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Homebrew Clubs / Re: Newbie Here
« on: May 19, 2013, 08:56:08 AM »
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Equipment and Software / Re: Cleaning Beerstone
« on: May 16, 2013, 08:12:10 AM »
BKF, vinegar and Acid #5 all work well thank to being acidic. BKF is oxalic acid. That's the part that's doing the hard work on most water deposits and beerstone.
If I don't have any #5 on hand, then I'll take whatever acid I do have and soak the pot in a weak solution of it. And then.. then it just wipes off with a sponge. I don't think I've ever had to scrub at beer stone once started soaking it for 15 minutes.
If I don't have any #5 on hand, then I'll take whatever acid I do have and soak the pot in a weak solution of it. And then.. then it just wipes off with a sponge. I don't think I've ever had to scrub at beer stone once started soaking it for 15 minutes.
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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Experimental Brewing Forum
« on: May 15, 2013, 10:44:26 AM »
+1 to Denny. When we first started planning the book, one of the big things we knew we needed to do is to find what would be different about our book. We struggled with it for a few weeks before we found a through line that felt different and gave us avenues to discuss a bunch of different topics.
One of the things we wanted to do is engage everyone else and find out how you guys are playing and experimenting. Hence, the ExperimentalBrew.com site.
As for the cash, this year, which will be a banner year for the amount of writing I've been doing, will amount to a whole lot of minimum wage work. I think I can make it rain in a MickeyD's, but that's about it.
(But it is is fun [when I'm not grousing] and hopefully useful.)
One of the things we wanted to do is engage everyone else and find out how you guys are playing and experimenting. Hence, the ExperimentalBrew.com site.
As for the cash, this year, which will be a banner year for the amount of writing I've been doing, will amount to a whole lot of minimum wage work. I think I can make it rain in a MickeyD's, but that's about it.
(But it is is fun [when I'm not grousing] and hopefully useful.)5
General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Experimental Brewing Forum
« on: May 13, 2013, 10:59:41 AM »
Give things another shot. I just fiddled with our email and hopefully that will make it work mroe consistently.
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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Cowboy Brewers
« on: May 13, 2013, 10:16:12 AM »
Well, I can't think of anyone who fits that better than me.
Oh, they don't mean a code wrangler?
Oh, they don't mean a code wrangler?
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The Pub / Re: Fun stuff you find when you google yourself
« on: May 13, 2013, 07:24:59 AM »I could have worse role models. Like drew, for instance.
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Homebrew Competitions / AHA Announces Discontinuation of Club-Only Competition Program
« on: May 06, 2013, 04:40:42 PM »
So what do we think Year of Homebrew?
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Homebrew Competitions / Re: AHA Announces Discontinuation of Club-Only Competition Program
« on: May 06, 2013, 01:01:30 PM »
Here's what I'm thinking:
The Year of Beer Competition.
Like the COC before, we get 6 clubs to host with an announced style. One entry per club. Clubs are awarded points on the placement of the beer in the competition. (Say 1-10 ranked). Winning club has the most points at the end of the year.
Or... same setup, except the winning clubs (if you placed in the previous 5), get to send their best beer of anything to a final competition to determine the BoS for the year. And yeah, the beer they send doesn't have to be related, otherwise that will cause issues with the styles you can choose.
ETA: If it isn't clear - I think I just volunteered the Falcons to coordinate this.
The Year of Beer Competition.
Like the COC before, we get 6 clubs to host with an announced style. One entry per club. Clubs are awarded points on the placement of the beer in the competition. (Say 1-10 ranked). Winning club has the most points at the end of the year.
Or... same setup, except the winning clubs (if you placed in the previous 5), get to send their best beer of anything to a final competition to determine the BoS for the year. And yeah, the beer they send doesn't have to be related, otherwise that will cause issues with the styles you can choose.
ETA: If it isn't clear - I think I just volunteered the Falcons to coordinate this.
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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Lemonade in beer
« on: May 06, 2013, 12:52:31 PM »
If you want full on radler experience you'll want to stop the fermentation after primary. You could use potassium sorbate and transfer the beer to secondary. Wait a few days at chilly temps and then add your lemonage.
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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Experimental Brewing Forum
« on: May 06, 2013, 12:46:08 PM »
Hrm, that's strange.. I'll check and see why. I suspect emails may be a little funny for a bit since the domain had been previously parked.
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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Experimental Brewing Forum
« on: May 06, 2013, 09:53:21 AM »
ExperimentalBrew.com has been updated. Folks should be able to leave comments and create forum posts now. Let us know if you can't!
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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: WLP565 What a monster
« on: May 06, 2013, 08:08:51 AM »
You know, I don't know about that. 3711 works perfectly fine and it's reliable, but I haven't seen anything that makes me believe it ferments any more "monsterly" than WLP565/3724
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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Scoresheet comment... Inappropriate?
« on: May 04, 2013, 06:48:55 AM »
I'm always careful about those style of comments, but not nearly as draconian as Denny on the "thou shall not".
I tend to approach it as "The overall hop aroma is lacking. Consider adjusting/using late hop additions to alter this". or "This beer is distractingly fruity. If your fermentation temperature was 70+, adjust it down to the mid 60's to avoid extra ester generation or switch yeast strains."
In other words I always couch those comments in such a way as to avoid "I know you did wrong and will now mandate to you the fix". Cause man alive, if you take a stab at correcting someone's process/recipe without knowing it, you're setting yourself for a world of being discredited when you guess wrong.
I tend to approach it as "The overall hop aroma is lacking. Consider adjusting/using late hop additions to alter this". or "This beer is distractingly fruity. If your fermentation temperature was 70+, adjust it down to the mid 60's to avoid extra ester generation or switch yeast strains."
In other words I always couch those comments in such a way as to avoid "I know you did wrong and will now mandate to you the fix". Cause man alive, if you take a stab at correcting someone's process/recipe without knowing it, you're setting yourself for a world of being discredited when you guess wrong.