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Any of you out there on this board? I recently moved here, began rebuilding my kit, and brewed my first batch last week. My question is anyone ever used the artesian well water that flows at that micro park on 800 South? It tastes great, like evian, so I brewed a belgian pale with it. My one...

Hey all, So, spring break is a week away and a few of us first year ph.d students here in LA want to take a short trip (one night). We could go up to Santa Barbara and do a day of wine touring or go down to San Diego and do a day of brewery touring. I have a feeling San Diego might be the...

I'm tossing this out to the HBT board before I put it on CL because I'd rather it go to a homebrewer who is looking to get into kegging. I have a Sears/Kenmore 6.4 cu. foot, single tap, kegerator for sale. It can fit a full size keg or two cornies easily (you could fit a 3rd, 3 gallon corny...

Yet another question, I just bought two ball lock cornies on Craigslist. One came with a piece of vinyl tubing attached to the co2 "in" post with a piece of solid steel on the end that plugs into the tube through a barbed end. I have never seen or heard anything like this before and I...

Hey all, I may have a line on a cheap, used Danby kegerator, but before I do anything I'd like to know how many corny's I could fit in there (I'm hoping 3). Also, any general reviews or advice about this model would be appreciated.

Been running around all day. Moved to Southern Cal a few weeks back and still have many errands to do (like checking out a Craigslist kegerator that I passed on). So, my and my girl finally got back to the homestead it was already 8:30 and we were hungry. Long story short: chicken breast...

Alrighty, so it looks like tomorrow I'm going to check out a Beverage Air BM23 kegerator I found on Craigslist. I'm getting it for a steal, but apparently it doesn't work. The fan and compressor come on, but only blow warm air. My completely naive diagnosis is a freon leak, but having never...

Completely by accident, I discovered a chain of supermarkets here in LA that apparently specialize in Armenian/Eastern European groceries (Jons for anyone interested). I walked into their beer section and was dumbfounded by the large selection of beers I have never seen before. I walked out...

So, I just picked up a couple of glass carboys from CL. A 5 gallon and a 6.5 gallon. I'm familiar with 5 gallon carboys, but have never actually seen a 6.5 in person. That's why I'm not sure if what I have is standard or not. Are the openings on the 6.5s smaller than their 5 gallon...

Howdy all, I just recently moved down to Los Angeles and I'm looking to get some Apfelwein going. However, I looked far and nigh and it seems apple juice is ridiculously expensive in this town. The best deal I found was Mott's @ $3.50 a gallon at Target. I've looked at Vons, Jons, Ralphs...

This is for any Eugene, OR boardies out there: the 200 Meter IPA on tap at Eugene City Brewery is just about as much perfection as one could ask for. I've been a fan of the "Two Hondo" for a couple of years now, so I'm speaking from a position of experience that anyone who likes a good IPA...

Argh, so last night was the second batch in a row where I fell short of my expected OG by 6 points and I need some help so my next batch goes better. I brewed up Biermuncher's Centennial Blonde last week and hit an OG of 1.034 instead of 1.040. The mash itself went fine: I hit my target temp...

I just scored some sweet vinyl at the local shop: Ziggy Stardust, Johnny Cash's "Orange County Suite," and the I'm Not There Soundtrack (4 records, pretty sweet). So, I was just wandering what music y'all out there in hbt world enjoys. Anyone have a particular album or band they like to...

Alrighty, so yesterday I picked up a kegerator from craigslist (hooray me!) that came with a 20 pound co2 tank, regulator, and some assorted bits and pieces. So, when I was checking out the stuff I asked whether or not the co2 tank had an up-to-date certification. He didn't know; he'd picked...

So, I just got back from a trip to the folks house in southern CT. While home, some friends took me out to a few of the new beer bars that have apparently been popping up all over New Haven and Milford. At first, I was psyched about this new trend towards micros and good imports, but each...

So it looks like snow in Portland has nixed my hopes of spending Christmas with my family. I took the week off from work though and have nothing to do except brew. Problem is I have no carboys free at this time. I was thinking of breaking out my old coffee urn mash tun and making a 2 gallon...

I picked up 2 12 oz. bottles of this new beer last night at Eugene City Brewery. It was the last 2 bottles they had and all expectation is that it will never be brewed again (it was made to commemorate the normal Choc. Stout's success in Japan). Anyway, I drank one as soon as I got home...

Anyone? My girl really enjoys this Scottish black elderberry ale (same people who do Fraoch Heather Ale) and I think historical beer styles are nifty, but I'm not sure about the recipe. The bottle says it is brewed with "roasted oats, barley, and wheat," so I'm thinking of using a oatmeal...

Last night a regular came into the brewpub where I work and handed us a paper shopping bag full of some hops he had picked that day. He didn't know the type they were, but I let our brewer see them to day and he was pretty certain they were Nuggets. Long story short, We put them into big...

The dust has cleared on my first all-grain experiment and it was all thanks to a 2.5 gallon coffee urn I picked up at Goodwill for $4.50. Does anyone else use anything like this or even heard of it? I did a couple of google searches and the only thing I could find was a guy who makes bio...