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Anybody traveling through King of Prussia on the way to judgingon April 6th? My wife has a Sat. morning commitment so I am thinking about taking the bus from State College to King of Prussia friday evening and staying in a hotel there. My wife is driving down later on Sat. to pick me up and...

Hi All. We've finally gotten a club up and running in State College, and we feel we are ready to host a competition. Deadline for entries is Friday Nov. 20th http://www.statecollegehomebrewclub.com/phoc/

Lots of continued discussion of the primary only vs debate, but I find it hard to really grasp what people are actually doing. So here is an attempt at a poll to get an idea. I'll start with a couple of assumptions. We can do another pool for higher gravity beers. Let's assume this is a...

So as the title says, what do you think? In the past I've always made a garlicky brat and a "weisswurst" (no veal) for our annual Oktoberfest party (typically held in Nov. as I play in an Oompah band so Oct. weekends are pretty booked). I'll be making sausages next weekend, probably 10 lbs...

I brew all kinds of beers, but tend to brew a lot of lagers of all sorts. My house beer is a Std. Amer. Lager that uses 20% flaked corn. Everyone loves this beer - very easy drinking and refreshing (recipe under my avatar). Well I finally got around to substituting rice for the corn - well...

If anyone happens to be in the State College area this Saturday, we are having our 14th annual pig roast/potluck. I'll have a saison, kolsch, Czech pils and a session IPA on tap. Mid-afternoon - ? PM me for more details

Uncle Bob's Old Timey Lager % Amount Name Origin Potential SRM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 69.7% 5.75 lbs. Pilsner Canada 1.037 2 18.2% 1.50 lbs. Flaked Corn...

Just bought my tickets. $170 each. OUCH! Tickets just went on pre-sale to AHA members. Opens to the general public Wednesday 4/17. savor craft beer Fri/Sat June 14/15 We've gone the past 3 yrs in DC and loved it! Lots of beers not available on the East coast, and great food too...

Does anybody have an idea of the buffering capacity of various beers. This weekend I'm going to do some testing of how various salt additions affect the flavor of finished beers and I thought it might be nice to examine what changes in pH do to the taste as well. If I have a ballpark idea of...

I'm ready to start messing even more with my water than I already do. I've got the residual alkalinity in a good range, now I want to mess with chloride and sulfate. Can this be tested successfully POST fermentation, or do these have a large impact in the mash tun, kettle and fermentor? My...

I thought folks might be interested in seeing what lime treatment does in terms of reducing alkalinity. I've been doing this for a number of years now (after reading AJ's paper) and finally got around to having the results properly analyzed. I had been brewing too many beers where the...

After looking at this bottle sitting on my basement floor for years, I finally got around to opening it and checking what is smelled like. My buddy filmed the opening smelling old yeast Upshot is, it smelled yeasty, with some sherry notes due to oxidation. Nothing I would consider an off...

Its that time of year! If you find yourself in the State College area this Saturday, feel free to stop by. PM me for an address. Festivities start mid-afternoon with pig being served somewhere between 5 and 6 PM. We provide pig and beer and guests bring a dish to pass. For beer, I will...

Batch Size (Gal): 5.00 Wort Size (Gal): 5.00 Total Grain (Lbs): 6.63 Anticipated OG: 1.044 Plato: 11.07 Anticipated SRM: 8.6 Anticipated IBU: 48.4 Brewhouse Efficiency: 90 % Wort Boil Time: 60 Minutes Grain/Extract/Sugar % Amount Name 60.4 4.00 lbs. Pale Malt - Golden Promise 15.1...

Batch Size (Gal): 5.00 Wort Size (Gal): 5.00 Total Grain (Lbs): 7.13 Anticipated OG: 1.048 Plato: 12.01 Anticipated SRM: 5.6 Anticipated IBU: 37.9 Brewhouse Efficiency: 90 % Wort Boil Time: 90 Minutes Grain/Extract/Sugar % Amount Name Origin Potential SRM...

Pilsner Urquell has announced it's 2nd annual homebrewer competetion http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/pilsner-urquell-brews-up-its-second-annual-master-home-brewer-competition-147913525.html Open to the the first 75 folks who sign up for NYC, Chicago, or this year San Francisco (75...

Well we are back from our all expenses paid trip courtesy of Pilsner Urquell (SABMiller). We had a great time!! We packed an awful lot into the 3 days we were there. We started out in Prague with a guided tour St Vitus Cathedral Us on the Charles bridge Cool highly modified...

I finally uploaded the photos of my filter. I had made a version where I sewed the mesh closed which was a bit of a pain. Then I had a hard time cleaning it as the pores would get plugged, especially if a lot of pellets were used. I decided to make a version I could easy assemble, and then...

I have high carbonate water and have been treating my water with lime to precipitate out a bunch of it. I let it sit overnight and then transfer it to my mash tun and HLT. Then I use phosphoric acid to bring the pH down to ~ 6. I'm getting low on the phosphoric acid and am getting ready to...

Sat. June 26th, 2 PM - ????. It's our elevnth year and 4th year for homebrew only. Our normal routine is we provide the pig and beer (and soft drinks) and ask people do bring a side dish/dessert to pass. Homebrew of course is welcome and we can do some tasting. I will have 4 beers on tap...