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Fahrenheit is stupid and awkward
I don't know what this Fahrenheit bloke was on.
I really can not see why he made such a complicated scale of measuring temperature.
It just makes no sense.
I always thought that 100F was body temperature. I could see some logical reasoning behind that, but it's not.
It's 98 something.
I mean Imperial measurements are odd ball enough, being units of 12, 14 or 16.
As far as I can see it has no reference point in any part of life and I'm glad we don't use it.
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Posted 2 years ago by Admin
I the only time I'm interested in Fahrenheit is in the summer when they give the weather forecast. For some reason I'm only used to measuring how hot it is using Fahrenheit. Apart from that has no place in my life!
How's you beer coming on? Has the APA bitterness come down at all?
Posted 2 years ago by Member
I tasted a dribble tonight and no.
I'm really thinking about throwing it away.
Posted 2 years ago by Admin
Give it another couple of weeks. I will probably chill out.
My recent amber beer experience is actually getting quite nice now.
Posted 2 years ago by Member
I've always used Fahrenheit in my brewing although I have no idea why... I keep thinking I'll make the switch to Celsius but it just seems pointless.
I made an over-hopped beer a while back, it did temper with age - past the two months point in the bottle. I like it, but I have friends who don't... I usually do a half-in-half for them with a light beer I made.
Good luck with it - hope it turns out ok.
(with grateful thanks to the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers and slightly adapted)
Posted 2 years ago by Member
With Fahrenheit it's like trying to understand a different language.
I have to convert it to *C to be able to understand it.
I remember when I was in Turkmenistan last year the in car thermometer read in Fahrenheit. It topped out at 120*F. This was in the shade.
That's 50*C IN THE SHADE!
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