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Yeast and Fermentation / Re: Mangrove Jack's Dry Yeast
« on: April 29, 2013, 06:34:25 pm »
Haven't tried them yet, but I am looking forward to trying the west coast and the two English strains.
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Events / AHA Rally at Summit Brewing April 21st THIS SUNDAY
« on: April 18, 2013, 11:12:51 am »
Will you be there?
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Beer Travel / Re: Small Town Brewpubs
« on: March 25, 2013, 06:35:15 am »I visited brewpub in Mc Gregor IA. It is small town on missisipy. There is a small casino in the area.
Beer was great. Food was good and service was questionable.
As soon as I read the thread title, I was going to post about this very brewpub. The name of the brewpub is Old Man River http://oldmanriverbrewery.com/. They are not open year-round, so if you attempt to contact them, they may not respond right away. I definitely agree with Thirsty Monk in regards to the beer being excellent. I didn't eat while there, so I can't comment on the food.
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Yeast and Fermentation / Re: Anybody familiar with BRY-97 by lallemand?
« on: February 07, 2013, 02:52:32 pm »
I was very happy with this yeast in a smash APA. I have an IPA that will be bottled this weekend that also used this yeast.
It's a clean american dry yeast. To my taste, it's fairly close to Pacman yeast.
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It's a clean american dry yeast. To my taste, it's fairly close to Pacman yeast.
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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: The Mad Fermentationist's Top 10 Myths
« on: February 06, 2013, 09:06:44 am »
I must confess that I had been duped about the CaraMunich and CaraVienna. Seems like it's time for an experiment to taste the difference between CaraMunich and Caramalt.
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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: What were your gateway beers?
« on: January 18, 2013, 07:18:44 am »
These are mostly chronological order. Different beer for each level of beer nerd-dom.
1. Labatt Blue
2. Killians Red
3. Guinness Draught
4. Moose Drool
5. Surly Furious
6. Bell's Hopslam
7. Stouts on nitro
8. Cask ales
1. Labatt Blue
2. Killians Red
3. Guinness Draught
4. Moose Drool
5. Surly Furious
6. Bell's Hopslam
7. Stouts on nitro
8. Cask ales
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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: What's Brewing This Weekend - 12/21 Edition
« on: December 19, 2012, 11:01:19 am »
I have to bottle my BVIP tomorrow before vacation. If the planet's align, I might do a late night brew session and make a farewell to 2012- Amarillo IPA.
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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: What was the best homebrew beer you ever made?
« on: December 18, 2012, 08:07:51 am »
At the moment, my favorite batch was the first batch of Jamil's Evil Twin. Although, I have a sneaking suspicion that Denny's BVIP is going to bump JET to second.
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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: What's Brewing This Weekend - 11/2 Edition
« on: October 31, 2012, 01:24:24 pm »
Nothing for me this weekend. All of my fermenters are full 
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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: food grade buckets ???
« on: October 28, 2012, 07:02:48 pm »
yeah, you can get the pickle smell out. You just have to leave them out in the sun for awhile (although I'm not sure if that means a few days, or weeks). A friend of mine makes wine (award winning) and he uses them.
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Ingredients / Re: Belma Hops?!?!?
« on: October 06, 2012, 09:06:10 pm »
I just organized a group buy for my homebrew club. I think that Belma hops sound great. Although, I don't think I'll be able to justify another order unless they get some Simcoe in stock.
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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: What's Brewing This Weekend - 3/16 Edition
« on: March 17, 2012, 07:51:19 pm »
Made a batch of a Black Butte inspired porter with my dad today.
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All Things Food / Re: Homemade Soap!
« on: February 29, 2012, 10:55:59 am »
My wife and I made our second ever batch of soap today (first time without guidance). Everything went pretty smoothly, just a couple of drops splashed out of the bowl when I was blending. The wife is in love with Coconut Lime Verbena soap from Bath and Body Works, so that's what I was aiming for. Anyway, this is the recipe:
450g Lard
400g Coconut oil
250g Hazelnut oil
.45 oz Lime Fragrance oil
164g NaOH
I like the Coconut Lime just fine, but next time I'm going to make something a little less girly.
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450g Lard
400g Coconut oil
250g Hazelnut oil
.45 oz Lime Fragrance oil
164g NaOH
I like the Coconut Lime just fine, but next time I'm going to make something a little less girly.
J
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Beer Travel / Re: Minneapolis, Milwaukee and Chicago breweries?
« on: February 21, 2012, 08:00:43 pm »
I'll second the comment to visit Surly and Summit Brewing and I recommend adding Town Hall brewery in Minneapolis.
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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: American Brown Style Guidelines
« on: February 19, 2012, 08:10:38 am »
I have come to the same conclusion as you Peter. I recently entered a Moose Drool clone as an American Brown ale in a competition (it was either the NHC or UMMO). Both judges liked it, but said that it wasn't hoppy enough. I was disappointed because Moose Drool is a classic example of the style (I believe it's even mentioned as an example of the style in the style guidelines) and it only scored in the mid to low 30s. Oh well, lesson learned.
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