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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: i'm brewing a beer for a movie

« on: May 20, 2013, 09:06:39 pm »

Congrats!  Good luck with that Black IPA. 

I think homebrewed beer is currently a pretty hot commodity in the movie industry, at least in some circles.  My twin brothers co-directed an independent feature, "Winter in the Blood", their second feature movie that is based on the first novel of a close family friend, and it will premiere at the L.A. Film Festival next month.  The Montana Film Commission is hosting a party for them after the first showing, and I heard they had someone brew some kind of a wheat beer for the party.

http://winterinthebloodfilm.com/

nice!

i brewed the beer this weekend and it's fermenting as we speak. 

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All Things Food / Re: BBQ Style

« on: May 09, 2013, 02:09:18 pm »

Along with brewing I smoked a few Baby Back Ribs for the Brew Club.

only 25 racks?

I know. I'm a slacker.... 

hahahaha!

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All Things Food / Re: BBQ Style

« on: May 09, 2013, 09:38:22 am »

Along with brewing I smoked a few Baby Back Ribs for the Brew Club.

only 25 racks?

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The Pub / Re: A bomber is rarely a good deal

« on: May 09, 2013, 06:37:36 am »

so many bomber only beers, this is kind of a non-issue to me.  perhaps if i lived in a beer rich area, but living in a beer wasteland, you buy what you can in whatever form factor they have at whatever price is on the bottle.

options would be nice.

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All Things Food / Re: Avocados

« on: May 08, 2013, 01:37:19 pm »

I am thinking, harvested cleaned avacado, lemon juice, and vacuum sealer along with refrigeration....

If you leave the seed in they won't discolor. So I would mash up several together, and vacseal along with the pit. Should refrigerate for a while.

great info.  thanks.

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: i'm brewing a beer for a movie

« on: May 08, 2013, 07:47:37 am »

Cool!  I would probably crack under the pressure and the beer would be infected!

it's never happened to me, so it probably will on this beer. 

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All Things Food / Re: Avocados

« on: May 08, 2013, 07:32:31 am »

cut in half and grill with a little olive oil and your favorite bbq rub.  that ought to get you through a couple out of the bag.

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Almost there - AL senate gives passage to homebrew bill

« on: May 08, 2013, 06:02:23 am »

congrats man!  long time coming.  we are finally catching up, at least beer-wise.

i'm also pretty jealous of the commercial selection you guys are seeing.  i'd say that craft beer is getting into mississippi slowly, but that is probably faster than it's happening. 

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General Homebrew Discussion / i'm brewing a beer for a movie

« on: May 08, 2013, 05:48:16 am »

a pal of mine is the executive producer for a new movie, 'artists die best in black'....

http://www.artistsdiebestinblack.com/   

eric roberts (julia's brother) is one of the principals in the movie.  i haven't met him yet.  billy badalato is the producer.  he also did alien:resurection and top gun.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2827058/fullcredits

he was in my office and i mentioned that it would be cool if they had some black ipa at one of their parties (he loves hoppy beers).  he was a homebrewer a couple decades ago and he has tried some of mine recently.  he got pretty excited about the idea and we talked a few moments.

he stopped back by the office yesterday to let me know that they were actually going to use the beer in a scene from the movie in addition to having it for the wrap party. they even have an artist to design a label for each beer.

i'm brewing a single black ipa for the shoot and wrap party and for the release, we are going to have a single black and a double black ipa.

not quite 15 minutes of fame, but still pretty cool.

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: a question about entering a beer in a homebrew comp *dunce*

« on: April 26, 2013, 11:07:12 am »

If it tastes like an IPA, it doesn't matter what ingredients you used.  The judges will only judge the beer by what it tastes like.

thanks denny. 

btw, i brewed a couple beers with your yeast (ipa and dipa) and sent a few bottles out to friends and they got rave reviews. 

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General Homebrew Discussion / a question about entering a beer in a homebrew comp *dunce*

« on: April 26, 2013, 10:32:33 am »

ok, i haven't entered a homebrew comp in about 4 years.

i want to enter an ipa, but i'm wanitng to use irish ale yeast to ferment it. 

if the comp follows bjcp guidelines, is that not acceptable, risky or totally fine?

thanks in advance.

sorry for such an off the wall, weird question.

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Ingredients / Re: citra with?

« on: April 15, 2013, 02:00:14 pm »

i did my last two beers with citra, amarillo and simcoe and both were fantastic.

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All Things Food / Re: BBQ Style

« on: April 14, 2013, 10:50:43 am »

dang.  great pics guys!  tons of awesome stuff.

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All Things Food / Re: BBQ Style

« on: March 23, 2013, 10:57:06 am »

oh wow.  that's one beautiful rig.  top notch.

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Mississippi homebrew bill clears house and is sent to Governor's desk to sign

« on: March 19, 2013, 07:02:34 am »