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Chris Bushman

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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.

Experience in the area

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/

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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Recent Reviews from Users

User	Date	K	C	T	P	Comments
brett jinman	03/10/09	10	10	10	10	thanks
miluto	07/26/08	10	10	10	10
wayne	07/08/08	10	10	10	10
Max	01/15/08	10	10	10	10	Thanks a lot - you rule!
Olivier	09/07/07	10	10	10	10	Thanks alot, ill try some stuff and .....

Recent Answers from Chris Bushman

2009-11-12 herb beer:

Welcome to a fun hobby, Robert. When you're first starting out it's really best to stick to the basics. That way, if the result is not good, you know it was something in your technique that is a problem

2009-11-02 keg:

Temperature is the key factor. Properly refrigerated, it's supposed to be best for 110 days from the "Born On" date. If it sits in the sun and ends up at 100 degrees F, the freshness will diminish

2009-07-29 Beer allergies:

Sounds pretty strange, Jeff. Do you always drink the same beer? If so, I have no clue. If you vary your beer drinking it could be an allergy to an ingredient that some beers have and others don't

2009-07-21 dry malt extract:

...and speaking of near Davis, about 10 years ago I attended 4 days of homebrew fantasy camp in Woodland. Liquid/dry extract brewing are essentially identical except for quantity. If your recipe calls

2009-07-15 second fermintation:

At this point Jody, breathing is not good. Before the yeast kicks in, oxygen is good for them since it helps them build strong cell walls. From that point on, you want to keep oxygen away from you beer

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