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

« on: April 27, 2013, 04:12:30 AM »

I had considered doing this myself the last time I flew out to see an old college buddy. I spoke to someone at the airline (Southwest) and they advised that bringing beer (either carry on or checked) onto a plane is not a problem as long as the beer is in a clearly labelled (aka commercial) bottle.  When I told her that my homebrew was in a plain brown bottle she advised against it. Not wanted to risk losing some of my precious beer (not to mention some of my dignity during the inevitable cavity search) I ended up shipping it instead.

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Kegging and Bottling / Re: Why do YOU keg?

« on: April 04, 2013, 03:35:50 PM »

I tend to keg my session beers. That way when I say "just another half a glass" (usually more than once) I can't get myself into too much trouble.

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: First time Homebrewer

« on: March 24, 2013, 07:01:00 AM »

Star San for me.  Used to use iodophor but didn't like the way it stains my equipment (and counter tops).

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Homebrewer Bios / Re: Klickitat Jim

« on: March 23, 2013, 03:39:54 PM »

Hey Jim, you figured out the recipe for my Oscar Mayer Maibock

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The Pub / Re: song title game

« on: March 21, 2013, 09:11:33 AM »

All Right Now   by Free

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: First time Homebrewer

« on: March 16, 2013, 07:32:00 AM »

5 gallon batch?   If your kettle will fit in the sink give it a nice ice bath.  I keep the lid off until the temp gets under 140 degrees. Then I put the lid on, soak a towel in the ice cold water and drape it over the top. I can usually chill down to pitching temp within 45 minutes.

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The Pub / Re: song title game

« on: March 04, 2013, 05:40:21 PM »

Knocking at your back door  -- Deep Purple

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The Pub / Re: song title game

« on: March 03, 2013, 06:02:21 PM »

Dust my Broom -- Elmore James

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: What is your favorite music to listen to while homebrewing?

« on: March 02, 2013, 05:28:18 AM »

Tom Waits puts me in the mood to brew

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The Pub / Re: song title game

« on: February 28, 2013, 06:08:15 PM »

Out of Touch -- Hall and Oates

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The Pub / Re: song title game

« on: February 28, 2013, 04:11:29 AM »

Touch Me - The Doors

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Events / Re: Keynote speaker for NHC?

« on: February 22, 2013, 07:07:55 PM »

Good call Guido

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Kegging and Bottling / Re: Two Tap Kegging setup Question

« on: February 16, 2013, 08:57:19 AM »

The cheapest and easiest setup would be one CO2 bottle feeding a single output regulator, feeding a dual output manifold.

I agree...this is the best way to go as long as you don't mind using the same psi for all your kegs

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Kegging and Bottling / Re: Beer Labels?

« on: February 15, 2013, 07:03:59 PM »

I have a Hallmark program on my PC that the wife uses to make Birthday cards, etc......It also has a section for making shipping labels which I use to make labels for my special brews.  The last 2 years, the kids have made the drawings that were used to make the labels on my Christmas Ale.

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Beer Travel / Madison, Wisconsin

« on: February 03, 2013, 06:40:59 AM »

I have a friend who lives in Wisconsin. In 2011 he invited me out for a very long weekend (Thursday through Sunday) of brewery tours. Here is a link to my blog about the trip.
http://dudesbrews.webs.com/apps/blog/.  We are going to start planning another one for later this year.