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  1. MisterTipsy

    Name German Beers Worth Drinking that aren't..... Wheats or Lagers

    It occurred to me I don't drink German beers often. What else to they have worth drinking besides wheats and lagers?
  2. MisterTipsy

    Study Says: People Drink Beer Faster with a Curved Glass

    http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/09/study-we-drink-beer-60-more-slowly-when-its-in-a-straight-glass/261841/ I don't have any straight glasses to test the theory. 60% is a big difference.
  3. MisterTipsy

    Your Optimal IBU

    I'm curious to know your favorite IBU range. This is a poll, so please vote.
  4. MisterTipsy

    Beer Chips

    I searched and there is no mention of Beer Chips in this forum. Now there is. Beer chips....genius! I bought a bag at Costco, but haven't tried them yet. I hope they taste like beer. :rockin:
  5. MisterTipsy

    Drunk Guy Ends Up in a Trash Compactor and Lives to Tell about it

    PORTLAND -- A man who decided he was too drunk to drive early Friday morning chose instead to crawl into a recycling dumpster near a Southeast Portland bar, only to be picked up by a hauler and twice compacted. He survived! :mug...
  6. MisterTipsy

    How Much Beer can a Bear Drink ?

    http://travel.usatoday.com/destinations/dispatches/post/2012/08/boozing-bears-drink-100-beers-leave-cabin-in-ruins/822112/1 According to The Local, a mother bear and her three cubs ripped open a wall and forced their way into a cabin in northeastern Norway, earlier this week - reportedly...
  7. MisterTipsy

    Root Beer < 2% ABV

    3 gallons Filtered Water 1.5 lbs Raw Cane Sugar 1 lbs Brown Sugar, Dark 4.00 oz Sarsaparilla Root Bark 2.00 oz Sassafras Root Bark 1.00 oz Wintergreen leaf 1.00 oz Licorice...
  8. MisterTipsy

    Beer Emergency!

    Sixty-seven-year-old Allen Troy Brooks called 911 not once, not twice, but at least nine times, including one call in which he asked if someone could send him a ride so he could buy some beer. Dispatcher: "Maury 911 what's your emergency?" Man: "(Inaudible)" Dispatcher: "Sir?" Man...
  9. MisterTipsy

    Belgian Bitter Orange Ale

    ========================================= Belgian Bitter Orange Ale ========================================= Recipe Specifications Boil Size: 6.98 gal Boil Time: 60 Minutes Batch Size: 5.50 gal Estimated OG: 1.063 SG Estimated Color: 7.0 SRM Estimated IBU: 35.8...
  10. MisterTipsy

    Newton's Law of Cooling and Brewing

    Anyone know what the constant (k) value for 5 gallons of beer in a plastic bucket is ? Newton's Law of Cooling equation is: T2 = T0 + (T1 - T0) * e(-k * &#916;t) where: T2: Final Temperature (C) T1: Initial Temperature (C) T0: Constant Temperature of the surroundings (C) &#916;t...
  11. MisterTipsy

    Polish Forest Fruit Ale

    I picked up this bottle of Forest Fruit Syrup from my local Euro grocery store. It has raspberry, chokeberry, billberry and some sugar water. No preservatives. They have several different kinds of fruit syrup. They make an easy fruit beer. Please tell me I'm the first HBT member to make...
  12. MisterTipsy

    This Woman Takes Her Beer Very Seriously

    http://www.kcra.com/news/Woman-slaps-boyfriend-for-buying-wrong-kind-of-beer/-/11797728/15493678/-/11972u4z/-/index.html?hpt=ju_bn6 Her boyfriend brought home the wrong beer and refused to return it for what she wanted. She wasn't too happy about that so she slaps her BF around and the...
  13. MisterTipsy

    Darn Bubbles!

    In my quest to ditch the hop bags entirely, I tried dry hopping without a hop bag. The plan was to wrap some 50 mesh around the end of an auto siphon to filter the hops. I did that, but encountered a problem. Everything started fine, but after a gallon had been transferred, the auto siphon...
  14. MisterTipsy

    Kettle Filter for Pellets

    I made this recently. I'm hoping it will allow me to ditch the hop bags and minimize hops in the primary. I have three types of mesh (30, 50 and 100). I'm trying 50 mesh first. I hope it works.
  15. MisterTipsy

    100 Micron Polyester Filter Bag

    I want to wrap this thing around my Bazooka screen to filter pellet hops. Max temp is 300F. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004F9EZ8A/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20 Do you think it will work in a brew kettle or clog too easily?
  16. MisterTipsy

    Best Bottles for Holding Carbination Repeatedly ? ?

    I have three different types of bottles: 1. Craft bottle beers. 2. Plastic bottles with screw tops. 3. Grolsch style bottles with swing caps. I've been using all of them on the same batch. At first, all of them held carbonation equally, then they became less reliable. Guess...
  17. MisterTipsy

    Beard Yeast Beer

    Rogue is making a beer with yeast cultured from their head brewer's beard. http://www.katu.com/news/business/Rogue-brewing-up-a-hairy-beer-after-joke-yeast-test-pans-out-160051775.html?m=y&smobile=y Not sure how I feel about that. :confused:
  18. MisterTipsy

    Zymurgy: Best Beers in America (2012)

    Home brewers picked their top 20 beers and Zymurgy complied the list. It looks like home brewers really like their IPAs. top 50 beers 1. Russian River Pliny the Elder 2. Bell’s Two Hearted Ale 3. Dogfish Head 90 Minute IPA 4. Sierra Nevada Pale Ale 5. Stone Arrogant Bastard Ale 6...
  19. MisterTipsy

    The Cat Pee Vanished

    I used Citra at 60/20/10 in a boozy wheat beer. A cat pee smell was noticeable before bottling. I tasted a carbed bottle after 10 days and the cat pee was still there. After three weeks in the bottle, the cat pee was gone completely and what remained was a pleasure to drink. What other hops...
  20. MisterTipsy

    Biscuits and Marmalade Ale

    Recipe: Biscuits and Marmalade Ale Batch Size: 5.50 gal Estimated OG: 1.063 Estimated Color: 7.0 SRM Estimated IBU: 35.9 IBUs Boil Time: 60 Minutes Estimated ABV: 6.6% Ingredients: Amt Name Type #...
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