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by duncan
Sat May 24, 2014 6:14 pm
Forum: Homebrewing Recipes and Tips
Topic: Anyone have a particularly good Heady Topper clone?
Replies: 15
Views: 8465

I tend to use SO4 when I need to turn around a beer quickly, but I find it kind of neutral in respect to it being supposedly Whitbread.

on a side note, a Topper clone with Brett Trois. ....
by duncan
Sat May 10, 2014 3:31 am
Forum: Homebrewing Recipes and Tips
Topic: Anyone have a particularly good Heady Topper clone?
Replies: 15
Views: 8465

Has anyone fermented anything with Conan?
by duncan
Wed Jul 31, 2013 10:59 am
Forum: Homebrewing Recipes and Tips
Topic: Where to get 375ml Belgian Bottles
Replies: 31
Views: 12690

by duncan
Sun Jun 09, 2013 3:56 pm
Forum: Homebrewing Recipes and Tips
Topic: Brewing challenge: can you make a GOOD Rogue Voodoo Maple?
Replies: 7
Views: 4130

A maple rauchbier could be interesting.
by duncan
Sat Dec 22, 2012 8:21 am
Forum: Homebrewing Recipes and Tips
Topic: Brewing a Westy 12 clone
Replies: 19
Views: 5658

grub wrote:chocolate malt?!? i think the monks would laugh you out of the abbey.
Why is that?
by duncan
Fri Dec 21, 2012 6:45 pm
Forum: Homebrewing Recipes and Tips
Topic: Brewing a Westy 12 clone
Replies: 19
Views: 5658

This one pops up a few times in searches. Recipe Type: All Grain Yeast: WLP 530 Yeast Starter: 2-3L Batch Size (Gallons): 5.5 Original Gravity: 1.071 Final Gravity: 1.015 IBU: ? Boiling Time (Minutes): 60 Color: ? Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): 14 days at 68 Additional Fermentation: Bo...
by duncan
Mon Jun 11, 2012 8:28 pm
Forum: Good Pubs, Brewpubs & Beer Bars
Topic: Bier Markt - new Etobicoke location
Replies: 3
Views: 4448

Somehow a bar which you can only access by vehicle, or inconveniently by bus doesn't sound like such a good idea.
by duncan
Sun May 20, 2012 9:36 am
Forum: Good Pubs, Brewpubs & Beer Bars
Topic: Thirsty & Miserable - Kensington Market
Replies: 5
Views: 3127

I have to be honest each time I consider T&M I never make it past the doorstep. The smell of dead fish masked with febreeze-like air fresheners is truly disgusting. The entire market can be an affront to the nostrils, especially in the heat of the summer. It is nice in the winter when the smell...
by duncan
Fri May 18, 2012 12:11 pm
Forum: Good Pubs, Brewpubs & Beer Bars
Topic: Thirsty & Miserable - Kensington Market
Replies: 5
Views: 3127

Thirsty & Miserable - Kensington Market

Being in a bar that used to be Planet Kensington was a bit of a trip down memory lane. It was like a Freedom 55 commercial. 20 year old me hanging out with 30 year old me. "I am you, from the future." Now it being a craft bar, it is almost as if the bars I frequented in my youth have grown...
by duncan
Fri Apr 13, 2012 4:39 pm
Forum: Local and Imported Beer Reviews
Topic: Cameron's Rye Pale Ale
Replies: 104
Views: 34550

JeffPorter wrote:
So, the gelato
I witnessed a woman throw a shit fit at customer service at the same Whole Foods because she couldn't locate the Pumpkin gelato.
by duncan
Tue Apr 03, 2012 7:52 am
Forum: Homebrewing Recipes and Tips
Topic: Sweet Homebrewing poster
Replies: 2
Views: 1797

by duncan
Fri Feb 10, 2012 9:56 am
Forum: Homebrewing Recipes and Tips
Topic: priming sugar math...
Replies: 12
Views: 3430

brewheads has a handy priming calculator.

http://www.brewheads.com/priming.php