Victor North

Thank you, @ALESclub alesopen.azurewebsites.net

Sweet, sweet external validation

I brewed a Belgian IPA and I really like it

I feel like we've entered a new era that is post-science, individualist and based in information blackout and obfuscation. Enter: the vibes theory of disease

@ryanqnorth @birdlord Ha - though honestly - I wonder if my answers would have been different 4 years ago? Living through a pandemic *might* have shaped my current feelings about other people mixing up their juices & vapors with my grub

@ABbeerguy Haha, I guess that is my "Costcotype"

@aNorthernBrewer That is the photo of a Costco rock star!!

I looked at my #DiscoElysium -assed Costco ID photo just now, and didn't recognize myself.

@Newbornstranger Wow! An alternative, parallel dimension appears before me - seems worth a try...

If there's no lasting immunity to covid and no upper limit on infections and the CDC's central estimate is a 70% risk of long covid after 5 infections won't most people that don't die get long covid? Isn't this the brutal logic on the current path? What am I missing?

If you change "my students are so disengaged right now" to "my students are living through trauma, grief, chaos, and looking at a bleak future" does that make any kind of difference?

"There's only one rule that I know of, babies- god damn it, you've got to be kind."

@ourboldhero Congrats! I don't recall the recipe exactly, but it was a base of Two Row, with about 15% Premium English Caramalt from Simpsons, and Spruce Tips from Forbes- wildfoods.ca/collections/bo… The yeast was cool - a unique strain cultured from an antique bread bowl docs.google.com/document/d/1mF…

@aNorthernBrewer I see we both made spruce beers for Deja Bru, and apparently yours was much better than mine (something slapped together from dosing an eisbock - although I did place elsewhere with my Liege, so face=saved). If you're willing to share the recipe I'd be curious.

@ryanqnorth I find Wintergreen to be very interesting in this regard, because it's unique character is irrevocably associated with toilet bowl cleaner... Wintergreen is a delightful flavor to me, but to many others, it tastes the way they would imagine licking a toilet bowl would taste...

Congratulations to KJ Bird and the team at Minihkwe Brewery on their grand opening in Saskatoon! #craftbeer 🍻

@MikeLounds I agree, high phenolic character can clash with hop bitterness - in this case, it's low phenols & high esters - I added sugar (Lyles Golden Syrup) and limited ferulic acid (all barley, single infusion) - so to me it tastes like peach & pine, with a hint of spice! 🍑🌲🍺

@aNorthernBrewer How do you find the Belgian phenolics blend with the hop character? I’ve yet to try one that really nails that dynamic for me. It tends to come off as a clash of flavours that I can never fully enjoy

Darn it, that's the German flag