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@pithy, Your way does indeed evolve the yeast. Every time you re-use the dregs, you're selecting for 1) flocculence and 2) tolerance to whatever conditions you use in your brewing (temperature, pH, etc.). Your beer will change over time, but not necessarily in a bad way. The yeast will adapt to...

@pithy, Your way does indeed evolve the yeast. Every time you re-use the dregs, you're selecting for 1) flocculence and 2) tolerance to whatever conditions you use in your brewing (temperature, pH, etc.). Your beer will change over time, but not necessarily in a bad way. The yeast will adapt to...

+3 = 21,350. Nice round number.

When I was a kid, we'd always order stuff like that from Edmund Scientific, which caters to K-12 education and hobbyists. Amazon might be a good bet, too.

Going to be in Houston for a few days soon, any recommendations for a good brewpub or gastropub in the downtown area?

http://www.breakerbrewingcompany.com/

There's at least one thread about it already: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f14/latitude-48-deconstructed-242496/

EKG didn't do it for me, but Hallertau Mittelfruh was pretty solid... the rest (Americans!) will have to wait for Saturday.

Impulse-bought this on the way home from work today when I saw it in the grocery store... should be fun.

Went to a fairly random local bar tonight--20 taps, 1 cask, no BMC.

I am not enjoying the Bruins this year, but NHL >> NBA. Watched the Celtics in game 7 of the finals last year and was quickly reminded of why I don't watch pro basketball--it's more hype than sport.

If it's your first AG batch, consider making something simpler that you can drink sooner, just to verify every step in your process--it took 'till my third or fourth AG batch to get everything dialed in just right, but YMMV.

If you want to do something different, try a Sorachi Ace IPA.

My Smoked Porter uses 5% Briess Cherry Smoked malt. It blends perfectly, and isn't overpowering in either the aroma or the flavor. Good enough that I'm willing to sacrifice a few bottles to Sam Adams this year. I'm upping it to 15% for this batch, just to see what happens. I'm an...

Yeasty or bready? Maris Otter is going to give you "bready" every time.