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Yeah, in my opinion, that's two different beers you'd be able to tell apart. If it was me that happened to, my swizzlestick would've definitely been stirred up ... but look on the bright side. You'll have another chance later to brew what you wanted the right way - until then, it's not the...

The original Harlan Sanders cooked his chicken in the back of a gas station the old-fashioned way - in oil on a stovetop pan. He had so much demand he switched over to a pressure cooker deep fryer. When he got bought out he sold the rights to everything but his image for a percentage of...

Gotta get around to bending my IC. I bought a length of 1/2" copper, clamps, and vinyl tubing for this but can't seem to recall where my copper coil got hidden ....

Take it from a guy who's tried multiple cooling approaches from a running water sink bath to a snowbank in winter to simply adding ice-cold chilled water to hot kettle wort. A sink bath without ice will take a while but it's better than putting a vessel with hot wort in a freezer. I've done the...

Basmati rice comes in quite a few varieties. It's an Indian long grain rice with an aromatic ester. I've got the white version and there is a brown version, too. Very similar to the Thai jasmine rice. Both smell like popcorn when cooking. The Basmati I have is in an 8lb. bag that normally...

I have a couple bags of aged Basmati rice stashed for brewing an adjunct lager when the time comes. It's sooooo damned hard that it will need a long soaking to mash properly.

As a younger guy, I recall over thirty-some years ago sitting down and switching on the TV hoping to catch a few minutes of Ronnie Montrose live. At the time Montrose was doing an on-stage duet with some old black man I'd never seen before. That old man put me on the edge of my seat. He...

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The Paulaner and Weihenstephaner festbiers will be hitting local shelves in the next few weeks. Been saving those gift cards just for that. The Wiesn is my favorite, hands down, of any commercial beer out there. I like their Maßkrug so much I got two of them, just in case I can't locate one.

Please stop asking me whether, and how much, I got paid during the last pay period. This is what payroll/HR is for. You have a remote InterWebz login and receive Direct Deposit just like I do. This way it relieves me of responsibility for your being peeved because I made more than you did due...

Vienna lager. I'm toying with a Marzen, too, but the right yeast has to be available.

Yeah, some bugs have an oily exterior on their shells. The detergent is a good idea because it messes up anything that floats.

Japanese beetles have a weakness for rice beer. :rolleyes:

Only one sour has ever passed my lips willingly. I've never been a fan. I took one sip from a sample of fruit beer from one of my local shops. The rest got poured on the ground. Every once in a while you have to share with the ants and fruit flies...

At my house it was the "monkey see, monkey do" game. I would be crude and rude and the kid would laugh. Like I said, she was a fast learner and tried the same thing a few moments later but ended up with a "prairie dog" in her pants on the second attempt. It wasn't as funny as the first try...

I peeked at the NB website and the choices for the kit is either dry 34/70 or liquid OYL-107 O-fest.

LMAO The kid's a drummin' fool. I like it. It's a good outlet for extra energy and kids have plenty to burn. When I was a restless teenager we had a guy replace a portion of our porch. He gave me $20 and asked me to bust up the concrete with a sledgehammer while he did the forms and pouring...

If you're not set on putting a sample up for judging in a BJCP competition you don't have to worry. A little extra efficiency and ABV isn't a fault and it should age well. Matter of fact, if you can set some aside and see how it tastes later.

This style of beer is typically a lager so temperature control would be good approach. 60F or below would be fine.

If you can find the liquid Wyeast 2565 and ferment it around 65F or below, use it. Doesn't flocc or compact well unless chilled but can sub for the WLP029.