Recent content by BraveSirRobin

Grand Rapids is awesome, it's such a great city even before considering their beer offerings. It has a lot of big city amenities packaged into a small city atmosphere. Tons of parks, big art scene, eco-friendly buildings, walkable, cool architecture in some of the older neighborhoods, plus the...

If you make the right kind of bread I think the smoke flavor would be amazing in it. I'm thinking something with cornbread, jalapeno, maybe a bit of mango for some sweetness. Add some smokiness and you've got so many flavors going on. That sounds awesome! Get on it and send me some samples!!!

Beer vinegar! I've not tried it yet, but I came across a blog by Michael Ruhlman where he talks about it. It's incredibly easy. Pour half a gallon of beer into a container, stir vigorously, let sit for 6 hours, cover with a cheese cloth and let it sit in the kitchen for 6 months. You can use a...

Thank you!!! My graduation at school is a week from Saturday, but I'm going straight to Milwaukee. I need to find a place to live and all that jazz. My fiancée goes to school in Green Bay so you are remembering that right. She has an interview next week that she is really excited about, so...

I just got offered and accepted a job in Milwaukee! I'll be starting on May 9th. I don't mean to hijack your thread Lorena, but I don't want to create another thread about Milwaukee :) . Those of you who live there, where would you suggest as a good place to live for two young professionals...

The guy who owns the Soo Brewing Company comes off as a real jack ass. I've checked out that page and he is so condescending to people who ask questions. Plus, there isn't going to be any food or tvs at the bar. I love microbrew as much as the next guy, but I'm not going to sit in a bar owned by...

I was looking for an IPA to brew, I think I'll be brewing this one next week. I remember you telling me good things about Lakefront's IPA so I'll give your clone a whirl. If Bob says it's that good I'll take his word on it.

They didn't brew the Chicha on the same equipment that they brew for the shelves. They brewed the Chicha on their test equipment at their brewpub if I remember correctly.

I know, I look young for my age :). I think over my winter break I'm going to need to head up your way or to Crystal Falls. I think I'll get much more out of a visit now than I did when I first came. I'll be able to follow what you're talking about much more now! I have a bit more experience...

I think there are only five episodes this season. Bitches Brew, Chicha, Punkin & Portamarillo, Grain to Glass, and Ancient Ale. At least those are the only five listed on the Discovery Channel's website. Whether there are more that they haven't listed yet I'm not sure.

I'm with you too Lorena. It kills me when people type in text speak. Even when I send text messages I spell out every word along with using punctuation and capitalization. It's one of my pet peeves.

I have facebook but I plan on deleting it as soon as I graduate and get married. Right now I need it to communicate with people as I'm getting married in six months. As soon as the wedding is over I'm deleting my account. There are too many people on there that I want to delete but don't want to...

In Michigan, smoking is banned in bars as well. On one hand, it's nice going out to the bars and not smelling like smoke. But on the other hand, I'm a believer in fewer government regulations and think it should be up to the bars to make the decision. When smoking was allowed I did tend to...

2011 is going to be a transition year for me. Through college I've been sharing equipment with my dad and my brother. In April I'm graduating and entering (hopefully) the work force. So 2011 for me is going to be collecting new equipment that I can brew with in an apartment and then hopefully in...

I'm kind of torn on the show. The first episode I found really interesting, the second one I found extremely dull and it seemed to me that they didn't have enough footage for a full 60 minutes. Which is probably the reason that I found it very slow compared to the first one. Like several others...