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The Pub / Re: Lets get to know each other!

« on: November 16, 2009, 01:47:29 pm »

Quote from: deepsouth on November 16, 2009, 01:15:59 pm

@ dbeechum....
did i see you in the last zymurgy? win an award or two?

I'm always winning awards for "Best Dressed Drew"

Nah, I wrote the Dark Lager article in this last Zymurgy.

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The Pub / Re: Lets get to know each other!

« on: November 16, 2009, 12:18:23 pm »

Quote from: denny on November 16, 2009, 09:58:14 am

Quote from: tubercle on November 16, 2009, 07:47:32 am
I just try to find humor in everybody and everything. It's there if you look just right.

That's an attitude that needs to be more widely embraced.

A-fing-men... I want to strangle the people who can't see its all just a joke!

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The Pub / Re: If you could travel around in a motorhome

« on: November 16, 2009, 12:03:38 pm »

Quote from: theDarkSide on November 16, 2009, 06:28:38 am

Wouldn't anyone go on a Brewery Tour?

We have an older couple in our club who take off every summer in their RV and troll along the West Coast stopping at breweries along the way. Of course, they live year round in their RV which they actually park at an airport hangar that he occupies as well.

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Beer Review Generator.

« on: November 15, 2009, 01:10:07 am »

Quote from: denny on November 14, 2009, 09:46:25 am

Cilantro and baking soda? Sounds like on of Drew's beers!

Well you know, the soda's there to help accentuate the soapiness of the cilantro. Sheesh, doesn't everyone know that?

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The Pub / Re: A astronomer's view of Dec 21 2012 'event'

« on: November 13, 2009, 05:43:38 pm »

Oh how I love a good woo-woo conspiracy theory.

Of course, several folks of Mayan ancestry have been loudly proclaiming in the run up to the 2012 movie that "Jeez.. all this 2012 stuff was made up by you guys!"

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The Pub / Re: NASA finds 'significant' water on moon

« on: November 13, 2009, 05:18:23 pm »

I'm fine with it as long it doesn't turn political or religious!

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The Pub / Re: NASA finds 'significant' water on moon

« on: November 13, 2009, 02:20:16 pm »

Lower atomospheric pressure certainly would.

Plus presuming that you're boiling inside a habitable pressurized environment, I wonder how many atmo's you'd be set to.

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The Pub / Re: NASA finds 'significant' water on moon

« on: November 13, 2009, 02:08:11 pm »

Wonder what the boiling point is on the moon and how it would affect isomerization.

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The Pub / Re: NASA finds 'significant' water on moon

« on: November 13, 2009, 12:24:08 pm »

I'm guessing it might be a bit cheesy

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The Pub / Re: Lets get to know each other!

« on: November 13, 2009, 12:23:54 pm »

Quote from: theDarkSide on November 13, 2009, 12:20:47 pm

Instantly, the Cheers episode when Cliff went on Jeopardy pops into my head...you didn't answer final Jeopardy with "3 people who haven't been in my kitchen" did you?

That was my plan if I didn't know the answer! (But I knew the answers)

Hell, the first day the Final Jeopardy category popped up as Science Fiction. It was really, really, really hard for me not to bet it all and truly pull a Cliffy.

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The Pub / Re: Lets get to know each other!

« on: November 13, 2009, 12:02:37 pm »

Quote from: denny on November 13, 2009, 11:59:39 am

What?

I SAID I STILL HAVE MY HEARING IN... Oh never mind!

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The Pub / Re: Lets get to know each other!

« on: November 13, 2009, 11:53:25 am »

Let's see.. got one Admin, might as well get the other one in...

Drew Beechum - 35 - engaged - no kids, except 2 furry four legged canines and 2 furry four legged cats (one of which outweighs the canines). I live and brew in Pasadena, CA. Originally from Florida, went to school in Cambridge, MA. This means at some point I'm going to have to move somewhere into Denny territory (or north of there) just to finish pegging the four corners of the country.

I work as a senior software engineer for a major entertainment company and have had all sorts of jobs around here. Currently, I write and design systems to help ferret out people misbehaving in our online products. Its an odd job seeing what people like to chat about on these intertubes.

Brewing wise - I brew 10 gallon batches in a 26 gallon pot. (I hate boilovers I guess) and use a blue cooler for my mashing. Sadly, the braid is coming out this week to be replaced by an old fashioned copper manifold. I mostly ferment in two 10 gallon corny kegs and have ~25 kegs waiting to receive brew. My favorite styles are Mild, Saison and DIPA. (go figure that range). I guess I like extremes. I'd be hard pressed not to experiment with something goofy.

I am a member and past president of America's Oldest Homebrew Club - The Maltose Falcons (out of Woodland Hills, CA). I'm currently the "Grand Hydrometer" (aka Beer Education dude or Mr. Know-it-all) and the Webmeister.

I was a one day Jeopardy! Champion last year (2008) and got to talk about homebrewing with Alex. The next day I talked about skydiving and then promptly lost. Must be the reason I don't throw myself from airplanes anymore!

I'm also a freelance writer published in Zymurgy, the Celebrator and a monthly column in BeerAdvocate the Magazine.

Earlier this year a book I wrote was published by Adams Media - The Everything Homebrewing Book.

Like Denny, I'm a member of the Governing Committee which means I'm all ears for ways to improve the AHA experience for the membership.Unlike Denny, I still have my hearing intact!