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Contents:
  Beer in Paris ("Ed Howell")
  Mechanical Aeration ("J. Paul Thomas")
  Bruheat thermostat (Scott Birdwell)
  A bit of fun ("Byron Towles")
  An idea: Dealing with a sour lambic ? (leavitdg)
  Brew Entries ("Chad Stevens")
  Beer & cheese (link of the day?) (David Radwin)
  link of the week - Presidents and beer (bob.devine)


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Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 07:57:16 -0600
From: "Ed Howell" <edhoel at hal-pc.org>
Subject: Beer in Paris

I will be going to Paris next week and was wondering if anyone in this group 
knows of a good place that has a good selection of Belgian beers. I would 
like to be able to bring a few back that are not available in the States. 
Also, are there any brew pubs worth visiting?

Thanks,
Ed Howell
Houston, TX 



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Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 12:05:41 -0500
From: "J. Paul Thomas" <wacket at mindspring.com>
Subject: Mechanical Aeration

Has anyone had any experience with a mix-stir rod attached to a drill for
mechanically aerating wort?



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Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 12:57:58 -0600
From: Scott Birdwell <defalcos at sbcglobal.net>
Subject: Bruheat thermostat

John Misrahi" asked:
"Is there anyplace that sells the thermostat device? I have a bruheat 
but I
think the controller died today...I tried the reset switch, nothing..It 
just
stopped in the middle of a boil :-("

I've been using a BruHeat at the shop here for over twenty years and 
have gone through God knows how many thermostats and elements.  The 
last replacements I got were from Grape & Granary in Ohio 
(http://www.grapeandgranary.com/).  We used to retail these ourselves, 
but our source dried up.  BTW try wedging a penny (yeah, even a 
Canadian penny, eh?) between the thermostat backing and the plastic 
pail.  This has helped us tremendously.  Fewer cut-outs.

Scott Birdwell
DeFalco's Home Wine & Beer Supplies
Houston  TX
www.defalcos.com



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Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2005 07:31:07 -0600
From: "Byron Towles" <beer.man at cox.net>
Subject: A bit of fun

Just some light reading if you have the time...



http://www.moderndrunkardmagazine.com/issues/01-05/0105-beer-snobbery.htm






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Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2005 18:23:20 -0500
From: leavitdg at plattsburgh.edu
Subject: An idea: Dealing with a sour lambic ?


Hey guys; (and women);

I just sampled a Belgian/Flanders sort of ale, and detected a touch of lambic 
like flavor.  I am not sure which bacteria or yeast contributes this sour taste 
(acidopholus/?), but I had an idea.  Suppose one brewed a real sour lambic.  
Then suppose one kegged/ pigged said lambic.  Then suppose one poured a brown 
ale...12 oz or more, and just mixed 1-2 oz of the sour lambic at serving time?
Voila!  A Flanders!??

Please excuse the naivete re: Flanders and Lambics, but I believe that I can 
both re-create the flavors that I just tasted in a "Flamy Dark Ale: Urthel 
Bock" in this fashion, and also save the sour lambic as well?

Any thoughts on mixing at the time of serving?

 ..Darrell



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Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 19:26:04 -0800
From: "Chad Stevens" <zuvaruvi at cox.net>
Subject: Brew Entries

This is it!  The time is at hand!  Register and ship your entries now, or 
forever hold your peace!

America's Finest City Homebrew Competition: 
http://www.quaff.org/AFC2005/AFCHBC.html

Same judges as First Round Nationals; figure out where to place those hard 
to place brews.

Mugs, T-shirts, White Labs certificates, The super-cool Palmer Pocket 
'Puter, ... (not to mention good feedback on your brew)....

Thanks to all the HBD'ers (and there are many of you) who have sent entries 
this year and in the past; it is always a pleasure to judge so many fine 
beers!

Thanks and good luck,

Chad Stevens
AFC coordinator
QUAFF
San Diego 



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Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 20:38:05 -0800
From: David Radwin <dradwin at sbcglobal.net>
Subject: Beer & cheese (link of the day?)

I suppose this isn't about homebrewing per se, but there was an 
interesting article today about pairing beer and cheese in the SF 
Chronicle's wine section. (Yes, a while back our local paper decided 
that the most important topic upon which to expand coverage was . . . 
wine. All the same, I have to say I do read it.)

Sample suggestion:
<>"With: Humboldt Fog and other goat cheeses with a little age
Try: A Belgian-style saison such as Ommegang Hennepin or Saison Dupont."

Anyway, it's at 
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/02/17/WIGHKBA1OC1.DTL 
 . It also mentions my favorite logical combo: Chimay beer and Chimay cheese.

David in Berkeley CA
replies to news aatt davidradwin.com


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Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 20:23:53 +0000
From: bob.devine at att.net
Subject: link of the week - Presidents and beer

In the US, Monday is Presidents Day.  A spirit of prohibition
is still strong in the US.  Alan Cranston introduced the bill
to allow homebrewing a quarter century ago and Carter, president
who signed it, was condemned in many parts.  Current Pres Bush
is now a teetotaller but does drink non-alcohol beers.

George Washington and beer.  Includes a link for his recipe.
http://www.beerhistory.com/library/holdings/washingtonbeerlover.shtml
http://www.nypl.org/research/chss/spe/rbk/gwbeer.html

Third president, Thomas Jefferson
http://www.monticello.org/reports/life/beer.html

Abraham Lincoln, 16th President, observed that "It has long been
recognized that the problems with alcohol relate not to the use
of a bad thing, but to the abuse of a good thing."

A guide to presidents and their drinks (not just beer)
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/food/content/
food_dining/epaper/2005/02/17/a2fn_wine_col_0217.html

Has any other country had as many brewers among its politicians?
Okay, maybe Germany or Austria.

Bob Devine in Utah


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