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Offline a10t2

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Re: What Cannot be put into beer?
« Reply #15 on: May 10, 2017, 07:09:23 pm »
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What Cannot be put into beer?

Anything you don't want getting sticky. Other than that, sky's the limit.
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Re: What Cannot be put into beer?
« Reply #16 on: May 11, 2017, 09:09:31 am »
Fats in dairy might go rancid, but I don't see why milk proteins would.  Not-fat milk powder stays good forever, at least in my lab.
That said, I don't want milk in my beer.  Personal preference.
Pizza beer sounds terrible.

Whey protein is sometimes used in NE IPA to add turbidity.
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Re: What Cannot be put into beer?
« Reply #17 on: May 11, 2017, 09:43:13 am »
There's that recipe in the Joys of Homebrewing that has chicken in it. I'm not sure where I draw the line with ingredients that shouldn't go in beer, but its definitely long before chicken. I think its an old historical recipe.

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Re: What Cannot be put into beer?
« Reply #18 on: May 11, 2017, 09:47:54 am »
I've used the tip of a toothpick's worth of olive oil a few times in the past.  I probably won't be doing that again.  ;)

I believe I've heard of eggs or egg whites being used, as a clarifying agent?  Haven't tried it myself.

Fish bladders, anyone?  ;)

Seriously, though.  It just goes without saying that we each have our own particular taste preferences, so anyone can really use anything they want in any beer, for any reason, who cares.  Anything else is just "naziism".  Just because I might say "you're wrong!" or you might tell me "you're wrong!" doesn't mean either of is truthfully wrong about anything.  It's only beer.
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Re: What Cannot be put into beer?
« Reply #19 on: May 11, 2017, 11:24:34 am »
There's that recipe in the Joys of Homebrewing that has chicken in it. I'm not sure where I draw the line with ingredients that shouldn't go in beer, but its definitely long before chicken. I think its an old historical recipe.
Awesome, kind of the way I think about clams in a brew,  ;)
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Re: What Cannot be put into beer?
« Reply #20 on: May 11, 2017, 11:25:23 am »
I think we can all agree to draw the line at prescription medications and poisons.  Beyond that?  Do what you like but try to be safe out there.

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Re: What Cannot be put into beer?
« Reply #21 on: May 12, 2017, 06:26:26 am »
I think we can all agree to draw the line at prescription medications and poisons.  Beyond that?  Do what you like but try to be safe out there.

Paul

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Re: What Cannot be put into beer?
« Reply #22 on: May 12, 2017, 06:52:40 am »
I think we can all agree to draw the line at prescription medications and poisons.  Beyond that?  Do what you like but try to be safe out there.

Paul

My adderol ale is always a big hit

That reminds me, I do have a friend that brews a cannabis ale.
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Re: What Cannot be put into beer?
« Reply #23 on: May 12, 2017, 11:27:00 am »
I'm with the 'just because it can, doesn't mean it should' crowd... I did think that there are certain things besides babies that shouldn't be added and no one would ever try until I saw Booze Traveler... Austrailia... stag semen in a stout... yummy!  :o WTF?! why?!

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Re: What Cannot be put into beer?
« Reply #24 on: May 12, 2017, 01:01:05 pm »
Description is vivid enough, I will not click on that link :o
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Re: What Cannot be put into beer?
« Reply #25 on: May 12, 2017, 01:05:02 pm »
Description is vivid enough, I will not click on that link :o

I'm with you, Frank. Sometimes there's a fine line between creativity and stupidity. In this case a mile wide line, or larger.  :)
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Re: What Cannot be put into beer?
« Reply #26 on: May 12, 2017, 01:13:46 pm »
Description is vivid enough, I will not click on that link :o

I'm with you, Frank. Sometimes there's a fine line between creativity and stupidity. In this case a mile wide line, or larger.  :)


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Re: What Cannot be put into beer?
« Reply #27 on: May 12, 2017, 01:14:47 pm »
Exactly!
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Re: What Cannot be put into beer?
« Reply #28 on: May 12, 2017, 01:26:57 pm »
Description is vivid enough, I will not click on that link :o

I'm with you, Frank. Sometimes there's a fine line between creativity and stupidity. In this case a mile wide line, or larger.  :)





Perfect.   ;D
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