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A True Story {This post is 8 years old sorry, but it one of my favorites} The Big Stash I came home from the Hospital five years ago. My house looked strange like no one had lived there in a long time. I opened my five gallon buckets of LME {liquid malt extract} and saw that they were...

Gentlemen, None of the stores in the 'east end' of old Dallas, open before 11:00 am so I was across the street at some gourmet Bier establishment and told the guy I had an hour to kill before the store opened and could I piss and drink a couple of biers? First I had a pilsner...

Gentlemen, Howdy, I am a former member and brewed Ale for 16 years. I stopped brewing when I realized I can buy beer cheaper than brew it but recently realized something was missing; I never listen to my old 33rpm records unless I am in the kitchen brewing! So I have decided to brew...

mod edit- this thread was broken off another thread, to keep the conversation going. I was thinking the same thing. Buying empty bottles? ...use old beer bottles. ...and drink the beer! And I love my 'bench capper' too. J. Knife

Gentlemen, Rainy, cooler weather has awaken my instinct to make ale. November first, I will start filling my three primarys and I was thinking... {uh oh here he goes again} Appfelwein, I want to make some Appfelwein but have never tasted any. Is it available commercially at a good beer...

Gentlemen, Rainy, cooler weather has awaken my instinct to make ale. November first, I will start filling my three primarys and I was thinking... {uh oh here he goes again} Appfelwein, I want to make some Appfelwein but have never tasted any. Is it available commercially at a good beer...

Gentlemen, Yes, my surgeon's 'exercise guy' loves my homebrew, gave him some last year. I saw him today, he came in the room with that 'light in his eyes' and a big smile, the first thing he said was: "Hey man! I want some more Crystal Bisquet!" I replied: "November till April, I'll...

A Mexican food 'Brew day Buffet' Gentlemen, Since I brew in my kitchen, and brewing ale and cooking food are basically incompatable, 'they get in each other way', I can do one, but not both, {at the same time and in the same place,} and do them...

Gentlemen, I have been brewing extracts for 15-16 years, {I can't remember} And during that time I have gone from brewing L.M.E. & D.M.E {base grains} for alcohol production. To quantity, {seeing how much ale I can brew in one winter.} {It was 2,000, 12oz ales} And...

Gentlemen, Why do I brew? An interesting question it is... All the reasons given by others, were very good reasons. The reasons 'I brew my own' are ... All the reasons given above, and also basically: The reason I learned how to cook food. Control over my own life, to not be a...

The Big Stash Hey Ya'll, I came home from the hospital five years ago. My house looked strange, like no one had lived there in a long time. I opened my five gallon buckets of LME and saw that they were covered with white mold. I had 6 SIX! 22 oz bottles of ale left after my 'friends' , {who...

From the ‘Great Brain’ who gave us: The ‘Amazing new speed bottling technique’ Boys, I have been brewing 16 years and this will be my 17th year. First the goal was alcohol which didn’t taste bad. Now alcohol...

Gentlemen, Greetings and salutations, I brew down here in north Texas till the end of April. Then it is too hot. One day I will be able to afford a chest freezer, {I have a $60. temperature controller} {In order to be able to brew 9 months rather than just 6.} But for now with...

Gentlemen, Since the hop shortage, I have been experimenting with less hops. I 'brewed me up' some ale so sweet it would gag a maggot. Now, I not only 'know' why hops is an ingredient in beer and ale now I 'fully understand', the importance of hops as a anti-sweetness agent. I...

Gentlemen, I am bottling the last 15 gallons of 'Mein Hammerbier' for the season. I use 12 oz Bavarian bottles {which used to be 8.99 a 12 pack.} And 22 oz 'dark' bottles. Now today I had an inspiration, it wasn't even my idea, I looked up at the hoard of bottles, realizing this was it...

Gentlemen, I was out working in the knife shop today and since I was out of beer I re-racked a bucket out of a secondary. It tasted real good and I sat there and got hammered. I was impressed. It was so good in fact I wanted to mention it to the brewing gang. Now I like settled...

Gentlemen, I am 'brewing me up' 5 gallons of 'Mein acht pfund Hammerbier, w 'Octoberfest' speciality grains 'steeped in', today, I wanted to pass along an idea which I think is important. In my: 'former kitchen brewery', hanging on the window curtain by a piece of bailing wire, is what...

Gentlemen, Down here in Texas when April is over I stop brewing. It is too hot, and when native Texans are uncomfortable, and I mean in the air-conditioning, yeasts are uncomfortable too. Last year the batches I bottled in may... gradually fell in quality once the: 'real heat got upon...

Gentlemen, I am drinking one of the best tasting ales I have ever brewed. And I owe it to the hop shortage. After I started slacking off on hop useage I noticed a better flavor to my ale. My recipe is 8 Lbs of DME with speciality grains steeped in, 6 3/4% alcohol. And whereas I used to...