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Plus, magnum are high in alpha acids so from a cost point of view it seems like a waste to dry hop with them

Magnums are almost exclusively used for bittering, it'd be a shame to use them for dry hopping. From brewsmith:

I have a 1/4 bbl keg, and I'm estimating that I need to cut 1/2" off the spear instead of the 3/4" stated by OP. AFAIK, it shouldn't be 1/2 of the 3/4" bc the width of the keg changes according to depth at the bottom of the keg. Does anyone have an idea if this is reasonable?

I had a little bit of argument with a person at a local beer bar about where the ridiculous sweetness of Scrumpy's comes from. He said it was due to complex sugars, but I doubt you could get an FG this high with any kind of juice (does juice have that many complex sugars?) unless you either add...

Has anyone gotten around to doing no chill with a sankey? I've got my first batch of pressurized fermentation going right now, and depending on how this works out I might make the next batch a no-chill. I'll probably give it a try either way in another week or two, and make sure to post my...

BUMP!!! Ho, Ho, Ho!!!

I'm used to seeing it spelled "Top Ramen", is "Top Roman" some kind of maneuver involving a "top" and perhaps a roman helmet?

This doesn't really go with the cadence of the original song. How about On the sixth day of Christmas, my celly gave to me, six copies of Oui, five Newport One-Hundreds, four cups of pruno, three anal beads, two pink dresses, and a shiv made from a toOOOOthbrush. Edit: Oops, i had two instead...

Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen - Santana

I used Montpelier instead of Montrachet (my LHBS didn't have Montrachet), and ended up putting a drop of fermcap-s/gas-x/simethicone into the carboy once I saw the krausen start to rise up the neck.

Scream Until You're Coughing Up Blood - Against Me!

Stone IPA, would be drinking my keg of Belgian Wit, but I'm out of gas. Going to run down the keg store and get more CO2 at some point tonight.

Kegging a sierra clone, a Belgian wit, and a batch of apfelwein. Then pitching another apfelwein onto the cake, and brewing something not sure yet, maybe a Gordon Ale clone.

I thought CO2 was kinda heavy, so unless you spend lots of time on the floor it probably isn't the CO2 (this is one of the reasons that CO2 poisoning can really ruin your day, b/c if there's enough to knock you out, then you will likely end up on the floor where the CO2 is heavily concentrated)...

I've entertained some concerns from friends and family years ago. I had to go to AA after a DUI almost a decade ago. Observing those meetings made me realize I am NOT an alcoholic. I do think it's ironic that there are many people who are so paranoid about alcohol (sometimes justly so because...

Doesn't seem to. There are several threads debating the pros and cons of fermcap-s or simethicone but nobody seems to have had a bad experience using it, while a LOT of people swear by it at least for use in the BK to prevent boilovers. There is some debate that it might affect head, but...

+9999999999999999 If you are in a pinch Gas-x or any similar product with simethicone in it will work (try to get unflavored if possible, and make sure it doesn't have antacid in it). I cut open gas-x gel-caps and squeeze them into my boil and sometimes my fermentor.

Don't Blow Your Top - KMFDM

I was approaching the delirious laughter stage when I read this. Would have literally been ROFL if I wasn't so worried about finally breaking my laptop all the way.

I just threw up a little on my frontbutt