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I came across this free Brewer's Association manual which appears to be an excellent resource for anyone interested in draught beer systems: http://draughtquality.org/ Enjoy! Bill Velek, www.tinyurl.com/BVELEK => to my 'homebrew' sites

Semi-on-topic As homebrewers, we've watched with some dismay as barley prices have jumped dramatically, along with most food prices. Part of that has been attributed to acreage being diverted to corn for ethanol production, and is probably true in large measure. Other factors include the...

Our free Grow-Hops group SPECIALIZES in the topic of growing ingredients to brew beer -- primarily hops but some minor coverage of barley and brewing-herbs, too. Now with 1,140 members, including some professional growers/farmers, we're undoubtedly the largest and best resource about growing...

The recommended latitude for growing hops is from 35 to 55 degrees in both the northern and southern hemispheres, but hops can often be grown outside that band. I have broken this post down into labeled sections in case you prefer to go straight to your own area of the world. After reading...

For those who grow hops or are considering it, I have a couple of bits of information that you should find interesting. First, most homegrowers have no idea of what the alpha acid content of their hops is; I've done a LOT of searching and reading in a LOT of forums, and up until now the...

Recently there has been a pretty good rush to join my 'Grow-Hops' group -- 87 new members in the past week to bring the total to 496 members -- with _many_ of them expressing interest primarily due to the impending hop shortages and price increases; that is based on comments submitted to me at...

I've been kicking an idea around for awhile and did a google-search but couldn't find anything directly on point. A recent post about peltier devices made me think about this again. What about coupling a peltier with a heatpipe? For those who don't know, a 'heat pipe' is a very simple device...

I recently posted in a number of different brewing forums trying to find out whether growing hops at home is worthwhile. I'm sorry that I was a bit late in responding to many posts, and some I just never got around to at all. That might have seemed rude and unappreciative on my part, so I want...

This past weekend I tilled my garden and am trying to figure out what I'll plant. It's about 5,400 square feet (1/8th acre), so I have plenty of room to do whatever I want; I could expand it even more if necessary. I still have 25 gallons of watermelon juice in my freezer because I haven't had...

Our "HomeBrewers" team easily beat the "Bud Light USA 2005" team, and I predict that we will catch up to the "MillerTime" team by the end of January '06. Thank you to all homebrewers who joined our international "HomeBrewers" grid-computing team; all homebrewers are welcome to join. We are...

This is an appeal to all homebrewers throughout the WORLD to join our "HomeBrewers" Team by donating your computer's spare time for research. This benefits all of mankind (e.g., medical research). Let's show the entire world that "HomeBrewers are a force to be reckoned with!" :) This...

I'm a craftbrewer currently in the 'planning and design' stage for a HERMS brewery. I'm a member of many different brewing groups and forums, lurking on most of them due to a lack of time to participate everywhere. I've been doing a lot of web research, and the thought occurred to me that it...