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Science Friday just broadcast a 22min. segment on apple breeding. http://www.sciencefriday.com/segment/11/07/2014/apple-science-from-american-beauty-to-zestar.html

I discovered an interesting tool in a friend's cellar that in the dim light of the cellar I originally thought was the scratter companion to the basket press she inherited. I haven't had much luck with online research but I'm wondering if this is actually a grape crusher. A test run with apple...

While I was looking for information on microscopy of lupulin glands I got a search result from Laboratory Studies for Brewing Students: Laboratory studies for brewing students a systematic course of practical work in the scientific principles underlying the processes of malting and brewing...

I've stumbled across a blog who's author has a hobby of exploring old breweries and locating brewery caves. It's been interesting reading about his adventures and folks from the region might be interested in following in his footsteps.

1 - 10l (~2.6gal), same diamater as 5gal. but shorter $25 ea. All were made in Mexico, are at least 8 years old but probably older, and are clean (ready to sanitize and use). One Taprite secondary CO2 regulator with new check valve, barbed shutoff, BevFlex hose, and ball lock gas fitting...

There's an article in The London Telegraph describing how bad some wine judges are. I can't imagine that beer judges are much better but I don't enter competitions so I can't claim to care that much. I like what I like, if I enjoy it I'll acquire more. Is everything we know about wine...

It's May 8th-18th this year. Take a look at the schedule if you are in town or able to visit.

I'm in Seattle with a special fondness for Trippel Pi from Flying Pie Pizza. I can send you growlers from Seattle Breweries, fills of the the tap list at Chuck's Hop Shop , or bottles distributed here. Send me a PM if you want to figure out a trade.

I just found a bottle that seem ideal for a single pour of wine, mead, or high gravity beer. They take a standard pry off crown cap but do require a bench capper. They are $2.50 for a six pack filled with an espresso soda from Italy at Grocery Outlet (a local discount store). I even find the...

I'm making a BOMM style pyment with some muscat grapes that were crushed in the fermenter. SG is down to around 1.015 a week after pitching and it is sitting in a bucket with an airlock now. It is still fermenting slowly but I have no clue as to how quickly I should rack it off the grapes.

Today I was flipping through my housemate's copy of Edible Seattle magazine and there was an article about Skagit Valley Malting Company which is setting up to malt locally grown grains. Their website is a bit sparse and most of the press I was able to find was fairly old but it might become an...

I just followed a link to a video and discovered PSU's Business of Craft Brewing certificate program has a bunch of videos posted to their youTube channel. They might be very interesting to people interested in going pro and some videos offer a glimpse into a few of the Portland area craft...

There's an interesting analysis in The Volokh Conspiracy (a long-standing group of blogging lawyers with a libratarian bent recently affiliated with the Washington Post) titled Maine’s unwise and unconstitutional ban on disclosing the alcohol content of beers that might be of interest to HBT...

I'm a newcomer to brewing and have made several batches of cider this fall mostly with champagne and ale yeasts. They have been turning out well but I was feeling experimental so I pitched Wyeast 4184 in several small batches to see if it would produce a cider without fermenting it completely...

I'm a fairly novice cider maker, I've made several small batches this fall fermenting between 1 and three gallons at a time. Other this this batch the results have been reliably good. I've been pretty good about gathering information about other things that interest me and I've been obsessively...

Are there any gas suppliers out there with a reputation for being cool with filling owner bottles? Sounds like the LHBS will do an exchange for $25 if I want to end up with a Praxair bottle. So far I've heard that Central Welding are jerks. Any other insights? I assume that I should be...