Recent content by GrainMan

That's interesting. Do you get a reaction from skin contact with unfinished oak? For example, if you lay a piece of raw oak on the inside of your forearm does it raise a welt?

I think something like this is going to be at the bottom of the problem. That is why it is so hard to pin down.

That's sorta where I went with thinking that ales might be different from everything else, but no, didn't find any relief there.

Reaching.... Yup. That I am. For someone who used to gleefully sample any brew presented and who was around to support the rise of microbrewing, this is pretty inconvenient. Of course......not to say that IPA wouldn't be my first choice, but there are still establishments where you ask...

Well, maybe the hops or the lupulin is deactivating whatever it is that poisons me. I distinctly remember thinking the one IPA that wasn't good wasn't very hoppy. Is there any reason to think that there would be less variation in the yeasts used for commercial IPAs?

I thought it might be best to resurrect this thread as opposed to starting a new one. As someone mentioned, there seems like no better place to ask a question like this than in a place where people are interested in the details of brewing. I have a similar strange "allergy". Maybe someone...