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• Posted in thread: NC Tax Holiday on 08-05-2011 at 02:38 AM
  Here's a story on the WRAL (the CBS affiliate in Raleigh, NC): to their story the 'holiday'
  only covers things like clothing, school supplies, computers & computer supplies and sports
  equipment. And ...

• Posted in thread: A legality question! on 08-04-2011 at 06:45 PM
  As above I'd not be asking, but since you did:§ 25.206 Removal of beer.Beer made under §25.205
  may be removed from the premises where made for personal or family use including use at
  organized affairs...

• Posted in thread: Force batch sparging with a bike pump on 05-05-2011 at 12:34 AM
  Wheat malt has no husk to act as a filter bed like barley malt does. Thus the addition of rice
  hulls to add some "filter media."I agree with Yooper, if your MLT drains that slowly you've got
  some othe...

• Posted in thread: About to buy a burner - is Blichmann worth it? on 04-30-2011 at 10:53 PM
  I had a Bayou Classic burner (it was a gift) that served me well for several years. It handled
  boiling my five gallon batches just fine. But when I moved to 10 gallon batches it showed it's
  weaknesses...

• Posted in thread: im a noob at this stuff, how do i keg my homebrew? on 04-30-2011 at 01:39 AM
  Does the fitting on top of the keg look like this? If so it's a sankey keg. Most of us use
  cornelius kegs, which have entirely different fittings. I've no idea how one would fill a
  sankey keg at home....

• Posted in thread: WTB Chillzilla/Chillus Convolutus on 04-30-2011 at 01:32 AM
  Here you go.Brian

• Posted in thread: Defending Dog (and myself) again Coyotes on 04-29-2011 at 01:40 AM
  But is there things I can do to defend me and my dog against the bastards? or ways to
  discourage them from even trying to get close? air horn? or bear bangers?I don't know what the
  laws are like wher...

• Posted in thread: Extract Brewer heading towards All Grain - What Brew Pot? on 04-28-2011 at 04:53 PM
  I have a 15 gallon Blichmann (for 10 gal batches) and I love it!For five gallon batches I'd get
  a kettle that holds at least 8 gallons--preferably 10.Brian

• Posted in thread: Alabama Homebrew Legislation update (Wish 'em luck) on 04-27-2011 at 05:55 PM
  It's not just in the interest of AB-InBev, it's also in the interest of the distributors. Even
  if homebrew replaced 0.1% of beer consumed in Alabama, that's a lot of lost money for the
  brewers and the...

• Posted in thread: Gordon Strong's New Book on 04-27-2011 at 04:22 PM
  Is anyone going for the slippery slope argument that by extension, you need to be growing and
  malting your own barley and growing your own hops to *truly* make your beer?Do I need to grow
  my own wheat...