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Expert Profile: Spencer W Thomas

Expertise: I am happy to answer questions about beer, beer styles, and home brewing of beer. I`m not interested in talking about how to drink a lot of beer at once.

Experience in the area
I am an award-winning homebrewer and hold a Beer Judge Certification Program rank of National. I have been brewing beer and mead for over 15 years.

Organizations belong to
American Homebrewers Association, Beer Judge Certification Program, Ann Arbor Brewers Guild, Michigan Brewers Guild

Publications
Zymurgy, Brewing Techniques

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Average Ratings
Prestige Points: 1546
Knowledge	9.70 Best of the best
Clarity of Response	9.88 Best of the best
Timeliness	9.79 Best of the best
Politeness	9.82 Best of the best
Number Of Questions (in Past 24 Hours)		0
Max Questions to be Asked (in 24 Hour period)		5
Total Questions (since joining AllExperts)		138

Recent Reviews from Users

Knowl	Clarity	Time	Politeness	Date
10	10	10	10	11/12/08
10	10	10	10	10/24/08
8	8	10	10	05/09/08
8	8	10	10	04/08/08
10	10	10	10	02/08/08

User Comments

thank you sir. you have been most helpful, i am going to go give my beer a taste test, and - depending on what the ol taste buds tell me - i will do
(George on 11/12/08)

Thanks for respondind so quickly!
(Rae on 10/24/08)

THANKS!
(jeff on 05/09/08)

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Recent Answers from Spencer W Thomas

2008-11-25 water: If you are brewing with malt extract, the water choice is not critical, as long as it tastes good. One thing to watch out for in tap water is chloramine. This chemical is used by many water companies...

2008-11-12 contamination in my homebrew (2 questions): A film could be caused by a bacterial or wild yeast infection. As to "rescuing" the beer, "it depends." The procedure basically pasteurizes the beer, killing most of the microorganisms in it (thus...

2008-11-09 hops: That's a very general question. Generally, hops are added in up to 3 batches. Hops added near the beginning of the boil, and boiled for 45 minutes to an hour (or longer) primarily provide bitterness...

2008-10-24 Kegerator: One thing you could try is to disassemble the hose from the keg-connector (not with it plugged into the keg!). Then you can open the tap and see if you can blow through it. If that seems clear, then...

2008-10-24 Kegerator: I don't think I can really answer this without getting "hands on". I would suggest checking the regulator setting on the CO2 tank, for one. But I would expect that the keg would have enough internal...