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I've lived in Portland for about 14 years, I think I'm a little familiar with the area. What do you want to know? We have TONS and I mean TONS of brewpubs here! It's not really full of hippies, more of a hippie/hipster combination. Lots of bikes. Really good public transportation. The most adult...

I've dug plenty of bottles out of glass recycling of pubs. Hell, one time I got caught with my ass up in the air upside down in the glass recycler. Turns out it was the brewer for the premises, so we talked shop for awhile. It was awesome.

Oh yea, it is about 3 weeks after Christmas, isn't it? That's about the time to start worrying about the beer being ruined.

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Most users ever online was 6,855, 01-13-2013 at 12:07 PM. Looks like a year ago you guys were incredibly busy! Just what the heck were you doing that caused such a ruckus?

I've been doing all grain batches for years, and that pot will be the perfect size for all grain boils. If they're only $20 I would get two, provided you have the space to store it. A second boiler the same size comes in handy for all grain. The thinness won't really matter, except that if you...

Who the hell decided Shecky could be a mod? I go on ONE little vacation and the whole town goes to hell.

When I have more runoff than my boil kettle will handle, that's when the auxiliary stovetop boiler is called into play.

During Prohibition they'd use radiators to collect the runnings, which had had radiator fluid in them and also lead based solder. Not because they wanted to, but because it was cheap and available.

Wait, someone was actually able to sign up with the username "spam"?

Ahhh n00bs, so amusing.

It's not necessary to mash the Aromatic, Biscuit, Caramunich and Special B malts. They're for flavor and color but don't need any enzyme conversion.

It's doomed unless you bottle now and drink quick. Bleach ALL of your bottling equipment after you bottle that sucker, and also bleach out your bottles when you empty them. I'm totally not kidding. Otherwise that contamination can follow your brews for months.

At least the duct tape will keep the glass together when the bottles explode. How did you cap them? Beer caps won't work, and corks will pop out (unless you have the classy screw on tops) Now I KNOW you have 22 oz beer bottles in Austin, use those instead.

How about tomorrow afternoon some time? Say 2 PM?