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What's wong with Chaos UK? :) I went to school in the mid-80's and my cousin was really into punk, he turned me on to a lot of great bands. Even now English Dogs, Minor Threat, Christ on Parade, and misfits are some of my favorite bands, among others. I still love old, hard, dirty...

Glad to see Subhumans and Exploited got mentioned a few pages back, used to listen to them constantly. There were other great English and European punk bands from the 80's era also: English Dogs (Madd Punx, is a great album), Broken Bones, BGK (From Amsterdam), Chaos UK, and Motorhead...

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I'd have to go with Stone, I love their beers. Also good: Firestone Rogue Chimay I could go on forever....

Not to step on The Pol glory but another HBT'er was featured also, B-Dub. Congrats go out to both of these guys, well done. Cheers

They re-did the Cider show and the new one has some great info. In fact all they really do is interview a guy (can't remember his name) who makes cider and apparently wins a lot of comps with it. Good info and worth a listen if you're into Cider. And, as far as the BN shows go I have to say...

This is just my experience with my local gas supplier....When I need to get a refill I have them swap out the bottle, this keeps me from from ever having to pay for a hydro test of my own or pay the hydro charge that they charge for turning in a tank that needs hydro (it is common practice I...

I would wait and I certainly wouldn't advocate trying to carry the full amount of hot liquid up the flight of stairs. Now, if you could get something large enough to submerge you pot in down stairs it might be worth it but even then, trying to cool that much liquid by using an ice bath would...

Quit yelling at me pa!

I've been using a 10 gallon cooler for years, like 10 years, and the only damage that has occured from heat is to the exterior when I let it get too close to one of my burners:drunk: Other than that I has performed wonderfully. Holds a constant temp. and is easy to clean and use, I don't see...

I like the Bench Top Brewing, has a good ring to it. Also, as brewing tends to involve a lot od DIY projects it gives a nod to that aspect of the hobby as well.

+1 I do a PBW soak also but many people have posted good results with Oxyclean.

I've found that just the displacement caused by the racking cane leaves almost the perfect amount of head space once it is removed (on most bottles anyway). I have rarely gone back and added more once extracting the cane.

Sierra Nevadas' new ESB and Torpedo "Extra IPA" - Both are good although personally I like my ESB much better. The Torpedo is delicious. As the beer warms a bit the hop character really starts to come through and is excellent, only for the hop heads out there. I've got family in town and were...

All I can say is its a damn good thing I'm happily married:p I've been on a diet since the new year and I've lost 5 lbs. so far, only 15-20 to go and I'll be back down to a pretty decent weight, although no where near where I was back in my 20's. Oh well, I love the brew what can I say:drunk...