The Reversal by Michael Connelly on kindle - I am ashamed to admit that I am a big Harry Bosch novel fan.

just keep in mind that mead isn't really supposed to be sweet, as much of the sugar in the honey gets converted.

I just wanted to thank you for posting this -- it actually makes a lot of sense, not just with mead, but with any supposedly "sweet" beer, and explains why chocolate beers are usually in the dark chocolate variety rather than milk chocolate end of the spectrum. The ones that are sweet, are usually sweet with malts (scotch ales, barleywines, sweet stouts, etc.), not sugar or honey necessarily, which is an entirely different kind of sweet, and one I don't mind so much at all. I mean, yeah, there is a lot of residual flavor from honey or milk, in ones that are made out of those, but...less so than drinking, say, milk, or tea with a lot of honey. I.E., not so much.

Between this and ...I forget who, but someone explained why ommegang's chocolate indulgence was sour tasting to me in the early days of my trying beers...it's been very helpful understanding why beers taste the way they do, and helps me appreciate them more.

I just wanted to thank you for posting this -- it actually makes a lot of sense, not just with mead, but with any supposedly "sweet" beer, and explains why chocolate beers are usually in the dark chocolate variety rather than milk chocolate end of the spectrum. The ones that are sweet, are usually sweet with malts (scotch ales, barleywines, sweet stouts, etc.), not sugar or honey necessarily, which is an entirely different kind of sweet, and one I don't mind so much at all. I mean, yeah, there is a lot of residual flavor from honey or milk, in ones that are made out of those, but...less so than drinking, say, milk, or tea with a lot of honey. I.E., not so much.

I agree. But always remember the exception of the milk stout, to which lactose is added. Yeast can't turn this into alcohol and it does remain in the final product as a distinctly sweet flavour.

And again, I learn something -- thanks!

^ I wish they shipped to MA.

Redemption rye whiskey and the last bottle of Bitches Brew on the shelf.

I just bought Traktor Pro. Again. This time from B&H. Academic Superstore dicked me around for two effing weeks before finally admitting they won't have a copy of Traktor to ship until the end of the month (I need it for Sunday the 10th.) 6 minutes on the phone with B&H and I'll have a copy by Thursday.

B&H rules, as per usual. Academic Superstore fellates rabid goats.

Special Cask Store bottling of Pappy Van Winkle 19 yo bourbon (uses 15 yo label but was actually 19)

Cask Store bottling of Sazerac 6 yo

Vya Dry vermouth

Nice Al.

And again, I learn something -- thanks!

X2 beer edu is fun.

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Enjoy the PVW Al!

Nice grab on the pvw cask, Al. Hope there will be some left for Mayberry '11.

Nice whiskey pickup Al.

Looking forward to trying out the Pappy. I will keep some around for MOA II for sure.

8-10 weeks to go. Expect a plinth building Q (from me) & A (hopefully from you) thread in the coming weeks.

Very nice arm. I just saw one in action at the Oswald Mills Audio demo room in NYC recently. Is that where you bought the arm?

You certainly don't mess around when it comes to test equipment.

Also just bought one of these:

Low cost GPIB-USB interface, Agilent 82357B compatible - eBay (item 170542849941 end time Oct-20-10 07:17:59 PDT)

My evil plan is slowly coming together...

My evil plan is slowly coming together...

This plan?...

This plan?...

yes, in fact. That's Fitz on the left. How did you know?

How did you get that picture?

Very nice arm. I just saw one in action at the Oswald Mills Audio demo room in NYC recently. Is that where you bought the arm?

No, I know of/became interested in the Schick by reputation alone. Also, it's one of the few current-production arms I think matches well aesthetically with the TD-124. What turntable/related equipment did you hear the Schick with, if you don't mind me asking.

No, I know of/became interested in the Schick by reputation alone. Also, it's one of the few current-production arms I think matches well aesthetically with the TD-124. What turntable/related equipment did you hear the Schick with, if you don't mind me asking.

The OMA Lenco idler, Schick arm, tweaked Ortofon cartridge, OMA RIAA phono preamp and OMA Parallax integrated amplifier, all playing through the OMA AC2 field coil loudspeakers. It was by far the best demo I have ever had even though the speakers were set up with a 3-foot round column between them.

Table:

RIAA:

Amp:

Speakers (this is the AC1 non-field coil version):

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I definitely like the look of that speaker, if nothing else.

Wow, congrats Al. I agree, the speakers look great.