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All Things Food / Re: beer can chicken, does it work?

« on: August 03, 2010, 06:17:13 PM »

investigating the art of brining.

I have brined often, especially turkey.  it is simple and i have added beer in to my brine, nice juicy and ... crap now i am hungry

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All Grain Brewing / Re: Fly vs Batch sparging - lesson learned

« on: July 30, 2010, 06:36:24 PM »

Or . . .

now that is cool

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All Things Food / Re: Ethnic Cooking

« on: July 30, 2010, 06:34:32 PM »

i only have 3 f##k ing food groups, salt, grease, beer. and combinations and their original sources.

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All Things Food / Re: Ethnic Cooking

« on: July 29, 2010, 02:46:43 PM »

Yep, just salt.


. WOW. F-in good.

Hey we have been through this. No need to spare the letters in the word.  the computer modifies the word on its own 

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Equipment and Software / Re: Counterflow chiller - slow throughput

« on: July 28, 2010, 01:46:45 PM »

I think an immersion chiller connected to a submersible pump is the simplest to use.  corrosion is not an issue for this short of time.  throw the submersible pump in a cooler full of water with bottles of ice in it.  this makes your cooling water 32 degrees and is a great heat sink.  just too simple and cheap to overlook

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The Pub / Re: If NAB buys Magic Hat...

« on: July 28, 2010, 10:48:05 AM »

Again why i don't like the idea of "craft beer" monicker. and yes i think american light lagers are good beers and can be brewed with great "craftmanship"  i think some people drink crap beer just because it is from a "craft brewery"  and i still think large breweries can make good beers. 

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Beer Recipes / Re: Pilsner recipie with ale yeast

« on: July 28, 2010, 09:27:15 AM »

you could also use the white labs sanfrancisco lager yeast.  i think it is 810.  i have used it when i had some difficulty controlling temp.  it will tolerate a little warmer temp.  i still think you are better off getting the temp problem fixed first as i wasn't happy with how it turned out.

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The Pub / Re: If NAB buys Magic Hat...

« on: July 28, 2010, 06:03:30 AM »

I am not too in to craft as a definition.  And big breweries can brew "craft brews" eg beach bum blonde ale.  I went to a tasting this weekend of about 30 different "craft beers"  and they all tasted crappy.  I would still rather drink a bud than that swill when i am in the mood for just something cold and refreshing.  Bottom line is if they produce a product that is worth spending your hard earned gold on then it is a good beer.

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All Things Food / Re: Kitchen Knives

« on: July 26, 2010, 12:31:01 PM »

the knives are made by robert herder in solingen.  it must be a rust free version of their thin carbon steel blade. who knows, but they are sharp and stay that way.

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All Things Food / Re: Kitchen Knives

« on: July 26, 2010, 11:14:32 AM »

Never heard of rostfrel - is that super duper high end?

I don't know if it is high end or not. I like them better than the wusthof the kids have brought.  they are not stainless, just very sharp steel but they need good care since they are not stainless.  I have never seen them in the USA and if not for our solingen guests would not have them.

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Grand Total Post Count (not just here)

« on: July 26, 2010, 11:09:13 AM »

Since this is the only forum I find useful, what ever the number is under my name....

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All Things Food / Re: Kitchen Knives

« on: July 26, 2010, 06:50:48 AM »

i have more knives than i can use.  we have a complete set of cutco knives but we host a foreign exchange student from solingen germany every year.  they always bring knives from wusthof and robert herder rostfrel every year (those are my favorites)

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Congrats, Majorvices!

« on: July 23, 2010, 01:11:53 PM »

Keith
will there be any yellowhammer available by August 5th?  high school classmate lives in huntsville, and that is 30yr reunion weekend.  i could maybe get her (if she is coming home) to bring some

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Beer Recipes / Re: Irish Red Ale

« on: July 20, 2010, 07:59:57 PM »

Congrats on the first beer.  I don't know of specific hops you may want to try, but look and see what some of the other recipes use.  also look at freshops (online hop seller) they have a good description of various hops characteristics

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Forced to buy beer

« on: July 20, 2010, 12:35:29 PM »

suppose that was their last bottling. they had about 6 6 packs.  maybe i should snap them up. i have never tried it.  i am more of a lager drinker but i have truly enjoyed their honkers and 312 in the past