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Offline Kirk

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A Brewer's Prayer Meetin'
« on: March 31, 2011, 07:31:41 pm »
OK, I'll open, if you guys join in, and somebody eventually close... :D

Dear Lord, thank You for the warmer weather of Spring, so that I can finally wash my Carboys outside, and pour them out on the Lawn....
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Re: A Brewer's Prayer Meetin'
« Reply #1 on: March 31, 2011, 07:54:14 pm »
amen
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Re: A Brewer's Prayer Meetin'
« Reply #2 on: March 31, 2011, 08:02:38 pm »
Sorry, I'll give thanks when it's actually warm.
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Re: A Brewer's Prayer Meetin'
« Reply #3 on: March 31, 2011, 08:14:46 pm »
Oh Great Brewer in the sky: thanks for the price in hops dropping since the shortage and keeping the price of malt stable. Thanks be to Him that keeps our equipment functioning and our mashes from sticking.

Dear Great Brewer. Please do something about my simple Barley Crusher. I'm about to smash it with a hammer.
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Re: A Brewer's Prayer Meetin'
« Reply #4 on: March 31, 2011, 08:22:21 pm »
Oh Blessed mother of fermentation, don't fail me now!!!


 ;D ;D ;D

It's 106* till Mash,
we got a full tank of propane,
1/2 oz of hops,
It's dark and we're wearing shades.

Hit it!
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Re: A Brewer's Prayer Meetin'
« Reply #5 on: March 31, 2011, 08:36:29 pm »
Thank you for making it possible for me to live where I can brew outside every day of the year!

I say thank you for that every morning when my feet hit the floor.
« Last Edit: March 31, 2011, 08:38:35 pm by punatic »
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Re: A Brewer's Prayer Meetin'
« Reply #6 on: April 01, 2011, 06:25:05 am »
Heavenly Father we thank you for the fresh clean water flowing down through the Mississippi River to our water plant and through to our spigots with a minimum of sulfate and residual alkalinity (not to mention mercury and hexavalent chromium).  But could you please turn the spigot down so we don't get yet another 500 year flood?

And Gordon, don't pray for an early spring thaw 'cause thats when we're going to really get swamped.
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Re: A Brewer's Prayer Meetin'
« Reply #7 on: April 01, 2011, 06:50:29 am »
With a rain/snow forecast for today as I head out on a fishing trip, I think Beelzebub may have his hand in the kettle...
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Re: A Brewer's Prayer Meetin'
« Reply #8 on: April 01, 2011, 07:10:41 am »
Lord, let it warm up so I fell motivated to brew in the garage.

Lennie - I am not in the Mississippi drainage, so it won't flood you.  28F at 9 AM on April 1, no joke.
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Re: A Brewer's Prayer Meetin'
« Reply #9 on: April 01, 2011, 07:17:02 am »
Oh Blessed mother of fermentation, don't fail me now!!!


 ;D ;D ;D

It's 106* till Mash,
we got a full tank of propane,
1/2 oz of hops,
It's dark and we're wearing shades.

Hit it!

We're on a mission from God.
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Re: A Brewer's Prayer Meetin'
« Reply #10 on: April 01, 2011, 07:39:38 am »
Lord, let it warm up so I fell motivated to brew in the garage.

Lennie - I am not in the Mississippi drainage, so it won't flood you.  28F at 9 AM on April 1, no joke.

Biting my tongue so I won't get in trouble with the Mods for making a comment about global warming...
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Re: A Brewer's Prayer Meetin'
« Reply #11 on: April 01, 2011, 08:15:33 am »
Hopefully 12 years of Catholic School was good for something....

Oh Great Granter of Grain and Healer of Hops,
Please grant a gentle and warm Spring in the northern regions
to fill out the stock and the grain with your maltable bounty.
Make the summer cool and balanced and free from pesky varments
like mites and molds in your hop growing regions.

May your starches, your humolones and Spirit of Yeasts be with us
for all of our days.

Mash in.
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Re: A Brewer's Prayer Meetin'
« Reply #12 on: April 01, 2011, 08:18:11 am »
Thank you for making it possible for me to live where I can brew outside every day of the year!

I say thank you for that every morning when my feet hit the floor.

Amen!  (although I am now building an indoor brewery  ::) )
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Re: A Brewer's Prayer Meetin'
« Reply #13 on: April 01, 2011, 08:39:07 am »
Thank you for making it possible for me to live where I can brew outside every day of the year!

I say thank you for that every morning when my feet hit the floor.

Amen!  (although I am now building an indoor brewery  ::) )

Bah, you haven't lived to you use the propane burner for both boiling your wort and warming your arse!    ;D
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Re: A Brewer's Prayer Meetin'
« Reply #14 on: April 01, 2011, 09:19:34 am »
Lord, let it warm up so I fell motivated to brew in the garage.

Lennie - I am not in the Mississippi drainage, so it won't flood you.  28F at 9 AM on April 1, no joke.

Thats OK then, I second your prayer.

Is 28F warm or cold for April 1 in your area?  Its in the low 30's at night here, low 50's as a high.  And that normal, although average in the Missouri springtime comes with a whopping standard deviation.
Lennie
Hannibal, MO