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- Website
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https://web.archive.org/web/20200127111622/https://mantymalters.wordpress.com/meet-the-malters/dave-taylor/
- Location
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Two Rivers, WI
- State / Province
- WI
- Occupation
- Nerd
- Real Name
- David M. Taylor
- Favorite Music
- My big favorite is classic mellow British progressive rock -- Genesis, Marillion, Pink Floyd...
- Favorite Movies
- ANYTHING from 1985, the best year ever in movies.
- Favorite Books
- 1984
- Clubs and Associations
- BJCP, Manty Malters
- Home Brewing Biography
- Extract in 1998, all-grain 2005. Pride myself on being super-minimalist and small-batch. Usually make 1.7-2 gal now, mash in a bag, boil on electric stove using multiple small kettles for bigger batches, mash 45 min, batch sparge, chill in kettle in cold water bath in tub sink (no chiller), no aeration, ferment in glass carboys in basement or in my garage with t-shirt and fan if needed to keep cool. Don't usually buy water, use tap water with Campden. Secondary optional to reduce bottle sediment. My process proves you can keep everything super quick, simple, minimal effort, AND still make award-winning beer (lost count after a couple dozen medals). Note: Also a cider nerd. Keep it simple, zero additives, Cote des Blancs is the best cider yeast. Have tasted more than 100 commercial ciders. Untapp'd ID dmtaylo1 Also have insights on many/most brewing yeasts. http://tinyurl.com/yeastmaster
- Future Brews
- Every 2008 BJCP style, with special focuses on blonde ales, lagers, Belgians, and historical & experimental brews.
- Primary
- some manner of an experiment split into 2-3 fermenters probably
- Bottled
- a little of this, a few bottles of that
- Kegged
- 50/50 chance of a few pints available in a 1-gallon uKeg Go
- Gender
- Male
- Status
- Married
Dave
The world will become a much more pleasant place to live when each and every one of us realizes that we are all idiots.