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Old February 5th, 2007, 12:18 AM   #1
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Default No offense, but what is the point of brewing?

Seems like alot of work you need to do for something you can get 10000 varieties of from the liquor store?
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Old February 5th, 2007, 12:24 AM   #2
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same reason you wrench on your car or make your own food. a feeling of satisfaction you get by doing something yourself
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Old February 5th, 2007, 12:29 AM   #3
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same reason you wrench on your car or make your own food. a feeling of satisfaction you get by doing something yourself
i don't wrench my own car becuase its easier for me to pay a mechanic then d*** around with something i know nothing about, and possibly f***ing up something
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Old February 5th, 2007, 12:58 AM   #4
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then the same reason u get chicks numbers urself, oh wait...
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Old February 5th, 2007, 01:01 PM   #5
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1. It's cheaper than buying beer in the store.
2. You can be creative and try any damn thing you can come up with in a recipe.
3. The learning experience
4. Future business possibility.
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Old February 5th, 2007, 07:53 PM   #6
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+It's fun.
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Old February 7th, 2007, 06:58 PM   #7
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Correction...you CANT get 1000s of varieties of beers around here. All you can get here is the big names: Bud, Miller, Coors, etc. They cant even sell beer with an alcoholic content over 6% here
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Old February 7th, 2007, 08:06 PM   #8
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Correction...you CANT get 1000s of varieties of beers around here. All you can get here is the big names: Bud, Miller, Coors, etc. They cant even sell beer with an alcoholic content over 6% here
What? That f***ing sucks dude
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Old February 7th, 2007, 09:32 PM   #9
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Correction...you CANT get 1000s of varieties of beers around here. All you can get here is the big names: Bud, Miller, Coors, etc. They cant even sell beer with an alcoholic content over 6% here
umm what state do you live in? (So i know never to move there)
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Old February 8th, 2007, 12:02 AM   #10
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umm what state do you live in? (So i know never to move there)
That would be MS as well as most other southern states.
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Old February 8th, 2007, 12:30 AM   #11
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Not LA, thank god. none of that 3/4 or whatever the f*** yall call it. full horse piss natty here
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Old February 8th, 2007, 12:15 PM   #12
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That would be MS as well as most other southern states.
Thats all kinds of gay. I have two awesome beverages 15 minutes from my house with so many different beers.
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Old February 8th, 2007, 05:39 PM   #13
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Not LA, thank god. none of that 3/4 or whatever the f*** yall call it. full horse piss natty here

But now on the other hand, they sell 95% alcohol Everclear

So we can buy liquor that is 95% alcohol by volume but our beer can only be 6%
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But now on the other hand, they sell 95% alcohol Everclear

So we can buy liquor that is 95% alcohol by volume but our beer can only be 6%
So are saying that you guys can't get microbrews of any sort?
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Old February 9th, 2007, 06:43 AM   #15
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So are saying that you guys can't get microbrews of any sort?
That's correct. I think there is a few places where you can get a few different ones but they still cant be over 6%.
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Old February 9th, 2007, 06:47 AM   #16
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But now on the other hand, they sell 95% alcohol Everclear

So we can buy liquor that is 95% alcohol by volume but our beer can only be 6%
That's retarded!

They're doing away with the draconian alcohol restrictions here, slowly but surely.
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Old June 18th, 2007, 07:46 AM   #17
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SC recently did away with theirs alchy limit in beer law. we can now get high gravity/high alchy beers.
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Old June 22nd, 2007, 06:35 AM   #18
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So there are all the reasons from "can't get good beer" to "dry counties" to "experimentation" to "alcohol content limits" all of these are perfectly valid reasons to at least try brewing your own...Every self-professed "Beer Lover" should brew one batch at least in his/her lifetime...if nothing more than to understand where beer comes from.
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Old June 27th, 2007, 03:01 AM   #19
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So there are all the reasons from "can't get good beer" to "dry counties" to "experimentation" to "alcohol content limits" all of these are perfectly valid reasons to at least try brewing your own...Every self-professed "Beer Lover" should brew one batch at least in his/her lifetime...if nothing more than to understand where beer comes from.
Plus it's cheap as hell.
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Old June 27th, 2007, 03:36 AM   #20
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True...true. Now that I have all the equipment ($75-$100) it costs me roughly $15-$20 for 45-48 1/2L (16oz) bottles...thats 42 cents per beer...which is cheap enough for all you broke mothers out there.
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Old June 29th, 2007, 07:31 PM   #21
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I brew my own stuff because I enjoy doing it.

Hell I probably give away more hootch than I drink.
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Old June 30th, 2007, 12:25 AM   #22
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I brew my own stuff because I enjoy doing it.

Hell I probably give away more hootch than I drink.
It's getting to be the same way with me...I brewed a Hefe in may and have given away almost a 12 pack...ahhh but it's worth it
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Old June 30th, 2007, 09:46 AM   #23
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nice hefe by the way had some last week, lots of flavors
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Old July 10th, 2007, 02:41 PM   #24
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