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Yeah, unless you had a room/area to store your fermenting goods at 50-65 degrees, you'd have a bit of funk in a lager yeast.

Saw Soundgarden in Atlanta on Tuesday night. Very odd setlist (I mean, how does SG do a show and NOT play Jesus Christ Pose??), but overall, Chris still has it. Of course, I'm biased, Cornell could sing opera and I'd probably still enjoy it.

I brew at home as well. Both resources that LZ mentioned above are great, especially the John Palmer book. I read parts of it over and over before starting up myself. If you're hesitant to go All Grain from the start, don't be! I made exactly 1 Extract brew before I swapped right to All Grain, far more rewarding IMO. I use Brewers Friend to log all of my recipes that I've made and those that I'm going to make. Watch your temperatures VERY closely, and don't get frustrated whilst waiting on your wort temperature to drop after boil. Pitching the yeast when the wort isn't ready, is definitely not a good idea at all. Also, your first brews you make, don't necessarily have to be bad! The first all grain recipe I did, a Coffee Coconut Oatmeal Stout, just placed 2nd overall in our area's home brew contest. Be creative, you'll never know what may work in a beer, just always remember that anything you add sugar-wise, is going to change the dynamic of the beer overall.

Re: The rebuilding talk and how it removes your ability to play in the post season...it's been 4 years without an appearance for this team, and 1 postseason win in 7 years. So it isn't like going without any opportunity to play in the postseason, is something totally new.

Well, we were overdue for a Reed BS. He doesn't get ahead of anyone, and that won't work.

Here comes the 5 guys to get 12 outs, system.

De Aza only 1 K behind Dunn, thats the super worrysome part. Crazy for that to be the case.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 5, 2013 -> 04:06 PM) On the marginal players part...most teams would have marginal players playing at the highest level when they have to go 32 deep. Look at our rotation for crying out loud, we're getting regularly solid performances out of pitchers #6 and #7 and it's still not enough. And for having no minor league system to speak of in your words, we're getting some serious performances out of the guys we're using, particularly pitchers again. I will, however, make no defense of the manager and consider your statement 100% accurate. I do think the starting pitching has been overall, better. But, look how many 5 inning....6 inning performances we're getting. The bullpen is 3-4 guys deep into every ball game. That isn't going to be feasible, come August or September. And ANY team that thinks Keppinger is an everyday starter is already possessing a failure mentality. We have visible holes at catcher, second (for now), third unless Gillaspie is a miracle worker, left field, and the entire bench....possibly even at DH due to the abomination of a signing in 2010.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 5, 2013 -> 03:57 PM) Up for a decade of losing? You do realize, that this team is exactly 29 games over .500 since the 2005 WS, coming into 2013? It isn't like this team is a powerhouse. We have marginal players playing at the highest level, no minor league system to speak of at all, and a floundering, bad decision making manager at the head.

Not sure how folks can argue that this team is due for a mass overhaul, and that means cutting payroll, and trading what is worth something, to restock the minors. Play kids, and go from there. Don't even start talking about the stupid attendance crap, either.

Pathetic. Time to come to terms with the fact that this is a 70 win team, something I didn't really want to do.

One thing we DONT need, is for the pen to start sucking as well.

Uhhh...

The Gas Can is warming in the pen.

Flowers having a great series against TB, 0 for his last 9, with 6 K's

Dunn has looked like a completely different hitter this series, and thats a good thing.

Thanks, Adam.

Embarrassing effort from the bats so far.

Oh my, 6 outs, 6 K's...splendid effort so far.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 25, 2013 -> 10:08 PM) Gillaspie just has really good at bats Flowers, on the other hand, when he has bad at bats, he has BAD at bats.

Wowzers Dunn crushed that ball.

Hawk whining there made me laugh.

That 'gas' from Sale was at 90....nothing on the fastball again?

20 for 116 now.