Well it isn't here in MS, so I really don't think that's a stupid comment.
It is in Wisconsin. Asking if it's legal here is akin to asking whether or not someone eats Cheddar.
Well it isn't here in MS, so I really don't think that's a stupid comment.
wow, really does this beer have alcohol? would you get drunk if i drink this beer?
ive had several times :
wow, really does this beer have alcohol? would you get drunk if i drink this beer?
also, mmm do you add the alcohol after you are boiling? or after?
It's amazing that so many people have no clue about where the alcohol comes from. You tell them you use Georgia Moon grain alcohol!
After my BMC friend trying one of my lighter Hefes
Friend: Man you brew good beer...This stuff taste great!
Me: Thanks.
Friend: You think you could brew something like Coors Light?
Me: Might be able to come close.
Friend: If I buy the ingredients will you make it for me?
Me: No.
Friend: Blank stare....
oh this is a good one, but really i accept the ingredientes make another beer, and buy a six pack of his crappy beer
I brought some home for my parents during the holidays,
Mom: Is this going to make me go blind?
Me: No... That only happens with distillation
Mom:I don't believe you.
Me:*Facepalm*
Stupidest thing said about distillation also (sorry had to throw that out there) most of the deaths/blindness is not the shine itself as much as it is the silly crap people have used to cook the shine IN, car radiators/etc or added to the shine later to fool people into thinking it's stronger than it really is (cutting it).
Methanol has a lower boiling point than ethanol so any good moonshiner will dump the first little bit of a run of whiskey and then they make sure all the runoff is mixed together so that any remaining methanol is sufficiently diluted to not be anywhere near dangerous.
Our neighbor when I was a kid was a big time moonshiner and my dad dabbled in it for home use (both are dead now so no fear of them getting popped for it now) so I grew up around it, sometimes even helping haul materials for the neighbor with his tractor back to his operations back in the hard to reach areas of the countryside.
There's also reports (not sure if this is confirmed) that during the Prohibition era the FBI actually spiked moonshine with methanol then let it be sold so that the legend of moonshine killing people could grow, can't find any real proof of this beyond hearsay though.
+1. And even if a distiller doesn't dump the beginning of the batch it's not going to be any more dangerous than fermented alcohol unless he dumps a lot of the good part of the batch.
All of this from a guy who claims to have an IQ of 190. Yes, one-hundred-ninety. Sorry if this was but I had to rant a bit.
FFF haha 190, what a ******. Anyway he sounds like the type to rat you out to the fuzz if he ever gets wind that it's (technically) illegal.
All of this from a guy who claims to have an IQ of 190. Yes, one-hundred-ninety. Sorry if this was but I had to rant a bit.
A high intellect quotient is no proof that they are socially competent. Think of the ******* boss, who can maneuver in social circles with relative ease but the technical geek is very good at solving problems but is unable to hobknob outside his peer circle.
I tend to think highly intelligent people have personality flaws. Lack of the ability to communicate, or the patience to deal with normal people. Not able to fit in socially.
That guy is a dufus. I'd say he took the compliment wrong, and starting wandering into dangerous territory.
...We recruited some new members this year and one is a long haired guy of 21 years.
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Him: Oh ya, sure, I used to brew all the time.
Just had a guy tell me that he thought Ed's apfelwein gave him vertigo. He gets no more homebrew.
Just had a guy tell me that he thought Ed's apfelwein gave him vertigo. He gets no more homebrew.
Thats probably half true. He was getting trashed and misdiagnosed drunkenness with vertigo. It would be alot more funny if he said that he was in coma the whole next day.
I will say drink this on barstool for a an hour or two... have 3-4 then hop off to take a leak and you will feel like you have spaghetti legs. Did so with my first run-in with Strongbow Cider in London.
And from Mom:
"Are you sure it wont kill you?"
"ARE YOU SURE?!"
"How do you know what's growing in there?"
"How do you know if it's not poisonous?"
I was in a college German class yesterday and were discussing beer. It was a culture lesson >.> plus the teacher is cute, 22, and just arrived here a month ago. As we were talking about the sad state of BMC, I suggested to her to try american ales and micro brews. While she knew what I was talking about, one guy on my left turns to me with a quizzical face.
Him: What is an ale?
Me: Wait...what?
Him: How can you not like real beer like bud?
Me: Wait... you don't know what ale is????
Him: No, I only drink real beer. Whats ale??
If it had not been for my cute teacher, I would have cried.
No doubt this is probably the case, my latest batch of apfelwein has an sg of 1.111 so it should be quite rude when it's done fermenting.
Him: What is an ale?
Me: Wait...what?
Him: How can you not like real beer like bud?
Me: Wait... you don't know what ale is????
Him: No, I only drink real beer. Whats ale??
Ignorant friend: No I know, I've been to the Guinness brewery. Have you been to the Guinness brewery?
Me: No, but I've been to the empire state building, and that doesn't make me an architect or an expert on how skyscrapers are built
Friends: OHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!
Someone else asked me how much it would cost them for me to make them a batch... I said "probably $200". After they realized that's like $100 a case, they ask why it's so expensive and I say "because you're asking me to give up a brew day making something I want to make something you want. That don't come cheap. Also, it's illegal so I'd never do it anyway. You're more than welcome to come over and have whatever I've got as a guest, though. "
Someone else asked me how much it would cost them for me to make them a batch... I said "probably $200". After they realized that's like $100 a case, they ask why it's so expensive and I say "because you're asking me to give up a brew day making something I want to make something you want. That don't come cheap. Also, it's illegal so I'd never do it anyway. You're more than welcome to come over and have whatever I've got as a guest, though. "
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