Pittsburgh

[moarhops1]

 

[beerman6686]

Any of you guys headed out to Jackie O's on Wednesday for the Appervation release?

 

[basicksickness]

also, did anyone hit voodoo for the coffee on site? wondering how it is

 

[HeadHunter]

Hi I have very limited experience with making ****** homebrew and no business sense who wants to start an all-Gose brewery with me?

 

[kbuzz1]

Vandelay cans are rough. I hope they just need some time to condition. Hate to say it but probably should have gone to BG.

Meant to ask this ten ages back, but skimmed through this over the weekend while intoxicated and then forgot...what do you mean by "rough"?

Anyone else try the new Voodoo cans? Wanting to know if the same issues as before are still showing up now that they have their own canning line.

 

[dadavat]

Unusually thick for an ipa and a lot of diacetyl. I'll try another one in a few days and let you know if it changed.

 

[kbuzz1]

Unusually thick for an ipa and a lot of diacetyl. I'll try another one in a few days and let you know if it changed.

So the same as before?

 

[dadavat]

So the same as before?

I only had vandelay on draft once. This is the first can I've had with diacetyl.

 

[preluderl]

I picked up a 4 pack of Vandelay but haven't opened one yet. Will report when I do.

 

[kbuzz1]

I only had vandelay on draft once. This is the first can I've had with diacetyl.

Just meant in general with the cans. It seems everybody was complaining about diacetyl when they had a complaint. And that seems to be an issue still even though they got their own canning line.

 

[tommyguz]

also, did anyone hit voodoo for the coffee on site? wondering how it is

I did. It's rather enjoyable. The ethoipian picked up more fruitiness and the Tanzania more grape wine flavor

 

[dadavat]

All the barleywine talk inspired me to open ba brick kiln with nuts and it's phenomenal. Even better than regular ba brick kiln. They somehow manage a huge mouthfeel without getting into that sticky/syrupy category. Oddly enough, it gushed when I opened it but it wasn't over carbed.

 

[barflybastard]

Anyone got any hot tips as to how to successfully defended against an appeal by the school district to raise our assessment? Bought a house last year and they are trying to reassess for the sale price.

You don't necessarily need an attorney, but it might help in navigating the hearing, which will have to be scheduled--not in court, but in front of a quasi-judicial board. Wife and I (she's an attorney) were going to fight our assessment at out last house, but we ended up moving around that time. Previous advise on comparables is the right defense; there are lots of ****** houses out there to compare to--time to sandbag.

 

[nhindian1]

You don't necessarily need an attorney, but it might help in navigating the hearing, which will have to be scheduled--not in court, but in front of a quasi-judicial board. Wife and I (she's an attorney) were going to fight our assessment at out last house, but we ended up moving around that time. Previous advise on comparables is the right defense; there are lots of ****** houses out there to compare to--time to sandbag.

Yeah we ended up fighting it alone today. Brought 7 comps that I felt set the value. Dbag school district attorney brought 3 comps and one was a house more than double our size that sold for $80k more.

 

[Stubs]

Don't miss those Allegheny county taxes...woof.

 

[barflybastard]

Yeah we ended up fighting it alone today. Brought 7 comps that I felt set the value. Dbag school district attorney brought 3 comps and one was a house more than double our size that sold for $80k more.

Yikes. Were you able to make any successful argument and get at least a partial win?

 

[rodosman]

Yeah we ended up fighting it alone today. Brought 7 comps that I felt set the value. Dbag school district attorney brought 3 comps and one was a house more than double our size that sold for $80k more.

They are total dbags. I had a rental property that they estimated at $133,000. Meanwhile I had it for sale for $75,000. I logically argued my case and the school board lady had nothing but contempt for me. I'm like I wish it was worth that much. Then hired an attorney and paid him around $1400 to successfully bring down to $75,000. Ridiculous. Worst part was, after I challenged the taxable value they sent out a city inspector and he dinged me for every little thing, meanwhile the houses around me were in worse shape. I would never again own anything in the city limits.

 

[MooseLang]

Don't miss those Allegheny county taxes...woof.

The worst.

I've ragged on my friends incessantly for the past 7-8 years for living in Cranberry (and Mars. But Mars isn't Mars anymore. Cranberry ate it). Problem is, if I ever moved back, I would assume there is a good chance I would have to live in Cranberry because of location/taxes.

This is why I can never come back.

 

[dadavat]

They are total dbags. I had a rental property that they estimated at $133,000. Meanwhile I had it for sale for $75,000. I logically argued my case and the school board lady had nothing but contempt for me. I'm like I wish it was worth that much. Then hired and attorney and paid him around $1400 to successfully bring down to $75,000. Ridiculous. Worst part was, after I challenged the taxable value they sent out a city inspector and he dinged me for every little thing, meanwhile the houses around me were in worse shape. I would never again own anything in the city limits.

On the flip side of that, my house in Lawrenceville has never been assessed at over 60k.

 

[greg4579]

Y'all can move out to Westmoreland county with me. Just bring all the good breweries with you.

 

[preluderl]

Y'all can move out to Westmoreland county with me. Just bring all the good breweries with you.

When we bought our place in Allison Park we briefly considered Butler, but... Such commute, much distance.

 

[greg4579]

When we bought our place in Allison Park we briefly considered Butler, but... Such commute, much distance.

Aw yes, Butler, the crown jewel of Westmoreland county

 

[preluderl]

Aw yes, Butler, the crown jewel of Westmoreland county

Well, yeah. Far off places with cows and whatnot.

 

[nhindian1]

Yikes. Were you able to make any successful argument and get at least a partial win?

We'll find out in 2-3 months apparently. I doubt they get the full reassessment value; their school board lawyer even admitted it was had to find comps for our specific layout on our street (all 3 were in our neighborhood). Our comps branched out to different streets but all within the same township. It's gonna go up, just hope it's not too much.

 

[dadavat]

When we bought our place in Allison Park we briefly considered Butler, but... Such commute, much distance.

we just bought in allison park. we move in on friday. where are you guys at?

 

[preluderl]

we just bought in allison park. we move in on friday. where are you guys at?

Close to Burchfield Elementary, like 2 minutes off of Middle Rd.

uvm2003 lives really close by as well.

 

[PSUMike]

I have 0 regrets about building outside Allegheny County.

 

[dadavat]

Close to Burchfield Elementary, like 2 minutes off of Middle Rd.

uvm2003 lives really close by as well.

Oh yeah in Shaler. We're right off of Ferguson in that neighborhood that has NA, Hampton, and North Hills school districts. We're right in the SE corner of NA school district.

 

[brother rebus]

Middle Rd.

 

[preluderl]

Middle Rd.

You choke and stroke over Middle Rd? Weird. I've never really thought of it as being erotic, but maybe I'm missing something.