Today we were buying groceries at Winco (a west-coast discount grocery chain) when I saw something in the bulk food section that resulted in a "did I really see what I think I saw???" moment. It was items for doing homebrew -- all grain or extract, your choice. Not a huge range of selections...

Hello from Lake Grove! We're situated just a little south of Portland, Oregon, sharing the property with a little grove of 200 year-old Doug Fir trees. I've been making beer and wine for some time now. On the beer side, I started with Papazian's book and malt extracts, and about 2 years ago...

First post here, although longtime brewer. For a long time, our local water district did not have to chlorinate our water, which was great for brewing/winemaking. But a few years back they had to start chlorinating, and it's a concern particularly w/regard to brewing. I've done some online...