doing a bulk buy of a year's worth of hops, or smaller bulk purchase every six months or so. Right now, I am brewing about once or, if I am lucky, twice a month and I...

Lordy... lordy... lordy... Well, did my first AG today. It was a modified Zombie Dust clone with all Citra with a target OG of 1.073. All kinds of stuff went wrong. Let's start with efficiency; it wasn't great (read: kinda horrible actually). I nailed my sach. rest temp (152) so that was...

Got a shipment from Midwest last Friday. In a rush to get everything put away I accidentally threw the two Wyeast activator packs in the freezer... Only realizing it about an hour later. Took them both out and stuck them in the fridge. One was kind of slushy at that point (could feel it was...

Completed my first brew this past Saturday - was a pretty good time. Really looking forward to bottling and trying the end result! Oh the waiting - the waiting is a bit of a drag but really looking forward to seeing the end result. Was so excited that I completed the first brew that I totally...