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I thought about that but if I bottle it with Champagne yeast and there is still 1.7% alc worth of fermentables in the carboy then I get bottle bombs.....

I was looking at doing a barley wine so I grabbed a recipe online. The problem is I took a look at the OG and FG the recipe listed and it would reach about 11.7% alcohol but the yeast used is listed as only having a tolerance of 10%. Is it going to carbonate in the bottles or should I ignore the...

Anyone have a problem with dogs eating their plants? I have Chinook PoR and Tettnang and my dog keeps eating my PoR. Its gotten over 3' tall twice and she managed to get through mesh to eat it the second timebut she ignores the unprotected chinook and tettnang. Any anti dog ideas?

Thanks folks I'll have to give that one a go.

My old man has been bugging me to make something like bulimba bitter for a while now but they were bought out long before I was born so I have no idea what it was like and all I can get from him is that it had a stronger flavour than "today's beers". I was hoping someone here would be able to...

I'll go for the small one. sending PM.