I have both Trader Joe's and Whole Foods. Whole Foods may be cheating, but I'm not so sure about Trader Joe's....
EDIT: Trader Joe's is in 9 states and sells all kinds of grocery items, but isn't strictly a health-food store. It's more like a high end merchandise grocer. I vote that it counts.
I went to T-J's last week on a scouting trip....I actually thought they had less usuable ingredients than your average Kroger did...for example they had less variety in terms of cereal and other grains...Then of course they mostly only carry their own brands, so I didn't see any beano either.
I did get a mixed sixer of some decent beers for $5.99, and some awesome meat and fish, but nothing I could see to brew beer with.
Revvy's one of the cool reverends. He has a Harley and a t-shirt that says on the back "If you can read this, the bitch was Raptured.
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I did go to my local trader joes, and although they have loads of good stuff for pretty cheap, not much in the way of stuff for zombie apocalyptic brewing, I was unimpressed. I'm actually thinking salivia might work....the boil will kill any nasties...
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I'm actually thinking salivia might work....the boil will kill any nasties...
I so dare you
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"Chicha" is beer made from corn. Any variety (or several varieties) of corn can be used - the color of the corn will impact the color of the beer. Traditionally, the chicha brewing process was begun by grinding the selected corn into meal, moistening the meal slightly with water, then rolling it into a ball. The meal balls were then placed in the mouth and worked with the tongue until completely saturated with saliva. This is the method chicha brewers traditionally used to convert the starches in the corn into fermentable sugars. After being worked in the mouth, the meal balls were then allowed to dry in the sun. To make the chicha, the meal balls are added to unmalted corn meal in a ratio of 2-to-1. Occasionally, pulp from the local squash or prickly pear cactus fruit was added. Finally, the mixture is boiled in a complex boiling process before being transferred to clay pots for spontaneous fermentation.
Revvy's one of the cool reverends. He has a Harley and a t-shirt that says on the back "If you can read this, the bitch was Raptured.
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I gotta tell ya, just between us girls, that Revvy is HOT. Very tall, gorgeous grey hair and a terrific smile. He's very good looking in person, with a charismatic personality... he drives like a ****ing maniac!
i think i'm going to get in on this. but i'm going to cheat and go to whole foods and see what they got i'll try to stick to stuff you could get at any half-way specialty grocery
i really like the bananas idea. bananas and corn ftw. there's gotta be a product that will add enzymes without chewing the damn thing, though.
i've been talking with a buddy of mine about it...he has some interesting ideas for bittering
I've only been to the trader joes here once but they had some barley and oats and things that I thought might be useable although I wasnt looking for this purpose. The one here has a really good beer selection about 20-30 beers I havent had before and I've had about 350 now. Most of the 6 packs were $5.99 which is a pretty damn good price for microbrews.
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Hmmm.... What about bananas? According to this, anywhere from 39ºf to 143ºf with a calcium addition will promote good alpha and beta amylase enzyme activity in ripe bananas. It doesn't mention whether just the meat of the fruit is used, or the entire thing skins and all is used. I'll bet it's the entire fruit. Any fruit high in carbohydrates also has amylase enzymes in it.
One word for you man: Plantains, plenty of starches there, and a fruit to boot!
I'm thinking malted corn, plantain, oat and rice beer
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Well I tried mine last week and like revvy, managed to burn the hell out of two pots. Rice flour. Horrible stuff. It didnt work in the first try and not this time either. I am thinking about a Molasses and figs brew now. Next week sometime I think.
I saw this in the store the other day.
Could you just mash this stuff? http://www.foodforlife.com/sprouted-grain-difference.html
I haven't done any AG brews yet so a lot of this stuff is a little beyond my understanding. But I find it very interesting. I'd like to give this a try but my brewing is already pushing the limits with SWMBO.
That's a pretty good question, I'm thinking probably not, because even though they are sprouted, the heat required in baking would probably kill off the enzyme that we need to convert the starches to sugars.
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