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Give me a call Rob. I've got some. It's a little old, but it will be fine for a starter.

Welcome Steven. Bring some home or commercial brew. Food is also always welcomed. Other than that, just show up, and introduce yourself!

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Deal of the day is an aeration pump

Found this guy on Etsy. His store is called CRAP (Craftbrewers Recycled Art Project) and he makes crap out of old malt sacks.

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Agreed. You may also consider filtering your water in the future to remove chlorine.

There are a lot of opinions out there on the "right" way to aerate. You can go as simple as shaking the carboy or as complicated as an inline aeration stone with a tank of O2 and using a dissolved oxygen meter. I use the aeration set up listed on the page below. All of the items on the pag...

BourbonDrinker wrote:Third of all---"Lord of the Mead"? Sounds like Greenblood will have some competition!

Or a new best friend.

Welcome to the forum Lord. I second what Devin said. Come out to a meeting, and you are certain to find a lot of people willing to help out.

Don't they have flaked rye at MERC? I swear I bought some there once upon a time.

Ted, Give us an idea of your goals. Where are you wanting to brew? Outside, kitchen, garage? How much beer are you wanting to brew in each session? A lot of brewers (myself included) subscribe to the "Why brew 5 gallons when you can brew 10" idea, and if you are planning to move to 10 gal ...

Lalvin 71B or D47 would both work well.

Welcome Marc!

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If you haven't had the pleasure of reading the blog of The Mad Fermentationist (AKA Michael Tonsmeire), then you are missing out. So go there. http://madfermentationist.blogspot.com/ One of the recent posts was on some of his fellow beer geek friends starting their own blogs which include some great...

I also opened a bottle of the Cantillon Kriek last week. Really enjoyed it. I was a little disappointed, as I thought the cherry flavor was lacking. Still an outstanding beer. If you like the Cantillon, get your hands on Kriek De Ranke. I heard rumor of it coming to Kansas, but no sight of it yet. C...

Welcome to the board and to the guild!