Rich Armstrong

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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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What are the easiest and hardest commercial beer bottles to re-use for homebrew?

feb 6 at 20:59 ecarpenter 21

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Calculating Alcohol by Volume

alcohol-content

dec 30 at 17:02 Ian Bennett 1

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Are One-Step and OxyClean the same thing?

cleaning

dec 22 at 0:17 bstnh1 1

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How do you prevent boil-overs?

boilover techniques

dec 19 at 0:32 wesanyer 96

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Can I condition in growlers?

carbonation bottle-conditioning conditioning

dec 5 at 17:55 Rich Armstrong 2,839

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Why does my cream ale taste like a witbier?

flavor off-flavor

nov 19 at 22:51 Johnny Sandwiches 21

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Is there a brewing software that supports late additions?

calculations software

apr 20 '12 at 5:44 Monty0018 28

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What's a balanced bittering hop for both English and American ales?

hops bittering

mar 22 '12 at 13:20 Rich Armstrong 2,839

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What happens when you push a yeast near its alcohol tolerance?

yeast

mar 9 '12 at 20:41 Rich Armstrong 2,839

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What's the line between brown ale and porter?

ale beer-styles flavor recipe

dec 1 '11 at 7:50 Petr 134

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What accounts for the cheesy/sweaty flavor of hops and are there ways to minimize it?

hops

nov 11 '11 at 16:11 Rich Armstrong 2,839

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My keg is empty. Now what?

techniques kegging cleaning

nov 10 '11 at 15:56 Rich Armstrong 2,839

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What's the flavor profile of a beer that only uses bittering and dry hops?

dry-hop

oct 13 '11 at 21:26 Micheal R 11

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Should I ferment a new batch directly on the yeast cake generated by the previous batch?

beer yeast fermentation techniques reusing-yeast

sep 15 '11 at 16:51 Rich Armstrong 2,839

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What does “a thorough diacetyl rest” mean when talking about ale yeast?

yeast ale diacetyl-rest

jul 27 '11 at 15:24 sgwill 3,072

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325

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Which pieces of brewing equipment seem like a good idea to buy, but are of limited usefulness?

equipment mistakes

jun 2 '11 at 16:32 markskar 957

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Does krausening make for faster conditioning?

secondary conditioning

jun 2 '11 at 11:07 Rob 31

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What's the flavor profile of Bravo hops?

hops

apr 19 '11 at 20:11 Graham 4,480

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For steepers, what's the easiest way to crush specialty grains?

crush mill specialty-grains

apr 13 '11 at 15:00 Denny Conn♦ 16k

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Is pouring down on a lager yeast cake any different from pouring down on an ale yeast cake?

reusing-yeast

apr 9 '11 at 14:28 Hopwise 2,747

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Does a single FermCap addition control both boilovers and blowoffs?

boilover blow-off foam

apr 9 '11 at 7:41 Community♦ 1

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Why do extract recipes call for a late addition of the bulk of the extract?

extract ingredients

mar 14 '11 at 14:01 Rich Armstrong 2,839

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How do new yeast strains happen?

yeast

mar 12 '11 at 16:35 Carson C. 371

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What's the minimum mash time?

mash temperature

feb 22 '11 at 19:06 Denny Conn♦ 16k

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Mead is taking up space in my carboys. When can I bottle it?

mead

dec 2 '10 at 19:15 baka 5,312

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How do I print professional-looking labels?

labels

sep 28 '10 at 20:31 Mattress 809

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How much strike water can I expect to lose to grain hydration?

mash

sep 12 '10 at 17:34 loop0 239

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Can I ferment further once the beer is carbonated?

carbonation secondary

aug 6 '10 at 13:54 dzachareas 665

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What yeasts are good for summer brewing?

yeast

jul 30 '10 at 14:13 Rich Armstrong 2,839

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What flavors can I expect with a late/whirlpool addition of Columbus hops?

hops

jul 27 '10 at 14:26 markskar 957