Arghhhh! 10 gallons of "band-aid" beer!

[onthekeg]

Man, this forum is too soft on a guy with over 40,000 posts! Where's the brotherly, condescending harassment from this fraternal community that one would expect? Like, "Well Yooper, the secret of you dipping your balls in every batch is finally out," or "That's not Band Aids you smell, it's gonorrhea."

I kid. But not really.

This should be my new signature line, but alas, its too long!

 

[Brulosopher]

Yooper's a... not... HAHAHAHA!!!!!

 

[passedpawn]

All right, I'll say it, Yooper brews like a girl.

 

[Yooper]

I don't know about you folks, but I'm an RN and work with bandaids on a daily basis. I have yet to ever stick one in my mouth, so i have no idea what it taste like. Just out of curiosity, how do most people here know what bandaids taste like?

The only logical explanation i can think of is they read about chlorophenols on how to brew, and decided to put a band aid in their mouth just to know what it taste like :cross:

yes?

Welllllllllllll, I've worked in medicine for 30 years. And I've yet to put a band-aid in my mouth. So you have a point. But it tastes like wet band-aids smell, if that helps!

Man, this forum is too soft on a guy with over 40,000 posts! Where's the brotherly, condescending harassment from this fraternal community that one would expect? Like, "Well Yooper, the secret of you dipping your balls in every batch is finally out," or "That's not Band Aids you smell, it's gonorrhea."

I kid. But not really.

I can assure you that I haven't dipped my balls in a batch of beer. Partly because that's icky, but partly because I'm missing those appendages.

I guess it could be a sad sad story for those who don't already know me. But it's true. I am totally and completely ball-less. They aren't even in my wife's purse, like some brewers have been accused of. They are just gone.

I don't usually talk about it, though.

 

[AnOldUR]

. . . because I'm missing those appendages . . . I am totally and completely ball-less. . . . They are just gone.

I don't usually talk about it, though.

Wait . . . what? Is there a story here? :cross:



Why am I always the last to know?

 

[Yooper]

Wait . . . what? Is there a story here? :cross:


Why am I always the last to know?

I don't usually talk about it, though.

I think my explanation stands for itself.

You and I have only been friends 5 years or so. We've talked about our grandkids and our families, our house projects, and sometimes even our spouses. I know you and I have talked about weird things like "feelings".

But I haven't really known you well enough to discuss genitalia. But now that it's "out"- um, AnOldUR, I have something to tell you. :cross:

 

[AnOldUR]

But I haven't really known you well enough to discuss genitalia.

My wife will be very happy to hear that.

Wait, here she come . . . exit exit exit

 

[AnOldUR]

Couldn't close HBT fast enough. She came in and read the thread.

All she said was, "Go ahead. Finish your conversation with your ball-less friend."

I'm a lucky guy!

 

[Yooper]

Couldn't close HBT fast enough. She came in and read the thread.

All she said was, "Go ahead. Finish your conversation with your ball-less friend."

I'm a lucky guy!

Yes, you are. :rockin:

I already think she knew about the balllessness, though, I talked to her on Facebook remember? And she wondered who in the world I was?

 

[Homercidal]

There are some things that even Duct Tape can't fix.

 

[thekage]

Heisenbeer's Uncertainty Principle. The act of monitoring your brew actually affects it, so you can never quite know the state. In other words, each time you test your beer you add oxygen and bacteria, and perhaps cause the problem you are hoping not to find.

Sounds like Schrödinger's Cat. One could purpose that your beer is in an undeterminable state, both infected and unaffected, until you open and see. But the very opening of said beer increases the chances of infection. It's Russian Roulette!!

 

[allthingsgiant]

Ok ok, so Yooper has no balls and I'm a dick. Goes to show what a guy with 63 posts really knows... maybe once I reach 100 I can chime in.

My sincere condolences to your balls and your beer, Yooper.

 

[Yooper]

Ok ok, so Yooper has no balls and I'm a dick. Goes to show what a guy with 63 posts really knows... maybe once I reach 100 I can chime in.

My sincere condolences to your balls and your beer, Yooper.

Oh, no, you're fine. Of course I have to give you grief.

Trust me, post count is NO indicator of intelligence as is shown by my ridiculously high post count of 43,000 posts. It doesn't mean that I have anything to contribute at all in the way of brewing advice, it just means I"m a big blabbermouth.

I think most people do assume most active contributor on a brewing forum would be guys- and most are. But there are actually quite a few women hanging around as well, and it's nice that brewing is a "blind" hobby in that respect. I know I've been surprised on the soapmaking forum I visit at how many guys are on there and I shouldn't really be assuming that soapmaking is a women's hobby any more than brewing is a man's hobby.

I do get a little miffed at guys posting things like "need to make a chick beer- chicks love fruity light beers" sometimes, though, because most of the women I know wouldn't touch a fruit beer but would love a Russian Imperial Stout.

The one keg of this beer isn't as bad as the other- it's got a definite band-aid aroma but if you can get past that, it's drinkable. Since I just brewed yesterday and I only have a tiny bit of one keg of homebrew left, I think we'll be drinking the band-aid beer until the new one is ready. I'm planning on putting the new IPA on tap on about day 10 (since I have to dryhop it for 3-5 days). So, 9 days to go before I have decent beer.

 

[eriktlupus]

I do get a little miffed at guys posting things like "need to make a chick beer- chicks love fruity light beers" sometimes, though, because most of the women I know wouldn't touch a fruit beer but would love a Russian Imperial Stout.

yeah but that's because most of em play hockey too...that automatically improves their taste buds where beer is concerned, then you add in the fact that ya'll are in bfe yooper michigan and that explains it.

 

[Revvy]

Sorry Yoop.

The beer flag is at half mast....

 

[Yooper]

Sorry Yoop.

The beer flag is at half mast....

I LOVE that picture!

 

[Revvy]

I just through it together in Photoshop.