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Looks like it was all good -- heated up nice and juicy, sliced brisket was great with perfect texture, chili went over well with all the guest.

Smoked a 9 lb brisket last night, 13 hours to 195 degrees. Wrapped in butcher paper the last 2-3 hours, the brisket came off at 9pm, was wrapped in foil and put into a towel/newspaper lined cooler. I meant to rest it for 1-2 hours but got distracted and forgot about it until 8 am. The...

OP here, I've been out of the homebrewing loop for a long time but I figure I'll chime in on this -- The snowbank lager was a resounding success. Best lager I've ever made. But the key was burying it IN the snow. Leaving it in a garage will work but you don't have the temperature control...

Well, I think it's time to let someone else enjoy this brewing equipment as much as I used to. I haven't brewed much since my wife was diagnosed with celiac disease a couple of years ago (not too fun to say "Hey, this is great! You should try it! Oh, but you can't ..."). So I'm offering...

I'll never watch the Masters in the same way, knowing this guy lives 2 blocks from the course. A collection of the wealthiest, most pretentious blue-bloods in the Free World have a meeting place to sit and feel superior to the rest of the world, and they built it around the corner from a guy who...

Do not ferment White Labs 810 (San Fran) or Wyeast 2112 (Cali Common) at 50 degrees. These strains are designed to make steam beers and are not bred to ferment at traditional lager temps. Below 55 these yeasts will just sit there and barely do anything. 60-65 degrees is fine. As I just said, I...

When making a steam beer, lagering technique is up to the brewer. Some do it, some don't, and some lager around 55 degrees or so. I've done all three techniques with good results and can't say I have a huge preference one way or another. I've used both Wyeast and White's yeast for steam beers...

Probably not but put a sheet over them if you are worried.

You can get barbell shaped stir bars for a rounded bottom. I use a 1 inch bar in a 2000 ml flask and have a 2 inch that would always get thrown.

Don't do anything. RDWHAB It's fine. Wait a week and take another gravity reading. It's not done yet. The airlock doesn't mean anything.

Something that you wouldn't be too picky about if it doesn't come out exactly right. Is it really worth the effort, expense and time of an RIS to use ingredients that you think aren't up to par? Even if there is nothing wrong with the final brew you will be looking for problems with it. Make a...

If you shop at Wal Mart for then you deserve whatever you get, be it an inconvenient trip through the check out line, food poisoning from the 20 pounds of raw hamburger, or an allergic reaction to the awful quality clothes they imported from China. The only exception to this is if you...

Two of my good friends met their wives online. It's become so ubiquitous that it really isn't much different than meeting people through more traditional means. There are bad date stories with online dating but there are for dates that came from other sources also.

Not calibrating thermometers. Something just didnt seem right about a recent brew day and the next day I found out my thermometer may have been 10-15 degrees off.

She's pretty cute but that that FHM shoot is more photoshop than actual photo. Bourdain is also right on about hammering her for endorsing Dunkin Donuts.