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The Pub / It's been a great 19 year run....
« on: January 06, 2012, 10:35:21 AM »
Loved and now missed Yantee Flyin over the rainbow bridge
She used to say "I Love you" and that was all she ever said
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Loved and now missed Yantee Flyin over the rainbow bridge
She used to say "I Love you" and that was all she ever said
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The Pub / quadrantid meteor shower
« on: January 04, 2012, 09:07:58 AM »
May be better than the geminid shower which was mostly meh IMO...
but here we go again.....
http://www.space.com/14104-strong-quadrantid-meteor-shower-peaks-wednesday.html
but here we go again.....
http://www.space.com/14104-strong-quadrantid-meteor-shower-peaks-wednesday.html
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All Things Food / Mighty RAD Gumbo
« on: January 01, 2012, 12:06:36 PM »
On the new years stove simmering as I type this...chicken ....anduillee sausage....prolly add
some shrimp just prior to serving over a bed of basmati rice. If I don't space it...will set up a pic...
Edit: Was thinking about Little Feat...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8u2GfNqaHo
some shrimp just prior to serving over a bed of basmati rice. If I don't space it...will set up a pic...
Edit: Was thinking about Little Feat...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8u2GfNqaHo
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The Pub / Idaho miners
« on: December 14, 2011, 11:47:52 PM »
Hope this turns out well for the trapped souls....
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Kegging and Bottling / I have a Saison
« on: December 13, 2011, 12:10:14 AM »
On da keg out in the cold garage...I went away for 12 days
and came home pouring myself a nice cold Saison....got in a couple
of sips and said...this will never do, I may well have to send this
beer remnant to the great cess pool in the bowels of the earth.....
I detected that unpleasant oxidation flavor....
Tonight I braved another taste and as I poured I realized that
the beer had been sitting in that line terminated by the cobra tap
for all that time .....and thought that It may well have been just
the beer in the line that had tainted the glass I poured....
Well, I poured another and this time dumped the first 1/2 cup from
the pull.....the beer ain't spoiled, it was just the stale beer in the line
that tainted that 1st glass...
interesting experience I wanted to share.
and came home pouring myself a nice cold Saison....got in a couple
of sips and said...this will never do, I may well have to send this
beer remnant to the great cess pool in the bowels of the earth.....
I detected that unpleasant oxidation flavor....
Tonight I braved another taste and as I poured I realized that
the beer had been sitting in that line terminated by the cobra tap
for all that time .....and thought that It may well have been just
the beer in the line that had tainted the glass I poured....
Well, I poured another and this time dumped the first 1/2 cup from
the pull.....the beer ain't spoiled, it was just the stale beer in the line
that tainted that 1st glass...
interesting experience I wanted to share.
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Commercial Beer Reviews / Prickly Passion Saison New Belgium (pic)
« on: December 09, 2011, 09:49:50 PM »
Lips of Faith series. Man this is one good beer.
I had it on tap at DIA today and was really torn
to have a second. Had to catch a plane.
Nice pleasant aroma with a fruity presence
on the first sip....just too darn drinkable for the
8.5 % sneaky ABV. If this is bottle conditioned
it would be the yeast to attempt to grow up...thumbs skyward..
I had it on tap at DIA today and was really torn
to have a second. Had to catch a plane.
Nice pleasant aroma with a fruity presence
on the first sip....just too darn drinkable for the
8.5 % sneaky ABV. If this is bottle conditioned
it would be the yeast to attempt to grow up...thumbs skyward..
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Ingredients / Lyles Golden Syrup
« on: November 16, 2011, 12:02:11 AM »
I have decided to try and build an Old Speckled Hen beer.
Anyone have any information to share about the flavors
that this syrup may impart to a beer. I wonder if it is
the flavor entity in this recipe?
Anyone have any information to share about the flavors
that this syrup may impart to a beer. I wonder if it is
the flavor entity in this recipe?
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All Grain Brewing / Vienna Lager (pic)
« on: November 12, 2011, 03:02:58 PM »
She is in da fermenter and looking good. Hope it tastes good in a couple months.
WLP 940 Mex lager yeast.
4 lb pils
5 lb vienna malt
.75 lbs flaked maize
handful of pale chocolate.
.5 lb acid malt
touch of carafoam and wheat malt for head.
Edit: Hops...1 oz Hallertau GR and .5 oz Cluster for the full 90 min boil
WLP 940 Mex lager yeast.4 lb pils
5 lb vienna malt
.75 lbs flaked maize
handful of pale chocolate.
.5 lb acid malt
touch of carafoam and wheat malt for head.
Edit: Hops...1 oz Hallertau GR and .5 oz Cluster for the full 90 min boil
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The Pub / Thanks to Merchants for free meals
« on: November 10, 2011, 09:09:39 PM »
For Veterans of The U.S. Armed Forces. I went to
Outback...an Aussy slanted restaurant and recieved a
great tribute free bloomin Onion...Tomorrow, I understand
that Applebee's will follow suit....
Thanks to Veterans here and not, Cheers !!!
Outback...an Aussy slanted restaurant and recieved a
great tribute free bloomin Onion...Tomorrow, I understand
that Applebee's will follow suit....
Thanks to Veterans here and not, Cheers !!!
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Commercial Beer Reviews / Wild Blue (pic) Blueberry blue dog brewery
« on: November 09, 2011, 11:36:18 PM » Well a cowerker brought me a bottle of this beer. I tried it tonight.Pours deep purple...slight head that does not really last long and fades
to a light magenta foam ring around the edge of the glass. Aroma is faint of blue berries.
Not overpowering. So you take a little sip and the sweetness is big at first with
beer in the background, no hops come through, none....The wife tried it and
said straight away she LIKED this beer. I did another taste and then before
I realized it, I was having trouble putting it down. It is light and berry sweet on
the palate. Not sour like a belgian kriek. The 8% alcohol is well hidden
and this is prolly one sneaky beer. At the end of the bottle you are like dang....better
find a little respect for the alcohol that is so well hidden.
I would like another please, but would have to be in the mood.
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All Things Food / Summer Squash (pic)
« on: November 09, 2011, 11:37:18 AM »
Browning in the skillet and taking on the golden hues
of Autumn. This is how we do it at my house. These
were sliced and par cooked and then frozen until today.
(see the squash thread in the pub)
Just slice em and put em in some olive oil and add
a little black pepper, keep turning them over n over
until they look like this...mmmmmmm
of Autumn. This is how we do it at my house. These
were sliced and par cooked and then frozen until today.
(see the squash thread in the pub)
Just slice em and put em in some olive oil and add
a little black pepper, keep turning them over n over
until they look like this...mmmmmmm
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Yeast and Fermentation / WLP 940 Mex Lager throwing Sulfur
« on: November 06, 2011, 09:30:41 AM »
Well this tube of yeast was a bit past the best used by date, and so I grew
it up slowly bit by bit to a pitchable quantity of a 3/4 gallon starter. Pitched
it into a 1.052 wert and kept it prolly at the upper end of it's ideal range it seemed
happy enough fermenting along and I even tasted a bit about 5 days into the ferment.
Started to slow down and I got a little note of butter in that taste so I thought I would
move it into a warmer room for some D-rest time and it was in there for 2 days.
I retasted the hydrometer sample last nite and ewwww....sulfur big time...taste is beer
but smell is sulfur. I moved it back to the cooler ambient garage...50 ish temp
and will let it sit there for a good little spell. I just hope that I can coax the sulfur out and away.
I read the copper reactive thread from Keith and may drop a shiny copper penny in the beer
prior to racking to secondary. Then I will flush it with plenty of CO2...not sure what happened.
it up slowly bit by bit to a pitchable quantity of a 3/4 gallon starter. Pitched
it into a 1.052 wert and kept it prolly at the upper end of it's ideal range it seemed
happy enough fermenting along and I even tasted a bit about 5 days into the ferment.
Started to slow down and I got a little note of butter in that taste so I thought I would
move it into a warmer room for some D-rest time and it was in there for 2 days.
I retasted the hydrometer sample last nite and ewwww....sulfur big time...taste is beer
but smell is sulfur. I moved it back to the cooler ambient garage...50 ish temp
and will let it sit there for a good little spell. I just hope that I can coax the sulfur out and away.
I read the copper reactive thread from Keith and may drop a shiny copper penny in the beer
prior to racking to secondary. Then I will flush it with plenty of CO2...not sure what happened.
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The Pub / Uhhhhh USPS R.I.P. ??
« on: October 13, 2011, 10:54:00 PM »
http://insurancenewsnet.com/article.aspx?id=286310&type=newswires
May be the beginning of the end of life as I have known it....
May be the beginning of the end of life as I have known it....
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The Pub / Happy Columbus Day !
« on: October 10, 2011, 10:37:24 AM »
This would be a great day to brew a hoppy columbus hop IPA
in honor of the ole sailor.....who started a whole bunch o stuff.....
I am just enjoying my day off work and brewing...thppppppp""
in honor of the ole sailor.....who started a whole bunch o stuff.....
I am just enjoying my day off work and brewing...thppppppp""