Homemade or home-brewed beer can be a rewarding experience with the right tools and the right recipe. A search of the Internet will bring up everything from recipes for Moose Milk Stout to Lawnmower Special. Here is a collection of homebrew beers from around the world.

MOOSE MILK STOUT

(This beer recipe is from the Easy Homebrew site.)

Ingredients

6 lb Munton Fison DME

¼ lb Black Patent malt

½ lb Roasted Barley

¼ lb British Chocolate malt

½ lb British crystal malt 60° L

½ lb Lactose

1 oz Challenger hops

5 oz priming sugar

1084 Irish Ale yeast

Preparation method:

” Steep specialty grains for 20 minutes in 2-3 gallons of water.

” Remove grains and bring to boil.

” Add DME, lactose and hops. Stir well.

” Boil 60 minutes.

” After 60 min. boil, chill wort to 70° and pitch yeast.

” Ferment 5 days in primary.

” Rack to secondary for another 5 days.

” Prime and bottle.

” Store at room temperature for 14 days.

” Serve at 55°

NOTTING HILL PUB BITTER

(Here’s an English Bitter, found on the Beer Smith site.)

General Information:

Type: Extract

Batch Size: 5.00 gal

Boil Size: 3.50 gal Asst Brewer:

Boil Time: 60 min

Equipment: CCHBS partial boil instructions

Taste Rating (out of 50): 35.0

Ingredients:

” 1 lbs Extra Light Dry Extract (3.0 SRM)

” 3 lbs Pale Liquid Extract (8.0 SRM)

” 8.0 oz British Crystal 77L (77.0 SRM)

” 4.0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt -120L (120.0 SRM)

” 1.00 oz Challenger [8.00%] (60 min)

” 0.70 oz Goldings, East Kent [5.00%] (10 min) (Aroma Hop-Steep)

” 1 Package London Ale (W yeast Labs #1028)

Notes (Carbonation):

Carbonation Type: Corn Sugar

Volumes of CO2: 1.8

Pressure/Weight: 2.2 oz

Keg/Bottling Temperature: 60.0 F

Age for: 28.0 days

Storage Temperature: 52.0 F

LAWNMOWER SPECIAL

Here’s a homemade light American lager from the prolific BeerSmith site.

General Information:

Type: All Grain

Batch Size: 5.28 gal

Boil Size: 6.05 gal Asst Brewer:

Boil Time: 60 min

Taste Rating (out of 50): 35.0

Ingredients:

” 5.29 lb Lager Malt (2.0 SRM)

” 1.72 lb Corn, Flaked (1.3 SRM)

” 0.49 oz Crystal [3.10%] (60 min)

” 0.49 oz Crystal [3.10%] (20 min)

” 0.49 oz Crystal [3.10%] (10 min)

” 0.25 tsp Irish Moss (Boil 10.0 min)

” 1 Package Pilsner Urqell (Wyeast Labs #2001) [Starter 125 ml] [Cultured]

Notes (Mash & Carbonation):

Mash Name: Single Infusion, Light Body, No Mash Out Total Grain Weight: 7.01 lb

Sparge Water: 4.70 gal

Grain Temperature: 72.0 F

Sparge Temperature: 168.0 F

Tun Temperature: 72.0 F

Adjust Temp for Equipment: FALSE

Mash PH: 5.4 PH

Mash In Add 8.76 qt of water at 161.5 F 150.1 F 110 min

Mash Notes: Simple single infusion mash for use with most modern well modified grains (about 95% of the time).

Carbonation Type: Corn Sugar

Volumes of CO2: 2.4

Pressure/Weight: 4.0 oz

Keg/Bottling Temperature: 60.1 F

Age for: 28.0 days

TSING-TAO

(Here’s a homemade “clone” beer recipe replicating a Chinese lager: Tsing Tao. For an extensive list of clone beers, check the AngelFire site.)

Yield: 5 gallons

Ingredients:

” 6 3/4 lb. American 6 row

” 1lb. Rice Hulls

” 1 1/2 Lb. Rice

” 1/2 Lb. Crystal 10L

” 1 Lb. Rice syrup

” 1/3 oz. (9 grams)Tettnanger

” 3/4 oz. (21 grams) Saaz

” 1/4 oz. Saaz

” 1 tsp. Irish Moss

” Wyeast Pilsen Lager yeast

” 3/4 cup Corn Sugar

Instructions:

Grind rice and cook until soft (about 20 minutes). Mash all grains together including the hulls and rice cook for 30 minutes at 122F. Raise heat to 150F for 60 minutes. Sparge and accumulate 1 1/5 gallons of wort. Bring to a boil and remove from heat. Add the rice syrup, Tettnanger and 1/5 oz. of Saaz. Add water to make 2 1/2 gallons. Boil for 50 minutes. Add the rest of the Saaz and the Irish Moss. Boil for ten more minutes. Cool. Add water to make 5 gallons. Add yeast.

Notes:

” Primary 7 days

” Secondary: 1 week

” O.G.- 1.048

” F.G.- 1.010

” Alcohol - 4 1/2%

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Few people truly succeed in life. A vast majority of people are withdrawn and shy - they don’t have many friends, as they are unable to interact meaningfully with people outside of their inner-circle. Boys don’t find dates easily and girls fail to impress, all because of their lack of self-confidence. Can you tolerate a speaker whose utterances do not carry conviction? Timid speakers don’t captivate their audiences. They can’t be persuasive. In short, their speeches don’t have the necessary pep and spirit to be exciting and end up falling flat. Timid people continue through life somehow, but as they don’t stand up to be counted, success is something they only dream about. Why not go for it? A lack of self-confidence is what keeps most from being assertive, successful and ultimately happy in life. However, if you can recognize that you lack the self-confidence you want, you can work on building it up and making your dreams of success a reality.

Defining self-confidence
If you can recognize the qualities of a person brimming with self-confidence, this will help you succeed in building your self-confidence. How do you know that a person is confident? It’s easy, really. If you are balanced and confident, you are assertive, your body language conveys your confidence, you hold your head high, you speak with authority but not with arrogance, your attitude is positive, you go after your goals with determination -well-prepared to overcome any hurdles en route because you don’t flinch at taking calculated risks whenever required, and whenever you make mistakes, you readily and graciously own up to them. Like people with low self-confidence, you don’t look for scapegoats in such circumstances. Like people who are over-confident, you don’t allow yourself to make those mistakes too many times. And unlike people with no confidence at all, you are outgoing and courageous. Your goals are set realistically, keeping in mind a fair assessment of your assets, your weaknesses and your skills and talents. On the other hand, over-confident people, as you may observe, have a tendency to set unreachable goals and prone to be hurt and have their confidence shattered when failure stares them in the face.

Building self-confidence
While attempting to build self-confidence, you may have a couple of questions to ask yourself. Is it possible to build self-confidence? If by nature you are not initially endowed with confidence, you may think you stay that way forever. Not necessarily. You can actually take small but reachable steps in order to build good confidence. However, self-confidence and success are interdependent. Normally, you can’t succeed without confidence playing a role in your efforts and without success you can’t have self-confidence. It’s a Catch – 22.

If that is the case, how do you build self-confidence? Good question. Start by setting yourself a small enough goal that you can achieve it without too much difficulty. Then achieve it and watch your confidence grow. Repeat the steps, every time making the goal a little tougher than before and gradually build your confidence step by step.

Secrets to building self-confidence
The first secret of building self-confidence is to honestly analyze your strengths and weaknesses. The next one is to work hard on minimizing the weaknesses while maximizing your strengths. Then, analyze the task on hand. Arm yourself well with good, solid preparation to make the most of the opportunities available to do the job and to do it as best as you possibly can. Also, shield yourself against any anticipated threats that might stop you or slow you down in your tracks.

Time management is of utmost importance in all your efforts. Training yourself mentally is also equally important. The better your analysis, training and preparation, the better your chances of success and the stronger your self-confidence. Build it to the appropriate levels and achieve success in all aspects of your life.

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Regardless if you’re a doctor, a health professional, or just a person who wants some reliable information I think we have all become overloaded with the media hyping of prescription drugs. If the ads are true then the only way to a happy and healthy life is through medication. But are the ads true? What are they really saying to us?

What finally flipped me off was a full page ad in the USA TODAY by the pharmaceutical company Pfizer. With a three tone color background, a photograph of Dr. Robert Jarvik, the inventor of the artificial heart, there it was in large bold print:

LIPITOR REDUCES RISK OF STROKE BY 48%. Now that may sound like good news and it would if it were true. In reality it is deceptive at best. Let me break it down and show you how this ad tricks us.

1. The majority of people who read the newspaper don’t read these ads or they may skim them briefly and move on. That’s fine with Pfizer; they know that at some later date, if the subject of strokes comes up in casual conversation you will remember that Lipitor reduces the risk by 48%.

2. In small print it says that this is only true in patients with type 2 diabetes AND have at least one other risk factor for heart disease including high blood pressure, smoking or complications of diabetes, including eye disease and protein in the urine. I don’t know about you but I think we just eliminated a lot of people who would need Lipitor.

3. This is the fun part. Next to 48% in the ad there is an asterisk* which states: “That means in a large clinical study, 2.8% of patients taking a sugar pill or placebo had a stroke compared to 1.5 % of patients taking Lipitor.” That means that 28 out of a 1,000 people who took the sugar pill {did nothing} had a stroke while 15 out of 1,000 taking Lipitor had a stroke. Now we get to the juicy part. There are two types of risk, relative risk reduction {RRR} and absolute risk reduction {ARR}. The difference between 15 and 28 is a relative risk of 48%, which the drug companies love to use because it is more impressive. The more important number is the absolute risk which is 1.3%, the difference between 2.8% and 1.5%. Drug companies don’t like to use the absolute risk because it is not as impressive but that is what researchers use and it is the most important factor.

Lets look at it another way. If I told you I could increase your chance of winning the Lottery by 48% would that get your attention? Sure it would. How about 1.3%? Not to exciting is it. In other words, if you take Lipitor your have a 1.3% better chance of not getting a second stroke compared to doing nothing.

Pfizer ends their ad with this statement: “When diet and exercise alone are not enough adding Lipitor can help.” When diet and exercise are not enough? Diet and exercise are very effective. In fact they can eliminate all the risk factors if the patient will apply themselves to a healthier lifestyle. It is only when the patient does not comply with lifestyle changes that the doctor has to revert to medication. In reality diet and exercise should be the cornerstone in preventing both a stroke and heart disease. The real risk factors such as diabetes, obesity, smoking, high blood pressure, and sedentary living should first be addressed before you become dependent of prescription drugs. The next time you see your doctor ask, “What can I do to prevent having to take a drug?” Always ask your doctor what the absolute risk is for any medication you are considering. If they look at you with a blank stare and say, “What is absolute risk? then they have not done their home work.

Frank Addleman is professor emeritus at Santa Ana College where he taught nutrition and fitness. He is the author of ‘GET YOUR ACT TOGETHER, THINK HEALTHY, BE HEALTHY”, available at

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She’s a pretty girl, and she can make a cake from scratch, but can she make homemade beer? You might be surprised at how many people make and store homebrewed beer. Is your mate among them? Are you?

Beer making follows very simple rules. So, why wait? If homebrewed beer is something you’d like to try, then this should help you get started. And the good news is that it costs very little to bottle your first homemade brew.

People have been making homemade alcohol for thousands of years, ever since man first stumbled onto fermentation. After tasting the results of fruit left to rot in the bottom of a jug (wine), he moved to grains, which are the main ingredients of beer. Beer recipes have been found among some of the world’s oldest recorded Sumerian writings.

Homebrewed beer is a thoughtful process, not a complicated one; it involves 6 components or steps:

1. Mash is made when a malted grain is mixed with water and then heated causing the starch to change into sugar. Mashes are available in a “No Boil” Kit, a partial mash, or the most complicated option, a full mash.

2. Wort (pronounced wirt, not wart) is the liquid formed by the malted grain mash. Wort can be purchased pre-made in dry or liquids.

3. Fermentation happens when a sugar mash is encouraged to convert into alcohol and carbon dioxide via the introduction of bacteria (yeast). Once yeast is added, wort becomes beer.

4. Conditioning (also known as secondary fermentation) is when the beer is siphoned from one container to another and allowed to brew again.

5. Carbonation takes place with the addition of a second sugar to the beer, which is then stored in either bottles or kegs.

6. And the easy part….Drinking!

Still afraid to get started? Perhaps master brewer and author, John Palmer, can help. He knows the ins and outs of home-brewing beer and the mistakes that can be made. He says his first homemade beer was “fit only for mosquitoes to lay their eggs in.”

He suggests beginning with a “fool-proof” ale beer recipe because ale is the easiest type of homemade beer to make. Palmer includes terms and tools you’ll need to make your first beer.

You could start brewing beer from scratch or you could begin with a home brewing beer kit which can be had for under $100. Beer kits are available from your local beer and wine supplies store, eBay, or one of the links below.

A simple search of the Internet will leave you with thousands of returns for recipes, games and other important beer information. Making your own beer can not only be useful it can also be a great experience. Think about it, they brewed their own beer years ago and look how much fun they had. So much they tried to shut them down! Try and stay out of trouble, but there is nothing any better than a home brewed cold one.

Caution

Homemade beer is for your consumption; stay out of trouble, don’t sell it.

And play it safe, check with your state or provincial laws before embarking on your homebrew beer adventure.

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A salaried person requires a loan amount instantly in his hands for meeting urgency. If he or she does not have various documents right at the moment of filing the loan application, the lender either rejects the application or delays the loan. Well if you do not have all those documents, still you can avail a loan through no fax payday loan.

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No fax payday loan is approved instantly within hours of receiving the loan application and so the loan amount comes in the borrower’s account the same day. No security is required from the borrower and only a post dated cheque from the borrower of the borrowed amount plus the lender’s fee is considered enough by the lender. The loan amount varies from lender to lender but usually no fax payday loans are offered in the range of £100 to £1500. These loans are very costly as lenders charge very high fee. However you can avail no fax payday loan at comparatively lower fee on extensively comparing different lenders.

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When your children are tiny, some of the first toys they learn to play with are building blocks. They come in all shapes and sizes and in as many colors as you can think of! When picking out blocks for toys, there are lots of things to consider. One of the most important details to think about is the actual material they are made of. Your child’s age may be a main factor that determines what type of building blocks they play with.

The younger they are the more necessary it becomes to check out blocks that are softer and lighter. Giant cardboard building blocks, for example, are extremely light-weight, easy to handle, and are so sturdy that even your infant whose just sitting up can fall over on them without breaking them or injuring herself. These building blocks will help your little one develop his motor skills while stacking them, and greatly expand his imagination at the same time.

As the child gets older, you can choose some of the well-crafted wooden blocks that often have the alphabet and numbers printed or carved on them. While still developing her motor skills, she’ll also be exploring her world with letters and numbers. This could be her first step towards spelling and reading. It will also help her learn to count. Another great benefit to these types of blocks is the ability to feel new textures and see new colors. Children should start to associate a red letter “A” block with their red ball. This is all an essential part of learning, and they’ll have fun with it too.

The possibilities are really endless when it comes to giving your child blocks to play with. Some of my son’s favorite ones are his farm animal blocks. He loves to pretend with them making each animal sound as he goes. This lets him explore the world and helps him make the connection between his wooden pigs and cows with the real thing he sees on the farm. As he gets even older and his coordination has improved, www.1888Toys.com has blocks that connect to one another with a series of grooves and notches providing sturdy links so he can build tractors, cars, buildings, really anything he wants in 3-D.

It’s important to know that playing with building blocks is both educational for your child and a vital step in developing the necessary skills as she grows. Whether you have a baby just rolling over or a rambunctious grade-schooler, building blocks are certainly a favorite toy for him, and a great tool for you to have.

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With balloons and party accessories a festive atmosphere quickly develops in to an amazing party. We have given some good balloons decorating ideas below and with this you can use more of your imagination to add more flair to the party room by using the unique design and architectural features of your home.

First and foremost hang balloons to your mailbox to spot the party place; place them as a decoration at the door; or you may even tie them to the birthday child’s chair to mark the seat of honor. For an additional unique touch, make a balloon arch by filling balloons with helium, attach them (several inches apart) to a long piece of curling ribbon and fix the ends to the floor next to the doorway.

Hanging balloons in bunches is one of the best idea to create best effect. If you have a plan to fill balloons with helium, wait until the party day so that it floats well. Attaching balloons to light fixtures and hanging them in doorways or anywhere that impress the crowd is a brilliant idea. Use colorful curling ribbon to tie balloons together, and curl the ends by pulling the ribbon among your thumb and blade of scissors.

Helium-filled balloons decorations

A simple table decoration is quite simple to make with helium balloons, moreover all latex or a combination of Mylar and latex. Anchor the group to the table with a safety pin in the cloth or with a small wooden block enclosed in decorative paper. Do not forget that latex helium balloons stay floating for just about eight hours. So do this on the day of the party.

For all these decorations it is most excellent if all the balloons are of the same size. To attain this cut out a cardboard pattern and check the size every time you blow up a balloon.

By using your fishing line and paperclips you could move on to the twirl arch. This is made of groups of four helium balloons fixed firmly together by paperclips and threaded onto the line like pearls on any necklace. You would require heavy weights wrapped in paper to safe each end of the arch. Try using a five liter plastic bottle filled with sand.

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Will today’s well-stocked medicine cabinet now hold a bottle of beer? According to 10 years of scientific research, the answer is, “Yes.”

The next time someone says that beer isn’t good for you, smile smugly, hold up your beer mug and tell him or her they are wrong!

Worldwide research done over the past decade shows that beer drinkers enjoy a multitude of health benefits from the amber ale.

First and foremost, beer drinkers are less likely to die from heart attacks. That comes straight from Harvard University. According to an April 2001 issue of the Harvard Gazette, heart disease sufferers who drink about 2 glasses of beer a day are less likely to suffer heart failure.

In the past, it was believed that only wine provided health benefits because of a chemical found in grapes. But Harvard researchers say it’s not the grapes; it’s the alcohol in the beer or wine that brings about the positive results.

Later, a 2003 study done by Israeli researchers showed that male heart patients who drank a glass of beer a day also reduced their risk of heart attacks because of changes to blood chemistry.

And across the world, an Australian study of nearly 3000 senior men found that those men who drank beer everyday were also less likely to suffer with heart problems.

Studies have also shown beer reduces the risk of strokes because beer lowers the stroke-causing protein: fibrinogen.

In a 2002 Texas Southwestern University study, researcher Dr. Norman Kaplan concluded that beer drunk in moderation could lower occurrences of bad cholesterol. That’s the waxy substance that builds up in the artery walls of our circulation system causing heart attacks.

And there’s more to the story.

Beer lovers may have a better chance of maintaining good eyesight. Beer or ale contains antioxidants. A glass of beer a day could provide the antioxidants necessary to reduce the risk of eye cataracts.

Need another reason to have a glass of bubbly? The hops and barley used to make beers and ales are full of the vitamins necessary for good nervous system and brain health: Vitamin B.

And here’s a little something to share with your wife or mother-in-law — modest beer drinking by itself won’t cause a beer belly. In 2003, both British and Czech researchers concluded there is no scientific evidence supporting weight-gain among beer drinkers.

After examining nearly 2000 Czech men and women (considered the biggest consumers of beer in the world), no link between beer consumption and stomach size or weight was found.

In fact, compared to yogurt and fruit juice smoothies; beer is actually less fattening.

Does that mean you can make beer a primary source of your diet, morning, noon and night? Of course not. Just as you wouldn’t drink a steady diet of orange juice, beer should be consumed in moderation.

Researchers further caution that beer drinking can only be good when drinkers avoid other ill-health producers like smoking, poor diet, lack of exercise and over-drinking.

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Stainless steel appliances are a nice upgrade for you home. That being said, you need to make them last, which means you need to know how to keep them sparkling.

A routine maintenance schedule should be adhered to about every three or four months depending on how much you use your appliances. Another problem to be addressed is the everyday cleaners that build up on your stainless steel appliances. Knowing how to get this residue off and keep your appliances nice and shiny will keep your appliances looking new for many years to come.

The process is pretty simple, but you will need to purchase a polish specifically formulated for use on stainless steel appliances. Once you have your polishing cream on hand, you can begin the de-gunking process. Go ahead and fill a bucket or pail with warm soapy water. Dish liquid or other nonabrasive cleaners can be used in this step. Something with a degreaser in it will be handy when it comes to getting the grease off of the stove. Now work the cleaning solution into the grain of the stainless steel and then come back at it from the other direction. This will loosen up any stuck-on residues. Dry the appliance with a dry towel.

You are now ready for the next step of the process, the rebirth of the sparkle. When you finish with drying the appliance, it will be dull. Don’t be alarmed because the polishing cream you purchased will restore the shine that made you want the stainless steel in the first place. Apply the cream according to the manufacturer directions. Be sure to wipe off any excess polishing cream right away.

Now you can use another dry towel to buff the polishing cream back off. Be sure to wipe with the grain for best results. You may have to really put some elbow grease into getting it as shiny as you would like for it to be. After you know how to de-gunk stainless steel appliances and you do a good job of it, it will be easier the next time you are faced with this task.

Getting the job done right the first time should be your main concern. Don’t worry if you can still see a few marks in various places on your appliances. You can always get them the next time now that you know how to do it correctly.

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If you have a pet, they are inevitably going to have an accident on your floor. This means you need to know how to clean it or you will be stuck with the eternal stink.

Whatever the case, pet urine odors after the urine is absorbed can be tricky. Depending on what kind of flooring you have, and how long the urine was allowed to soak into your layers of sub-floor, the smell will be your biggest battle. You may think you have it gone and then one day it creeps back out again. This is a definite smell that cannot just be masked with an air freshener or carpet freshening powders.

A natural enzyme product may be purchased at your local pet store or online from many different places. It usually comes in a spray bottle for ease of application. You must saturate all areas where your pet has urinated completely. There is normally a set amount of time to leave it soaking. Just be sure to follow the directions on the bottle for maximum results. If you leave a spot untreated, it is likely that your pet will still smell it and urinate there again, causing you to start the process all over again.

Many carpet deodorizers claim that they can handle urine smells, but they only mask the smell for a short period of time. The smell is not completely removed only replaced with another scent from the product. This is a foolish way to spend money when trying to get rid of the smell. Go ahead and spend the money for the enzyme neutralizer to keep the problem from happening over and over again.

Knowing how to remove pet urine and the smells associated with it will help keep your whole house fresh smelling. Even after being gone for a while, when you enter your home, you will smell nothing of the urine. There will be no evidence of a pet urine smell if you get rid of it completely.

Find a good product that is easy for you to use and keep it on hand incase accidents occur unexpectedly. You wouldn’t want to be having a dinner party when your cat decides to make a fuss and not have the proper supplies needed to cleanse and freshen it.

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