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The governor of Washington was recently denied access to a bar because she did not have her ID on her... she is 61 years old... and looks it...

Having spent my entire adult life working in the grocery industry, I can tell you that you are absolutely positively kind of right :drunk: Most modern register systems DO require you to enter a date... Most checkers who have been doing there job for more than a week can tell you a handful of...

+1 on what you like... +1 on the Hop Rod Rye... -1 on the Miller... oh well, 2 out of 3 ain't bad...

Wow... 50 gallons of cider AND a barrel... what is that costing you?

+1 on the above, have a good digital kitchen scale for the hops, and the postal scale for anything else

I will check my many sources for clone recipes when I get home to see if any of them have one... "radio edit" sorry, nothing in any of my clone books or magazines...

One good home made solution is to use hot peppers, and make a tea from them, and then spray that on the plants. The bugs don't like a mouth full of jalapeno any more than most humans do.

From Wikipedia Coccinellids(ladybugs) are generally considered useful insects as many species feed on aphids or scale insects, which are pests in gardens, agricultural fields, orchards, and similar places. The Mall of America, for instance, releases thousands of ladybugs into its indoor park as...

We were having mite problems around our place, and the sister in law, who lives next door, released a bunch of ladybugs one evening, and I have not seen a mite since... PWNED...

Mac & Jacks is a Redmond, Wa. based brewery that, if memory serves me correctly, is the second largest brewery (roughly 35,000 barrels) in the state. They are a DISTANT second to Redhook (360,000 barrels). An interesting thing to note is that Manny Chao of Georgetown Brewing was employee...

Good point. There are commercial breweries out there using extract, and not only selling good product, but winning awards with it. I remember hearing an interview on The Brewing Network, with a commercial brewer that brews extract, and brews very good beers, but he is also very particular...

100% - probably helps that Mac & Jacks is local to the Seattle area, and one of my favorite beers...

the hopper IS the only difference

i agree with the OP, this stuff is awesome

young man... :) I've got 8 or more years on you :P I hope that things worked well for you once you left the evil empire, and that you landed on your feet?

I left because I was in IT, and getting moved more and more into operations, and I did not want that. I came back because I ran into my old boss one day in a store, and he made me an offer that was too good to refuse. Now I am back in IT, doing what I love, with a company that I have always...

maybe this would look less tacky

Not wanting to know anything, I have worked for QFC off and on for my entire working career. I am on my second stint with them in their main office. I was just wondering, as I was sitting at work yesterday, if there were any others out there. What did you do for Fred Meyer while you were...

Yes... very... was just there two days ago...

According to something I heard on The Session, yes, it is possible to have too much head space in your fermenter: it allows for a heavier layer of co2 to build up, and this extra pressure can have a negative impact on the yeast.