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• Posted in thread: 10 gallon casks (firkins) on 08-12-2009 at 03:06 PM
  If you have any of these left, we would love to purchase a couple from you.let me knowAviator
  brewing co.919-975-5310ThanksGalen Smith

• Posted in thread: Henckels Knives on 01-19-2008 at 11:20 PM
  jumping in late on this thread. I work as a professional catering chef. I might be able to help
  you out if you haven't bought your knives yet.-Never buy a knife without holding it first. If
  one of you...

• Posted in thread: Seasoning to Taste on 01-19-2008 at 10:50 PM
  I've brewed coffee stouts before where I pitch liquid espresso into the beer at the beginning
  of the secondary fermentation. I used 32 oz of cold espresso for ten gallons, and it turned out
  great, the...

• Posted in thread: Carbing a Belgian? on 10-30-2007 at 01:37 PM
  I had a simular fermentation time with a belgian saison style ale. I added 3/4 of a cup of corn
  sugar to five gallons, waited a few weeks and tapped the keg. It turned out out a little flat,
  guessing ...

• Posted in thread: pacman yeast on 09-23-2007 at 03:45 PM
  no, he's right here with me brewing. He was only clarifying what I had said before.

• Posted in thread: Growing hops... on 09-23-2007 at 01:21 PM
  I live in raleigh and grew 3 varieties of hops this year. just make sure they get lots of sun,
  and water.

• Posted in thread: pacman yeast on 09-23-2007 at 01:18 PM
  hey, grew some pacman yeast from a bottle of rogue amber ale. I was wondering if anyone here
  has also grown it, because it looks unlike any other yeast I have grown in the past.thanksgalen

• Posted in thread: Bottling??? on 09-01-2007 at 10:29 PM
  yes. beer is all about sugar... sugar turned into alcohol via fermentation. I have on one
  occasion put sugar into finished beer just to see what would happen, and it foams like a rabid
  dog. If I were ...

• Posted in thread: The AG Fantasy on 04-19-2007 at 04:25 AM
  As a chef/homebrewer, the best example of extract vs. all grain I can think of is chicken
  stock. At work I make and use chicken stock from scratch whenever I can. If maybe I don't have
  the time to mak...

• Posted in thread: Do you grow your own hops? on 04-12-2007 at 12:51 PM
  I planted 3 tettnang and 3 cascade two weeks ago. I mulched the beds, water them as needed, and
  still have no shoots coming up from the ground.any ideas, suggestions? oh I live in north
  carolina