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• Posted in thread: Prices going up? on 03-15-2013 at 12:56 AM
  Inflation is generally good if you have a lot of debt. Pay off debt with cheaper, devalued,
  dollars.

• Posted in thread: Brew Pub Recommendations - New Orleans on 02-23-2013 at 09:10 PM
  Thanks for the replies and the tips. Will be travelling to NOLA for work (convention). So, not
  sure how much time I will have to hit local brew pubs.

• Posted in thread: Dry Hop After Just 1 Week? on 02-22-2013 at 11:59 PM
  Thank you for the reply.Congrats on your funding on Kickstarter too.

• Posted in thread: Brew Pub Recommendations - New Orleans on 02-22-2013 at 11:58 PM
  I will be heading to New Orleans for business. Does anyone have any recommendations for Brew
  Pubs to visit while there? Thank you.

• Posted in thread: swamp cooler with aquarium heater for poor mans dual stage on 02-22-2013 at 11:46 PM
  Hogwash - how many watts is your heater? I'm thinking doing this. But, I am worried that a
  minimum temperature of 68 is too high.

• Posted in thread: Dry Hop After Just 1 Week? on 02-22-2013 at 11:41 PM
  I made a 3.25 gallon batch of Pliny the Elder clone, all grain, last Saturday. Yeast = 1056.
  Fermented at abound 65. Gravity is now 1.010. Normally, I let beer sit for 2 weeks or more
  before dry hoppi...

• Posted in thread: Thinking of brrwing a #9 type beer. on 02-15-2013 at 01:47 AM
  Question - is the extract just "pure flavor" or is there sugar in it too? If there is sugar and
  you add it at bottling, how do you determine how much priming sugar to use?

• Posted in thread: Belma Hops on 02-15-2013 at 01:42 AM
  Made myself a strawberry smoothy with Belma Blast. 3.5 gal batch7 lbs 2 row8 oz crystal 401 lb
  Munich.5 oz at 60, 15 and 5. 1 oz at flame out. I know hop schedule is a bit weird. But, it was
  something...

• Posted in thread: Batch Sparing with BIAB on 02-15-2013 at 01:25 AM
  I BIAB and do something like that. Mash at about 1.3-1.5 and then sparge by hand with the grain
  sack in a big strainer over a 5 gallon bucket and I just pour the sparge water over somewhat
  slowly. A b...

• Posted in thread: What are you drinking now? on 02-10-2013 at 01:53 AM
  A Manhattan, on the rocks, made with Jim Beam Black.Oh, and I have a Zombie Dust clone carbing
  up in bottles that should be good to go in another two weeks or so.