Recent content by Fiery Sword

BeerAlchemy and mash volume printouts available by request! Water: Used un-adjusted Poland Sprinds water. Their water is perfect for low-SRM beers and is remarkable close to Pilsner water: mineral and pH wise I thought it would be perfect without having to play with it at all. Mash: 7#...

I'm typing up this here post today for two reasons: first and foremost I wanted to thank all the good folks here that helped inform and feed my homebrewing "habit" years back when I had all 6 carboys bubbling away! I got a lot of silly questions answered here, and came in touch with a lot of...

I've got to tell ya, dude, i've enjoyed the start of this season and i've been watching every pack game that i have time to. truth be told, every time i see the old man out there making it happen it reminds you of yourself and your fellow pack/hbt'rs and how you must be enjoying this season so...

Bonsai cats get used to being uniquely trimmed.

Weather can definitely fux up a fantasy week. I am bul****e about Carpenter, and the fact that I could have picked Matsuzaka with a slightly different click is killing me!!! It's damn close though - should be a tight finish. ...Slow start for Ortiz and Soriano butthey'll both be back to form...

Chris Carpenter? DUD Contreras? b00000000. It was a bad day 1 and 2 for the sword! Plus Fat Curt went out serving plump meatballs to a (somewhat improved) Royals team, Pedroia forgot that you can get a single, Okajima got rocked in this first pitch in the Bigs, 4 or 5 relievers were used...

Well, it's baseball season checkered-flag time! Enough with this March Madness crap. Good luck to all..... ....btw the tenth team, Gphizzle, said that he'd jump into the beer-wager if it was OK with everyone. Apparently getting you balls busted for being the only non-participant was enough to...

The first handful of all-grain batches are like throwing a hard wall shot on wet lanes the first day rolling after a few months away from the lifestyle. As long as you keep it out of the gutter, it would be worse. Sounds like you at least knocked down a few pins, so I'd say it was a success...

Man, this has been a long week. First week at new job (misc stress), tripled commute time (sucks, but worth the $), worked yesterday at the bar, was too tired to do anything last night and ended up konked at 9:30. I was going through HBT withdrawal (don’t want to do too much internet surfing...

Let's not trample an interesting thread with political tangents. This is a good test - can we all acknowledge the line and respect it, despite out political beliefs?! Let's not get into a age/rights/legality mudfight. ....btw I'm in the bulky bottom of the curve, 27. :mug:

I'll get the photos up today.....I lost my friggin memory card reader and have been trying to get motivated to find it for a week now.....this is a good excuse. The 232 I quoted earlier was from a few weeks ago so the 'official' photos might adjust my entry weight. In the meantime, I'm going to...

You will meet your demise, IvanSan.

Sh*t JC's kicking it up a notch - and I've got his back. No skinny little homebrewboy is gonna take this competition. I'm in @ 5'-9", 232. Low and slow, baby. Low and slow.

Nice, man. i was a mech/eng guy during my first (I.E. immediately post-high-school) college visit. It lasted two insanely info-overloading years to realize I just didn't have it in me. :D Regardless, you could be an engineer in any random company that make elastic bands, GPS recievers...

sorry, lou, i somehow missed this post in my sporadic following of this thread!!! I'm in the process of switching jobs from the joint I was talking about before on State Street to a place right outside of Harvard Square in, well...Brattle Square. We should make a Friday after-work-path-crossing...