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The Pub / Re: No Pants Brewing!

« on: September 11, 2010, 04:52:05 PM »

Yup, Kilts are the only attire that can be worn while brewing...the ONLY attire.

Be sure to remember that if you wear underwear it's a skirt and no longer a kilt.

Wayne

So the club girls going commando are actually wearing micro-kilts?

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The Pub / Re: Name That Tune!

« on: September 11, 2010, 04:26:35 PM »

Now there's a good idea, beer, booze, drinking, etc lyrics:

"If I was a Mekon, I'd drink pints of beer"

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Equipment and Software / Re: new fridge

« on: September 11, 2010, 04:18:11 PM »

That's amazing, surely it must have been recharged at some point.  It must use freon, right?  Can they even put R22 or whatever they use nowadays in something like that?  That's really cool, I'm totally jealous.

I need to get a new bottle fridge, the old one is really inefficient.

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The Pub / Re: No Pants Brewing!

« on: September 11, 2010, 03:26:23 PM »

My pants come off as soon as possible when I get home, and the neighbors know to call before they come over for just that reason.  So anything I do in the evenings I generally do pantsless.  That includes taking the garbage to the curb, although I at least wait until after dark.  I've also been known to garden in my kilt, very comfortable.

As for risking burns, I was in my boxers boiling some starter wort on my heated stir-plate and shattered some glassware, got second degree burns on my leg.

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Equipment and Software / Re: new fridge

« on: September 11, 2010, 03:21:09 PM »

That's awesome Jeff - does it actually work?

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Extract/Partial Mash Brewing / Re: "Black I.P.A" recipe

« on: September 11, 2010, 03:17:30 PM »

This practice was also reiterated by an award winning extract brewer at this year's AHA Conference.

Yeah, but Tanner doesn't know anything!

Just kidding, I missed his talk but he told me he mentioned brewing with an old mystery can of malt extract.  I'm the one who gave it to him   I have a bottle of that batch sitting in my fridge, it's surprisingly good all things considered.

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Nervous about my original gravity...

« on: September 11, 2010, 03:14:18 PM »

Yeah, I'd look at mixing as the issue, especially if you late extract.  Even my friends who mashed with unmilled grain got better than 1.012.

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The Pub / Re: Why Grammar is Important

« on: September 11, 2010, 09:50:50 AM »

Yes, have some.

Yes, have some.

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Equipment and Software / Re: A couple new toys to play with.

« on: September 11, 2010, 09:40:15 AM »

That's awesome, want to trade for some kegs? 

hehehe

Nice try Tom.

Well, it doesn't hurt to ask! 

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Yeast and Fermentation / Re: sugar added to secondary

« on: September 11, 2010, 09:38:53 AM »

I don't secondary, but if I did I wouldn't bother with it.  I'd just give it a blast of CO2, but you might not have that option.  Depending on how long your primary is though, there might already be enough going on to purge it anyway.  I don't think what you're doing hurts necessarily, just adds risk of contamination with questionable rewards.

But anyway, I think you should examine why you are doing a secondary in the first place and if you really need to.  Many of us don't feel like it adds anything to most beers.

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The Pub / Re: Why Grammar is Important

« on: September 10, 2010, 10:34:02 PM »

But...but...but...effect has a c in it, too!   

And... AND... "Change" and "Create" both start with "C"!

Yes, have some.

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The Pub / Re: Name That Tune!

« on: September 10, 2010, 10:28:26 PM »

Here is one Denny may struggle with.

Rah, rah, ah, ah, ah
Roma, Roma, mah,
Ga Ga, ooh, la,la

Lady Gaga?  I was in a hotel in Germany last year, and after I got tired of trying to translate the German TV on the fly I put on MTV.  I don't remember the name of the song, but it was on high rotation.  Bad Romance maybe?

I think when people figure out the song, they should include the real lyrics so we don't have to try to figure it out.  In my case I think those are the actual lyrics.

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All Things Food / Re: Ethnic and Regional Cooking

« on: September 10, 2010, 10:23:51 PM »

But Planet Barbeque looks like it takes up where BBQ Bible left off, lots of very varied world cuisines represented.  The guy has a pretty sweet gig, travelling the world and sampling the best of the world's grillmasters produce.

I have BBQ Bible, and would love to know if people think it is worth it to get Planet BBQ as well.  Is it different enough?

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Yeast and Fermentation / Re: Air Lock Drips Vodka Into Fermenting IPA

« on: September 10, 2010, 10:06:34 PM »

I don't think it's the vodka at all.  Even assuming you dumped 4 ounces of 100 proof vodka into 5 gallons, you've got 640 ounces of beer, and you added 4*50%/640, that's less than 0.33% ABV added to your beer.

But the vodka was probably 40%, it was probably less than 4 ounces, and you probably have more than 5 gallons in that 14.5 gallon fermenter.  So I think it's probably more like 0.1% ABV added.  If it tastes alcoholic, I think it is more likely from the 72F fermentation temp or the huge attenuation.

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The Pub / Re: Why Grammar is Important

« on: September 10, 2010, 03:32:38 PM »

Funny that this topic was started by a guy who said this (my emphasis):

I've always thought that it did add a slight honey taste to the beer, but I really wonder how much of that is psychological.  I've done enough study of how preconceptions effect perception to be skeptical of my own tastings when it isn't done blind.  And I haven't done that with honey malt.

Maybe they need to change that pie chart to include audio post production types . . . 

I was an English major in college, and that's one I still get wrong almost every time!

I usually ask myself, if I change the word to "create" or "change", which one makes more sense?  Are you creating perception or changing perception?  Change is affect, create is effect.

It might not work in all sentences, but it's easy to remember which is which - affect has a C in it, and change starts with C.