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| bio | website | richcooks.blogspot.com |
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| location | New York, NY | |
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Director of Customer Operations at Fog Creek Software. We make several products, including Trello, FogBugz, Kiln, Copilot, and WebPutty.
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Mar 5 |
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Small Space & Apartment Brewing: Cellaring Zero, actually. :) |
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Jul 9 |
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What yeasts are good for summer brewing? Update: My basement certainly does go to 73 or 74 during the summer. |
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May 9 |
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How do you prevent boil-overs? This could be extraordinarily dangerous for anyone doing anything more than a 2-3 gallon boil, and not advisable for even those. |
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Mar 22 |
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What's a balanced bittering hop for both English and American ales? Interesting. I find it adds more of a brightness to the flavor. |
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Mar 22 |
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What's a balanced bittering hop for both English and American ales? Thanks! I've been using Galena for a while and I gotta say I don't prefer it to Columbus. |
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Mar 9 |
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What's causing the recent spike in the price of used Corny kegs? Why should this be a wiki? |
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Mar 9 |
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What's causing the recent spike in the price of used Corny kegs? If I'd known that, I would've! I suspected some effect due to China's appetite for steel. I actually did look up the price of scrap stainless steel, but had already put a lot of effort into this and needed to finish. |
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Feb 7 |
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What happens when you push a yeast near its alcohol tolerance? And do you find that the alcohol tolerance numbers given by the yeast labs are fairly accurate? |
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Dec 6 |
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What accounts for the cheesy/sweaty flavor of hops and are there ways to minimize it? reluctantly accepting my own answer. :) |
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Nov 11 |
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What accounts for the cheesy/sweaty flavor of hops and are there ways to minimize it? I didn't say that this was a flaw in my beers. I buy leaf hops by the pound from hopsdirect.com, split into vacuum-sealed bags and store in a dark freezer until needed. I have aged aroma hops experimentally based on info in the Daniels book, but have never gotten this cheesy flavor. I've clarified the post, lest I damage my spotless reputation. I accept your offer of free lambic. :) |
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Sep 21 |
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The right first kit? Really happy about your other minor points. Dry yeast and no need to rack. |
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Sep 15 |
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Reusing yeast at home These steps are confusing. I will edit. |
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Jul 27 |
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What does “a thorough diacetyl rest” mean when talking about ale yeast? I like doing nothing. |
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May 27 |
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Is there a more durable alternative to a plastic auto-siphon? I was going to use CO2 from my keg setup, with a regulator, to push like 5-8 psi into the carboy via a tube attached to the carboy cap. |
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Apr 6 |
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What's a balanced bittering hop for both English and American ales? Extra points for solving my freezer space problem! |
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Apr 6 |
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How can I restore the shape of syphon tubing? Note that vinyl tubing should not go over 80C. |
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Apr 5 |
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What books would help me improve at recipe creation? If Daniels had continued to expand his data set as the years went by, and revised some of the unreadable infographics in the book--Edward Tufte would have a heart attack--it would really be astounding. As it is, it's just very, very good. I keep going back to it. |
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Mar 22 |
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Does a single FermCap addition control both boilovers and blowoffs? Thanks, TinCoyote! |
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Mar 13 |
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Has anyone had experience with first wort hopping? Did you find the results worthwhile? Denny, do you find it's better to avoid FWH with super-high-alpha varieties, like Columbus? It's mentioned here, but information is patchy. brewery.org/library/1stwort.html |
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Mar 4 |
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Why does my cream ale taste like a witbier? It was an infection, most likely. One of the rare delicious ones. I guess they have to happen from time to time. |
