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The Pub / Re: vertical tasting

« on: January 11, 2010, 12:12:27 PM »

"lest it render the vertical taster horizontal." - Ha that's funny.  I'll have to keep that in mind when I do some verticals of the Mephistopheles and Beast from Avery!

I requested the Avery newsletter...hopefully that will dial me in on those happenings. I have YET to recieve a copy.
I also signed up in person at the Brewery.  I have YET to recieve a copy...no not going into my spam folder either...
I missed out on tickets to the Sourfest next month...an event I would have LOVED to visit...
B.T.W. if anyone has any extra Sourfest tix, please PM me....

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The Pub / Re: vertical tasting

« on: January 11, 2010, 10:51:45 AM »

I'm attending a 12 year vertical Bigfoot tasting later this month.  Fortunately, it's really close to my house!

I read that....and that is what prompted this posting and my single year tasting of some I reserved....

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Whatcha brewin' this week? - 2010 Jan 7 - 2010 Jan 13

« on: January 10, 2010, 03:16:35 PM »

I know why I don't live out there man....!
 
You're lucky!

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The Pub / Re: hey Pinnah we are finally getting hammered

« on: January 10, 2010, 11:57:29 AM »

it 71 here...brrr....

don't you mean GRRRR....

   we gettin the bananna belt days here now, 40's all week

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The Pub / Re: Name My Pub

« on: January 10, 2010, 11:54:07 AM »

Back in colonial days early 1700's in this country, Bars/Taverns were called "Ordinary's".....I put my
belief in the KISS (keep it simple) philosophy...

How about ...insert...  "Yer Name's"    Ordinary

Edit: found this...
14) noun, a) a meal provided regularly at a fixed price b) the inn providing such meals

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The Pub / vertical tasting

« on: January 10, 2010, 11:43:28 AM »

I am having a vertical tasting today of Bigfoot Barleywine....it is a single year vintage
and is 8 months old...should be prime...vintage 2009.
MMMM good beer...
now I know how my user name relates to beer....
1vertical 

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All Grain Brewing / Re: Flavor of Fat Tire/2 Below, Which Malt?

« on: January 09, 2010, 07:25:42 PM »

Of note is the color body and flavor of the Mighty Arrow by the same company....it
has a very similar base thing going on...with different hops.  
I am sure that the -2 below had Sterling dry hopping mentioned on the label...I like it so much
in fact, I got some sterling plugs to try dry hoping  with as my 1st ever dry hop attempt....not completed yet...
but on the near horizon.

When I think of these comments and our talk on this matter, I wonder (since touring the brewery)
If these similar notes in the base beer are from the method of brewing that they utilize....namely,
the Merlin BK that is at the heart of the brewery.?

http://www.kronesusa.com/downloads/wuerzekochung_e.pdf

Kaiser, can you comment?

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Whatcha brewin' this week? - 2010 Jan 7 - 2010 Jan 13

« on: January 08, 2010, 10:58:32 PM »

Waiting for a lager to finish so I can use the yeast cake for an upcoming  Maibock...but that will be a week or two....

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All Grain Brewing / Re: Flavor of Fat Tire/2 Below, Which Malt?

« on: January 04, 2010, 09:01:54 AM »

I am not sure of the malts. I do agree with you that it is a very similar
base beer between FatTire and -2 below.  I love the Dry Hop Flavors in
the -2 below.
To quote from the NB web site "Fat Tire won fans with its sense of balance: toasty,
 biscuit-like malt flavors coasting in equilibrium with hoppy freshness."

There is a clue there...use bisquit-like malt

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Whatcha brewin' this week? - 2009 Dec 31 - 2010 Jan 6

« on: January 03, 2010, 12:16:02 PM »

I am mashed in at 151*f on a 5 gallon batch of Pilsner/Lager...with
handful of wheat
handful of Aromatic
handful of Carafoam
handful of Canadian Honey Malt
Handfuls totaled 1/2 # of grain
Interesting will be the water I put together
using 10 gals of the "Glacier Machine" water from Albertsons and then adding 2 gallons of my
well water with a gram of Epsom Salts.
Will pitch Safale S-189 (2 packets) when I get down to lager pitching temps....

Here tiz goin in the fermenter...bit heavy...but I tend to like .060ish  beers
It's Lager Season...

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Wood/Casks / Re: Anybody purchased from this guy?

« on: December 30, 2009, 10:54:42 PM »

Thanks karlh,
I was headed toward sour beers if  I can ever manage to get my act together...

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

« on: December 30, 2009, 09:10:30 AM »

Well, If my lager yeast arrives, I may brew that this weekend. Since my s-23 is tutti fruity and I gotta re-do something.
If I do, It will be my 1st journey down the water chemistry path.  I was gonna get some water from the Glacier machine
at Albertsons, and add 3 gallons or so of my well water for the mineral profile....and then see what I wind up with...
http://www.glacierwater.com/

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Yeast and Fermentation / Re: S-189 Dry Lager Yeast from Fermentis

« on: December 29, 2009, 08:10:08 AM »

Thanks guys this is the stuff that is great to know.  I plan on pitching 22 gms and my fridge get a pretty even 48*f at
the warmest setting....so I was going to try that for the ferment.

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Canning Wort for Starters in Pressure Canner

« on: December 28, 2009, 10:33:04 PM »

MDixon, true true. I guess I use both and am just now realizing the ease of Dry Yeasts. I do so like the
variety of liquids that are out there...and have made so many great beers with that vector.  When using
liquid, it is not a bad thing to wash the cake with some sterile water and use the yeast again...and again...
etc....( I am some what retentive when it comes to sterile/sanitary methodolgy)

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Dry hopping and contamination

« on: December 28, 2009, 12:36:20 PM »

Denny, the hot microwave would work as well since we only need to sanitize and not steralize.
just for the record Ethanol (Vodka / Everclear) is a great sanitization media.
A quote from Wikipedia
"Antiseptic use
Ethanol is used in medical wipes and in most common antibacterial hand sanitizer gels at a concentration of about 62% (percentage by volume, not weight) as an antiseptic. Ethanol kills organisms by denaturing their proteins and dissolving their lipids and is effective against most bacteria and fungi, and many viruses (including SARS [1]), but is ineffective against bacterial spores.[76]"

I just keep a spritzer bottle of ETOH around the house out of habit.