wobrien
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A couple of my homebrews led to my second son who will cost upwards of a million $$ to raise and put through college. Now that's some expensive beer!
Funny things you've overheard about beer
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rlmiller10
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In the power industry they talk of wet steam and dry steam. Wet steam has condensed water and you do not want that going into a turbine that is not designed for it. Dry steam is vapor and that is what you want going through your turbine.
Since you seem to actually know what you're talking about, how about telling us the difference between the two and settle this argument before it devolves into thermodynamics and matter/antimatter conversations.
what, wait...no "Well, actually...?"
From wikipedia (i'm not busting out textbooks):
-In meteorology, a cloud is a visible mass of liquid droplets or frozen crystals made of water or various chemicals suspended in the atmosphere above the surface of a planetary body.
-Fog is a complex atmospheric phenomenon. It is a visible mass consisting of cloud water droplets or ice crystals suspended in the air at or near the Earth's surface.
-Steam is a term for the gaseous phase of water, which is formed when water boils. Steam is invisible; however, "steam" often refers to the visible mist or aerosol of water droplets formed as this water vapor condenses.
-Water vapor is the gaseous phase of water. It is one state of water within the hydrosphere. Water vapor can be produced from the evaporation or boiling of liquid water or from the sublimation of ice. Unlike other forms of water, water vapor is invisible. Under typical atmospheric conditions, water vapor is continuously generated by evaporation and removed by condensation. It is lighter than air and triggers convection currents that can lead to clouds.
-In meteorology, a cloud is a visible mass of liquid droplets or frozen crystals made of water or various chemicals suspended in the atmosphere above the surface of a planetary body.
-Fog is a complex atmospheric phenomenon. It is a visible mass consisting of cloud water droplets or ice crystals suspended in the air at or near the Earth's surface.
-Steam is a term for the gaseous phase of water, which is formed when water boils. Steam is invisible; however, "steam" often refers to the visible mist or aerosol of water droplets formed as this water vapor condenses.
-Water vapor is the gaseous phase of water. It is one state of water within the hydrosphere. Water vapor can be produced from the evaporation or boiling of liquid water or from the sublimation of ice. Unlike other forms of water, water vapor is invisible. Under typical atmospheric conditions, water vapor is continuously generated by evaporation and removed by condensation. It is lighter than air and triggers convection currents that can lead to clouds.
TheCADJockey
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WilliamSlayer
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I can brew for a couple years for a grand and buy a sh!t ton of new equipment to play with. I have said it before and I'll say it again, " A beer that costs more than $10 a pint better cause spontaneous orgasms!"
Samuel Smith's Organic Chocolate Stout. .....
I'll YouTube a few girls drinking this for ya... but don't let the kiddos see the video!
WilliamSlayer
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Now THAT'S funny right there. And true....
rlmiller10
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With dry steam the temperature is above, and can be very much above, the boiling point (phase change temperature from water to gas is more technically correct) of water for the given pressure. Thus all the water molecules are alone and moving fast. You can't see this, it contains a lot of energy, and if it hits you in any quantity it will cook the meat right off your bones in a matter of seconds.
Wet steam, is really a combination of steam and condensation. The steam has lost enough energy (temperature has dropped) that some of the water molecules have once again joined together in droplets of liquid water. Note, in a pressurized system this may still be well above 212 degrees F.
What people normally call steam, the stuff coming out of the tea kettle is a combination of condensation (not steam but liquid) and low pressure steam. The actual steam is single molecules and can't be seen.
TheCADJockey
ALL YOUR BASE
Wow. After all these years I finally know...
Every time the tea kettle would whistle and I got scared, my grandfather would just laugh and say it was the screams of a thousand dying souls.
Can't drink tea to this day, maybe now the healing can begin. Thank you.
Great post! Thank you.
Want something funny?
http://www.cbc.ca/m/news/technology/home-brew-morphine-from-brewer-s-yeast-now-possible-1.3078077
Yes, I can see it now. Addict's pale ale.
http://www.cbc.ca/m/news/technology/home-brew-morphine-from-brewer-s-yeast-now-possible-1.3078077
Yes, I can see it now. Addict's pale ale.
SupervisingChildren
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Hooked on homebrew?
Wow, that's just crazy!
drainbamage
The Poop Bag Guy
vwmasstransit
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rlmiller10
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That is actually a little scary. What if such a yeast went wild? Or they build a yeast that creates toxins and it goes wild. You get a wild strain in your fermenter and instead of a sour or off tasting beer you high as a kite or dead.
I was kind of thinking the same thing myself. The article says it currently only creates a small amount of morphine but they are working on changing that. You know what happens when you mess with nature. And yeast are small enough that a few could escape a lab, I imagine.
Yeah, a sort of Jurassic Park, only on a microbial scale. Or, as Dr 13 was told by Superman, " science without conscience is treason to science"...
Black Island Brewer
An Ode to Beer
We haven't talked about water vapor lately...
What do you call it when two derails collide?
lowtones84
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Yeah, it's a real scare. One time Westy yeast made it all the way to my homebrewery on a cloud of water vapor and I couldn't shake it.
Ahhh I just yesterday got asked one of the big ones by a classmate after brewing for over two years: "Oh, you homebrew? Like in the tub?"
Followed by questions about the process: "So what do you use, like just sugar?"
"No, malt, which is...."
"Oh I thought it was like: I have a pint of beer so I just throw in that much table sugar and I´m good."
And that in Sweden which is not the most craft backwards country by a long shot.
Thankfully conversation shifted on nicely from there, especially cause of a girl who used to work at a bar that had Belgian beers. A sour fan actually. Gonna present 4 of my brews on Thursday to some of my class as to their request. Should be fun. Green tea and lemon saison, noble-hopped up sour saison, double mandarin wit, and a Mandarina Bavaria wheat strong ale.
Whish me luck. xD
Followed by questions about the process: "So what do you use, like just sugar?"
"No, malt, which is...."
"Oh I thought it was like: I have a pint of beer so I just throw in that much table sugar and I´m good."
And that in Sweden which is not the most craft backwards country by a long shot.
Thankfully conversation shifted on nicely from there, especially cause of a girl who used to work at a bar that had Belgian beers. A sour fan actually. Gonna present 4 of my brews on Thursday to some of my class as to their request. Should be fun. Green tea and lemon saison, noble-hopped up sour saison, double mandarin wit, and a Mandarina Bavaria wheat strong ale.
Whish me luck. xD
1977Brewer
Free Dan Hess.
Good luck. I love sharing my beer.
I do too, but I find established homebrew judges to be less intimidating than regular peeps, cause with the judges I have an idea of what to expect. Regular peeps are just wildcards.
Also a mate of mine is currently visiting NY, a craft beer dream for Swedes in a way, but he also tried some macros for context.
When talking about Bud light after drinking Miller light: "Man, this actually a bit of an aftertaste...why does it have to have an aftertaste? Go away! Just hand me a straw to chug while I hold my nose. At least Miller was beer flavored water in a good way."
Also a mate of mine is currently visiting NY, a craft beer dream for Swedes in a way, but he also tried some macros for context.
When talking about Bud light after drinking Miller light: "Man, this actually a bit of an aftertaste...why does it have to have an aftertaste? Go away! Just hand me a straw to chug while I hold my nose. At least Miller was beer flavored water in a good way."
1977Brewer
Free Dan Hess.
Bud Light is so stupid sweet I think they use aspartame.
Miller Lite actually tastes good.
Miller Lite actually tastes good.
...and to think I actually liked BMC's at one time?! May the beer gods have mercy on me!...
In the end we all got those "I used to like that stuff?`" moments. I would really love to revisit some more of my first craft brews though. I know that Lion Stout from Sri Lanka is still a suprisingly lovely drinker, though not retaining the wow factor of vanilla and depth. I mean I was used to guinnes and German Schwarzbier. Still will have it everytime I see it since it delivers great mocha for the price.
Now, if I could get some Magic Hat #9 over here in Sweden I´d be hyped. I recall an avalanche of strawberries and other fruits. Ahh the early days. Over 3 years ago. xD
Should set up some beer trading scheme for next years Copenhagen Beer Celebration.
Ok enough derail, get one with funnies....as if.
Now, if I could get some Magic Hat #9 over here in Sweden I´d be hyped. I recall an avalanche of strawberries and other fruits. Ahh the early days. Over 3 years ago. xD
Should set up some beer trading scheme for next years Copenhagen Beer Celebration.
Ok enough derail, get one with funnies....as if.
zippybasher
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I have said it before and I'll say it again, " A beer that costs more than $10 a pint better cause spontaneous orgasms!"
AWESOME! and STOLEN!!!!!
