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I got married this summer, and we finally moved into a decent-sized place from our crappy studio, and so we're having Christmas with our families at our place for the first time. I want to have something on tap for it, but between moving, work, etc I haven't had enough time to get my brewing...

I know a bunch of people on HBT make their own tap handles, and I'd like to give it a try. Freshman year of college, my roommate knocked a guitar of mine off the stand, cracking the neck ever so slightly. Over the years, the crack got worse and eventually the neck separated from the body of the...

I picked up a heavy-duty 10 gallon aluminum pot from a garage sale for $15 bucks today. Can't wait to brew with it!

I made a simple Centennial pale ale (recipe here). I live in a very small apartment above a laundromat, which has dryer vents right below our windows. In addition, we've got 3 big windows that get a lot of sunlight. The result of these factors is a much warmer apartment than is conducive to...

I brewed an IPA about a month ago (all of which has been spent in primary), and I'll probably be bottling in a week or two. The bitterness is nice, but after a month in primary there isn't much aroma left. I was thinking of dryhopping for a week or so and then bottling. Would that do that trick...

I've been thinking about this my past couple brew days, and I've found that much of the brewing that goes on isn't done on large-scale, propane-powered, electric-pumped rigs with lots of polished keggles, specialized equipment, etc. Most of the brewing that I've seen done, whether on here...

Okay, so here's the deal: I brew almost exclusively beer (with the occasional cider here and there), but I did a 1gal batch of mead a few months ago. My fiancé and I are getting married in June, and I had a plan to bottle the mead just before the wedding, and open a bottle each year on our...

I brewed an IPA last weekend, and fermentation was all done so I got it off the yeast into a secondary this morning. My question is, since I'm not dryhopping or adding any adjuncts, and the secondary would only really be for clarity and time anyway, is there a compelling reason not to cold crash...

Currently brewing a 5gal Simcoe IPA and just mixed up a 1gal batch of dry mead

Here's my recipe for a Simcoe single-hop IPA that I'm brewing next week. Thoughts? Grain: 10# Pale 2-row 2# Crystal 20L Hops: Simcoe 13% AAU 1oz (60min) .5oz (15min) .5oz (10min) .5oz (5min) .5oz (0min) Yeast: WLP060 American Ale Blend Anticipating an OG of 1.066 and FG of 1.016

Were the Sierra Nevada 30th Anniversary beers released just in 2010, or introduced in 2010 and continuously produced? A local general store/beer and wine shop has a few bottles of the Black Barleywine and the Stout from the 30th anniversary run, and I wanted to know if they were 2 year old...

I'm trying out a tea strainer ball to dryhop my latest batch, a centennial pale ale. I put 1oz of hop pellets in the ball, but they're breaking up and I'm ending up with some hop particles in the pour. I like the flavor and aroma, but the particles are a little problematic. I've gathered that...

I want to pick up a probe thermometer to more accurately control my mash temperature, but I'm not sure about what model to pick up. I'm on a pretty tight budget, so cost is a bit of a factor. Let me know what you guys use or would recommend.

I just transfered an imperial oatmeal stout to secondary. It's been a while since I've done anything in a carboy, and I noticed that the stopper keeps sliding up the lip of the carboy instead of staying snug in the neck. I'm going to the homebrew shop on Saturday, so I'll probably pick up...

Last week I brewed an oatmeal stout as recipe 1 of 4 that I'm brewing for my wedding in late May. OG was 1.070, and FG was 1.017, bringing it in at around 7.1% abv. I'm doing another brew in a week or so, so I've gotta get it out of the bucket by then. I typically keg my beers, but bottles are...

I'm currently brewing batch number one of four of my wedding beers. SWMBO and I getting married at the end of June, and I plan on brewing an oatmeal stout, a pale ale, an IPA, and a hefeweizen for the wedding. Today's oatmeal stout is as follows: Malt: 10# 2-row pale malt 1# Flakes oats...

I'm brewing batch number one of my wedding beer. We're getting married at the end of June, and I plan on brewing an oatmeal stout, a pale ale, an IPA, and a hefeweizen before the wedding. Today's oatmeal stout is as follows: Malt: 10# 2-row pale malt 1# Flakes oats 1# chocolate malt...

I picked up ingredients for a stout this weekend, and when I got home I noticed how small the crush is on the grain bill. This isn't a dealbreaker for the shop, as they've only just opened and they're still getting things dialed in, but I'm worried about this batch. I've heard there can be...

I'm head to my LHBS tomorrow morning to pick up ingredients for a brew tomorrow afternoon. I'm doing a pumpkin stout. Here's what I've got for a recipe: Malt: 10# 2-row pale 2# chocolate malt 1# roasted malt 1# wheat (for head retention) 8# pumpkin, roasted with pie spices Hops: 1oz...

I conduct a community band, and one of the musicians knows I brew and mentioned that she has a whole bunch of hops growing on her property. She offered to let me come over and pick as many as I can bring home with me, and I'm naturally really excited for fresh hops. My question is what do I do...