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Thanks, Chris! Those are two of the coolest job titles I've heard lately.

Nice find Scott.. The article is very revealing..

Ho, ho, ho!

I live in KY and in my oppenion it has ALWAYS been legal. ;-)

Congrats, Kentucky! Made me think about Germany ... I wonder if homebrewers there can use any ingredients they want, of if they have to stick to the silly Reinheitsgebot.

why would you! Buying beer in itself is cheaper over there than the ingredients here in the States!

Nice. I like the improved member section.

I couldn't even find the member section!

Hey, Ian!

That's awesome! Congrats, Dan!

Congrats Dan. I just did my first AG yesterday (oatmeal stout). Lessons learned from James and Steve's video were infinitely helpful.

Excellent! Great guys and great beer at Upright. My first commercial gruit - tasty.

OK I feel the need to clarify and clense my soul.

The beer was a amber ale to which I added 8 smoked apples over apple chips on my grill.

I fermented on with English Ale yeast in primary and in the seconday I added Hefe yeast.... Read More

At bottleing I left smoked apples in the secondary carboy and poured 4 gallons of cider and one gallon of pure cherry juice. As i was enjoying the Orval I tossed the dregs in.

It's my Franken-Cider.

After another taste I think it a lot like a sourish wheat beer.

Cool. Just try to duplicate that one. :-)

BTW, stay tuned for our Hallowe'en show for a true "monster" beer.

Ah, the power of many voices aimed in the right direction.

also sorry for the weird format not sure what happened there.

Steve and I did a split batch of mead and flavored them with everything from ancho chili to black cherry to blood orange. Go crazy!

I just listened to my interview with Greg on water from June of 2006. What an incredible conversation. I was really intimidated going into the interview, because I knew very little about water chemistry (still the case), but Greg put me at ease with his down-to-earth explanations. My favorite quote: "Don't get your shorts in a knot unless you have a problem."

Rest in peace Greg, you will be sorely missed and never forgotten.

Awesome.

I also had a very successful batch of beer only using 5 lbs. of frozen dark sweet cherries for the cherry flavor. I found my cherries at a local bulk food store. I used mine for a cherry porter. They worked very well!