Wolfbayte
Third Most Interesting Man in his Cul-de-Sac
New German restaurant opened up near the house. I called them up one Saturday morning and asked if I could take their empties from the night before. I was told "no." I asked what they did with them and was told they "go in the trash." One man's trash, is another man's treasure, right? "Can I have your trash?" I asked. "No." Click. After getting the same response from two nearby taverns, I knew I was trapped in a Seinfeld episode. No problem. I'll just empty them myself. That's probably half the fun anyway.
So my buddy and SWMBO headed there for dinner mid-week. SWMBO and I could not turn down Konig Ludwig Weiss on tap, but my buddy got 500 ml of Eridinger Pikantus in an epic re-cappable European beauty. Because 12 oz of https://www.homebrewtalk.com/forum/...avarian-hefeweizen.35679/page-38#post-8494372 does not fill up a tall half liter Hef glass, I saw an OxyClean soak in this bottle's future and a date with the dishwasher the night before bottling day. Or so I thought.
Once our mouths were full of Shnitzel, the waiter came by for his obligatory check to see if we needed anything. He offered to pour what little Pikantus was left into my buddy's glass, but he was waved off. Once Hans left, my buddy emptied the bottle and handed it to me. I put it in my jacket and focused on my potatoes.
Hans returned and asked where the bottle had gone. We suggested the bus boy had recently taken it, but Hans knew that was a lie. Telling us that the bus boy already denied clearing the table of this precious bottle, Hans became more demanding and mumbled something about his liquor license: "When I return, I want to see that bottle back on the table." He walked away with authority as I regressed from just shy of 50, to 5 years old in 10 seconds. My party looked at each other in shock. Was this really happening? Were we in kindergarten? Was the bottle that valuable? I thought they just threw them in the trash.
My LHBS sells a different 500 ml bottle, but these hef bottles have a shape I just love. I tried to find them online, but needed to order a pallet or something. Yet, somewhere between "resistance is futile" and "we have ways of making you talk," I realized the bottle was not worth the hassle. Relenting, I put the bottle back on the table. This brought the check, which I quickly paid so I could go home.
My sweat dissipated, and blood pressure finally got back down to normal, but the curiosity remained. Once home, I searched the rules and found this:
R19-1-307. Bottle Reuse or Refilling Prohibited
Anyone else have this problem?
Water profile: R/O plus CaCl; mash w/5 gals at 154*; sparge with 3 gals of cold R/O.
.75 minutes Hallartau @ 60 mins.
Chill to 60*, ferment @ 64 for 2 weeks.
Prime with 3/4 cup of corn sugar boiled in 16.9 oz of Aquafina.
So my buddy and SWMBO headed there for dinner mid-week. SWMBO and I could not turn down Konig Ludwig Weiss on tap, but my buddy got 500 ml of Eridinger Pikantus in an epic re-cappable European beauty. Because 12 oz of https://www.homebrewtalk.com/forum/...avarian-hefeweizen.35679/page-38#post-8494372 does not fill up a tall half liter Hef glass, I saw an OxyClean soak in this bottle's future and a date with the dishwasher the night before bottling day. Or so I thought.
Once our mouths were full of Shnitzel, the waiter came by for his obligatory check to see if we needed anything. He offered to pour what little Pikantus was left into my buddy's glass, but he was waved off. Once Hans left, my buddy emptied the bottle and handed it to me. I put it in my jacket and focused on my potatoes.
Hans returned and asked where the bottle had gone. We suggested the bus boy had recently taken it, but Hans knew that was a lie. Telling us that the bus boy already denied clearing the table of this precious bottle, Hans became more demanding and mumbled something about his liquor license: "When I return, I want to see that bottle back on the table." He walked away with authority as I regressed from just shy of 50, to 5 years old in 10 seconds. My party looked at each other in shock. Was this really happening? Were we in kindergarten? Was the bottle that valuable? I thought they just threw them in the trash.
My LHBS sells a different 500 ml bottle, but these hef bottles have a shape I just love. I tried to find them online, but needed to order a pallet or something. Yet, somewhere between "resistance is futile" and "we have ways of making you talk," I realized the bottle was not worth the hassle. Relenting, I put the bottle back on the table. This brought the check, which I quickly paid so I could go home.
My sweat dissipated, and blood pressure finally got back down to normal, but the curiosity remained. Once home, I searched the rules and found this:
R19-1-307. Bottle Reuse or Refilling Prohibited
- Except as authorized under A.R.S. § 4-244(32), a retail licensee shall ensure that a bottle or other container authorized by law for packaging spirituous liquor:
- Is not reused to package spirituous liquor after the spirituous liquor originally packaged in the bottle or other container is removed from the bottle or other container, and
- Bears a label that accurately indicates the kind and brand of spirituous liquor in the bottle or other container.
Anyone else have this problem?
Water profile: R/O plus CaCl; mash w/5 gals at 154*; sparge with 3 gals of cold R/O.
.75 minutes Hallartau @ 60 mins.
Chill to 60*, ferment @ 64 for 2 weeks.
Prime with 3/4 cup of corn sugar boiled in 16.9 oz of Aquafina.
