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One of my male cats - Mr. Poo's littermate Mario - would carry small stuffed toys around and call to me in the wee hours of the night. He'd leave his toy calling cards on the rug near the bed or on the bed itself. There was one particular stuffed toy Mario would leave for me, and oddly enough...

Drinking my stash of Salvator doppelbock. All two of them. Only the best for old friends. Prosit, Pook Meister.

That's the method. Reducing you bittering levels and using the remainder as a later addition boiled for a shorter time is a good approach. I tend to do single hop brews as it's less complicated and expensive for me. Some really good stronger German Fest brews use Herkules for bittering and...

Hallertauer Mitt, Saaz, Perle, or Tettnanger could work. They're all Old World noble hops for German styles. The Magnum strain has a higher alpha acid level. The hops I recommended have a less intense alpha bittering and work well as flavor or aroma hops due to a nice beta acid level. That's...

The administrative folks I work for in the People's Republic of Jersey have offered it twice via online appointments through one of of our local hospitals. Been shot at, rocketed, and mortared over 26 years with Uncle and had all the jabs I can stand for a lifetime. For a bug that has a 99.7%...

Former ex-pat who worked Kuwait, Bahrain, and Iraq from 2004-2007 and again Iraq from 2008-2010. Never dared to make anything by hand. We would have access to international duty free products discreetly stowed aboard cargo and logistical flights. As time went on some of these conduits were...

That would be a few years worth to me. An accidentally-made ice barleywine convinced me being a lightweight was in my best interest.

Gratuitous dog pic in the Cat Thread. Can't resist. Meet Mochi, the Siberian-Malamute mix. October 3, 2020 ... a bit over 5lbs. March 15, six months later. Over 50lbs. and stealing the Black Hole of Comfort As the pup grew, The Old Gray Man in my avatar grew smaller. Kitty suffered from...

Thanks for the consideration. I have a 50-some pound Husky in my lap right now ... but it just isn't the same.

Today was a beautiful day, Mr Poo ... a beautiful day. It's Good Friday and the sun is shining, maybe just a bit too brightly, but it's warm and springtime. It's unfortunate you had to go today around 3PM. We've had 15 years and I've pulled you from trouble, traps, nippy dogs, and a handful of...

The dissolved chlorine content in pool water will change with pH levels and temperature. I have considered using the huge thermal mass of my inground pool as a great way to conserve water for brewing, but if you're recirculating pool water with a high level of free chlorine it would be a good...

If you want nice, clear water in the pool it's going to take some effort in warm weather. The first thing you need to do is get all the foreign matter out of the pool. Use a net and set your pump to bypass the filter to vacuum out the junk. My 42k gallon pool suffers from pine needles...

I like the idea of a Pils or IPA with some hops to balance off the sweetness.

Lemon soda can also be used to mix with Helles, but in my opinion, the addition of sugar in a Radler can drown out the malt flavor of the beer and turn everything into a sweet mess. I've tried one particular commercial US version marketed by a well-known New England brewery and decided this...

Lefou's solution? Brew a nice 4 - 4.5% ABV beer. Pour warm over a generous amount of ice. :p It will cool and dilute the beer and may help the hops stand out a bit. Not something you'd normally do during the cooler months, though.

The only brews I'd bother adding extra yeast nutrients to would be mead, a strong cider, or wine must. High gravity beer wort mashed properly should have everything a healthy pitch of yeast needs. Servomyces is a nutrient with a fancy name. It's dead, boiled yeast for the most part. The...

I noticed you didn't mention your mash times, grain, or water salts. Higher diastatic levels and a slightly longer mashing period can improve efficiency to some degree and salt additions/pH levels can vary with style.

If you're looking to maintain body in a light, low ABV beer, consider using torrified wheat as an adjunct. Keep your mash temps slightly higher and consider using a less modified base malt. More highly modified base malts will convert more easily - especially with an extended mash - but will...

I'd always thought the Widmer strain was akin to WLP320 American hefe .... but anyway, that was a pretty interesting post. Top cropping a strong ale yeast is always a great idea but if you're like me, you're lucky to find a distributor putting fresh beer on the shelves of local stores. The...

Agree. Looks like there's lots of grain with plenty of starch. I'd boil the adjuncts and mash with a highly diastatic base malt. If not going for a beer, then how about a multigrain soup? That would be my other choice.