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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: 12 oz six pack vs. 16 oz four pack

« on: September 02, 2010, 09:07:03 AM »

i remember the old shclitz malt liquor 6 pack 16 ounce cans.

we would stop and get our "rack of bull pounders" now that is living.

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Looking to get into homebrewing

« on: September 02, 2010, 09:05:44 AM »

don't get too ahead of yourself. read. read. read.
to keep cool ferments in your conditions there is a good thread recently that shows (pictures) how to build a swamp cooler. basically put the fermenting bucket in a tub with water and ice as needed to keep temp down.  some people cover with t shirts towels etc.

as far as how much water. it depends.your first batch or two may be extract. how much water you end up will affect the specific gravity and thus the alcohol percentage.  i wouldn't fret missing the mark on this too much the first time you will still make a good beer if you are clean, and cool.

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Looking to get into homebrewing

« on: September 01, 2010, 12:28:08 PM »

there is really nothing wrong with using the basic buckets/bottling buckets.  i would not worry about jumping to a carboy.  spend money on things for keeping the fermentation cool enough (depending on your environment)  make sure you are comfortable with the process but when you want to try fruit there seem to be as many ways as their are brewers.  few issues of zymurgy ago was basically devoted to the topic.

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The Pub / Re: fak i need sleep

« on: September 01, 2010, 10:13:53 AM »

its like all of a sudden we all have a hollywood education.

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The Pub / Re: I am back in Aikido!

« on: September 01, 2010, 06:49:25 AM »

I can tell you this, a lot of people make jokes about wrestlers

but they don't usually make those jokes in front of wrestlers.

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The Pub / Re: fak i need sleep

« on: August 31, 2010, 02:42:01 PM »

i am not not licking frogs
      homer j. simpson

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Kegging and Bottling / Re: Yuengling, Transferred

« on: August 30, 2010, 03:56:27 PM »

i assume that the commercial keg was not being served as at a picnic using a hand pump to maintain pressure and using proper co2 as the source? 

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Equipment and Software / Re: Need advice on new system

« on: August 29, 2010, 08:25:39 PM »

i like the big blue cooler myself.  if you are worried about adding a lot of boiling water to the grist during the mash as you change temps but don't want to go through a rims or other system, consider using a steam system ported off of a pressure cooker.  I have been thinking of this just for the cool sake, but i think it is not really necessary.

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The Pub / Re: What are legs?

« on: August 27, 2010, 02:40:19 PM »

i think the blonde in the red in that video is kym herrin?  i am not sure anymore. but she is an ex playmate I met in miami in 1984.  she was representing some underwater camera housing company.  signed a poster "don, let's go diving"    i have long lost that poster, and am not sure if that is her anymore.

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Yeast and Fermentation / Re: Culturing up a pitch from bottle dregs

« on: August 27, 2010, 08:42:51 AM »

Weithman, you might have some luck contacting the brewery that contract-brews for Costco,

Thanks, i may give that a try.  depends on which is more lazy of me, calling or culturing

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Yeast and Fermentation / Re: Culturing up a pitch from bottle dregs

« on: August 26, 2010, 02:10:28 PM »

a new york brewery makes some beer for costco under the kirkland name.  their hefeweizen is not bad and i am thinking of bringing some of that up from the bottle.  it was the only beer in the pack that i liked and i don't normally like many wheat beers.  so i am going to try that yeast out if i can farm it

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The Pub / Re: Let it be known.....

« on: August 26, 2010, 10:10:17 AM »

I am replying just to increase my post count

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Yeast and Fermentation / Re: Steam beer question

« on: August 25, 2010, 09:36:06 AM »

i used that yeast in my vienna.  i think i let it get too warm and have the formaldehyde taste. i know you can let the temp creep up on that yeast but I got lazy when we had a warm spring around easter.

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The Pub / Re: scotch

« on: August 25, 2010, 09:33:04 AM »

[Ohhh ya!!!  I love Montecristos!!!  They're like an all day Slo Poke we used to enjoy when we were kids. Just never seems to end.... Cheers!!!

I prefer them too.  I keep getting Cohibas as gifts because everyone seems to think that is the smoke, but when it comes to cubans i do prefer the montecristos and even the partagas.  just harder to come by.  actually time to enjoy them is hard to come by.

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The Pub / Re: scotch

« on: August 24, 2010, 03:40:22 PM »

drink it i will.  maybe this weekend.  sometime within next year.  i do have a few nice montecristos stashed among the 100 or so smokes that seem to not get smoked.  thanks guys