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That's probably THE major difference between traditional European brewing and American craft. American craft attempts at recreating European styles required heavy use of specialty malts because they were starting with domestic 2-row. Start with a full-flavored European base and you're already...

Note: Thread title calls for help on an ordinary Bitter. Not an Ordinary Bitter.

I think if you look at British sources, you'll find Ca at least 100 and as many BU[:GU]s at .8 as .6 Bitters are a wide range depending on where they come from and from which era. As far as 100% malt goes, adjunct and sugar is totally typical of British brewing with the last couple decades...

Get your calcium up to 100-150. Some torrified wheat is nice. 10% invert, or even Turbinado for lazy's sake.

Into the ground this weekend. Beefsteaks; Cherokee Purple, Box Car Willie Cherries; Sunrise Bumblebee, Yellow Apple, Juliet Some sort of mini variegated sweet pepper Serrano Genovese Basil Chocolate Mint Citronella

Not just 'the best', but iconic of and unique to NY. It's a tough difference to see from the inside. Chinese food. Yes, NY has some truly excellent Chinese food. Better than most I've found elsewhere. But it's the duck sauce and mustard that really set it apart. You just don't see it anywhere...

Let's not let this one fly by. Metro NYers know exactly what they have in bagels and pizza, but most have no idea how special a delicacy they have in the humble hard roll. Oh, what I'd give for a bacon, egg, and cheese, over medium, butter, pepper, no salt. Coffee, regular.

I'm a born & raised NYer living in the diaspora for the last 20something years. My boss goes to NY twice a year and every time brings me a dozen. Purchased on her way to the airport, in my hands the next morning. A spritz and a toast is exactly how revive them.

Nope. But I will buy a beer, chat for a few minutes, and tip well on the pint.

"Is a radio wave the same as a gamma ray? "Are radio waves completely different physical objects than gamma-rays? They are produced in different processes and are detected in different ways, but they are not fundamentally different. Radio waves, gamma-rays, visible light, and all the other...

Pilners and stouts. Same stuff.

Lions and oak trees are both carbon-based sponges full of water. They're both the same stuff, but clearly not the same thing.

As the photo above shows, you see the source, the sun. It's the radiation which is only revealed when it reflects off something into our eyes. A radio station (the sun) with its tower (source) is always visible. Its transmission (radiation) is only revealed (seen) when you have a radio...

Psst... light is radiation. The same stuff as x-rays and gamma rays, etc. Maybe your NASA employed friend is also an art history enthusiast? 'Light' as in the stuff Vermeer is famous for? True, that stuff is atmosphere being brought to luminescence by the sun's radiation. Still, it's the...

FWIW, a batch with Saaz is proving to be perfectly enjoyable.