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taking stock...

Posted 02-20-2012 at 06:42 PM by unionrdr

Well,yesterday was my 1 year anniversary here on HBT. There've been some good discussions,& some out-n-out hair pullers. But overall,it's been fun learning & sharing experiences on here. It seems like I've come pretty far for a noob in one years' time.
Looking back,I've made 9,174 posts,made 11 buddies,posted 4 recipes,got 67 thumbs up,3 thumbs up from Gary at Home Brewer TV for my 2nd brew,& brewing our 12th batch as we speak.
Not bad for an old man! It's felt good helping...

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It's only just begun!

Posted 08-17-2011 at 12:03 AM by unionrdr

Well,I finally went & did it. My 1st installment of Brewvision is up on here & youtube. You see what craigtube & some of you do to a guy? I made a video of myself bottling the Cooper's English Bitter kit Tom over at makebeer.net sent me. So far,it's gunna be a good session beer,as it is in the UK.
I was a little nervous being in front of the camera. That,like beer,will improve with age. You all had a hand in this...oh,that means you too,bobbyfromnj. I just felt,like you,that different...

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it's always darkest befor the dawn

Posted 07-20-2011 at 12:05 AM by unionrdr

Well,things haven't been going well with how my APA/IPA dual recipe was received here &worse,abroad. Apparently,Aussie's don't like real hoppy ales. Boy,has my ego been taking a beating. Was just trying to show the world that Cooper's products can make some good ales.
Then,like a bolt outta the blue (hey! Watch it there,Odin!) A good Samaritan comes along. Tom Heff PM'd me about my experiences,& his knowledge of them. We talked about things brewing with my situation. Cool guy,I must...

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state of things...

Posted 07-12-2011 at 07:35 PM by unionrdr

Well,after discussions with a friend,not too mention many of the rest of you,I've come to a conclusion. I think my IPA is about middle of the road as American IPA's go. So certain people on the cooper's site will just have to learn the hard way. they need to study more of our beers.
I felt,as in the rest of my ales,that one doesn't necessarily need high gravity,high ABV beer to make something tasty & refreshing.
This batch will still see 5.3%-5.7%ABV or so,that's still pretty good....

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Why do I bother?

Posted 07-09-2011 at 06:08 PM by unionrdr

sometimes I wonder why I go to other forums,cooper's forums in particular. I posted my 1st IPA recipe. It included a can of their OS Draught as a base.
Did they like,or at least appreciate it? Nope. Instead I got flamed for wasting 6oz of hops. And 20-30 minute additions are bittering.
Sha,& wild hops'll fly outta my butt!
I tried to explain things,but to no avail. Maybe jealous that a bloody yank is showing them up? I'm not sure.At least over here,I get some consideration....

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