Recent content by mc_eric

I wouldn't necessarily call it an "acquired" taste-I thought the first bottle of JP that I ever had was the best damn thing I'd ever tasted in my life. It was also the first brett beer I'd ever had and it just completely blew me away. I was like "holy crap I had no idea beer could even taste...

I've never tried it, but it sounds like an excellent idea. I'd use some kind of combination of amarillo/simcoe/citra hops to bring out that tropical fruit type flavor. Fruit IPA has always sounded like an interesting idea to me, but I haven't ever actually gotten around to brewing one. I had...

MI_AleMan1085 on PS3. I'm going to set HBT as my clan tag next time I play, I think we should all do it. I like the game. I know a lot of people complain about lag and stuff, but I haven't had many issues. Every once in a while I'll get some stuttering etc., but it's not too bad...

I have a batch fermenting w/ 05 right now that seemed to start a bit slower than normal, and is still bubbling after almost a week (1.056 amber ale brewed on 10/23). I use a lot of US-05, and that stuff is normally done within about 4 days or so with a gravity like this. I know the whole...

It's been done. You need to think bigger, my friend! http://www.sloshspot.com/blog/02-25-2009/How-To-Brew-Pumpkin-Beer-in-a-Pumpkin-in-20-Easy-Steps-125

I smoke cigs, and even I'm glad that bars don't allow smoking around here. Most of the places I go to (the ones that serve good beer) didn't allow smoking even before it was banned a couple of years ago, which I think is the right decision for a place that serves expensive stuff. On a...

Glad to hear it :mug: With beer, if you think something's gone wrong, more often than not it winds up being fine.

Beer:p

I don't know if there's a theoretical maximum or anything, but I've waited overnight for maybe 10 hours or so (to let the wort cool down) without any problems. I probably should mention that that was in an ale pail sanitized w/ star san. If you do a search for "no chill brewing", you can find...

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Oh yeah, man! I saw Simon and the Shpongletron at Electric Forest festival in July, it was crazy! I haven't heard much of his older stuff, but shpongle is one of the acts that got me into electronic music in the first place. I've heard of Zeds Dead, but I'm not really familiar with them, or...

I used to really hate electronic music. I mean with a passion. But then I saw a few bands and DJs live that mixed some really cool stuff. Now I'm addicted to dubstep. I still can't stand pop electronica/house stuff (like BenVanned was saying the, repetitive du du du du du base), but there is...

Gotta love Todd Snyder. The first time I saw him live was at this music festival. My buddy and I went out to go pick up some beer and were rushing back to get to see Todd. As we got out of the car and started running up towards the stage with our six packs we heard him start singing "B double...

Ahh, yes. Maximum nerdage achieved! I used to play tyranids back when I was probably about 11-13 or so. My best friend's older brother was in to it, along with D&D and magic and all that stuff, so we kind of got into it as well. I haven't played in over a decade, but I still have a few...

If it already tastes oxidized, I don't think there is anything you can do to reverse it. Sulfite will help prevent oxidation, but it won't fix oxidation once it's already happened.