Homebrewer's Secrets

Is Zymurgy still a decent publication or has it gone down the drain, so to speak? I haven't seen one in many years and wonder if I should re-up. Thanks for any input!

Scott Wisc> Just got the latest _Zymurgy_ magazine. It has an article

Hmmm...Looking back on that, I'm not sure HOW the hell I got him in Kansas City. After all, the clues were all there: the e-mail address, John Isenhour...Dammit. I screwed up. As for Denny not being on the list...I got handed the piece last minute when someone else (Jim didn't say who) defaulted on the piece. I took what Jim gave me, made calls, drove down to Baltimore for AHA and did an interview, and wrote the piece under the gun. If I screwed up, well, hey, I screwed up!

But Joel, this isn't the first time I've been in Zymurgy, it's either the third or the fourth time. Shucks, I'm a regular homebrew maven, I am.

You can call it decent, if you want, I guess, but I know a lot of brewers' secrets which the editors chose, quite capriciously, not to publish:

BREWERS' SECRETS REVEALLED!!!

1. Kelvin K. has a thing for girls with weird tatoos.

1. Allan D. secretly enjoys spending time with his in-laws.

2. Mr. Giggles got his nickname from the way hookers teeheed when they saw his "special purpose".

1. Denny C. hides Playboys under his matress.

2. Michael Jackson used to be black.

1. Before his operation, Charlie's name was "Mamazian".

2. M. Dixon has broken more hydrometers than Sam Adams has.

1. Al Fresco drinks warm milk before he can go to sleep.

2. He's "formerly known" as Kap'n Salty because he hasn't peed in his mash for at least 2 years.

1. Dan L. uses a Schmidling malt mill. And it's made of aluminum.

2. John "SHAGGY" Kolesar is really bald as a cueball.

1. Thomas V. was denied Canadian citizenship for being TOO polite and sensitive. He's now a waiter in a gay bar in Minnesota.

2. Bart G. is so funny he once made HIMSELF laugh so hard a jalepeno came out his nose.

MMMMmmmmm.... Pfffffffffff... Bbbbwaaaaahhhaaaaahhaaaaaahhaaaaaha...

Damn... That's funny.. I hate it when I rinse out my nose with beer..!!!! I hate cleaning the keyboard and monitor much more.!

PJ

I continue to pee in my mash -- that way I can add both calcium, AND the wholesome goodness of genuine urine.

Still? It goes through cycles. Different editors, etc. And since it has to appeal to all levels of homebrewers, any given issue may not be useful to every single individual. That said, I think recently it seems to have gotten some sort of infusion of energy that has made it more interesting than it was a couple years back.

I know, I was mostly just trolliong (and only caught 1 out of three fishies; I'm loosing[sic] my touch). I did notice you still manage to get a homebrewer dig in; a little nibble at the hand that's feeding you, as it were.

Yeah, I about keeled over when I saw Lew writing about homebrewing! I guess some guys will do anything for money!! ;)

------------>Denny

-- Life begins at 60...1.060, that is.

I was so excited by seeig Lew on the Dark Side that I initially missed your appearance elsewhere in the issue. Congrats!

Thanks, Joel.

------------>Denny

-- Life begins at 60...1.060, that is.

That would be me.

I did? I don't remember having to spit anything out. Elaborate, I'd hate to have missed something.

Nothing major, just the "made sure they stayed on the other side of the pint glass" quip.

Oh, well, believe me, some of these guys...a little fire in the eyes, ya know? I'll bet you do know, eh?