A "crappy" situation

[Bombeque]

Glad there are laughs to be had, oh and btw, something I forgot to mention, As I was moving the full tun from the floor to the table to begin sparging some spilled on my shirt, so I said what the heck, Ill taste my shirt for sweetness! Sure was sweet....

 

[bwomp313]

The cat is halfway to Siberia right now, right?

Or how about Abu Dhabi?

 

[passedpawn]

Ah yes, here it is:

Many brewers use cats to control the destruction brought on by mice in the malt storage. While the cats don't eat malt they have a bad habit that cannot be broken. They never leave their droppings on the open floor but always bury it in the malt. While the dry matter is easily removed through sieving later it is the wet excrements that that penetrate the malt and give a disgusting taste and aroma that can make its way into the beer. I found it interesting that the author dedicated two full paragraphs to elaborate on the problem with cats and their excrements which means that this was a real problem back then.​

From Kai Troester's excellent site.

Half way down, Wort Production | Malt Milling

 

[Dan]

In reference to PassedPawn's post

So maybe I'm stating the obvious but the CatCrap beer was brewed and distributed?

People were tougher or more stupid then, depends on how you look at it.

I think ignorant and tough would be my answer.

Drink up!

 

[Eighty2Fifty1]

Or how about Abu Dhabi?

I think I would have put the cat through the grain mill...

 

[KPSquared]

This is why cats make better targets than pets. . .

Great story! Good midnight shift entertainment for me.

 

[Ogri]

Kopi luwak nut brown ale

 

[Special Hops]

Boil kills everything. Right?

 

[csamuel]

I guess the quesiton to all is....whould you have dumped it or gone for it.

One vote here for go for it but add a little extra aroma hops just in case.

PROST

 

[whitehause]

When I saw "Crappy" in the title I thought....."Na can't be" Welp....color me wrong

And NO......would have dumped it too

 

[Eighty2Fifty1]

Yeah I would have dumped it too, and fed the cat to the bandsaw

 

[Dan]

Hard core and straight up 8251. But with your line of workthat is a plus.

 

[Bombeque]

Thanks all for the condolences, I actually picked up the grain again and brewed the crapless version of this yesterday. All went well so hopefully this beer was worth it!!

 

[homebrewdad]

Thanks all for the condolences, I actually picked up the grain again and brewed the crapless version of this yesterday. All went well so hopefully this beer was worth it!!

The crapless version. Nice.

 

[whitehause]

Can't help thinking a Trappist "Tabby" ale.

 

[jesserizzo]

http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/mikkeller-beer-geek-brunch-weasel/97034/

100 score at rate beer you may have missed out by tossing that batch.

 

[Rip]

La Muñeca? ....the little rag doll!

Rumor has it that certain traditional brews were started or maybe nurtured by adding a little brown turd, lol. Too weird to be a lie, too gross to be the truth. I guess it might be a good source of nitrogen for your yeasty beasties?!

"According to an informant in the mountains area of West Mexico...there was a pulqueria, where the proprietor, a womain, put human faeces, the muneca, into the pulque she served to clients who were disagreeable or behaved badly..."

Yah, no sh i t !

Reference: http://books.google.com/books?id=GtANKPDoLhAC&pg=PA220&lpg=PA220&dq=La+Muneca+inedible&source=bl&ots=kRseZZtR-W&sig=2zy41V21p1lM665-mrPFYO29vfw&hl=en&sa=X&ei=WWfjT9S3JMT02wXq793ACw&ved=0CH8Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false


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