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• Posted in thread: winter/holiday beer on 05-22-2013 at 10:00 PM
  Many holiday beers are higher in alcohol and spiced or fruited in some way. So they need the
  extra time to ferment and to condition and mellow.My philosophy is to either make one in the
  flavor of the ...

• Posted in thread: Do you have a beard? on 05-22-2013 at 08:14 PM
  I'm sporting a Hollywoodian with sideburns. I made the change from a full beard because I got
  tired of it. I mean, except for the 1.5 years I was in ROTC, I've worn one since 1989.I'm
  trying to talk m...

• Posted in thread: Black eyed Peas - "I GOT A FEELIN!!" on 05-22-2013 at 06:38 PM
  I like Will.I.Am if for no other reason than he seems like a generally nice guy and he does a
  lot of charity work.And when he's down at the club, all eyes are on him.

• Posted in thread: The [very cool] doctor who thread on 05-22-2013 at 05:44 PM
  If you want to see a young Eccleston, Netflix "Cracker".I've waffled about posting on this
  thread for a while. I love both the old and new Doctor Who series. I really enjoyed Series 1 -
  5 of the new s...

• Posted in thread: Porters on 05-22-2013 at 05:18 PM
  Yes it is. When I was doing extract I wouldn't buy anything besides lite or extra lite extract
  as I wanted all my color to come from the specialty grains, and you don't know what else is in
  the dark e...

• Posted in thread: Do you have a beard? on 05-22-2013 at 05:12 PM
  My brother has that problem, so he shaves his down to a circle beard. Have you tried that or a
  Hollywoodian?

• Posted in thread: magnetized water? on 05-22-2013 at 01:08 PM
  Well I just read through Their claim is that the magnetic field makes a greater percentage of
  the bicarbonate ions form aragonite instead of calcite. Aragonite and calcite have the same
  chemical for...

• Posted in thread: magnetized water? on 05-22-2013 at 12:28 PM
  As a civil engineer, for the life of me, I can't imagine what these magnets do. Even if the
  magnetic field is strong enough to move ions in the water, as soon as the water gets past them,
  it goes back...

• Posted in thread: Your first time. (if you can remember.) on 05-22-2013 at 12:03 PM
  First batch: a Scottish Ale with extract kit with steeping grains.Brewing went fine but I had
  no way to cool the wort. So I pitched the yeast when it finally cooled off to 100F, about
  3am.It had no he...

• Posted in thread: You know you're a home brewer when? on 05-21-2013 at 11:48 PM
  You use your bike locker at work to store bottles your coworkers donate to you.