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The Pub / Re: The OFFICIAL AHA 4M's NFL BULL SH$%^&TER'S THREAD!

« on: January 30, 2013, 01:19:14 PM »

What happened at the probowl?  I didn't watch any of it...I was busy doing nothing.

+1
I had free tickets to go to the Probowl if I wanted them.  Unfortunately I had a prior commitment to watch some paint dry.

I still think it would be pretty cool for SF to have World Series champs and Super Bowl champs at the same time.  Beyond that I don't have a favorite in the big game this year.

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The Pub / Re: Pliny Documentary

« on: January 27, 2013, 01:55:31 AM »

They brew good beer, and may choose to pronounce the name of their beer however they choose, but their ignorance of latin is obvious.

Gaius Plinius Secundus, aka Pliny the Elder, was not pronounced ply knee thee elder.

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The Pub / Re: Moon Shots

« on: January 26, 2013, 02:38:26 PM »

Alaskan moondogs

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The Pub / Re: The OFFICIAL AHA 4M's NFL BULL SH$%^&TER'S THREAD!

« on: January 22, 2013, 08:05:05 AM »

Ha!  Only two teams won't be watching the game on TV.  Neither one comes from Foxborough.

At least the Dolphins didn't choke on the money ball (cough, cough) and blow a perfect season in the Super Bowl. 

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The Pub / Re: The OFFICIAL AHA 4M's NFL BULL SH$%^&TER'S THREAD!

« on: January 21, 2013, 10:11:09 AM »

And the Falcon's loss on a Sunday that ends with a Y means six more weeks of global warming!

Any day that ends with NE getting their asses kicked like that is a good one!  In front of the home crowd too! The silence was deafening. 

The Harbaugh brothers facing each other across the astroturf in NOLA!  Now there's a game to watch!  Yeah baby!   Laissez les bon temps rouler!

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The Pub / Re: The OFFICIAL AHA 4M's NFL BULL SH$%^&TER'S THREAD!

« on: January 20, 2013, 08:02:49 PM »

The Harbaugh brothers facing each other, and Ray Lewis plays his last game in the Super Bowl.

Hot dog, some good football today!  Especially that game in Foxborough!!   

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Beer Travel / Re: Louisville, Kentucky

« on: January 18, 2013, 09:49:37 PM »

You are in Louisville looking for beer?  That's like being in a gold mine looking for silver.  Really?!

Whiskey!

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Equipment and Software / Re: propane vs natural gas

« on: January 16, 2013, 11:42:56 AM »

Take one jet down to the gas appliance store and have them give you a definative answer.

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Other Fermentables / Re: Copper does remove sulfur!

« on: January 15, 2013, 09:58:36 PM »

This is one of the main reasons why stills are made of copper.  Even stainless steel stills incorporate copper components in them to react with sulfur compounds.  It makes a big difference in the flavor of the distillate. 

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Equipment and Software / Re: propane vs natural gas

« on: January 15, 2013, 01:31:46 AM »

Though I must say that this unit looks very used and with an interesting patina. Exposed to the elements so to speak.

+1  I was thinking they look like the video feed from an ROV diving on the Titanic.   

These are natural gas jets.

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: What were your gateway beers?

« on: January 14, 2013, 04:53:10 PM »

I was always ahead of the curve.  In high school, I drank Michelob Light, while everyone else was drinking Budweiser. 

You scamp you!  How daring!

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Super Bowl brews

« on: January 13, 2013, 06:44:32 PM »

Ray meets Wes.  Ray loves that underneath stuff Wes is so fond of.  It makes my bones ache just thinking about it.   

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The Pub / Re: The OFFICIAL AHA 4M's NFL BULL SH$%^&TER'S THREAD!

« on: January 13, 2013, 06:41:06 PM »

Hey, the did better than the Dolphins.   

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The Pub / Re: The OFFICIAL AHA 4M's NFL BULL SH$%^&TER'S THREAD!

« on: January 13, 2013, 01:08:04 PM »

Bummed out about the Broncos. I was hoping Denver would knock out the Pats.

Go Texicans!

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: What were your gateway beers?

« on: January 11, 2013, 04:13:20 PM »

When I turned 18 in 1973 (legal age was 18 in Florida back then), my friends and I would order pitchers of Schlitz Dark at the pizza parlor next door to our favorite footsball parlor.

There was also a live music club called Uncle Waldo's in Winter Park.  They only had Miller Lite on draft, so we'd get a pitcher of that and a bottle of Guiness and pour the Guiness into the pithcer to give the Miller some flavor.

When I worked at Disney in 1975 - 1976 we would stop after work at the 7-11 on Johnny's corner and buy six-packs of Lowenbrau (alternatining one sixpack of dunkle, with one sixpack of pilsener) and drink them at the picnic tables there.  This was when Lowenbrau was stll imported from Munich, before it was ruined by being contract brewed by Miller in the States.

What got me started homebrewing was I spent quite a bit of time in Bavaria 1980 - 1989.  I fell in love with Bayrische weissbier.  I could not find fresh examples of it in the States (it is WAYYY better fresh), so I learned how to brew my own.