Gruagach 80/-

Just getting my drunk ramblings thread started now, because I'm finally brewing my Scottish Ale tonight. Off to the store to buy some bottled water now (the tap water here in Raleigh contains a chlorine/ammonia mix, and the ammonia prevents you from being able to boil off the chlorine) and will be diving in head first at about 9pm.

I hope this goes smoother than the last brew day!

See you at the bar later.

-walker

Good luck man. If all goes well, I'll be brewing my pseudo-steam beer tonight.

good luck to you, too.

my steep water is heating up right now...... 22oz IPA open and waiting for consumption.

so... who's drinking with me tonight?

-walker

Guess it's me, but not for long. Finally got that new pop-up book from the library today. Mrs. Monkey's gonna help me with the big words. Can't wait to get started. Is this the brew with the ouija board/ Proctor and Gamble-looking label?

you can always count on the monkey to be there and help tip your glass.

yes, this is the P&G Satan label brew.

-walker

Can't help it. When my elbow bends, my mouth flies open. That was a cool label.

hopefully the beer will live up to the label!

-walker

Sure it will. I've had some that were better than others, but never a bad one, and never a weak homebrew!

whatcha drinking tonight, simian?

-walker

Was Pandora really naked when she oped up her box?

Another Cool one Walker!

Sudster said:

Was Pandora really naked when she oped up her box?

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I don't know, but believe it or not... 4 out of 5 pictures I found when searching had a naked (or at least scantily clad) Pandora depicted. Maybe she was dressed when she started messing with the lock, but I guess she she really did let all the wicked stuff out it opened.

Sudster said:

Another Cool one Walker!

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Thanks!

-walker

Met this Pandora once in the Phiilpines,or was it El Segundo ? Box fuul of bad things. Drinking Mumbling Monkey Amber tonight. Didn't lager it, so I guess it's an ale. Hell, call it that , if you want to. It all feels the same in my head.

Yeah, but You "was numba one GI " I bet.

Getting ready to collect 2nd runnings and get my boil on. Almost done with my second pint of porter since starting the mash

Go , man, Go ! I was numah ten GI when I went back to ask for a refund.

LupusUmbrus said:

Getting ready to collect 2nd runnings and get my boil on. Almost done with my second pint of porter since starting the mash

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Monday night brewin..Man , that's a labor of love.

Going smooth here, how 'bout you, Walker? Hope things are going alot better then last time

Too lazy to brew tonight. I'm sipping a pint of Stiffy [or as close as I've managed to get]. This may be an all ale dining experience.

I'm making some sanitizer. 2.5 lbs of sugar in 2 quarts of water plus 4 grams of Distiller's yeast. OG 1129 Started bubbling within 5 minutes. This is a test to see if this yeast strain puts off any bad flavors before I use it in Old Bog Water barley wine.

Either this has never happened before, or I have never noticed it before.... although, sitting here looking at it, I find it hard to accept that I simply never noticed this before, but.....

I'm about 30 minutes into my boil, and the top 3 feet of airspace in my kitchen is filled with a thick fog. It's slowly spilling through the doorways and into other rooms, and it seems to just hover there.

it's kind of creepy. I'm going to see if the camera can capture it.

-walker

Cool! I've had fog leaking out of the garage while brewing, but not three feet of it.

It is the evil spirits. That is why be boil for so long, to make sure all the evil spirits are release from the wort