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How many of you out there surf HBT when you should be working?

I have one to two drinks a night and maybe three on a Saturday night. Now brew days are a different story. Gotta "research" the style I'm brewing and gotta keep busy somehow while waiting for the mash or sparge.

I teach science in a small community in Oregon. We had conferences until eight last night and I'm here eight 'til eight today. So instead of grading papers while I wait for parents, I'm planning my weekend brew day. Seems like a much better use of time and taxpayers' money, right?

Consistency is definitely a goal. "Experienced" instead of "advanced." That is a good reframe.

Yes, please!

Very Zen, but I agree.

4765 + 5 gallons American IPA = 4770

I've transferred to a carboy with an airlock and left hot wort in it to cool overnight with no ill affects. I think that would be a better choice than a kettle that doesn't seal as well.

TyTanium- I like that definition. And I now know what EAC stands for! Does that make me one of the cool kids?

Yeast is definitely another advanced subject I want to learn about. I do starters, but harvesting/propagating yeast and long term storage are on my "to learn" list.

A friend referred to me as an "advanced" homebrewer the other day. It got me thinking. Even though I've been brewing for more than 10 years, the last year and a half doing all-grain, taught others to brew, and I am starting to formulate my own recipes, I consider myself an intermediate. There...

Want to buy a bike? :)

Figured, but I had to try. Spent my "toy" fund building up a new mt. bike. After seeing your setup, wishin' I had waited.

Beautiful setup. You wouldn't happen to be open to a trade would you? I have an excess of bicycles and a 1965 Ford pickup that I'm looking to get rid of. Or kids that need tutoring? (I'm a teacher by trade.) A guy can hope, right? (I'm just located down in Lebanon.)

Where are you located in Oregon? I am also curious about the price.

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I've got a 0-gauge plug in each ear lobe. I'm 37-years-old and teach high school science in a rural community. Wear them to work everyday. Never had any issues. Kids were distracted by them for the first day or two but then got over it. They were more distracted by the fact that I actually knew...

I've only had the gnome on tap. I liked it. It's everything I've bought by them in bottles that I taste cardboard. Anybody know if they bottle themselves or hire a bottling company?

Hate to say this, being an Oregonian and wanting to support local, but every Oakshire beer I've tried tastes of cardboard like it's been exposed to oxygen. Am I the only one tasting this? Anyone else?

I would like to create a full five gallon batch at the same O.G. My boil-off rate was a fluke so do I just keep boiling until I hit that 1.090? Do I need a refractometer to do this accurately? (Always looking for an excuse for more gear.)