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    Brew calendar....

    I don't have the exact link. But here's a "when to brew" calendar that I ran across a while back.
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    Pliny the Younger

    I feel so lucky to live in Santa Rosa. I just drove on by Russian River, and saw that the line that has been present for the last week was gone, so I stopped in. $4.50 later I had a nice 10oz pour of the legendary Pliny the Younger in my hand. The first whiff gave my a strong hoppy aroma...
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    Your Favorite Czech Beer...

    budvar for sure
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    Fruit Beer Requiem Raspberry

    I made an all grain version. It turned out good. Very good aroma and flavor. I will be brewing this again!
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    When do you drink barleywine?

    I like barleywine when its cold outside and I'm inside watching a movie next to a warm fire.
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    Ubuntu Linux Beer Program?

    beersmith runs just fine in wine for me.
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    House Yeast. What does it mean?

    my understanding is that they use one type of yeast for all (or most) of their brews, often it is a strain that is available to us homebrewers. Many commercial breweries get their yeast from white labs or wyeast as well.
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    Is effiency really important??

    the efficiency you get will affect the balance of malt and hops in your beer. if you have a beer with 60 IBU's, your beer will taste very different at 1.040 or 1.060. In your case less than 10 points will only minimally affect the flavor of your beer.
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    Just brewed my first batch--a few minor concerns/questions:

    leaving out the hops in this type of beer will change the beer completely, instead of an IPA you will have a pale ale, beersmith calculates about 100 IBU's with the whole 1&1/2 oz of magnum, but only 45 IBU's with 1/2 oz. the beer will still probably be good and drinkable. I would just save the...
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    Air Lock Question

    I use vodka too, though it tends to evaporate quickly.
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    The greatest smelling beer of all time...

    my vote is for Russian River Blind Pig IPA
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    Oh Noes: Earthquake in Santa Rosa

    I live in Santa Rosa, and I didn't feel a thing. I'm sure that all Vinnie's barrels just got a little stirred up at the most.
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    Anyone in or near Santa Rosa?

    Pliny the Younger sold out in 5 hours.
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    Looking for Pliny the Elder

    the Russian River website lists some places that has its beers http://russianriverbrewing.com/web/accounts/index.html In addition, certain stores here in santa rosa do carry some bottles from RR. I doubt that they are available out of the area though.
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