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Took my hydrometer readings. Barley Wine Imperial Stout Original Gravity 1.08 1.05 Measured Today 1.03 1.02 Goal, finishing gravity 1.022 1.014 Current alcohol content (by volume) 6.45 3.87 Goal alcohol content 7.61 4.773 We care about gravity (really, the density of the beer) because we’re trying to figure out how much sugar the yeast . . . → Read More: Fermentation, redux. NASHVILLE, Tennessee (AP) — Kid Rock was arrested Wednesday by Nashville police on charges that he punched a disc jockey at a strip club. “Inside the establishment there was a squabble concerning, I guess, the selection of music,” Nashville police Sgt. James Smith told reporters. When officers caught up with him, Kid Rock said he . . . → Read More: Representin’ tha ‘D I have a beer question (Todd, I know you read this from time to time…): I made two batches of beer last Friday evening. Both have insane levels of fermentable sugars (1.08 and 1.05 specific gravity). I cooled them each to 80 degrees before filtering and pitching the yeast. The yeasts were highly active when . . . → Read More: Beer bubbling… Darn it. I cut back on coffee, and they publish this: A study of more than 90,000 Japanese found that people who drank coffee daily or nearly every day had half the liver cancer risk of those who never drank coffee. … They were unable to compare the effect of regular and decaffeinated coffee, however, . . . → Read More: Coffee JWZ rants for a bit about that which is cool, and that which is not. We got home this evening to a little party in front of our house. Verizon, and Naragansett Electric were contemplating the power pole that sits between our and our neighbors yard. It’s currently listing at about a 45 degree angle. I have no idea why. It wasn’t like that when I left this morning. . . . → Read More: Power Today, unlike other days, I plan to be a total and complete geek. See, LinuxWorld is in Boston, and I’ve got me a pass to the exhibition floor. I’m ‘a gonna walk around and see all the cool toys. Here’s what I’m interested in: . . . → Read More: LinuxWorld I got to be a judge at one of the shows in the National Championship of High School A Cappella on Saturday. It was pretty cool. My friend Mark is the main organizer for the competition, and he was short a judge for this show. I was dubious at first about high school a . . . → Read More: NCHSA Yesterday, I received a call from a nice young man who introduced himself as being from “the NRA,” and who asked for the use of a few minutes of my valuable time (his words). I said “National Rifle Association? Sure. You guys do some good stuff, what’s up?” . . . → Read More: “NRA” Article here Section 102 of the REAL ID Act of 2005 seeks to expedite the building of a three-mile fence at the border near San Diego to staunch the flood of illegal aliens that travel through an area known as “smuggler’s gulch.” Environmental laws have been the project’s chief roadblock, but the bill’s language appears . . . → Read More: AAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! |
