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Shared: The Great Hall of Hams

The Great Hall of Hams by Xeni Jardin on Boing Boing:

A worker checks in a special room where the Parma hams are hung to dry in Langhirano near Parma. Prosciutto di Parma can only be produced in a very restricted area of 29 sq km (11.2 sq mile) around the town of Parma in the region of Emilia Romagna, just north of Tuscany. Around 10 million hams are sold every year, of which about 2 million are exported, mainly to France, the United States and Germany, which each consume about 400,000 a year. (REUTERS, file photo from 2009)

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(34) Saturday, January 27, 2012 Brew Day — NHDS1.2

Night Horse Dry Stout Label

Today is the third iteration of my Night Horse Dry Stout with the changes I described earlier.

Original Volume: 6 gallons
Original Gravity: 1.038 SG
Mash: Protein rest for 15 minutes at 120 °F then saccharification rest for 60 minutes at 150 °F.
Boil: 60 minutes
Fermentation: Ferment at 65 °F then do a diacetyl rest.
Serving: Serve at 52–55 °F with 1–1.5 volumes of CO₂.

Ingredient Amount
Crisp Maris Otter 78%
Flaked Barley 11%
Crisp Roasted Barley 11%
Kent Goldings (6.1% AA) 60 min. 38 IBU
Wyeast 1084 Irish Ale 149B Cells

For the Mash

Heat 3 gallons of water to 138 °F. Transfer to the mash tun. The strike temperature should stabilize at 129 °F. Add the crushed grains to the mash. The mash temperature should stabilize at 120 °F. Allow the mash to rest for 15 minutes. Heat 2 gallons of water to boiling. Transfer to the mash tun. The mash should stabilize at 150 °F. Allow the mash to rest for 60 minutes. Batch sparge with 3.5 gallons of 170 °F water.

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Shared: Yosemite HD

Yosemite HD by Project Yosemite:

This video is a collaboration between Sheldon Neill and Colin Delehanty. All timelapses were shot on the Canon 5D Mark II with a variety of Canon L and Zeiss CP.2 Lenses.

Project Yosemite Website: http://projectyose.com
Contact info: info@projectyose.com

Thanks to Dynamic Perception for their motion controlled dolly and continued support!

Dynamic Perception Website: http://dynamicperception.com

Music is “Outro” from the new album Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming by M83.
Publishing: http://emimusicpub.com
Licensing: http://bankrobbermusic.com

This whole project has been an amazing experience. The two of us became friends through Vimeo and explored a shared interest in timelapsing Yosemite National Park over an extended period of time. We’d like to expand this idea to other locations and would appreciate any suggestions for a future project.

Twitter:
https://twitter.com/#!/SheldonNeill
https://twitter.com/#!/barple

Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/sheldon.neill
http://www.facebook.com/delehanty

Behind The Scenes: http://vimeo.com/35223326
By Dalton Runberg

Yosemite HD | 2K will be hosted on YouTube shortly. Link coming soon!

Our hearts go out to the family of Markus Praxmarer who lost his life while climbing Half Dome on September 19, 2011.

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Shared: To brew Porter in a Private Family (1773)

I cannot say for sure, but it seems that this 18th century Porter recipe is describing first wort hopping.

To brew Porter in a Private Family (1773)

Then bruise four pound of hops between the hands; and tie them up in a bag ; put them into the receiver or under-back, and let the wort run out upon them in a fine, small stream. When this is running, stir up the fire under the copper, and make the remaining water considerably hot ; then run it on upon the grains, when the other is nearly run off ; and, after stirring them well about, cover the mash-tub, and let them stand two hours more.

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Shared: End Piracy, Not Liberty

End Piracy, Not Liberty

Millions of Americans oppose SOPA and PIPA because these bills would censor the Internet and slow economic growth in the U.S.
Two bills before Congress, known as the Protect IP Act (PIPA) in the Senate and the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the House, would censor the Web and impose harmful regulations on American business. Millions of Internet users and entrepreneurs already oppose SOPA and PIPA.

The Senate will begin voting on January 24th. Please let them know how you feel. Sign this petition urging Congress to vote NO on PIPA and SOPA before it is too late.

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Shared: Red wine research may have been falsified

Red wine research may have been falsified by Xeni Jardin on Boing Boing:

Remember all that research about resveratrol, the compound in red wine said to help your heart? “Following a three-year investigation, a university review board has concluded that Dipak K. Das, Ph.D., the director of the Cardiovascular Research Center at the university’s school of medicine, in Farmington, manipulated research data in at least 145 instances.”