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Interesting brewing facts [Add any you have heard of]

Started by Shane Phelan, August 21, 2013, 01:31:12 PM

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Shane Phelan

August 21, 2013, 01:31:12 PM
One of the sources for the phrase "rule of thumb" was that a brewer used his thumb to test the temperature of the wort to check if it was cool enough to pitch yeast. There are...um...other sources for that phrase too. ::)

I'm curious to hear other peoples morsels of interesting information.
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