Cheesy_Goodness
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The hair in the drain does add some body to the final product...
To be fair I ferment in a shower. Plenty of room for my fermenters
To be fair I ferment in a shower. Plenty of room for my fermenters
A coworker told me that a college roommate made mead in the bathtub once. I couldn't think of a single reason why this would be somebody's best option, other than volume. Sheer volume.
I care about ABV. The beer I want to sit down and unwind with after a twelve hour shift, before falling into bed for a few hours and starting over, isn't the same beer I want to quench my thirst with while doing yard work on a hot sunny day.No, you are not the only one who doesn't care about ABV. I try to make my brews as accurate to a style as possible - if that's the intention. If I'm making it up as I go along with no guideline in mind, anything goes. Coworker asked why bother making a 4% beer, only thing I could think of was "to drink beer all day long and not be wrecked."
Imagine if he couldn't keep the dorm room over the summer... And, if you were the guy to get that room the next semester...
"there's this yellow stuff in the tub. Someone couldn't pee THAT much. Perhaps I'll taste it. Oh hey! It's mead"
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Sure... that's ALWAYS my first reaction when I find an unknown yellow substance in a bathtub: "perhaps I'll taste it."
Realistically, the odds are good the guy fermented mead in containers, in the bathtub. Maybe because he could use a water bath to control temperatures, or maybe because space is severely limited in dorm rooms.
Or maybe I'm full of it, and he was using the bathtub as a full-on brewing vat. Gotta admit that makes a better story...
Realistically, the odds are good the guy fermented mead in containers, in the bathtub. Maybe because he could use a water bath to control temperatures, or maybe because space is severely limited in dorm rooms.
I should have been more clear originally. My employment has the "Start time 7AM, End time is when the job is finished" schedule leading to long days occasionally in the winter and often in the summer. I've got an IIPA kicking around for those days. Perhaps it should have been worded "ABV is not my primary goal."I care about ABV. The beer I want to sit down and unwind with after a twelve hour shift, before falling into bed for a few hours and starting over, isn't the same beer I want to quench my thirst with while doing yard work on a hot sunny day.
That's why I have two batches going right now instead of one; summer's on its way.
I care about ABV. The beer I want to sit down and unwind with after a twelve hour shift, before falling into bed for a few hours and starting over, isn't the same beer I want to quench my thirst with while doing yard work on a hot sunny day.
That's why I have two batches going right now instead of one; summer's on its way.
Maybe I shouldn't have said I don't care. But I've had people ask how you could make 20% ABV beers. And I'm not even opposed to that, either.
But I'm an engineer and value efficiency. If your goal is to get s**tfaced as fast as possible, beer isn't the best option. :cross:
Overheard at work today:
"I have to go home. My low alcohol warning light is on."
Overheard at work today:
"I have to go home. My low alcohol warning light is on."
Occasionally I do have that goal, and I agree: it isn't what I make beer for. I keep a bottle of decent bourbon handy for that....
Just a decent one, though. No sense wasting the good stuff.
^^^ Do people really have trouble opening grain sacks? I never though it was that complicated lol.
I'm wondering how great their efficiency is with whole grains into the mash tun or was that the entrance to their special mill with the fancy lids on it?:cross:
^^^ Do people really have trouble opening grain sacks? I never though it was that complicated lol.
I always assumed it was like dog food bags; if you have trouble, try the other end.
I always assumed it was like dog food bags; if you have trouble, try the other end.
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Haha i was going to say something along those lines! He dumps the whole grains in as they spill everywhere and i'm thinking... "I bet there are a few out there actually doing this!" lol
I open most bags the same way: pull out pocket knife, slice bag, put pocket knife back.
Magic threads work too though I guess
I dump the grain into buckets when I get them, I don't care about slicing the top off. It's all just trash afterwards, anyway.
LOL - yeah, I've seen those made with other types of bags, too. Definitely a hipster item.
That being said... that "23 things homebrewers hate" list, the only thing on that list that's ever irritated me is something I've heard almost exclusively from hipsters: "I think beer is something left to the pros". WTF? The whole hipster subculture is about homemade/artisinal stuff. People can definitely make bad homebrew, but they can make bad bread, jam, jewelry, etc...
Also, I hate hipsters. Most of my friends say I'm a hipster, however, I barely qualify. I just like artisinal stuff and genuinely like nerdy/geeky things that aren't in the standard social norm.
Eff you hipsters for existing and making people think I'm one of you.
So...
You were a Hipster, before it was cool?
LOL - I get that all the time.
I was what I am before "hipster" came around, and I'll remain what I am well after "hipster" has faded.
The only qualifier I see for a hipster is to like stuff ironically and to constantly try to one-up other hipsters. That sounds like a lot of work, which I'm not ok with. I'm insanely lazy and non-competitive (outside of formal competitions), so I would make a terrible hipster at a hipster party.
I was informed that a stout is not a type of beer, a stout is just an unfinished draught. Guinness is a draught beer not a stout. There are lagers, ales, and draughts! Wow! He had so much confidence but was oh so wrong.
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I was informed that a stout is not a type of beer, a stout is just an unfinished draught. Guinness is a draught beer not a stout. There are lagers, ales, and draughts! Wow! He had so much confidence but was oh so wrong.
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