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Did anyone go to the reception? I missed it - usual excuses. How was it?

I'll go on a weekeday sometime and check things out.

Welcome.

If your beer is a Weizen or Weissbier - BJCP Category 15A, you should enter it into the AHP August Beer Style of the month competition. You'll get a scoresheet back with lots of good comments.

Hey gang- I just got in: 3 gallon better bottles - $24.95 - Perfect for trial batches or Mead 3 gallon glass carboys - $24.95 - Perfect for trial batches or Mead 12 oz Bottles (case/12) - $5.95 - They have Gordon Biersch Marzen 6 pack carriers Tons of Whitelabs liquid yeast- including Lager strains ...

BrewMasterBrad wrote:

maltbarley wrote:I guess he thought it was a huge book.

It's a pretty heavy subject.

I see what you did there

Good meeting guys. I learned a couple of things: 1. Pilsner malt should be boiled for 90 minutes - though I can't remember why ??? 2. Pilsner malt should be brought to 140 FAST and then the kettle can be covered - Something about removing SMS and DMS. 3. Coriander and orange peel is a great combo 4....

Thanks for the Pizza Tim

Departing Salzburg today. Back to Munich. Off to Rome tomorow. The beer portion of the trip comes to a close (Italy and Greece are not known for their brewing expertise!). Favorite beers so far: Munich - Augustiner. Salzburg - Gößer (in case the german symbols don't show: Gosser "o" with ...

maltbarley wrote:

oc eric wrote: residential is sealed, commercial is not...

My two fridges say otherwise, but it's likely that your service port was added by a previous repair attempt.

The *think* that is what the repairman said. He was difficult to understand.

Guys-

The Costco by AHP doesn't have the non-crystal clear plastic cups anymore. Anyone knwo where to get the "regular" clear plastic cups? Obviously this means I won't have them for the meeting. I do have the BIG red cups.

Fridgerator is FIXED!!! It looks like it overheated and "lost" it refrigerant. I still don't understand how that can happen, but it is working again. :-) Ummm.... That's not possible. It's a sealed system, so unless the seal was compromised there is not way yo lose refrigerant. With the n...

dhempy wrote:

tylking wrote:
BTW, I hate the term ... !

+1 ... My wife will call me that when she drops the fact that I brew ... I cringe because there is so much that I do not know ... Plus, if Tyler doesn't consider himself a brewmaster ... then I am certainly not!

Dan

+1 I guess I'll call myself a Brewnovice.

Brad-

Write a book about your tours of breweries, brewpubs and gastropubs around LA and OC. Seriously dude, you find some interesting palces.

lexuschris wrote: Orders of magnitude in effort ..


--lexuschris

ROTFL

Stiegl is excellent. Try the Stiegl with Limo soda for something refreshing and sweet.

Fridgerator is FIXED!!!

It looks like it overheated and "lost" it refrigerant. I still don't understand how that can happen, but it is working again.