You are all debating and you're not following the fundamental rule of debate.
That rule is that there is no debating on political matters in a technical forum.
If you can't answer the OPs question without injecting your political opinion then shut it.
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We still have a 15 year old dog, Maggie. She's a sweetheart.
When she passes, we'll probably hang the leases up for awhile, but we will be back.
This has been a very sad week for me. His indomitable spirit has been recorded on this forum somewhere. Nothing in this world could contain him and he passed while trying to find his loved ones. He was struck by a car and hung in there long enough for Brenda and I to locate him and do the...
Wants rigid tasting and judging regimen.
Doesn't want rigid style guidelines.
:confused:
You know they could just get all the compounds measured using a GC and declare a winner. :drunk:
Here's an idea, Cape. On your next brewery tour, bring your video camera and tape real brewers brewing their beer. You can analyze the tape later and put your spin on what they're doing. You'll kick their asses.
The 7 classic reasons to boil. It's on the BJCP exam.
Boiling wort is normally required for the following reasons:
Extracts, isomerizes and dissolves the hop α-acids
Stops enzymatic activity
Kills bacteria, fungi, and wild yeast
Coagulates undesired proteins and polyphenols in the hot...
Please no more OT posts. Moderators have been deleting OT posts in this thread all day. Some were offensive, others referenced those posts, others were just distracting. The order of posts got out of wack too because people were writing responses while we were deleting.
These baskets are prevalent in Belgium and serve a useful function. Please let me know if you source them. I apologize that it took repeated deletions of idiotic posts. Those interested in brewing, beer culture deserve better.