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Homer Simpson Beer Quotes:

Beer... Now there's a temporary solution.

I like my beer cold... my TV loud... and my homosexuals flaming.

Ah, the college road trip. What better way to spread beer-fueled mayhem?

You must love this country more than I love a cold beer on a hot Christmas morning.

I've figured out an alternative to giving up my beer. Basically, we become a family of traveling acrobats.

Bart, a woman is like beer. They look good, they smell good, and you'd step over your own mother just to get one!

Now son, you don't want to drink beer. That's for Daddies, and kids with fake IDs.

All right, brain. You don't like me and I don't like you, but let's just do this and I can get back to killing you with beer.

Ah, beer. The cause of and the solution to all of life's problems.

When will I learn? The answer to life's problems aren't at the bottom of a bottle, they're on TV!

# posted by  whatley : September 01, 2006 6:56 AM
 
The measure of a good beer:

HOMEBREW BITTERING UNITS (HBU's)

A measure of the total amount of bitterness in a given volume of beer. Homebrew Bittering Units can easily be calculated by multiplying the percent of alpha acid in the hops by the number of ounces.

For example, if 2 ounces of Northern Brewer hops (9% alpha acid) and 3 ounces of Cascade hops (5 % alpha acid) were used in a 10-gallon batch, the total amount of bittering units would be 33: (2x9)+(3x5)=18+15. Bittering units per gallon would be 3.3 in a 10-gallon batch or 6.6 in a 5 gallon batch, so it is important to note volumes whenever expressing bittering units.

INTERNATIONAL BITTERING UNITS (IBUs)

A measure of the bitterness of a beer in parts per million(ppm), or milligrams per liter(mg/l) of alpha acids. You can estimate the IBUs in your beer by using the following formula:


IBU= (ounces of hops x %alpha acid of hop x % utilization) gallons of wort x 1.34


Percent utilization varies because of wort gravity, boiling time, wort volume and other factors. Homebrewers get about 25% utilization for a full one-hour boil, about 15% for a 30-minute boil and 5% for a 15 minute boil. As an example, 1 ounce of 6% alpha acid hops in 5 gallons of wort boiled for one hour would produce a beer with 22 IBUs:

IBU = 1 x 6 x 25 =22 IBUs
5 x 1.34


METRIC BITTERING UNITS (MBUs)

MBUs are equal to the number of grams of hops multiplied by the percent alpha acid.

# posted by  Andy : September 01, 2006 8:37 AM
 
And you thought you would never need math.

# posted by  Andy : September 01, 2006 8:38 AM
 
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