A VERY SERIOUS Poll about bears

[cheezydemon3]

Edit: cheezy beat me

Is that a statement or a request?

 

[Obliviousbrew]

Is that a statement or a request?

sorry to rain on your parede but it´s just a statment.

 

[jerrodm]

I sit corrected. So would that make it bear marinated beer? Or bear marinated bear for that extra bearey goodness?

Actually, not to get too technical, but it's bear meer-inated boar beer. As in, bare bears marinated in beer, served with meerkat garnish and a side of boar. Divinity, this is thy true self.

 

[ILoveBeer2]

Also, this might be heretical, but any thoughts on koala?

I think koala would make a great addition. The only problem is it would take the beer out of style.

 

[Lushife]

I think koala would make a great addition. The only problem is it would take the beer out of style.

Perhaps if it was a beer you are going use for a Black and Tan but I'm just a rookie with bears.

 

[jerrodm]

Perhaps if it was a beer you are going use for a Black and Tan but I'm just a rookie with bears.

You know, that's an excellent point. You could add the koala to the pale ale, and dry-bear the stout, it might blend really nicely...wow, now I might have to brew up some new recipes...

 

[Bradinator]

I can't believe you guys are still using bear in your beers. I have been no-bearing for over a year and every one of my beers have been fantastic.

Don't get all holy bear balls on me either, the Aussies have been no-bearing forever without any problems!

 

[jerrodm]

I can't believe you guys are still using bear in your beers. I have been no-bearing for over a year and every one of my beers have been fantastic.

Don't get all holy bear balls on me either, the Aussies have been no-bearing forever without any problems!

OK look that might be true, but when you've got access to fresh wallabies that makes the whole issue totally different. Are you going to tell me that you've got a wallaby source somewhere nearby? Because if not, I still don't see how you get around dry-bearing, at least for your bigger beers...

 

[Whattawort]

Good lord people....the only bears kosher for beer are black, Brown(aka grizzly), and polar bears. Koalas are not true bears, pandas are an ethical no-go, and if you put a Sun bear in your beer, you're gonna regret it. Between the jungle must and funk it brings and the native tribes' tendency to dispatch foreigners with prejudice, I don't think it's worth it.

 

[jerrodm]

Good lord people....the only bears kosher for beer are black, Brown(aka grizzly), and polar bears. Koalas are not true bears, pandas are an ethical no-go, and if you put a Sun bear in your beer, you're gonna regret it. Between the jungle must and funk it brings and the native tribes' tendency to dispatch foreigners with prejudice, I don't think it's worth it.

Look, no disrespect but I know the received wisdom on this is "only brown/black/polar bears". I guess my question is whether anyone has TRIED other bear-like alternatives, where bears weren't readily available, or didn't fit the flavor profile? I mean, can we really say that koalas, kinkajous, coatis and badgers are really inferior, if we're not even going to test our assumptions? I for one am willing to take a risk, if only to learn something new...

 

[Cromwell]

HELP. I primed a Single Elf Single Fairy with honey bear and tried to bottle, but then I read that it ferments out completely. Am I going to get bottle bombs? And if the honey bear fermented out, where is it? I'd just put them in the fridge to slow it down normally, but since I dry-beared with Koala and now I find that a Koala isn't a true bear, I'm worried about off-bear flavors.

My brewing buddy told me to RDWHAHB, but SWMBO thinks the MT wasn't big enough for the OG on the SMaSH. Thoughts?

 

[Bradinator]

HELP. I primed a Single Elf Single Fairy with honey bear and tried to bottle, but then I read that it ferments out completely. Am I going to get bottle bombs? And if the honey bear fermented out, where is it? I'd just put them in the fridge to slow it down normally, but since I dry-beared with Koala and now I find that a Koala isn't a true bear, I'm worried about off-bear flavors.

My brewing buddy told me to RDWHAHB, but SWMBO thinks the MT wasn't big enough for the OG on the SMaSH. Thoughts?

This.

Exactly why I no-bear.

 

[jerrodm]

HELP. I primed a Single Elf Single Fairy with honey bear and tried to bottle, but then I read that it ferments out completely. Am I going to get bottle bombs? And if the honey bear fermented out, where is it? I'd just put them in the fridge to slow it down normally, but since I dry-beared with Koala and now I find that a Koala isn't a true bear, I'm worried about off-bear flavors.

My brewing buddy told me to RDWHAHB, but SWMBO thinks the MT wasn't big enough for the OG on the SMaSH. Thoughts?

Look, it's hard to be helpful unless you give us more specifics.

What sex was the honey bear, and how close did you shave its fur before priming?
Did you use oxygen-absorbing caps? YOU MUST USE OXYGEN ABSORBING CAPS!
Honey bears are impervious to cold, so putting them in the refrigerator won't slow down the fermentation--the only way to prevent bottle bombs is to distract them with mariachi music (little known fact: honey bears LOVE mariachi music). Play it at full volume until the beer is drunk. Or the bear. Bears get drunk sometimes too.
I'm still waiting to hear back from anyone else who has tried Koala, but please NO OPINIONS! If anyone has scientific studies that shows that Koalas produce off-bear flavors, I'd be happy to see it. Otherwise, I'm not interested.

 

[cheezydemon3]

Good lord people....the only bears kosher for beer are black, Brown(aka grizzly), and polar bears. Koalas are not true bears, pandas are an ethical no-go, and if you put a Sun bear in your beer, you're gonna regret it. Between the jungle must and funk it brings and the native tribes' tendency to dispatch foreigners with prejudice, I don't think it's worth it.

In the annuit rheinsgebear thread we addressed this. Old styles are great with good reason, but.....
There is a decent stout that has freaking oysters in it. You gonna boycot dry dogged beers too??????

More for us I guess.

 

[Whattawort]

In the annuit rheinsgebear thread we addresses this. Old styles are great with good reason, but.....
There is a decent stout that has freaking oysters in it. You gonna boycot dry dogged beers too??????

More for us I guess.

Do they dry-oyster? Salmonella...cha cha cha! And yes, I will boycot dry dogged beers too. Unless we're talking about St. Bernards or Burnese Mountain dogs. Those breeds really bring life to alpine lagers.

 

[cheezydemon3]

Do they dry-oyster? Salmonella...cha cha cha! And yes, I will boycot dry dogged beers too. Unless we're talking about St. Bernards or Burnese Mountain dogs. Those breeds really bring life to alpine lagers.

WTF monkey??????

If any other breeds have been used, I have yet to hear about it.

 

[Lushife]

WTF monkey??????

If any other breeds have been used, I have yet to hear about it.

I've used Great Pyrinees, it give a similar flavor, and I've used Yellow Lab for some of pale ales and lagers.

 

[Lushife]

http://www.damnyouautocorrect.com/36515/teddy-beer/

 

[cheezydemon3]

http://www.damnyouautocorrect.com/36515/teddy-beer/

Dude, EFF autocorrect. Turned mine off after 1 day.

 

[BreezyBrew]

All I can say is bears never give up!!

 

[Lushife]

All I can say is bears never give up!! Video Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ojgruhtKeI

What?!

 

[cheezydemon3]

Oh crap. My stud Grizzly, Kewalski, a 15 foot monster of a bear, broke loose and got into the zombie pen. I have a couple of torsos, but realistically the Zed ranch is a total loss.

That isn't the problem. Problem is, he was bitten, no question. Zombie horse we had a few years back was incredibly hard to put down, this bad boy will be a 1 bear apocalypse.

Anyone seen him? Horrific as this incident could be, I am drooling at the thought of a Dry limbed Zombie bear brew. Imagine it......

 

[DrunkleJon]

Leave the Zom-bears alone. They are bad mojo.

 

[cheezydemon3]

Thanks Drunkle, but did I mention I'M A FREAKING DEMON????

Bad mojo is what I eat on my toast.

 

[DrunkleJon]

Is that what they make Vegemite out of? Sure tastes like it.

 

[cheezydemon3]

Is that what they make Vegemite out of? Sure tastes like it.

Strangely, I think it is mostly yeast.....

 

[jerrodm]

Strangely, I think it is mostly yeast.....

And salt...lots and lots of salt.

 

[sweetcell]

i thought it was mostly zombie leftovers. as in, what is left over after you blow their heads off.

 

[Whattawort]

Oh crap. My stud Grizzly, Kewalski, a 15 foot monster of a bear, broke loose and got into the zombie pen. I have a couple of torsos, but realistically the Zed ranch is a total loss.

That isn't the problem. Problem is, he was bitten, no question. Zombie horse we had a few years back was incredibly hard to put down, this bad boy will be a 1 bear apocalypse.

Anyone seen him? Horrific as this incident could be, I am drooling at the thought of a Dry limbed Zombie bear brew. Imagine it......

Found him in a dumpster behind Chuck-E-Cheez (don't ask why I was there). Hope you don't mind that I pilfered a leg. You know I can't resist dry-limbed brewing and the idea of a zom-bear beer was too good to pass up on. I left his carcass on old HWY 666 just past the crossroads if you want to go pick it up.

 

[cheezydemon3]

Found him in a dumpster behind Chuck-E-Cheez (don't ask why I was there). Hope you don't mind that I pilfered a leg. You know I can't resist dry-limbed brewing and the idea of a zom-bear beer was too good to pass up on. I left his carcass on old HWY 666 just past the crossroads if you want to go pick it up.

GOT HIM!!!!

Thanks. Consider the leg a finders fee, and thanks for averting a massacre at chuck e cheese, how many effers would suddenly get the good idea if that hit the front pages?

What did you take him out with? Quite a mess!