The Bar Towel

cool to see some nano rep in there too, with a couple of medals for get well.

today is your last chance at this one, closing at 5pm. it includes 12oz, 22oz, 375ml belgian, 750ml belgian, 500ml swingtops, and caps. can't beat the price either!

If you're going to Vivant, I also suggest checking out Meanwhile, which is a few blocks away (full disclosure: my friend's partner and her brother run the joint). nice little place with some pinball machines and almost all michigan taps. last winter we were alternating pitchers of hopslam and red's ...

fri was a mix of pints of Karma Citra and Detour. I don't think I had anything else beery, but closed the night with some Elijah Craig 12.

yesterday was some tall cans of Red Racer. Yum.

Today was a little more Red Racer and some Rhyme and Reason. goddamn i love this one.

https://byo.com/wheat-beer/item/1586-what-is-carapils?-and-what-are-those-other-cara-malts? I still disagree with your original statement. While there's going to be more complex and potentially unfermentable sugars as a part of those grains, saying that you have "20% unfermentables" is fa...

I think I might start with a simple saison. Is there any particular worry about splitting batches down to smaller sizes? I have three and 1.5 gallon carboys, so I think I might split it into two threes for primary, one with a yeast blend to be determined right with the primary, the other I'll let g...

get a copy of Wild Brews by Jeff Sparrow, then American Sour Beers by Michael Tonsmeire (the mad fermentationist) when it comes out this summer. In the mean time, you can get a ton of info from his blog. as for jumping in with lambics, I don't think there's anything wrong with it if you know your pr...

atomeyes wrote:that's a fair amount of unfermentables, no?
close to 20%?

what's unfermentable in there? the cara malts will be more complex sugars, but certainly not unfermentable. and the corn sugar it more than balances that out...

ckoop wrote:A couple of my sent messages are stuck in my outbox for some reason, just in case anyone is wondering why I haven't responded (duffs and Ian)

sent messages sit in your outbox until the person reads them, fyi. at least that's how it works on some of these boards anyway.

And how is it that the Hampton is already booked for next year? I'd check back again as the event nears again. be willing to bet many people booked a room on the off chance of getting tickets, and anyone who gets shut out will cancel their reservations. So ticket day is probably a good second chanc...

FYI, we're into a third pallet now and the options include 12oz, 22oz, 375ml belgian, 750ml belgian, and 500ml swingtops.

markaberrant wrote:20Hl brewhouse is on order.

nice!

markaberrant wrote:Not only will it be exactly my 150th homebrew batch, but it will also be my very last batch. Looking forward to retirement!

i'm guessing there's more to this story...

if you guys get 3/4 of the way and need another 6 to make it happen, let me know. i'd even consider picking it up and muleing it down there (mid to late may is my next trip) if it can't be shipped via LCBO.

there were 24's of multiple westvleteren types available officially a while (a year?) before the 6-pack gift sets that were in the lcbo. may have been more since.