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I'm in!

Well, unfortunately nothing to report on the Green Flash email front. But I procured six packs of soul style and west coast ipa for comparison. As far as the malt character, I can say that the west coast is maltier with a sweeter finish, whereas the soul style is less malty and has more of a...

Yeah man, absolutely!:mug:

My Columbus hops still going strong in Louisiana! [/URL][/IMG]

I emailed them but haven't heard anything yet. Hopefully they get back to me.

The hops character tastes brighter and fruitier to me than the west coast ipa.

Agreed, drinking one right now and these are fantastic!

If anybody is interested, I ended up getting a bottle of Bonide Thuricide BT Insect Killer. Haven't seen a cutworm since. Highly recommended.:onestar:

I got my brother-in-law into brewing. He's Canadian. They pay ridiculous beer taxes up there. We crunched the numbers, he saw how it was done, and that was all she wrote. Edit: AND, I just found out he's having a baby today! So I'm a beer brewing uncle!

As a med student, I'll weigh in and say I haven't done the IV fluids and B vitamin thing. I've heard it's catching on as a practice model though--hangover recovery centers in Vegas or something. I hate needles, so I'll just pay the piper. I took a look at the 2012 study in the Journal of...

Update: Tried again with another bottle, this time the chocolate stout (it's rough going through these bottles), and used a much smaller starter. This time only 150 mL. It smells much more starter-ish, so I think I'm off to the races. Going to step it up in a day to see, then bank some in...

This is my second year attempting to grow hops, first year making a concerted effort (last year was one Centennial rhizome in a pot on the front porch, dismal results). I have 4 crowns from Great Lakes Hops in a raised bed, planted a week ago. They get eastern sun with a block on afternoon...

I can get a good range of wyeast strains, but my lhbs can't get pacman. Something about the shipping makes it cost prohibitive.

I was wondering about acetobacter. Can it coexist with beer yeast? It seems very healthy, but doesn't smell or taste like any starter I've ever made. The weird taste might be because it was a mix of Rogue's stout with some pale ale wort? I hope it's option 2--definitely would be cool to...

I've been lurking on this forum for some time and finally signed up :ban: So I'm having this weird starter issue. I tried to get some pacman yeast from a bottle of Rogue Shakespeare Stout by adding it to about 800 mL of canned wort. I let it go for a little over 2 days, lots of activity...