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Expert Profile: Chris Bushman

Expertise: I've been homebrewing beer and mead for about 15 years. I've made beer trips to the Netherlands, the UK, France, Germany, and Belgium.
I've brewed a couple of hundred all-grain beers and a few dozen meads. I'm a member of the Maltose Falcon's Homebrew Society, the oldest homebrew club in the US. I've attended the Homebrewers Fantasy Camp at American Brewers Guild. In real life I am Optical Effects Supervisor and Laboratory Supervisor for a large movie visual effects house in Hollywood. I've been a fireman, a teacher of English in Okinawa, a personal computer tutor. Other hobbies include orchid culture, koi keeping, photography, sausage making, pickling, and ham radio.

BS Zoology, UC Davis

Member, Society of Motion Picture/Television Engineers http://www.smpte.org/ - Member, American Radio Relay League http://www.arrl.org/ - Member, Quarter Century Wireless Assn. http://www.lockport-ny.com/radio.htm - President, Zen Nippon Airinkai, So Cal Chapter http://home.earthlink.net/~filmlabrat/ - Member, Maltose Falcons Homebrewing Society http://www.westval.com/mfalcons/ - Alumni, American Brewers' Guild http://www.abgbrew.com/

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Something interesting about this subject that others may not know: My proudest moment in brewing was during the announcement of the First Place winners of a major homebrew competition a few years back. The winner announced in category 1 was George Fix, category 2 was Chris Bushman. Sent a shiver down my spine!

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Total Questions (since joining AllExperts)		79

Recent Reviews from Users

Knowl	Clarity	Time	Politeness	Date
10	10	10	10	07/26/08
10	10	10	10	07/08/08
10	10	10	10	01/15/08
10	10	10	10	09/07/07
10	10	10	10	07/25/07

User Comments

Thanks a lot - you rule!
(Max on 01/15/08)

Thanks alot, ill try some stuff and see what I end up with!
(Olivier on 09/07/07)

Thanks for the insight. Did not realize it had been that long since you had been there. I was there about 8 years ago. I read something about a 1%
(Mike on 07/25/07)

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Recent Answers from Chris Bushman

2008-08-17 alcohol content of beer: Well, Josh, you can estimate the alcohol content, but without an OG it's only a rough estimate. Usual attenuation is about 75% which means that if your FG is 1.016, your OG might have been about 1.064...

2008-07-06 froth through airlock: Well, Wayne, I think it all boils down to happy yeast and perhaps a little more protein than usual. Does not necessarily indicate a problem with sanitation. Anything that encourages yeast to grow rapidly...

2008-01-29 Fermentation Question: Well, Chris, you can make a guess at what the final gravity should be. If it is a normal Brown Ale that may have had a starting gravity of 1.056 then it may finish out somewhere around 1.012. If you are...

2008-01-15 froth in airlock: Well, Max, as long as nothing in the airlock gets back in the fermenter you should be fine. Also, once stuff gets in the airlock there is the possibility that it can get blocked and blown out of the...

2007-12-31 brewing beer: Well, Joseph, you can't really take the sugar out of beer and still have beer, but there are a couple of things that you can do. If you use less base malt, which can make for a lower alcohol brew, you...