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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: How about least favorite style of beer?

« on: January 23, 2010, 04:03:35 pm »

It totally blows my mind that some people do not like wheat beer or Belgians.

Belgians are my favorite. 

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The Pub / Re: Buying the Pabst Brewing Company

« on: December 16, 2009, 11:32:12 am »

So, who is really getting all that money??? That has to be a fantastic scam, if it works. A fool and his money .... 

I don't think it's a scam, but it is interesting that there is no mention of whether holding an "ownership certificate" entitles one to a share of the profits interest.

I'm not a securities lawyer, and it's an extremely complicated area of the law, but my guess would be that they are trying to avoid having this pledge drive qualify as the offering of a security subject to regulation by the SEC.

If they actually reach the $300 million goal and attempt to collect the money (notice they are not actually asking for any money at this point), I think they would have to register the offering with the SEC (unless they qualify for one of the exemptions) and provide each potential investor with a qualifying prospectus which would contain all of the relevant information which the website is obviously lacking.

Of couse anyone who is really interested in becoming the part owner of a brewing company can simply buy stock in any of the ones that are publicly traded...

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The Pub / Buying the Pabst Brewing Company

« on: December 14, 2009, 04:38:25 pm »

Check it out:

http://www.buyabeercompany.com/

There's also some more info in this article:

http://money.cnn.com/2009/12/10/news/companies/pbr_pabst_blue_ribbon.fortune/index.htm?cnn=yes

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Kegging and Bottling / Re: Dry hopping in keg with pellet hops?

« on: December 11, 2009, 05:58:09 pm »

I put the pellets in one of those small hop bags. Seems to work really well. I wouldn't recommend tossing them in there without some sort of containment.

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Kettle Caramelization for a Wee Heavy

« on: December 11, 2009, 05:32:12 pm »

The purpose is to emulate (not recreate) a long kettle boil.  Even if caramelization can't take place in the kettle (and we still haven't settled that), by boiling down wort we can mimic some of the long boil flavors through caramelizing the wort in a separate, smaller kettle.

By how much do you want to reduce the wort you are boiling down in the second kettle?

Assuming that caramelization does not occur during the traditional long boil, and assuming that the goal is to emulate the traditional long boil, do you want to boil the wort in the second kettle down to the point where caramelization occurs or do you just want to reduce the wort down a bit and get some maillard reactions happening?

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The Pub / Re: Exams

« on: December 11, 2009, 11:59:17 am »

Is anyone else suffering through final exams this time of year? What exams do you have? I am in my third and final year of law school, and I have Federal Income Tax I tonight and Estate and Gift Tax tomorrow evening. Tax law, really? Have I become that boring?

Just wait until it's time to start studying for the bar exam. I took New York in 2006 and California in 2008, it is brutal.

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The Pub / Re: The Wheel of Time

« on: December 06, 2009, 08:59:52 pm »

Well, I just finished The Gathering Storm, and it was fantastic.

Brandon Sanderson did an amazing job. I can't imagine how daunting a task it must have been, but he pulled it off.

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Crash Cooling

« on: November 25, 2009, 07:15:23 pm »

I don't know. After keeping it cold for a week or two, I suck it out and the beer is clean and clear, however when the keg is about to kick, some yeast appears (guess they must be on the sides or something)

That's been my experience as well.

I usually crash cool the primary to 32 degrees for 2 or 3 days, then rack off the sediment into a keg. Then I stick that in the kegerator and carbonate/cold condition for several weeks. Most of the additional crud that drops out during that time comes out in the first few ounces, then it pours clear (of both yeast and chill haze) until the last pint (by which I mean the last pint has some sediment in it).

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Crash Cooling

« on: November 25, 2009, 07:05:00 pm »

I am assuming that the yeast that floc to the bottom during crash cooling would resuspend into solution if the beer warms back up.  Is this a correct assumption?

Once the yeast drops out of suspension, I think it tends to stay there unless you agitate it.

To efficiently remove chill haze from a beer you need to chill it as cold as possible w/o freezing it (29-30F), let the haze settle and rack the cold beer off the sediment.

I find that this usually takes around 3 weeks or so for me, but my kegerator is set at 37 degrees. Do you find that keeping it colder speeds up this process?

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The Pub / Re: Hey Guitar Players...

« on: November 21, 2009, 04:45:04 pm »

A 72 reissue telecaster from Fender Japan:




I also have a Danelectro U1, a Martin DC-15E, a Fender Deluxe Reverb (65 reissue), and a few pedals.

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The Pub / Re: Forum Members Pics

« on: November 12, 2009, 04:04:14 pm »

On a recent trip to the British Virgin Islands:

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Hop stand for increased flavor/aroma

« on: November 12, 2009, 10:39:46 am »

Hopback VS Hopstand 
Technically, I get how to do each. What's the difference in the end result?

Hopstand                            VS                        Hopback

increased bitterness                                increased aroma

What else is there?
-OCD

The small bit of info I have seen on the subject suggests that the hopstand increases hop flavor and aroma as well.

The mods said it was alright to post a link to the original discussion on the NB forum so if anyone is interested, here it is:

http://forum.northernbrewer.com/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=76188&sid=230275390ad402f3eed155a27a523fd8

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The Pub / Re: The Wheel of Time

« on: November 12, 2009, 10:33:10 am »

Then Robert Jordan, God rest his soul, realized that his books were all best sellers and that with every passing volume the size of his bank account grew by exponential numbers.

I've heard people say that before. Personally, I think he just got more and more ambitious concerning the scope of the story, and things began to spin a bit out of control.

Read The Song of Ice and Fire.  Now those books are phenomenal.

Seriously. 

If you're going to read the series, I would say buckle down and read it all.

Definitely...

I'm personally a Dark Tower fan as well...

Me too. I wouldn't normally consider myself a Stephen King, but that series was amazing.

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The Pub / The Wheel of Time

« on: November 11, 2009, 01:21:38 pm »

Well, after four years and the passing away of Robert Jordan, the new Wheel of Time book came out a few weeks ago. Anybody reading it?

Please don't post any spoilers, I just ordered it yesterday...

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The Pub / Re: Brew Dawgs!

« on: November 11, 2009, 01:11:37 pm »

This is Beatrix. She's a two and a half year old Ridgeback mix.

Do you hunt with her. Just wondering, because this breed is known for it's bravery and hunting skills.

Beautiful dog you have there!

Thanks!

I don't hunt, but I do frequently take her hiking and she's an excellent outdoors companion. She also makes for a great guard dog but at the same time has the absolute sweetest disposition.

Hard to believe that someone left her at a shelter.