If you live in Brandon, there is a place called Kingdom Liquor, on Providence by Old Chicago. They have a great selection of beer, about 450 different beers....
Please note that the Cold Stone ice cream place is next door. This is very handy if you need to bribe the significant other into making the trip. Old Chicago...
If anyone is interested, I have several gallons of orange blossom honey. I am asking $25.00 a gallon of honey. Please let me know, so I can bring the honey to...
Hello, Nick. I'm interested! My wife and I plan on on eating dinner at Dunderback's and catching the meeting this Tuesday. I'll bring $25 and buy a gallon from...
I have written up a story on the commemorative beer that we made for the conference and want to be sure I have included all the guys from our club who helped...
Hello, Nick. I just read on the member list that you are a beekeeper!! That is really really flat-out cool. It would be a fascinating hobby. I will check with...
Gang, We have been invited to participate in Wazoo again. The event is Saturday August 5th from 6:30 to 10:30. I thought last year was a great time even though...
Yesterday I picked some elder flower (sambucus simpsonii), dewberry tips (Rubus trivialis, a blackberry relative), black cherry (prunus serotina), elderberry,...
Here is a review of our club competition: March - Milton Littlefield won with his APA and receives 5 points Rob Meek took second also with an APA and gets 3...
I went to the beer tasting last night. I was surprised at how many beers they were presenting that I had never tasted before. If I remember correctly, they...
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I mixed 6 oz of maple syrup and 24 oz of water (1:4 ratio) to make a quart of traditional maple beer. Recipes I saw ranged from 1 qt syrup to 4 gallons water...
Well, I popped the top on my very first homebrew tonight. It was a Red Eye Amber kit I got from the Brewshack the day you guys were doing the demo brews. I...
Hello, Justin. Congrats of the first brew! I brewed a couple of modified batches from the same BrewShack recipe kit. With the full dose of hops that was...
Strong IPA is a pretty good description of it I would say. I'm somewhat of a hophead though so it suits me quite well, the hoppiness in this batch seems a...
Justin, Don't be in a hurry to drain those bottles. You may discover that the amber ages very nicely. At least save a few for sampling in July and August. ...
And yet another crosses over to the dark side of lupulin addiction!! Bob ... And yet another crosses over to the dark side of lupulin addiction!! Bob On Jun...
I plan on putting aside at least a sixer to sample down the road, possibly even a 12 pack if I can stand to let that many just sit there :). I'd be happy to...
Hi Justin, You can pay at the meeting or at the Brew Shack. Cheers! Karen V Hahn Co-Keeper of the mysteries of NCOA 813-878-6093 "The ultimate metric that I...
Dear Sirs: Cafe Alma is hosting the Second Annual World Beer Dinner in conjunction with D & V Imports and Microman Distributors. This event will be held June...
Those of us bringing kegs to the AHA Conference in Orlando need to note the following: We all need to mark our kegs with something highly visible so that the ...
Jan's Wine and Boos II at Dale Mabry and Lutz Lake Fern has a case of Fantome Prin Temps. This is what Belgian Saisons are all about. An unnamed source asked...
... Thanks for the info. Is Don going to bring the bar? Do we need to bring taps, CO2, buckets for the kegs to go into? Maybe we need a meeting before the...
I mixed 3 1/2 lbs of clover honey with a water to make a gallon and got it hot but didn't boil it. Adjuncts were the juice of two lemons for acid, I dipped a...
We also need to know about ball-lock vs pin-lock keg types. I believe that most of us use ball-lock kegs so please speak up if you will be bringing pin-lock...
Yes, I will bring the bar. I'm not sure what to do with it between check-in and club night. Anyone want to store it in your room? A meeting would be a good...
I'm about to venture into making my first batch of mead in the near future. I'm wondering... I've read to bring the mead up to 140 to 150 for 10 - 15 min to...
Hello, Dan. I read that the original difficulty with honey was getting it out of the comb. A relatively new option has been to put into an electric centrifuge...