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• Posted in thread: 'new old ale' on 12-09-2009 at 01:19 PM
  I'm fermenting a NB-'new old ale'...OG was 1.070...It has been in the ferminter for 1
  week..fermation seemed to stop after 5 days[no bubbles in air lock]..since this is a high
  gravity ale,should I swi...

• Posted in thread: temps for bottle conditioning on 11-16-2009 at 11:53 AM
  right now,I only have my basement to bottle condition...Is 60 deg. too cold to bottle condition
  ale ?[that is the floor temp]

• Posted in thread: What's the longest you've ever aged a homebrew? on 05-11-2009 at 01:40 PM
  back on New Years eve,a friend brought 2 bottles of Russian Imperial stout that he found back
  under his basement steps that he bottled in 1992...I wish he could find more as it was
  absolutely FINE !!

• Posted in thread: where is the "good bottle" list? on 04-16-2009 at 01:29 PM
  AMSTEL bottles are a bitch..lables are like a plastic tape very hard to get off and will not
  cap with my 'wing capper'..bench capper works..just a lot of de-lableing work..

• Posted in thread: Al Gore is looking to have Beer made illegal on 03-24-2009 at 01:10 PM
  How much CO2 does the average person expel when breathing in a day..??maybe we ought to just
  knock Al Gore off..the co2 saved will make up for the co2 when openning a beers for a long
  time......

• Posted in thread: Explain your handle / De construct your avatar on 03-23-2009 at 03:33 PM
  wbgv+ West'by God'Virginia....

• Posted in thread: Does cidery taste go away with bottle conditioning? on 03-12-2009 at 06:06 PM
  my pale ale was the same way..after almost 2 weeks in the bottle,I tried 1-UGH..tasted like
  cidery yeast...tried 1 last night[4 weeks conditioning] 1st sip has a very very slight cider
  aftertaste but ...

• Posted in thread: beer kit ingredients on 03-12-2009 at 03:37 PM
  Thanks,Bob...it was just my thoughts that english beers should be made with english ingredients
  and american beers with american ingredients..good explaination..thanks

• Posted in thread: beer kit ingredients on 03-12-2009 at 01:14 PM
  I love ales from the British Isles..I have noticed that a lot of 'kits' for British ales use
  American hops and sometimes American yeasts..If I want a British ale,shouldn't the kit have
  both British ho...

• Posted in thread: Fun quiz on 03-10-2009 at 06:51 PM
  I got a 71...not too bad for a beginner !