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.

	2,869 reputation	bio	website	richcooks.blogspot.com	visits	member for	3 years, 4 months
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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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Can I condition in growlers?

carbonation bottle-conditioning conditioning

dec 5 at 17:55 Rich Armstrong 2,869

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My keg is empty. Now what?

techniques kegging cleaning

nov 10 '11 at 15:56 Rich Armstrong 2,869

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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 2,869

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Why is it bad to pitch too much yeast?

yeast fermentation ingredients techniques

mar 23 '10 at 14:30 Rich Armstrong 2,869

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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 967

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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 2,869

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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 a balanced bittering hop for both English and American ales?

hops bittering

mar 22 '12 at 13:20 Rich Armstrong 2,869

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337

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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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154

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

yeast ale diacetyl-rest

jul 27 '11 at 15:24 sgwill 3,132

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Does krausening make for faster conditioning?

secondary conditioning

jun 2 '11 at 11:07 Rob 31

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Lagering in corny kegs?

lagering

may 3 '10 at 21:04 TinCoyote 2,647

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600

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What are the effects of slower cooling of wort?

chilling

mar 10 '10 at 14:39 Dean Brundage 7,165

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346

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What's the shelf life on crushed specialty grains?

specialty-malt ingredients storage

apr 21 '10 at 23:48 brewchez 21.2k

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How do I predict final gravity?

fermentation specific-gravity final-gravity attenuation

feb 25 '10 at 15:47 Rich Armstrong 2,869

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What does knockout mean?

process

feb 22 '10 at 16:05 hookedonwinter 3,112

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

yeast

mar 9 '12 at 20:41 Rich Armstrong 2,869

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Dispensing beers at two different pressures?

kegging carbonation techniques equipment serving

may 5 '10 at 13:04 brewchez 21.2k

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296

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How do I do a sour mash?

mash

apr 23 '10 at 19:07 brewchez 21.2k

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Can I add finings after fermentation has begun?

fining techniques clarity

apr 22 '10 at 20:24 Tetragrammaton 1,083

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How do I adjust mash temperature and thickness to add body to a beer?

mash

apr 21 '10 at 13:25 brewchez 21.2k

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Brass vs. Stainless Steel for fittings

equipment

apr 16 '10 at 16:00 Rich Armstrong 2,869

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Should I & how do I use a mash tun brew kettle with a false bottom?

equipment small-space all-grain

feb 22 '10 at 16:05 Rich Armstrong 2,869

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381

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What's the line between ale and lager?

lager ale

feb 18 '10 at 16:59 Dean Brundage 7,165

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Why does my cream ale taste like a witbier?

flavor off-flavor

nov 19 at 22:51 Johnny Sandwiches 21