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Damor

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  1. Stout and Fuller's ESB clone were well received at Thanksgiving. I think the 8.5% stout helped cover my cooking flaws, another unexpected benefit.

    Still experimenting with carbonation balance, but it's been nice to be able to cheat with Perlick creamer faucets.

    Am I right to think that head retention and lacing will improve when I graduate to all-grain? Because so far neither are as good as your mom's.46d0b61e1905a26284e8b927de116521.jpg

  2. The noob should never pipe up, but...
    I've had my first stout on at 11 like the charts say, but in sampling it before its intended Thanksgiving purpose, I'm going up to 13 or so to see how that works. But I'm trying to cover for a lot of flaws I don't even understand yet.

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  3. 5 minutes ago, NowThis said:

    4 wide and each staggered exactly the same!.  RB in next to the shotgun. It's amazing. Sometimes sports crosses the supernatural threshold.

    Time, Tech's campus, and tortillas are all flat circles. Coincidence?

    ...I think not.


    (Pancakes at Denny's are also flat circles, but they don't start with at T, so in sum, fuck Gideon).

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  4. Do it.

    We took our boys (10 and 13) on a whim while driving home last summer, and it certainly made an impression.

    The aquarium is good, but honestly I thought  the TX aquarium in Corpus was better.  I would rather have spent that time at the WW2 museum, which is one of the best I've ever seen.  We could probably have done two full days there.  If we'd planned ahead better, we would definitely have done Preservation Hall.

    We had an absolute blast embarrassing the shit out of them one evening on Bourbon street.  They learned what vomit mixed with fecal/urine slurry and MD 20/20 smells like, and my wife made our older one get his picture taken in front of all the titty bars, then had them pose with a guy in leather hot pants, a crop top, and a cowboy hat.

    At breakfast at Cafe Du Monde the next morning, the 10yo pointed wide-eyed at the newspaper headline that said 3 people were shot on that corner later that night.

    It was pretty awesome.

  5. Ignoramus question amnesty, plz:

    Y'all inspired me to get a fermentation chamber setup (chest freezer with Ranco thermostat, going to tape the probe to the side of the carboy and cover with bubble wrap for some insulation). Brewing an ESB tomorrow with wyeast London ale, with a fermentation temp range of 60-72*.

    Where would you set the thermostat? Try to account for heat from fermentation at 55 or so, or just go at 60 since that should stay in range regardless? Or should I quit overthinking this since anything is better than my previous unfrozen caveman efforts without temperature control?

  6. so the stormtroopers beat the ewoks this time.  Kid is a flake, left A&M, although can't really blame him for that, but still...make your bed and deal with it.  Just because you're the size of a little prick don't mean you need to act like one.
    Every sideline shot of him was the epitome of Resting Bitch Face.
  7. A list of Comeuppances, Satisfyingly Delivered:

    • Ralphie Parker vs. Scut Farkus
    • Daniel LaRusso vs. Johnny Lawrence
    • Vince Young vs. Matt Leinart
    • George McFly vs. Biff Tannen
    • Pee-Wee Herman vs. Francis Buxton
    • Sam Houston v. Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
    • Sam Ehlinger vs. Kyler Murray
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  8. We're all different in how we respond, so it's totally to be expected that kids will be too.  That does make it hard to give advice, though.

    This book was very helpful for our then-5yo when my mom died.  I think I mentioned it once on the old scattergories site.  Be advised it has religious themes if that's not where you are.
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    Kids do tend to do better when it's expected and they can ask question beforehand, so you're on on the right track.  That made a big difference for our son (well, that and my wife was a child life specialist in a previous career), but even then, the road can get rocky.  Just be there as best you can.

  9. 6 hours ago, deft said:

    Any temperature control?

    Unfortunately, my current temperature control consists of the darkest-coolest-interior-closet system.  That's going to put me at about 71-72*, but aside from destroying my electric bill for the next couple weeks, I'm not sure how to mitigate that until I can get a fridge to modify (which I can see will need to be my next investment).  Any recommendations to get this batch by?

  10. Evidently he did well enough for Herman to speak his name in the postgame presser.

     

    I shall be satisfied by nothing less than him declining an invitation to the Playboy Mansion by season's end.

     

     

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