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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: What's the dumbest thing you have done on brewing day???

« on: September 28, 2010, 08:52:12 AM »

I don't know about brave, it's just what I prefer.  Remember, I did get thrown out of Club Night for being barefoot 

Ahhh...I thought it was for just being yourself! 

Could have been, but that's not the reason they gave 

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: What's the dumbest thing you have done on brewing day???

« on: September 28, 2010, 08:47:36 AM »

I still haven't learned that one . . . I brew barefoot whenever the ground is warm enough.

Wow, brave man!  After the first time I stood by the burner wearing Tevas, I decided it was shoes from then on, no matter how hot the weather was.

I don't know about brave, it's just what I prefer.  Remember, I did get thrown out of Club Night for being barefoot 

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Glassware

« on: September 28, 2010, 08:38:41 AM »

I think it would be cool to get my own glassware too, but then you have disclaimers like this:
"Glassware capacities are approximate and should not be used as a standard of measure. "

Where can you get glasses that have a fill line on them?  I like those. 

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All Things Food / Re: BBQ Style

« on: September 28, 2010, 12:35:32 AM »

It would take a long time to break even if you're going by charcoal used. 

But that's not the main motivation anyway, it's the awesome food. 

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: What's the dumbest thing you have done on brewing day???

« on: September 27, 2010, 11:46:30 PM »

Besides running off into a kettle that the spigot was turned to the "open postion" at least a million times.....

Been there, done that. That's how I learned not to brew barefoot. 

Shoeless Brew Jackson!

I still haven't learned that one . . . I brew barefoot whenever the ground is warm enough.

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All Things Food / Re: BBQ Style

« on: September 27, 2010, 11:44:46 PM »

Without the Nest and Plate Setter it costs less. To do it all again I'd skip the Nest. That was $120. Then you could spend the remainder on a control system. LOL

I think the popular Weber will hold more but the frugal Egg is versatile and can easily go over 1000F according to the info out there. It's very heavy and should last decades if not longer. I put mine together without help. Check out the ceramic if you can.

I'm not afraid of putting stuff together, and I'll probably build my own table rather than buy one or a nest.  They even have plans on the website.  I'm sure I would just buy the egg to start and then drool over accessories before breaking down and buying them

What is the frugal egg?  Is that just the egg itself, no frills?  It's still going to be $800+ . . .

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Glassware

« on: September 27, 2010, 11:29:01 PM »

Can't imagine how one would handle a 12 gallon.

Mostly you don't.

I have little wheeled carts that they get moved around on when full.  Empty it's not that bad.

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: What's the dumbest thing you have done on brewing day???

« on: September 27, 2010, 10:16:18 PM »

BUT, I'm actually glad all that went wrong b/c at least I learned from it

Definitely the right attitude

And you never know, the beer could still be drinkable.  Ish.

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All Things Food / Re: BBQ Style

« on: September 27, 2010, 10:13:34 PM »

That looks great!  I'm definitely in the market for a smoker and have been eying the WSM.  Can't decide.  Are the BGEs everything they're supposed to be?  Has anyone here ever compared them to other kamados?   I'm going to have a hard time convincing my wife we should spend the money on one, but it's worth a try

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All Things Food / Re: Ethnic and Regional Cooking

« on: September 27, 2010, 09:43:55 PM »

Different subject, we went to Long Beach Island for the weekend.Loads of fun.We went to this landmark German restaurant there called Dutchman's Brau haus. It was a really nice place with great vies, the staff was very nice but I have never been to a worse restaurant in my life. I had the saur braten it was just awful. It was just over cooked roast beef with a gravy that tasted like it was instant gravy mix made with vinegar. The mashed potaotes were instant.   I cant believe it. My wife had a pork stew that was over cooked pork in can tomatoes. I have never been so disappointed in my life. We were going to complain and leave without paying but we were starved and regrettably stayed to eat. Awful! Prices were high too.

If you are ever in LBI stay away from this restaurant.  I wont say stay away completely cause there is a great beer bar out side on the dock called Quell .Great selection of beers and nice crowd. Just dont go inside the restaurant.

I grew up on LBI, but left after high school and never went back for very long.  Never went to the Dutchman, but I know it was pricey.  Next time try the Owl Tree, if it's still there.  Great food.  Kind of pricey but worth it, or at least it was 20 years ago or so.  Saw Ray Liotta there once.  A bit far from the Dutchman though.

That rice trick is cool, it makes perfect sense but I never thought of that.  I like the rice cooker I have though, I can set the timer in the morning and have cooked rice when I get home.  So it's like it's done in no time at all

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Glassware

« on: September 27, 2010, 08:52:37 PM »

I have probably broken more glass carboys than most of you have owned either.   Have me over anyway and red plastic "party cups" will suite me fine.  

I've only ever had one carboy broken, one of my 12 gallon ones (empty). It was my wife who broke it, kind of a Rube Goldberg chain reaction with a moving garage door, a 2x4, a chair, a broom, and a carboy that would have been just fine if nothing had shoved it off of the top of the stack of brewing equipment.  No injuries.  I still have 11 glass ones that are 5+ gallons.

I've had more full carboys stolen (4) than many people own.   

If you're ever over for a pint major, you'll get glass.  If you break it, we'll get the broom and a clean glass.

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Other Fermentables / Re: Pressing apples and yeast selection

« on: September 27, 2010, 03:41:11 PM »

Don't expect to get the classic flavor profile from the hefeweizen yeast.  The clove phenolics from the yeast depend on ferulic acid in the fermenter, and apples typically have a lot less ferulic acid than wheat and barley.  Sources I found say that the apple crops they tested had 0.55 ppm ferulic acid.  If it was 100% converted into 4-vinyl guaiacol then it should be above the flavor threshold (reported to be 0.3 ppm), but wheat beers are often have level of 4-VG 10 times higher than that and the enzymes that do the conversion don't work that efficiently apparently, so you're not likely to hit 0.55 ppm of 4-VG.

The isoamyl acetate comes more from pitching rate IIRC, so you should still be able to get that fine.

I'm not saying don't do it, I really want you to and report back how it goes!  I'm just trying to give you an idea of what you can expect as a result.

Sources:
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jf0346556
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jf051717e
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8590660

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Beer Recipes / Re: please help me build a scarlet red ale in memory of my puppy dog

« on: September 27, 2010, 02:18:42 PM »

Ok, I'm going to put my $.02 for the crystal and color malts.  Use whatever base malt you want.  MO is good.

5. lb Crystal 120

I'm assuming this is a typo?

Yeast and crystal choices really depend on what you're going for, are you look for an imperial amber type beer, or more like a big IPA with a reddish color?  The variations people are posting are all good, it just depends on what character you want in the finished beer.

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Ingredients / Re: Jasmine and Green Tea

« on: September 27, 2010, 01:32:17 PM »

Off topic a bit, but has anybody tried the Golden Star White Jasmine tea? Basically it's jasmine tea with bottling sugar and champagne yeasts added at bottling. http://www.yelp.com/topic/san-francisco-golden-star-white-jasmine-sparkling-tea-non-alcoholic

How easy would this be to make? Just pitch yeast + priming sugar and rack to bottles?

It sure looks like that's all they do.  Make some tea, cool it down, add some sugar and yeast, then charge $12 per bottle.  If it's popular, they'll make a killing.

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Ingredients / Re: Jasmine and Green Tea

« on: September 27, 2010, 12:57:38 PM »

I would throw them in at knockout, because that's how you make tea.  And I'd aim for about a 1/2 gallon's worth of tea for my first try.

If you do it that way, I would only keep it in for a few minutes.

Make a cup of tea and leave the bag in for 20 min and see what happens... your tongue will be gasping for air.

Yeah, I was assuming you start chilling immediately.

Although when I make my tea I leave the bag in the whole time I'm drinking it, I like it that way.  It's not what I'd want in my beer though.