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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: What's Brewing This Weekend - 3/23 Edition

« on: March 23, 2012, 03:52:34 PM »

Rye ale for me. A quick extract batch using the NB rye. Haven't tried it yet. Can't wait. Just gotta see what kind of hops I have on hand.

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Batch 500

« on: March 13, 2012, 07:27:47 PM »

All grain is great, but I gotta admit I really like the speed factor of extract sometimes. Some days its just easier to have a two hour brew session.

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: What is your perfect spring beer?

« on: March 12, 2012, 05:46:29 PM »

I always like to have a good helles ready when the warm weather hits.

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Equipment and Software / Re: Exploding fermenters!

« on: March 09, 2012, 05:48:23 PM »

I too, am quite impressed!

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Yeast and Fermentation / Re: Poll: Do you use a secondary fermentation

« on: March 01, 2012, 05:17:18 PM »

Yeah, I stopped years ago after tasting no difference between secondary and non-secondary batches. Maybe it would be good for really big beers that need to age for a long time, but I never make beers like that so it seems pointless. I'm with the three weeks to ferment and then bottle/keg crowd.

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General Homebrew Discussion / Why I brew

« on: February 29, 2012, 01:18:23 PM »

Went to a friends house over the weekend. He is a great guy, always telling me how good my beer is, even that it's better than what we can get at the local micro-brewery (ok I don't think it THAT good, they make some really nice stuff).

I brought some of my own and he had a selection of Sam Adams brews. We both had two glasses of my stout, and then had a glass of the Sam Adams stout.

As I was drinking it, I thought to myself "This is good, but mine is better."

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The Pub / Re: Whitney

« on: February 12, 2012, 05:09:19 PM »

Not a big fan, but she was way too young. Sad.

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Opinion about posting Jamil's recipes

« on: February 11, 2012, 07:41:36 AM »

Also, the book is only like 12 bucks. Cheap enough for any one to buy.

Aside from the recipes, it's a fun read.

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Beer Recipes / Re: Recipe similarity in competition

« on: February 08, 2012, 02:42:07 PM »

... at one NHC I tasted 7 different versions of my Rye IPA recipe.  None tasted like the other and none tasted like mine does.

Denny, that is too funny.

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The Pub / Re: The OFFICIAL AHA 4M's NFL BULL SH$%^&TER'S THREAD!

« on: December 06, 2011, 11:36:45 AM »

It's just the latest trend of Geezer Rock at the halftime show. the Stones, the Who, Madonna.. etc.

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Classifieds / Re: selling vintage beer can collection

« on: November 28, 2011, 01:52:36 PM »

I would sell them one by one on ebay. Some of those cans are probably worth a lot.

I wish I could say the same about my 70's comic book collection.

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The Pub / Re: The OFFICIAL AHA 4M's NFL BULL SH$%^&TER'S THREAD!

« on: November 17, 2011, 08:39:42 AM »

Well, now that everyone is piling on, I kinda feel sorry for the poor bastard. Hilarious headline tho.

http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/45321214/ns/sports-nfl/

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Going Pro / Re: Steam vs Electric vs Gas?

« on: November 11, 2011, 11:10:55 AM »

In other parts of the country, natural gas might be the way to go.  Some people on car forums have said that electricity is so high  in the NYC area, that electric cars make no sense on a kilowatt per mile basis, let alone the depreciation to buy one.

Which is crazy since there's a nuclear power plant 38 miles north of NYC.

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The Pub / Re: Sons Of Anarchy...Best show ever!!!

« on: November 10, 2011, 05:09:50 PM »

-1. Northern Exposure is the best show ever.

Totally!

My girlfriend and I have just got the entire run on DVD and she loves it. She somehow never watched tv the first 40 years of her life, but she is hooked on NE now. It is fascinating to me all the cultural things she is unaware of by never watching tv. I will say something like "It was just like that episode of Gilligan's Island/Star Trek/The Brady Bunch etc." and she has no idea what I'm talking about.

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The Pub / Re: The OFFICIAL AHA 4M's NFL BULL SH$%^&TER'S THREAD!

« on: November 08, 2011, 01:59:40 PM »

That would be very cool, but I'm not holding my breath.