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    Did Northern Brewer Purchase Austin Homebrew AND/OR Adventures in Brewing?

    It is a specialized business with high overhead and low margins. When it was a small shop run by the owner and a couple of low paid employees with no benefits, it is manageable. We went through the same thing here in Houston with Defalco's . I started brewing back in 88 while in college. We...
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    Brewing Method Improvements Priority

    The water book is great. Get a highlighter and some sticky tabs to mark the tables for your reference. I also know several professional brewers that have it as a reference on their shelf./
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    Brewing Method Improvements Priority

    Yes, Chloramine chemically binds and does not strip out short of using RO. I use RO then build the profile I desire. Water is the single most important factor since it affects everything from hop utilization to yeast health. I am a bit of a water geek since it was my degree path. MS Aquatic...
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    Brewing Method Improvements Priority

    You need to find out what form of Cl is used by your city for water treatment, certain types can not be stripped with a basic filter.
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    10# CO2 filled this morning, exploded in my living room.

    LOL, You must live up north. If what you said was true, which it is not, we could not have CO2 here in Texas. Pay attention when driving and watch for a delivery truck with cylinders on the back bed. They are driving around in 100+F and no problems. I have cylinders in my 100+F fab shop with no...
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    Who's smoking meat this weekend?

    SLOW and LOW......words to live by
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