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  1. chthon

    Acidifying the Sparge (or not!)

    I alaways acidify my sparge water to a pH of 5,5. What I noticed was that I get better coagulation of proteins in the boil vs. not acidifying my sparge water. The end result is that my beer doesn't have any cold haze anymore.
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    Records

    My wife and I sold our CD collection a couple of months ago. We only kept a few. I still have my collection of vinyl from the 80's, and my daughter (20 in a couple of weeks) only has a collection of vinyl. It gives a kind of rest, putting an LP on the turntable. That is something for the...
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    Belguim blonde

    For Duvel, the M41 is good, because it finishes really low. Use a combination of Pilsner malt, wheat malt and 10% white sugar (sucrose). This is for the colour. Bitter to 30-33 IBU with noble hops (or EKG). The impression I got from Brugse Zot, is that it does not attenuate so low as Duvel, and...
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    Abrosexual

    All kidding aside, I know already from a whole time ago that sexuality is a spectrum. It is maybe possible to put some labels on some parts of the spectrum, but labelling every part of the spectrum would mean to invent an infinity of labels. Labels are jargon. My experience is that jargon...
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    Abrosexual

    Isn't that an arborsexual?
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    Post punk

    I thought you meant New Wave 😋
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    Donald Campbell's Bluebird returning to Coniston decades after fatal crash

    I was only one year old, but it was definitely published in what I would call "popular history books", or popular historical overview books. I knew about Donald Campbell from a quartets game featuring all kinds of speed record breaking vehicles (featuring several from Campbell?). And I liked to...
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    What "genius" thought this was a good idea?

    I think that was actually the gist of Roe vs. Wade, that what happens between a doctor and his patient, is nobody else's business.
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    Flat earth official

    It's not a theory, it's a hypothesis. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
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    Kit Review: Muntons Gold Imperial Stout

    Hm, I looked at their specifications, and it states 4.5% ABV. Indeed, not really Imperial.
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    How many litres of home brew have you made 2024

    10 l of a St.-Bernardus 8 clone, using St.-Bernardus yeast. Total 719L
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    Brewers yeast as a health food supplement

    When my wife was a kid she had to take yeast for vit B supplements. She lived in Roeselare/Roulers. These came from the Rodenbach brewery.
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    Best Ever Pop Song

    Beauty is in the eye of the beholder of course. I consider "pop" mainstream radio music. And I don't really like mainstream radio music. I mostly stopped listening to it in the summer of 1982, when I discovered hardrock and heavy metal. Trying to find music from friends (tapes yes, we don't...
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    Belgian beer, is it all it's cracked up to be?

    Indeed no, it should have been @Sadfield. Was confused by the funny faces :-)
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    Belgian beer, is it all it's cracked up to be?

    Sometimes I need to satisfy my sweet tooth. I did like Leroy Stout (my wife too). I am more impressed that there seems to be a market for it. I don't think it is brewed in big quantities. I would actually suppose that Hercule is sold in larger quantities (the hamburger chain Jilles likes to...
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