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Expertise
Home Brewing Techniques, all grain, partial mash and extract brews, formulating recipes, cloning commercial beers, kegging, bottling, home brew equipment, clarifying, trouble shooting beer and conducting tastings.
Experience in the area
I have home brewed for 17 years. I owned my own beer pub for 5 years. I lived in Munich, Germany for 3 years. I host a brew club at work with 10 member brewers.
Education/Credentials
Geoscientist well versed in chemistry and high exposure to multinationals who all have diverse beer drinking habits.
Average Ratings
Recent Reviews from Users
K = Knowledgeability C = Clarity of Response T = Timeliness P = Politeness| User | Date | K | C | T | P | Comments |
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| Kathy | 08/12/09 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | Thank you for your expertise. This was ..... |
| Kathy | 08/04/09 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | Thank you for your help....I appreciate ..... |
| Pat | 04/23/09 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | Well thought out responsivce answers. Thankyou |
| obama | 04/20/09 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 10 | |
| Mark S. | 03/11/09 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | Excelence!! Great response in that the answer ..... |
Recent Answers from Keith Patton
2009-09-09 Fermentation in brewing:
The factors that affect fermentation in my experience are as follows: The amount of yeast first pitched The temperature The type of yeast The amount of complex sugars in the wort The amount of yeast
2009-08-04 accidental brew:
By 200 do you mean .200? Blood alcohol is measured by percent and .200 is pretty high, twice that and you are dead. The affect of alcohol is subject to many factors, weight, sex and body fat. If your
2009-07-31 accidental brew:
Kathy: It was probably the spontaneous fermentation of the sugar in the tea, caused by the wild yeast present in the over ripe lemons. It is common knowledge that grapes and other berry type fruit
2009-04-22 Bad Brew:
Pat: It might well be that the kits were bad. I have never done the no boil kits. Makes me wonder...was the kreusen rather gooey looking kind of a tan gloppy foam rather than what you saw in the firt
2009-04-20 Bad Brew:
Pat: Sanitizing was my first bet, but if you are sure you were meticulous then I'll accept that. By answering the following quesitons it might pinpoint the cause. By brown floaties, do you mean
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