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The Pub / NTSB Recommends 0.05% BAC Limit

« on: May 17, 2013, 04:32:19 AM »

That's assuming any type of sobriety test is done, which is not a given. You could have 2 beers, be "perfectly sober", get into an accident and never be tested at all.

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General Homebrew Discussion / Cowboy Brewers

« on: May 16, 2013, 08:12:38 PM »

He's wearing a shirt. Don't know about pants.

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The Pub / NTSB Recommends 0.05% BAC Limit

« on: May 16, 2013, 08:10:32 PM »

Didn't say "opposed", said "have not endorsed".

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General Homebrew Discussion / Cowboy Brewers

« on: May 16, 2013, 06:53:30 PM »

How about this guy. 

God, that shirt is hideous.

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The Pub / NTSB Recommends 0.05% BAC Limit

« on: May 16, 2013, 06:50:11 PM »

Just remember that testing yourself at <.080 is no guarantee that you won't be arrested. Collision plus any alcohol equals evidence of impairment.

This is true, assuming you are blood tested.

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Beer Recipes / suggestions - summer ale?

« on: May 16, 2013, 06:47:08 PM »

I might move the 20 minute addition to 0 minutes because I think with smaller beers the hop presence is nice but if there is too much bitterness it can seem thin. grist looks good. I might skip the wheat because I can't think of a reason to put it in. I don't personally notice a huge difference in head retention or mouth feel with a small portion of wheat. but that is largely a personal preference to take that with a grain of salt.

Thanks Mort.

I will probably remove the wheat....better to keep it simple. So you think that 1/2 oz of Amarillo at 20 min would be too much for 5 gallons? Balancing my hop schedule has been a real issue for me so I definitely don't want to over do it.

I like the flaked wheat or flaked barley or flaked rye for a beer like this. will improve your head retention and give a creaminess to the mouthfeel.

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General Homebrew Discussion / When did you switch to all grain?

« on: May 15, 2013, 08:09:38 PM »

The moment I realized that Denny's Batch Sparge website was as simple as it seemed.

Still think that's the best method to brew 5-10+ gallon batches. So much easier and faster. And every bit as good as fly sparse, if not better.

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General Homebrew Discussion / When did you switch to all grain?

« on: May 15, 2013, 06:36:49 PM »

Sometime in 1995.

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The Pub / NTSB Recommends 0.05% BAC Limit

« on: May 15, 2013, 11:11:23 AM »

Good save. I honestly think this is a good topic to discuss sans politics. I'm all for the google cars thing. Then there's no worries regardless. Let the computer drive.

Now that digs up an entirely new can of worms....

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The Pub / NTSB Recommends 0.05% BAC Limit

« on: May 15, 2013, 06:58:35 AM »

Well, I prefer to do my drinking sessions at my home on my deck or in my pub room so no NA beers fore quite yet.

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The Pub / NTSB Recommends 0.05% BAC Limit

« on: May 15, 2013, 04:53:20 AM »

But I think going to .05% is just going to punish people who have had a beer or two with dinner and then drove their kid to his soccer game and got into a routine fender bender.

Proud to say I have never gotten a DUI, fwiw.

Gotta call you on your logic there.  I'm learning to bike in a city at the moment; the close "fender benders" have be scary enough to really ponder if I'm flirting with my own survival.  Scares the **** out of me when it happens.

Also, a "beer or two" implies 4.5%-5.5% when most beer enthusiasts are drinking 6%-11% (imo, of course).

+1 on no DUI.

Trust me, as a motorcyclist I know what you are talking about, but that is unrelated to my comment. I'm not implying that a beer or two with dinner could cause a fender bender. I'm saying that at the proposed .05% limit that you can be in a mild altercation that isn;t even your fault and go to jail for it when your motorskills are absolutely fine. So your not calling me on anything.

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The Pub / NTSB Recommends 0.05% BAC Limit

« on: May 14, 2013, 05:36:06 PM »

I do think that the DUI limit of .08% is legally fair and I do think it cuts down on people drinking and driving, so in that case it is a penalty that works. But I think going to .05% is just going to punish people who have had a beer or two with dinner and then drove their kid to his soccer game and got into a routine fender bender.

Proud to say I have never gotten a DUI, fwiw.

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The Pub / NTSB Recommends 0.05% BAC Limit

« on: May 14, 2013, 04:18:00 PM »

Agreed that there is no evidence either way. if you blood alc. limit is over the legal limit even if you are sitting at a stop sign and get rear ended by someone on their cell phone you get blamed for the accident.

Obviously when people do get drunk they are not as safe behind the wheel, but I don't think it is wise to assume that someone at .06 is necessarily "inebriated". And I'd need to see a more detailed analysis than what has been posited before I will change my stance.

I'm just not going to jump up and down with joy and indignation at the first mention of newly proposed law that restricts my freedoms in a way that seems over the top. I rarely go out and drink but at the rate it's going I won't even be able to test taste a beer at my own brewery and get behind the wheel.

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The Pub / NTSB Recommends 0.05% BAC Limit

« on: May 14, 2013, 03:49:36 PM »

So, what's to say the other half accidents were caused by inebriation? Accidents happen and people get killed all the time. I don't think it is safe to assume that someone with a .08 limit gets in an accident and kills someone that the alcohol was necessarily to blame.

You have to be really careful with tests like this. They are worded to make a case and a point but that point may not be the actual cause of the issue.

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The Pub / NTSB Recommends 0.05% BAC Limit

« on: May 14, 2013, 03:23:53 PM »

Have to agree with some of what Dixon is saying. The guy who has 2 or 3 beers isn't the guy out there killing people when he gets behind the wheel. Statistically the DUI laws we have in place now have worked. I don't think lowering the limit any further will lower the death rate any.

I don't worry much about drunk drivers much. Even though I know it is I problem it never kept me off the road.   But I have pretty much stopped riding my motorcycle because of cell phone talkers and texters. You want to implement some legislation go after these people.