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    Game of Thrones

    Ah yeah, but, which is worse. Tyrion biting it, or Cersei "winning" or gaining control of the dragons? I'd take Tyrion biting the dust ten times over compared to Cersei getting the dragons. Also that arm was Jorah Mormont, remember, Daenarys' retainer, he got grey scale protecting Tyrion.
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    Game of Thrones

    Either Tyrion as has already been mentioned or he's going to bind one of the dragons with the Dragon horn. I can't remember if they had this in the show, but back when Euron was crowned king of the Iron Islands in the books at least, he had one of his entourage blow a big horn that was...
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    Sour Mash/Sour Wort Berliner Weisse (Instant Pot Programmable Pressure Cooker)

    I would highly suggest using pure strains for this, the times I tried it innoculating with some malt it gets a bit too wild and crazy. You could make a very large starter of lacto though using the instant pot. I would just suggest purchasing a pure strain of lacto first and building it up from...
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    SS Brewbucket Review

    Not that anything you said was specifically wrong, I think I understand SS position on the whole thermometer thing. The thermowell, at least from what I've seen, accommodates most temperature probes fairly easily. So I think they probably looked at the cost of adding a more accurate thermometer...
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    I'm having trouble determining how much roasted malt to use

    I'm gonna sound like a broken record exclaiming the heights of midnight wheat but I'll say so anyway. Midnight wheat gives a ton of color without any major ashy-roast character. For a 5 gallon batch a RIS recipe could soak up a full 16oz of midnight wheat for the base line roast character...
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    Adding Whisky Soaked Oak chips

    Quoting for emphasis. Just bottled a wee heavy I put on 4oz of medium toast French oak... Sort of forgot about it for 4 weeks on the oak. I am now calling this beer Sergeant Oaks, this is gonna need a long time to mellow.
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    What do you use to clean your glassware

    Hot water almost exclusively. Just rinse thoroughly and allow to air dry. Sometimes I'll pour a little salt in the glass and use a bottle brush to scrub the salt around. Makes the glass sparkly clean and I get really good lace and retention right after a salt scrub(rinse all the salt out first).
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    bourbon soaked cherries - what beer?

    I'm having a harder time with trying to come up with a beer style it *wouldn't* be good in. Maybe rauchbiers or double IPAs? Actually scratch the rauchbier, the smoke and bourbon would be good together. Maybe not good in a sahti, then again I have had the sum total of 1 sahti ever, so I cant...
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    saison finished below 1

    To add to others and what's been said. A while back I did a big dark saison, I think it was above 1.090. Double decoction 154F mash temp. I also know I didn't have the perfect pitch rate (maybe 80% of needed I couldn't squeeze out a bigger starter). Did belle saison care? Nope. Still dropped...
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    Bottles conditioning for 8 days...should I sample?

    This^ I take out sample bottles at the 1 week mark to check if they are starting to carb, it's very obvious when they aren't (this is with beers less than 8%, anything higher I wait till 4 weeks to bother checking). It's a good way to check if it's started to carb or if it's already massively...
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    Game of Thrones

    It's a very interesting part of the story, he did purchase the child for a jug of Arbor Gold wine, a leather tanner had never tasted Arbor Gold before, and switched the leather tanner's baby with Aegon and smuggled Aegon out of King's Landing. I wish I could find the citations for this but...
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    Game of Thrones

    I go back to my previous post about Tyrion = Targaryen. Tywin Lannister: "Why? You ask that? You who killed your mother to come into the world? You are an ill-made, spiteful little creature full of envy, lust, and low cunning. Men's laws give you the right to bear my name and display my...
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    Black IPA Feedback

    I don't see any problems with your grain bill. I would keep it as is. Though I would take m00ps advice on the sugar. I use a dark Belgian candi sugar (its already black so who cares), not only does it help dry it out, but it adds some dark fruit without leaving sweetness behind (as some crystal...
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    Game of Thrones

    I think the way the scene was shot and the wetnurse Wylla being in the room was meant to be a very deliberate indication that Jon is Lyanna and Rhaegar's son. "You have to protect him" *incomprehensible whispering* "You have to protect him" *camera pans out* *Cut to Jon Snow's face...
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    Game of Thrones

    Ramsey's baby would fulfill the requirements for being a king so Melisandre will be very interested in Sansa being pregnant. Also @Talgrath that does seem to be really likely scenario for Melosandre's death. They have definitely telegraphed some sexual tension between Jon and Melisandre so it...
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    "Sour" beers not sour enough...

    I'll start by saying that I've tried using a lacto starter meant for yogurt and had, sub-par results. I don't know what it was, I am a thrifty person so I really like repurposing one thing to perform another task. Something about the lacto starters meant for yogurt just don't seem to work (at...
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    Game of Thrones

    I totally leave it open for a triple reverse troll on GRRMs part. I'll bet he totally dies on Skagos before Davos finds/rescues Rickon. But the events surrounding Rickons death/attempted rescue may be very important to the story. Skagos for all intents and purposes doesn't exist in the show...
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    Game of Thrones

    I guess I view the shaggy dog theory a little differently. If someone is telling me "hey this doesnt matter don't pay attention this" I'm that much more likely to pay attention to it. I just don't see GRRM deliberately saying "don't pay attention to Rickon he's not important, his story isn't...
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    How many gallons of homebrew in 2016?

    Catching up 2 batches plus today's batch. +5 Black IPA 5.5 Cream Ale 5 honey saison 11,003 total
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