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ABOUT ME

About Me: Previously on expat assignment in Shanghai from 2010 to 2013. Highlight was a pro/am collaboration with Boxing Cat Brewery in Shanghai during that time, later served at the Copenhagen Beer Fest as well as their brewpub.
General Interests: beekeeping,gardening,ice hockey,and of course,brewing
Occupation: Sales Manager
Real Name: Dave
Home Brewing Biography: Started brewing in 2009 after getting book-smart reading and listening to podcasts for 4 years prior until the Honey-Do list shrunk. Went straight for all grain mini batches. The move to China actually introduced me to extract for the simplicity factor. I used extract kits for the first 18 months. In 2012 the whole family relocated here and I brought over my all grain equipment and cornies. I've now brewed far more batches in China than I had in the US before the move.
Primary: 6 3L batches of a single malt pale ale to determine which base malt I purchase in bulk.
Bottled: just a few samples of past brews: SiMaiYa Saison with Brett, Mango/Apricot Brett Blond
Kegged: (1) Expat Exit hop inventory draining DIPA (2) Undercard Imperial Brown (pro/am with Boxing Cat Brewery) (3) English Best Bitter (4) Patersbier/Dunkelweiss blend
Gender: Male
Status: Married

City: Burlington

State/Province: WI

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Posted in thread: Porter vs Ale vs Saison vs Wheat on 06-15-2013 at 09:25 PM
I would expect peaches to be the obvious choice and thus you need to nail it to stand out. I
like Kingwood Kid's Vidalia suggestion. Maybe caramelize a bunch to add in an English mild or
brown ale. Wo...
Posted in thread: 2013's How many gal of homebrew in 2013 on 06-15-2013 at 08:57 PM
+ 3 Saison+ 3 Wit+ 2 Berliner Weiss+10 pale ale+5 Stout= 29,107 gallons
Posted in thread: Starter newbie - please critique my process on 06-15-2013 at 08:48 PM
Any stress will give you off flavors. That doesn't matter in a starter - especially when
decanting.Watch Neva Parker's video on the Northern Brewer site. Its quite informative (or read
the Yeast book,...
Posted in thread: Starter newbie - please critique my process on 06-15-2013 at 01:35 PM
I would use just a portion (10-20%) of the first starter to pitch the second. You will greatly
increase your growth. Then you can either decant and combine them back to blend and split or
just go ahea...
Posted in thread: Base malt experiment on 06-14-2013 at 02:33 AM
I've been using the app on my iPod. The photos are on my phone. Just a pain and typo laden when
trying to do a large post as you said.
Posted in thread: Base malt experiment on 06-13-2013 at 12:40 AM
I'm admittedly remiss in following up, primarily due to having no computer at home yet (it's in
a relocation shipment of household goods from Shanghai). I have tasted all, have photos, and
have opinio...
Posted in thread: Base malt experiment on 05-16-2013 at 05:40 AM
I wanted to test the malts in the style of beers I mostly brew, and I wanted decent beers to
drink. When in China I frequently blended some Vienna and/or Munich in with Pilsner to give a
fair bit of b...
Posted in thread: Base malt experiment on 05-04-2013 at 05:52 PM
Just poured the last bit from the bottle. No yeast sediment. I'm guessing I forgot the carb
drop in this bottle.
Posted in thread: Base malt experiment on 05-04-2013 at 05:46 PM
Another weekend, another test. Opened up one of the Global Kolsch. Had a pfsst when opening, no
head other than a ring at the edge. Aroma is very sweet, maple syrup. Taste follows that.
Sweet, maple s...
Posted in thread: SìMàiYá 四麦芽 Saison on 05-04-2013 at 01:24 PM
Thought I'd post some updates. I ramped the temp up 2-3 degrees F a day until day 4 when i hit
78. On day 4 I also added 1.4 pounds of honey. Then i ran off to Thailand for a week. When i
returned I r...