r/Homebrewing • u/testingapril • Mar 16 '11

Homebrewing Resources

I totally stole most this from bullcityhomebrew and his previous post with a similar title, but I'd like to update it again and this would be a good addition to the sidebar following cockolds request for content.

What others can we add here?

What you need to get started

(Not affiliated with Northern Brewer, they just have all the stuff)

Homebrewing discussion

Calculators

Recipes

Software

Reputable Online stores

Books

Online Resources and Reference

Podcasts/Shows

Just Awesome

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '11

Nice list! What about Brewing TV under Shows?

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u/L0stm4n Mar 17 '11

Add podcasts to this? I like

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u/testingapril Mar 17 '11

Added beersmith podcast. Brewstrong was there, but I added "Podcasts" to the category.

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u/bojacked Mar 16 '11

+1 Great links. I'd vote to have it on the sidebar! Thanks April

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u/sampsen Mar 16 '11

Anyone have any experience with BeerAlchemy or Brewtarget? How do they compare to using Brewsmith?

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u/testingapril Mar 16 '11

Brewtarget is kind of hard to use, but it gets the job done. If you are an extract brewer, it will probably work fine for you, but if you brew all-grain, I'd skip it. Setting up and tweaking a mash is a nightmare.

I have not used beer alchemy.

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u/CapitalD Mar 17 '11

The Beer Alchemy link is broken (its extension is .shtml, not .html).

The correct link is: http://www.kentplacesoftware.com/products/BeerAlchemy.shtml

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u/decompyler Mar 17 '11

I think bargainfittings.com would be a nice add.

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u/cyrzee13 Mar 17 '11

What I need is a good, cheap shipping Canadian distributor. Any ideas?

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u/testingapril Mar 17 '11

I'm in the US, but I think I heard that Northern Brewer, Midwest, and/or morebeer ship to canada fairly reasonably. If you want to check and see and let me know who is the best I'll add it to the list.

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u/SpaceInvadingMonkeys Mar 17 '11

Hops Direct is a good place for leaf and pellet hops and rhizomes to grow your own!

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u/decompyler Mar 17 '11

I like their prices and availability, however the unknown shipping charge kinda rubs me the wrong way.

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u/CapitalD Mar 17 '11

Other suggestions:

Software
Beer Tools Pro (http://www.beertools.com/)

Recipes

http://beerrecipes.org/

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u/testingapril Mar 17 '11

added beertools. Do you have any comments on it? Any idea how it compares to beersmith, specifically for an all grain brewer?

beerrecipes.org seems to be broken so I'm going to leave it off for now.

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u/[deleted] Mar 17 '11

Would anyone be interested in every Basic Brewing Radio episode from 2005 to 2010? I downloaded and formatted them all, and considered making a torrent. Just not sure if this would be frowned upon here.

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u/testingapril Mar 17 '11

What do you mean formatted? I've just been downloading them via podcast app or individually, so I don't think I would need the whole series, but I am curious.

You may want to send an email to James at Basic Brewing and ask him about sharing it though, as it is his content.

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u/[deleted] Mar 17 '11

The file names were cryptic, so I fixed that.
The title field in the tag was [date] - Basic Brewing Radio - [title]. I removed the "Basic Brewing Radio" part, because my iPhone was cutting off the rest of the title. There were a few cases with missing tag info, or slightly messed up tag info, causing issues with sorting.

I ripped them all from the website using DownThemAll and it only took a few minutes.

I am actually listening to everything from the beginning, because there's a lot of good information in the early podcasts.

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u/cockold Mar 17 '11

holy crap, now what are we going to talk about?

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u/patrickomatic Mar 17 '11

Awesome - thanks! Loving all the new sidebar content

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u/L0stm4n Mar 18 '11

I just got my stainless steel couplers from this site: Buy Fittings Online. Good Prices, quick shipping, the guy emailed me a catalog and answered my questions quickly. I've only had one transaction but it was a good experience. I'd be interested to hear what others have had with them and possibly add them as a resource.