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dhacker
Senior Member
Username: Dhacker
Post Number: 1851
Registered: 11-2002
Posted From: 98.66.33.82
| | Posted on Saturday, November 07, 2009 - 12:36 pm: | 
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Today is the day . . . Anybody?
I did it last Sat. at the Brew Fest. Today is yard work day . . Sunny and 73. Oh and I turn a half century today. Physically I feel 30, mentally, about 11!  |
jeff wright
Intermediate Member
Username: Barly
Post Number: 255
Registered: 07-2003
Posted From: 71.236.101.83
| | Posted on Saturday, November 07, 2009 - 02:52 pm: |
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Hey, dhacker, Happy birthday.
Hope you have a wonderful day.
Brew on,
jeff |
Brewzz
Advanced Member
Username: Brewzz
Post Number: 743
Registered: 03-2003
Posted From: 67.11.214.140
| | Posted on Saturday, November 07, 2009 - 03:36 pm: |
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Happy Birthday Hack.Welcome to the 50+ club!
Cheers,Brewzz |
Connie
Senior Member
Username: Connie
Post Number: 1476
Registered: 10-2000
Posted From: 76.17.52.96
| | Posted on Saturday, November 07, 2009 - 03:45 pm: |
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Happy Birthday Hacker.
I joined the 65+ club this year. |
Bob Wall
Senior Member
Username: Brewdudebob
Post Number: 2868
Registered: 11-2004
Posted From: 98.192.7.62
| | Posted on Saturday, November 07, 2009 - 04:21 pm: |
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Happy B-Day Hack! I will have the 22nd anniversary if my 21st birthday in a couple months... |
Paul Muth
Intermediate Member
Username: Pjmuth
Post Number: 483
Registered: 10-2002
Posted From: 65.1.136.8
| | Posted on Saturday, November 07, 2009 - 04:48 pm: |
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David - Happy birthday! Congrats.
It seems that the older I get the more I enjoy life. I'll be hitting the big 70 in 13 more days. Geeze, time sure flies by.
Paul |
Andrew S. Webster
Intermediate Member
Username: Tacomabrewer
Post Number: 320
Registered: 02-2003
Posted From: 76.121.201.10
| | Posted on Saturday, November 07, 2009 - 06:04 pm: |
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I just don't understand why someone chose November for this annual day. Why not a warmer day, like in September, or April!? Must have been someone who lives in FL, AZ, or Cali or something... |
Bill Pierce
Moderator
Username: Billpierce
Post Number: 10906
Registered: 01-2002
Posted From: 24.141.103.148
| | Posted on Saturday, November 07, 2009 - 09:33 pm: |
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Happy birthday, Hack! You'll get used to the 50 thing after awhile. It's no big deal, really. |
Chumley
Senior Member
Username: Chumley
Post Number: 5970
Registered: 02-2003
Posted From: 71.217.153.228
| | Posted on Saturday, November 07, 2009 - 10:08 pm: |
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Happy birthday, Hack! I just turned 48 on Tuesday....everyone knows that we scorpios brew the best beer. 
I figured that since I taught 30 people how to brew all-grain exactly a month ago, I deserved a pass for today.
I have been doing honey-dos as well.....just finished washing the exterior windows. Although I wish I was brewing, hunting, or fishing, instead. |
Bill Pierce
Moderator
Username: Billpierce
Post Number: 10911
Registered: 01-2002
Posted From: 24.141.103.148
| | Posted on Sunday, November 08, 2009 - 01:59 am: |
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By the way, it was a rather nice day here in southern Ontario, mostly sunny with a high of almost 60 F. I work Saturdays now (teaching a totally different subject), so no teaching anyone to brew today for me.
Connie and Paul, you guys are my inspiration. Turning 60 was no worse than turning 50. Now if I can coast into 70 in the same manner, I'll have it made.
(Message edited by BillPierce on November 08, 2009) |
Dave Witt
Senior Member
Username: Davew
Post Number: 1357
Registered: 03-2003
Posted From: 68.57.245.38
| | Posted on Sunday, November 08, 2009 - 01:41 pm: |
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Happy b-day Hack! I'm 51 so I went through that a year and a half ago. No big deal.
I had planned to brew at my club's TAFTHB day, but I had to work Sat, so I am brewing today, my version of HH's Rochefort 8 clone, using some home made caramel syrup. |
Paul Edwards
Senior Member
Username: Pedwards
Post Number: 1803
Registered: 03-2003
Posted From: 76.252.22.29
| | Posted on Sunday, November 08, 2009 - 03:07 pm: |
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Happy B-day, DH! I can't see 50 in the rear view mirror anymore. I turned 57 in Sept. Not as old as Bill, but the percentage diff in our ages is shrinking.
But I did get my ID checked when buying some beer at the grocery the other day. (They were training a new cashier and he was asking to see eveybody's ID.)
We had 5 or 6 people brewing for TAFTHB day, along with several experienced kibitzers. Maybe 20 or so newbie's.
I helped teach an all-grain class at my LHBS last Sunday, as they are usually too busy on a Saturday for a class. We had 25 or 26 people watch us brew 20 gallons of a nice robust porter. |
Bill Pierce
Moderator
Username: Billpierce
Post Number: 10912
Registered: 01-2002
Posted From: 24.141.103.148
| | Posted on Sunday, November 08, 2009 - 05:12 pm: |
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Dave, let us know how the Rocehfort turns out, especially the homemade caramel syrup. Just last night I opened the first bottle of my Rochefort 8 (the same recipe and method) that I brewed in early September. It's wonderful. |
Steve Jones
Advanced Member
Username: Stevej
Post Number: 664
Registered: 08-2001
Posted From: 76.7.148.23
| | Posted on Sunday, November 08, 2009 - 06:24 pm: |
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Welcome to the club, Hack. According to Denny, my life began in September.
We had 18 folks show up for our TAF day. We brewed an extract batch, an extract/steeping grain batch, an AG batch, and two different meads.
I brewed my hh Rochefort 8 clone in June, and just popped the first one this week, my wife and I splitting a 12. It really turned out nice ... great recipe.
I corked and caged 12 750ml bottles of it as well as a case of 12s. I think I'll try to come up with a nice label and give some as Christmas gifts this year. |
Tony Legge
Intermediate Member
Username: Boo_boo
Post Number: 476
Registered: 05-2005
Posted From: 174.116.59.12
| | Posted on Sunday, November 08, 2009 - 07:13 pm: |
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Happy B-day and yes, welcome to the geezer club.
Nice and crisp here and never got to brew due to family duties ( wife with flu = cornered bear )
cold 'nuff to freeze the balls off a brass monkey here today, but still nice brewing weather.
This weekend comming I plan on brewing a lager and a cream ale. |
Denny Conn
Senior Member
Username: Denny
Post Number: 7305
Registered: 01-2001
Posted From: 75.106.192.37
| | Posted on Sunday, November 08, 2009 - 08:51 pm: |
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Happy Bday Hack and Chumley.
It was cold, windy, and pouring rain yesterday, but we had a good turnout for Teach Day in spite of it. |
Steve Anderson
Intermediate Member
Username: Steveinmemphis
Post Number: 315
Registered: 03-2003
Posted From: 216.37.68.121
| | Posted on Sunday, November 08, 2009 - 11:00 pm: |
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My next door neighbor started brewing about 6 months ago and I helped a buddy down the street brew his grandmothers old beer recipe a couple of months ago, but I could not find anyone to try to convert this weekend. So I changed the equation....instead of two brewers making one batch of beer, I brewed two batches of beer. I started with SSOS, but mashed an extra 5 lbs of MO base malt and extra 1/4 lbs of other malts. I batch sparged, then added some Munich, chocolate, smoked pale, and more more crystal to the mashed SSOS grains and mashed the lot of it again while the SSOS boiled. I ended up with about 5.5 gallons of 1.065 SSOS and 4.5 gallons of 1.055 porter in the fermentors. I used wyeast 1028 for the SSOS. I had intended to step up the Activator pack and use it for both batches. I did not get it done, so I used some slurry left over from a bitter I fermented on wyeast 1968. Hopefully it will turn out ok. |
Colby Enck
Advanced Member
Username: Thecheese
Post Number: 579
Registered: 06-2003
Posted From: 24.229.200.120
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 10, 2009 - 11:42 pm: |
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I showed four couples of my wife's coworkers an all-grain pale ale using some of this year's Cascades (very vaguely a try at a Liberty Ale clone). Probably no future homebrewers in the bunch but at least a future helper or two for bottling and whatnot.
It was a good time anyways. Nice to see people enjoying themselves and the positive comments on my Hermaphrodite Pale Ale (aka LOLA) and altbier, on beers that I thought were OK at best, were nice, too. |
ChriSto
Advanced Member
Username: Christo
Post Number: 610
Registered: 02-2006
Posted From: 216.176.226.154
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 11, 2009 - 12:23 pm: |
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We held our preliminary round for our annual local competition, kicking out 4 categories. Later, it was also our monthly "stammtisch" where we get together to sample each others wares away from the regular club business meeting. Since the theme was big beers, a member had us at his house that has a few acres overlooking the marsh and offered to host a campout, which a few stayed in lieu of driving. Alas, I had to leave after the prelims, but sounded like a great evening was had by all participants. No beer was brewed but a couple of newbies helped steward and said they learned a lot about styles.
Oh, and I love Teach a Friend in November: Beautiful sunny blue sky, high was 70F and low was 50F. Man I wish I could have stayed for the campout! Couldn't have had any better weather. |
tim roth
Advanced Member
Username: Hopdude
Post Number: 759
Registered: 03-2003
Posted From: 64.91.34.98
| | Posted on Thursday, November 12, 2009 - 12:42 am: |
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I like this thread.
It taught me that I'm no where NEAR as old as Chumley! 
Well....almost no where near...
cheers,tim |
dhacker
Senior Member
Username: Dhacker
Post Number: 1855
Registered: 11-2002
Posted From: 98.66.33.82
| | Posted on Thursday, November 12, 2009 - 01:09 am: |
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Yeah . . well where does that leave me?? |
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