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The Pub / Re: best ereader

« on: April 30, 2013, 11:52:17 am »

m son loves his nook. however he needed a tablet for flying and since we have so much other stuff he got an ipad. i had kindle and nook apps on my phone but now that i have an ipad i use what ever it is they have on it.  i guess if i actually could read well i would know what it was

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Kegging and Bottling / Re: Taking Newly Bottled Beer on a Plane

« on: April 26, 2013, 03:28:46 pm »

put it in a ziplock and don't worry about it

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Ingredients / Re: Ingredients from Walmart!

« on: April 26, 2013, 12:23:40 pm »

i have some pancake/waffle mix that is made from malted barley.  (i have brewed once with it but it was just a little bit of a variety that had pumpkin flavor. i haven't even gotten around to trying the beer.  i don't know if there is any conversion ability in it or not. for that matter how about malt for making vanilla malts etc.

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Extract/Partial Mash Brewing / Re: Extract Mint Stout

« on: April 25, 2013, 03:35:51 pm »

i quit weighing.  i took 20 measurements of 3/4 cup and put them on the scale and theyh were all within a few grams which is less than 1 percent differnce

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Equipment and Software / Re: Spoon material

« on: April 25, 2013, 01:36:47 pm »

i have a piece of oak that i have marks on for the kettle depth (volume) use it for everything. it doesn't get hot when in the boil either.

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Observation

« on: April 25, 2013, 11:06:12 am »

Won't argue with that b ut will point out that some of the absolute worst beers out there are homebrew, too.

exactly, if you have ever suffered my crap.

actually though, i get disappointed in the offerings when i go out.  went out last night, and nearly every beer fell in to the light lagers, wheats, or flavored something or other, or some beer that is described as heavily hopped..  i am not a big fan of most of thesebeers because i think they just get the hell hopped out of them and taste like they were strained through asparagus. it is hard to find a dortmunder, a kolsch, a bock or a dunkel as is.  the stouts and porters are all flavored with x, y, or z.  eventually i noticed old rasputin which i like on the list and was happy.  but come on.

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Equipment and Software / Re: Primary without an airlock

« on: April 24, 2013, 12:02:49 pm »

i just use ice packs, the foam gel ones. we get vaccines shipped with these and they would otherwise get thrown out. works very easy for me.  i just put them around the bucket in an insulated chamber and voila. depending on the outside temperature, but even in the summer, in my garage, i may change half of them every morning. some will stay longer, i just kind of gauge it. and i can keep temp at 50 degrees.

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Equipment and Software / Re: Primary without an airlock

« on: April 23, 2013, 03:02:54 pm »

i use frozen ice packs.  just switch them in and out periodically,

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The Pub / Re: Another reason to be a homebrewer

« on: April 19, 2013, 03:06:10 pm »

that rocks

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Time can do amazing work on your beer.....remember????

« on: April 19, 2013, 03:05:00 pm »

I'm thinking about using one of these for straining into the keg for fermenting. This would probably work pretty well...hope it wouldn't clog too much on the higher hopped beers. The cone shape would fit right into the opening of the keg. Pour carefully enough, it would also act as my funnel.

i use a very fine mesh pampered chef strainer that i usually have to rinse 1-2 times and i just dump my kettle through it whole hops and all. works great. however i think it may be a little big for a keg funnel.

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Beer Recipes / Re: Hopping a Kolsch

« on: April 18, 2013, 11:06:24 am »

i think i would also simplify the hop schedule. not so sure about the 1 minute and i would probably combine the fwh, 20 and 30 minutes to one of the three

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Ingredients / Re: Christmas Beer

« on: April 18, 2013, 10:35:19 am »

but i brush my teeth with beer

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All Grain Brewing / Re: Angry Beer?

« on: April 18, 2013, 08:30:58 am »

sounds like a vigorous ferment, but i also bet that the vigorous fermentation is disturbing and mixing up a lot of cold break material depending on howyou chilled prior to switching to fermentor.  shown is about 1/2 cold break material that formed in my bucket overnight, prior to adding yeast. i then transferred to another bucket and added yeast

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The Pub / Re: Why beer ratings are great & awards are overrated

« on: April 18, 2013, 07:54:29 am »

It's all subjective. I'm just glad beer isn't as completely arbitrary as modern art.

i am just glad i am not interested in art

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The Pub / Re: Reinheitsgebot craziness

« on: April 18, 2013, 07:40:29 am »

I think the discipline that Reinheitsgebot has instilled is a beautiful thing. Not to mention the fact, that I also really love a well brewed Dopplebock or a fresh Pilsner. On the other hand, the pioneers of American Brewing from the past and present day are heros of mine as well. Thinking/brewing outside of the box is the heart and soul of homebrewing. 

so in general, beer is good?