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The Pub / Re: bridge collapse
« on: May 24, 2013, 09:06:38 AM »
Quote from: redbeerman on May 24, 2013, 05:15:53 AM
"Washington state was given a C in the American Society of Civil Engineers' 2013 infrastructure report card and a C- when it came to the state's bridges. The group said more than a quarter of Washington's 7,840 bridges are considered structurally deficient or functionally obsolete."  Not good.
As far a I know, that's a pretty good grade compared to other states.  This is what decades of not investing in our infrastructure gets us.

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All Things Food / Re: Growing food - The Garden Thread
« on: May 24, 2013, 09:00:46 AM »
That's why I suggested fruit trees - pretty low maintenance. ;)

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All Things Food / Re: Growing food - The Garden Thread
« on: May 24, 2013, 02:01:16 AM »
Quote from: punatic on May 23, 2013, 11:27:32 PM
Alfalfa sprouts!  hellllooooo?   ;D
we were talking about food . . .

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Going Pro / Re: New opportunity...
« on: May 23, 2013, 10:41:28 PM »
Awesome, congratulations!

Pay attention to the task at hand - a brewery is a dangerous place.  Follow checklists for tasks to make sure you don't miss anything.  Learn what is top priority, and if you don't know ask.  You're never done working, just done for the day.  There will always be other stuff to do.

Also, pay attention to not just what the brewer says, but what he/she does.  If the brewer skimps on important stuff, you might not want to remember too much of what you learn.  I know of one local brewery who will not hire people who have ever worked at another local brewery . . . wrong mindset, bad habits, etc.

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The Pub / bridge collapse
« on: May 23, 2013, 09:54:47 PM »
Damn!  They're preempting a lot of TV with live coverage of this, haven't gone to commercial in a long time.  So far it looks like no casualties.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57586023/i-5-bridge-collapses-in-nw-wash.-people-in-water/

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All Things Food / Re: Growing food - The Garden Thread
« on: May 23, 2013, 09:51:33 PM »
Quote from: punatic on May 23, 2013, 02:23:32 PM
Quote from: tschmidlin on May 23, 2013, 02:01:38 PM
I would still plant something edible :)   Assuming it grows there of course.  Some fruit trees would be nice.

Alfalfa is edible.  Cows love it.

As a professional hydrologist, I can tell you, riparian water rights involve some of the most convoluted and contested laws out there.
Cows are edible, so it counts . . . if he has a cow. :)

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All Things Food / Re: Growing food - The Garden Thread
« on: May 23, 2013, 02:01:38 PM »
I would still plant something edible :)   Assuming it grows there of course.  Some fruit trees would be nice.

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Yeast and Fermentation / Re: First Harvest
« on: May 22, 2013, 10:20:22 PM »
Quote from: mtnrockhopper on May 22, 2013, 08:41:14 AM
My old boss was a mechanical engineer who previously worked for Dupont designing centrifuges. He told me stories about doing this on purpose to test the housings.  Fun!
Catastrophic failures can be fun! :)

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Beer Recipes / Re: Witbier grain bill: Unmalted wheat vs flaked wheat
« on: May 22, 2013, 10:11:51 PM »
Or you could use flour.

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The Pub / Re: West Sixth vs Magic Hat
« on: May 21, 2013, 05:01:19 PM »
I wouldn't say they look "nothing alike", but they are clearly different to me.  I wish West Sixth luck.

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Going Pro / Re: Fermentation Temperature Control
« on: May 21, 2013, 12:20:15 PM »
Slap a fermometer on each bucket?  That way you'll know the temp of each one.

My concern is that 70 is high to turn the AC on, the beer could be much hotter.  The heat of fermentation will take a long time to warm up a room that size, so the beer could be at 75 while the room is at 65.  I would probably set the heater to click on at 62 and the AC at 65.  Play with it though, and you'll figure out a sweet spot.

Allow space between the new buckets to let heat dissipate, and you can cluster the older ones together since they won't be as active.

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Going Pro / Re: Fermentation Temperature Control
« on: May 21, 2013, 11:57:07 AM »
Are you monitoring the actual temperature in each bucket?

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Questions about the forum? / Re: Missing avatars
« on: May 21, 2013, 09:41:29 AM »
And it looks like I'll have to do that for every page until I decide to do something more drastic.  Not that I really need to see avatars that badly ;)

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Questions about the forum? / Re: Missing avatars
« on: May 21, 2013, 09:39:34 AM »
Quote from: denny on May 21, 2013, 09:35:22 AM
Quote from: tschmidlin on May 21, 2013, 09:30:35 AM
They're not back for me, I only see Amanda's.  I refreshed a bunch of times.  Oh well.

Did you try clearing your cache and shutting down your browser?
No, but I just forced a refresh without using cached content (ctrl-f5) and everyone except hubie has an avatar now.

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Questions about the forum? / Re: Missing avatars
« on: May 21, 2013, 09:32:23 AM »
I see yours Ron :)

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