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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: What's Brewing This Weekend - 1/22

« on: January 22, 2010, 08:01:22 PM »

Brewing Kris England's Black Douglas clone from on Monday -- it was in BYO a couple of years ago. This is a great recipe to rid yourself of the fear of using too much black malt.

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The Pub / Re: For informational purposes only.

« on: January 20, 2010, 10:19:56 PM »

Dude! you can't beat good malt vinegar on fries!! My wife is from Idaho, and when she came back here, the first time I took her to the Hot Dog Shop, and doused my fries in vinegar, she freaked! She never heard of it before. Turns out, Ohio seems to be one of the only few places that does that. A shame I tell ya......... 

She's still looking for fry sauce, isn't she? Or is that only a Utah thing?

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Partial Mash As a First Step To All Grain

« on: January 20, 2010, 10:13:35 PM »

Build a cheap mash tun and brew a few 2.5 gallon batches with the equipment you already have.  Add the rest of the equipment as you have the money to get to 5+ gallons.

Best brewing related decision I ever made.

That was my progression as well. I used a cheap 3 gallon cooler following Colby's methods for my partial mashes and it really let me get things figured out. I also did small batches and stepped up to 5 gallons once I could do full boils.

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: What's your Favorite Style of Beer?

« on: January 17, 2010, 06:08:18 PM »

English bitter, hand-pumped from a well kept cask. Unfortunately for me, I only get to experience that on rare occasions. Someday, I'll have a full setup with a beer engine and be able to pull my own at home.

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: What's Brewing this week: weekend of Jan 15

« on: January 17, 2010, 05:34:07 PM »

I worked up an IPA to brew tomorrow using Simcoe and Amarillo mixed for flavor and aroma. I love having bulk ingredients on hand!

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The Pub / Re: The United States is Being Scrapped.

« on: January 11, 2010, 05:05:16 PM »

Bumping this up after I saw this in the NYT today:
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/11/a-push-to-bring-the-ss-united-states-back-home/?hp

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The Pub / Re: The Nostradamus Effect, 2012, Armageddon?

« on: January 09, 2010, 11:11:11 AM »

It's very similar to horoscopes.  I saw a TV show a bunch of years ago in which James Randi (one of the greats of this country and world IMHO) went to a college class and presented each individual with a personalized horoscope based on their name, birth date, place of birth, etc.  Their instructions were to read the horoscope and once done, they were to discuss how accurate they were for each individual.  Everybody was amazed at how well Randi had done with these readings, and how they fit each individual almost perfectly.  After discussing the results for a few minutes, he instructed the students to trade readings with the person next to them to prove how accurate they were.  When exchanged, the students saw that everybody had been given the exact same reading.
Long story short- if you want to believe something, your mind will let you believe it.
wzl

James Randi is awesome. I remember seeing him debunking "psychic surgeons", who claimed to be able to excise cancerous tissue without leaving marks. Basic sleight of hand tricks with chicken innards, but people wanted to believe.

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: arguement

« on: January 09, 2010, 10:57:41 AM »

They do use corn in Busch, though. When I moved to Illinois, I was stunned to see a billboard proclaiming that Busch was proudly brewed with Illinois corn.

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: How much did you brew in 2009?

« on: January 01, 2010, 09:23:13 PM »

21 batches and 99 gallons -- a couple of 3 gallon batches in there. Only one recipe repeated, which I wouldn't have remembered without looking.

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: A Double Question - Most Interesting Beer and Best Beer of the Year

« on: December 29, 2009, 06:58:01 PM »

My most interesting was a Belgian Strong Golden-ish based on Poperings Hommelbier I've had the beer exactly once but it was so good and different, I wanted a clone. I got some good advice from a Dutch homebrewer on the NB board and ended up with a very tasty beer. I need to track down the inspiration beer again and see how I did.

My favorite  beer was an Imperial Stout, which I think is the best beer I've ever made. I used a ton of roasted malt and Wyeast's Imperial Blend, which was a Private Collection release and I think that made the beer. It's bitter and roasty, with just a hint of tartness to it. I've had a few people tell me I should enter it in a competition, but that would mean less for me

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Whatcha brewin' this week? - 2009 Dec 23 - Dec 30

« on: December 29, 2009, 04:47:01 PM »

Took advantage of extra time off and brewed an amber today. Hit all my numbers right on, which was nice. And not surprising anymore

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Whatcha Brewin' this week -- 2009 Dec 2 - Dec 8?

« on: December 06, 2009, 08:35:21 PM »

Denny's RIPA on Tuesday after work. I'm toying with mashing in before work but my guess is I won't be that organized in the morning.

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The Pub / Re: Lets get to know each other!

« on: December 03, 2009, 07:43:41 PM »

Hi Brewing Rover. Yes, Beer nut is ok if I have another reason to go to the big city, I buy from them.     
 It's cheaper, and easier to online order from Northern, or Midwest. I do have trouble with yeast shipped in the summer.  You seem to know the area. There are no brew stores close to me here in Duchesne.
Where do you call home?

I'm near Chicago now but I grew up in Orem and lived in Salt Lake for 15 years before heading elsewhere. I used to fish with my grandfather on the Ute reservation and at Strawberry.

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Beer Travel / Re: Small Town Brewpubs

« on: December 03, 2009, 07:38:39 PM »

If you haven't already, head over to probrewer.com. They seem like a friendly bunch (unless you're asking for five gallon recipes  )

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The Pub / Re: Lets get to know each other!

« on: December 02, 2009, 06:07:32 PM »

I'm in Rural northeastern Utah.   120 miles east of Salt Lake City, on US 40.      What brings you to Utah?     I'm a native born, Utahn. 

Vernal -- Duchesne area, eh? My great-grandparents lived out there in the 1920s before heading back to Cedar Fort. I suspect there's no brew shops out there.

The Beer Nut in SLC is supposed to be good Weaz. I had a few friends that brewed back in the early 90's when I lived there and they got all their stuff there.