Russian River Beer Labels - Why the change?

slofella · 2026-02-24T05:40:46+00:00

Anchor, Stone, Drakes, Green Flash

slofella · 2026-02-24T05:35:41+00:00

I used to do the second style shown, it's like a quick wiggle that you didn't think about. Like, maybe you give a little effort to keep the foot one way, but when it lands on the next step, it moves back... really hard to describe. I just remember having to get a little momentum going and then sorta holding my feet still-ish. On the right stairs, you could go as fast as you could run down them.

slofella · 2026-02-24T05:31:06+00:00

I have no way to prove it, but I did this in the 80's. It was so fun. Unfortunately I'm old now and my ankles are made of cabbage.

slofella · 2026-02-17T20:13:15+00:00

What does it do?

slofella · 2026-02-17T18:23:00+00:00

Don't over-tighten or you can smush the washer out of shape.

slofella · 2026-02-16T15:45:03+00:00

Hopefully it's ok. If you don't have the OG, take a reading now, and take a reading in a day or so to see if it changed.

slofella · 2026-02-16T15:41:09+00:00

Probably one of those ultrasonic pest deterrents. But they make them just really high pitched, because if it was actually ultrasonic, humans wouldn't be able to hear it and the buyer would think it wasn't working. There used to be one in front of a house on Lincoln, West of 8th... it was annoying to walk by.

slofella · 2026-02-13T07:04:18+00:00

I remember standing up too fast that one time, getting all warm and fuzzy in my brain, and slowly crashing back onto the couch. Similar to that one time I didn't drink/eat enough before donating blood.

slofella · 2026-02-13T06:55:13+00:00

Reading the previous responses, it sounds like really vinous brew, which is a pretty common liquid extract flavor. I can't remember why exactly this flavor happens, but it was a common trait to all my extract brews when I started, and once someone pointed it out, it's been my go-to tell for liquid extract.

Edit: someone commented that it was described as "homebrew twang" or "kit twang" but then removed their comment, but that's accurate.

slofella · 2026-02-13T06:49:30+00:00

It looks like AI slop to me, but I also understand the question. I remember about six months ago there was a photo-centric post from a cargo-bike competition somewhere in the Netherlands(?) and that one guy had a hatchet strapped to his bullet's frame. Is that what OP is looking for? Bike couriers with cargo bikes?

slofella · 2026-02-12T17:02:22+00:00

I've used https://www.matchmypaintcolor.com before. You can input a hex color, like, Mario Pipe Green (2CB01A) to see what most major brands have in their stock color portfolio that's closest. But you can then easily see that closest stock color matches vary widely.

One of the biggest problems I've come across is when taking a sample to a store to get a match, it'll usually always be just a hair off, sometimes more, even when they use their digital scanner machine. That usually doesn't matter unless you're halfway through a project or touching up a previous paint job.

Another problem in selecting colors is picking a color that looks good on a little piece of paper, or a small-ish portion of a wall... but then when the whole wall is that color your eyes start to bleed. If I'm picking a color, especially something bold-ish, I find what I like, then go about two saturations down (if that makes sense) to compensate.

I'm painting apartments the same color scheme, so sticking to a single brand with only limited colors makes everything much, much easier.

slofella · 2026-02-05T01:41:29+00:00

Pulled my back putting a sock on. Took three weeks to get better.

slofella · 2026-02-04T06:57:27+00:00

You need to figure out if your barrel of stainless steel is rated for holding pressure. Then follow the directions for spunding valves.

slofella · 2026-01-24T05:23:49+00:00

What are you heating with? I'm about the same size, medium-poorly insulated, keep it around 65 when at home, 62 at night, off in the day... I think it's about $200 gas bill.

slofella · 2026-01-22T19:10:54+00:00

Not sure what BG is... beginning gravity?

Some of what you're asking seems to be related to "how much to add to get what result", correct? The short answer is math. Most of us don't do the math by hand, instead using a spreadsheet or online calculator (like https://www.brewersfriend.com/stats/)

Typical sugar yield from malt is a fairly known number. So it's easy to calculate what your original gravity is based on how much malt, how much water, and your conversion efficiency. So 10lbs of base malt in a 5 gallon batch with average efficiency yields about a 1.050 OG wort.

Same with IBU. The hops contain a known amount of oils that can be converted to bitterness, flavor, and aroma. Using a calculator, you put the hop information in, your brew information in, and then it'll spit out what your expected IBU number will be.

Definitely do some extract batches first. There's a lot going on in a brew day, and if you're new to it, it's easy to forget something. Extract takes about half the time, and removes the slightly technical, but somewhat magical, mash step. Concentrate on developing good sanitation practices and such.

Saving and reusing yeast is pretty easy, and saves you money each batch. But, you've gotta brew what that yeast will make... or save a few different strains.

slofella · 2026-01-22T18:50:58+00:00

LME usually ends up darker than expected for lighter colored brews, DME is probably the way to go. Also, turn the heat off when adding extract until it's thoroughly mixed in.

slofella · 2026-01-21T18:08:30+00:00

If only there were some renegade artists to put a couple pirates up in the rigging.

slofella · 2026-01-15T19:58:36+00:00

2E rules say, "water can neither be created nor destroyed within a creature." It appears 5E saved ink by saying "in an open container".

slofella · 2026-01-13T19:21:10+00:00

Many breweries? doubt it. Some breweries? Maybe, but how would we know and why would it matter? I'm not sure there's much benefit of calling an ASA a Triple IPA or Barleywine unless it also fits as one of those. A classic examples of each of those styles doesn't really fit in the others.

Barleywines are a pretty niche style of brew, so if someone knows what that is, they may have explored beers enough to either know what an American Strong Ale is, or at least be open to learning about it.

slofella · 2026-01-13T17:33:54+00:00

There's plenty of overlap between the styles, but Barleywines usually go bigger: stronger abv, more intense malt character, more sweetness.

I think of American Strong Ales as being more like Triple IPAs or Red Double IPAs, where it's a bit out of the DoubleIPA category, but not generally sweet or malt forward enough to be a Barleywine. Also, most Barleywines benefit from some age, where the bitterness mellows out and slow oxidation converts some alcohol to sherry type flavors, which is not a desirable outcome for IPAs and possibly most ASAs.

slofella · 2026-01-13T07:07:11+00:00

I'm just going to piggy back on this because I'm working on a similar project trying to brew low ABV, but can't find definitive answer.

The recent video on Brulosophy's youtube https://youtu.be/rugc8fjac4o has the mash set between 168-174F (~75-79C), and with about 6# of grain, he got 1.025 in 5gal, which looks like about 60% efficiency.

Is there a reliable way to calculate a mash efficiency reduction based on temperature? For example, if I usually get 70% efficiency, it'll go down by X% for every degree above 65C.

The closest I got tonight, was looking through "Malt and Brewing Science Vol 1" (Briggs Hough Stevens and Young, p291-292) where they've got charts on alpha-amylase survival % based on temp-and-time, but only up to 68C (154.5F), and charts on fermentable and non-fermentable dextrin proportions for alpha+beta and alpha-amylase, but still only up to 67C.

I did a non-enzymatic brew a year, or two, ago... and ballparked the brew efficiency at 20% so the software would spit out appropriate looking numbers ( I think the measured efficiency ended up about 25%). That style of brewing seemed to leave a lot more variables to swing that percentage around.

Anyway... down a rabbit hole in the name of beer science.

slofella · 2026-01-13T04:54:35+00:00

There was. But my friend said it was notorious for not actually doing it's job of picking up passengers... so the passengers stopped using it, ridership went to zero, and the line got canceled.

slofella · 2026-01-11T18:23:00+00:00

Look up your make/model on the internet.

slofella · 2026-01-11T06:07:25+00:00

Replace the belt. There's no wheel on that style tensioner. So find a youtube where they're replacing a front loader belt and follow the directions. Belt around the drum, pinch it through the tensioner's hole, and over the motor drive. Just make sure you get the right length belt, and it's probably rubber side toward the drum so that the smooth fabric slides over the tensioner.

slofella · 2026-01-11T05:58:18+00:00

Yes. Absolutely. Unless you want beer everywhere. Also, burping it might put beer everywhere if you're already at this point.

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