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General Homebrew Discussion / missed gravity

« on: October 05, 2011, 04:51:08 PM »

I brewed a RIS today, and badly missed my OG. 1.077 instead of 1.096. The source of the problem seems to be that my mill gap drifted. An easy enough fix for future batches. But for this batch . . .

I'm thinking of boiling up some DME and adding it to the wort, otherwise the finished beer will be too bitter. Anyone have any other ideas?

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All Things Food / The Stall Explained

« on: October 04, 2011, 12:21:52 AM »

One of my club guys sent me this link - good article.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/craig-goldwyn/physicist-cracks-bbq-mystery_b_987719.html

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The Pub / Anvil

« on: September 15, 2011, 12:47:12 AM »

I just finished watching the Anvil movie. Has anyone else seen it? I thought it was really good, strangely inspirational for a movie about a band that has seen so little success. The lead singer (my buddy's uncle, for the record) is so optimistic with no real reason to be, he just believes in himself and the band and doesn't give up. Good story.

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Kegging and Bottling / drill press bottle capper

« on: September 13, 2011, 08:39:01 AM »

Interesting bit of gear someone from my club forwarded:
http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2011/09/tool-review-drill-press-bottle-capper.html

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The Pub / Kindle books

« on: September 11, 2011, 10:02:04 AM »

I'm looking for scifi/fantasy book recommendations. I want to buy a couple for my kindle, but I haven't been paying attention to newly published books for years so I have no idea what new authors are good and which books are "must reads". I wandered through a book store the other day and many of the books appeared to be crappy series where the authors churned out books. At least half of them were about vampires, I'm sure of it.

Help! Any suggestions?

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Commercial Beer Reviews / Red Oak Brewery?

« on: September 01, 2011, 10:21:07 AM »

Does anyone know if there beer is any good? Mike?

My brother is thinking about getting me some, and of course the answer is yes. But should it be a mixed six pack? Or is it worth getting more?

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All Things Food / smoking wood

« on: August 27, 2011, 12:26:11 PM »

Where do you guys usually source your wood, and what do you pay? I went to a new butcher yesterday looking for some pink salt, and they were selling a bunch of different wood varieties. I picked up 2 cuft of pecan wood for $25, it seemed like a reasonable price to me but I'm not sure. The local wood (apple, cherry, etc) was a lot cheaper, $15 for 2 cuft. It's not chunk, it's more like logs. I'll just hack it up with a chop saw to use in the UDS.

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General Homebrew Discussion / brewing an English pale

« on: August 24, 2011, 04:23:50 PM »

I'm going to brew a bitter/esb tomorrow and can't decide what to do . . .

I only have 10.75 lbs of maris otter. It's a bit much for a 5 gallon batch of ESB, and a bit shorter than I'd like for a 10 gallon batch of ordinary bitter. I have a bunch of other grains I can supplement with if need be, but I am trying to keep it simple to let the flavor and aroma of the hops (Sonnet Goldings) come through. I could just make an ESB with less of the MO, but I don't want to.

Any suggestions? On hand I have:
brown
munich
vienna
crystal 40
carared
carapils
special b
aromatic
chocolate
pale chocolate
chocolate wheat
carafa special
black barley
pils

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The Pub / science of beer

« on: August 07, 2011, 12:54:07 PM »

Hi everyone, I'm giving another talk on the science of beer and I'm looking for more stuff to include. It's not really about beer, it is more about beer's contributions to science. I've got the Pasteur stuff, and a bunch of things from Carlsberg Labs, plus the Student T-Test from Guinness. But I want to add any more stuff I can come up with.

So - can anyone think of any other scientific advancements that came from the study of beer? Or that were funded by a brewery?

Thanks!

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The Pub / Done. Passed.

« on: August 03, 2011, 01:07:34 PM »

Hi everyone! I finished my defense less than an hour ago and am dropping stuff off before going to the party.

I probably won't be around until tomorrow, there is Deus to be opened and other things planned.

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The Pub / trojan asteroid

« on: July 29, 2011, 01:46:40 AM »

This is one of the crazier things I've heard - not that it exists, but I don't think I understand the orbit, even with the accompanying animation . . .
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/WISE/news/wise20110727.html
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/WISE/news/wise20110727vid.html

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The Pub / tsunami survival capsule

« on: July 23, 2011, 02:18:23 PM »

There's an engineering contest one of my friends is involved with, if you're into it vote for the project and keep him employed.

He's not one of the guys in the video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_3_NCN86G8
http://contest.techbriefs.com/safety-and-security-2011/1472

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The Pub / what not to name your brewery

« on: July 18, 2011, 11:13:21 PM »

So what are some of the worst brewery names (real or imagined) you can think of. I've got one . . .

Fluke Brewing Company. If your beer tastes good, it's a Fluke.