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Shawn, the Beer Philosopher commented on Kevin Burns's video 'Samuel Adams Noble Pils - TheFoamingHead's Beer Reviews Volume 1 Episode 8'

Thanks for posting!

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can now post tweets directly from the Aleuminati! You can too. www.aleuminati.com

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Shawn, the Beer Philosopher replied to Chad T Cook's discussion 'Slow, slow start for yeast' in the group Aleuminati Alechemists

Sorry, should have read the replies first ... sounds like you didn't make a starter, you just re-hydrated the dry Danstar yeast? Likely that's the issue. I'd recommend making a starter ( at least 1000ML) and also taking a temperature reading of your…

January 16

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Favorite beer style(s) of the moment:

Being the "founder of the feast," so to speak, I suppose I had better remain objective. Suffice to say there are few styles I don't like in some measure. No matter the style, or sub-style, every beer has some redeeming quality or it wouldn't be beer at all ... how's that for dancing around the question? Who writes this stuff, anyway? Ohhh ... never mind.

Who am I?:

Proud husband, father and founder of beerphilosopher.com and the Aleuminati here. I am a freelance beer writer and certified beer geek (sans beer gut, thank you). Although the afore-mentioned are my primary haunts, I am also an editor and beer-channel steward for helium.com.

Let's see ... I'm ordained (don't ask), have a black belt ... and hate eggplant. That's important.

Oh, and back to the beer ... I'm a home brewer of questionable talent.

The rest of the stuff is pretty boring.

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It just came to me one day and I know I had to do something with it! So I did.

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I talk to myself a lot.

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Christmas in July ... or Drinking Non-Seasonally.

In keeping with the spirit of the theme for this month's Session, hosted by Rob over at Pfiff!, I have decided to do several things in an unorthodox manner. First, I waited until today (July 5th) to post my contribut… Continue

Posted on July 5, 2008 at 4:00pm — 3 Comments

To Your Health!

Just posted a piece on beer and health on beerphilosopher.com - actually it's a link to two articles I found very interesting from mainstream publications. One is from NewsMax.com; the other is from Forbes.com.
Go to my article here and you'll find the links to the other two.

Cheers!

Posted on March 18, 2008 at 12:24pm — 1 Comment

What Can Brown Do For You?

Just posted a review of an incredible Brown Ale on beerphilosopher.com - Dogfish Head Indian Brown Ale is not your typical boring boring brown! Read the entire article… Continue

Posted on March 15, 2008 at 2:53pm — 4 Comments

Beer Newbies ... or Brewbies!

Though the majority of our Aleuminati brethren are erudite beer scholars obviously, there may be a few among us who are relatively new to better beer and could use a crash coarse in serious beer geekdom. If you are such an individual, please allow me to direct you to a couple of resources I posted months ago on other sites:

This is an article I posted on… Continue

Posted on March 3, 2008 at 12:36pm — 4 Comments

The Aleuminati Beer Council

So here's an idea I"ve been mulling around for a while. Let me know if you guys think it would be a fun idea, and more specifically if you'd be interested in participating. By the same token, let me know if you think it is lame and to keep my ideas to myself from now on ...!

What if we did an official Aleuminati Beer Council ( the ABC, of course ... ), convening virtually either once a quarter or once a month right here on the Aleuminati to collectively review and discuss a partic… Continue

Posted on February 28, 2008 at 4:03pm — 12 Comments

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At 9:28am on November 28, 2009, Al Lewis said…: Shawn,

Thanks for the welcome note!

At 5:08pm on November 25, 2009, Reuben said…: Hey, man. Thanks for the tips and comments about the fermentation of my latest batch. It finally started bubbling up consistently through the airlock last night, so it should be fine.

At 12:54pm on November 19, 2009, Mikey said…: I think the easiest way to get rid of the spammers is to just go through the profiles individually and read the way they filled out their profiles. If they say nothing about beer and/or have weird links just ban them (you can ban them by clicking the link right on their page). If there are any members that you can't quite tell about, just send them a message and if they don't reply, get rid of them.

It'll kind of suck to go through that many profiles but once it's done it'll be easier to navigate the site and then you can just police the incoming members as they sign up.

That's just my two cents though.

At 1:34pm on October 22, 2009, Homebrew_Rob gave Shawn, the Beer Philosopher a gift…: English Pub Curmudgeon
It was either this or the Tripel!!
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At 4:28pm on October 21, 2009, Ray Grace gave Shawn, the Beer Philosopher a gift…: Stout Beer
Cheers
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At 9:39am on September 5, 2009, Chris Reimer said…: thank you Shawn!

At 4:09pm on July 18, 2009, Jason Van Hoorebeke said…: I own the Liquor Barrell in Benton. We just moved into a new building in February and I have been expanding the beer selection as much as I can. Mainly, I have been bringing in a variety of things that I like or have tried and think others may like.

At 4:25pm on June 21, 2009, Rob Boostrom said…: Very informative! Thank you for the tips.

At 12:00pm on June 20, 2009, Rob Boostrom said…: I need your opinion. A recent item in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch suggests that for bottle-conditioned beers one should be cautious about letting the yeast get into the glass.

It has been my understanding that any sediment in a bottle should be swirled around with the last inch or so of liquid and then poured in. Is that just the case with unfiltered wheats or would that apply here as well? The comment in question is about half way through the article.

At 7:28pm on June 15, 2009, WuWeiBrewing said…: Thanks!

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