Cedar Rapids Brewing Society

davidw wrote:Are these different than the spring water that they sell in carboys? They have a deposit on those containers which is $8 or $10 IIRC.

Yes, the spring water refill station is where you'll find the carboys. The price I mentioned above includes the deposit.

So I was doing some grocery shopping at the New Pioneer Coop in Iowa City a couple weekends back, when I noticed they're selling refillable 2.5gl and 5gl "glass jugs" (w/water) for about $20 - $25 each. These are identical to the carboys that you'll find through online suppliers such as No...

This will also be the first meeting I'll have made it to in I while. Is there a particular style of beer we should be bringing or is this one of those Long Branch free-for-alls?

I can donate a little less than 5 gallons of some raspberry berliner weisse that didn't get as sours as I had hoped. Could label it as a light raspberry wheat or something. How sour did it get, it would be really nice to bring a sour to the Benz fest, I don't think I have seen a sour there before a...

If someone is able / willing to convert the recipe to extract, I'd be in for 5 gal. T. Powersox I would also be interested in helping, provided an extract version of the recipe was available. However, I totally understand if and extract version is not an option. Otherwise, if someone who is plannin...

Another option would be Noble Bee Honey in Amana Iowa. High Quality, fresh, local(ish) and I hear that you can save money by bringing your own container. IOWA BEEES FTW!

Hey if you still have some available I could really use two of those bad boys!?

Hey fellas, I will be brewing my first ever home brew this weekend! I KNOW, IM EXCITED TOO! I figured I would post the recipe I'm going to use (Yes I know, its probably child's play in comparison to what you boys are working with) and I was just hoping to catch a few last minute tips/tricks or ideas...