I like this time at night on HBT

[Thunder_Chicken]

Damn, just got home from my Monday, a 9AM to 10PM day interspersed with 6 hours of classroom face-time with my students, plus trying to get labs built and random student advising tossed into the mix. I love the teaching but the only thing getting me through is adrenaline. Coming home and cracking a beer or three and letting the brain spin down feels wonderful. I'm exhausted but the brain needs to come down from outer space first.

 

[LabRatBrewer]

Damn, just got home from my Monday, a 9AM to 10PM day interspersed with 6 hours of classroom face-time with my students, plus trying to get labs built and random student advising tossed into the mix. I love the teaching but the only thing getting me through is adrenaline. Coming home and cracking a beer or three and letting the brain spin down feels wonderful. I'm exhausted but the brain needs to come down from outer space first.

Im behind, what do you teach?

 

[Thunder_Chicken]

Engineering.

 

[Leadgolem]

Yeah, I'm so drunk now I can barely find my keyboard. If firefox didn't have a spell check feature, I doubt y'all could understand my posts. I really wish I had passed out a couple hours ago. My head really hurts....

 

[Thunder_Chicken]

Have you eaten anything? A long day with no food gets me migraines in a hurry.

Any annoying blue lights on electronics around the house? Tape them over. Sounds weird but they can be a trigger. I have an electronic scale that has a nasty blue LCD display that gets my eyes swimmy every time I use it. I need to get a better scale (it's my brewing ingredient scale), but for now I just use it as quickly as I can and put it away.

Lower the brightness of your screen too. I have a freeware software called f.lux that reduces the blue level in the screen lighting according to the time of day. At night it shifts the spectrum more red/less blue which doesn't screw with your melatonin production so bad.

 

[Leadgolem]

Have you eaten anything? A long day with no food gets me migraines in a hurry.

Any annoying blue lights on electronics around the house? Tape them over. Sounds weird but they can be a trigger. I have an electronic scale that has a nasty blue LCD display that gets my eyes swimmy every time I use it. I need to get a better scale (it's my brewing ingredient scale), but for now I just use it as quickly as I can and put it away.

Lower the brightness of your screen too. I have a freeware software called f.lux that reduces the blue level in the screen lighting according to the time of day. At night it shifts the spectrum more red/less blue which doesn't screw with your melatonin production so bad.

No blue led's. They got the blue painters tape pretty much as soon as I saw them. I reset my screen frequency to 6500. I don't know if that will help, but I'm willing to try almost anything at this point.

 

[Thunder_Chicken]

Uggh, my sour starter has been in the shed since last Thursday and the temperatures have dropped into the 70s during the day and into the 50s at night. If the lacto didn't get the pH down I don't even want to think of what it is going to smell like. I'm praying for lemons, but a 3-coil steaming orange sick-dog turd will probably be more like it. Tomorrow I will lift the lid and check it out.

 

[Leadgolem]

Uggh, my sour starter has been in the shed since last Thursday and the temperatures have dropped into the 70s during the day and into the 50s at night. If the lacto didn't get the pH down I don't even want to think of what it is going to smell like. I'm praying for lemons, but a 3-coil steaming orange sick-dog turd will probably be more like it. Tomorrow I will lift the lid and check it out.

Please keep good notes, even if it turns out bad. I am thinking that the only kinds of beer I'm likely to really enjoy are sours...

NO, I haven't passed out yet. I'm still working on it...

 

[LabRatBrewer]

Uggh, my sour starter has been in the shed since last Thursday and the temperatures have dropped into the 70s during the day and into the 50s at night. If the lacto didn't get the pH down I don't even want to think of what it is going to smell like. I'm praying for lemons, but a 3-coil steaming orange sick-dog turd will probably be more like it. Tomorrow I will lift the lid and check it out.

You make sours sound so much more appealing than the sweaty barnyard variety. Tri-coil...yum

 

[Leadgolem]

You make sours sound so much more appealing than the sweaty barnyard variety. Tri-coil...yum

Le, yum?

 

[Leadgolem]

I can't seem to remember how to let go if the bag of muffins I made? oh well, I guess I'll type with one hand.

 

[Thunder_Chicken]

I love sours. I didn't really trip across them until I started homebrewing again. Totally mindblowing when done well, still pretty interesting when not perfectly balanced. It is a hard style.

My bet is that I have a 2.5 gallon stew pot full of Clostridium butyricum ready to dish out a cup o' cheese when I check it tomorrow, but I still hope. If it doesn't knock me over I'll try a taste and see if it is soured, then judge whether it is something I want in my beer. The Brett. ferment rocked out pretty hard, so I at least have that brew.

I've read that the butyric acid produced by the Clostridium can be partially converted into fruity esters by Brett., but excessive concentrations leave a cheesy stink. Brett. will chow down on a lot of stuff and make it right, but only so far.

To blend or not to blend, that will be the question.

 

[Thunder_Chicken]

I can't seem to remember how to let go if the bag of muffins I made? oh well, I guess I'll type with one hand.

Dude, you're having quite the evening.

 

[Dan]

LG, hope you're feeling better today, from what I understand migranes are very painful. Really do hope you feel better my friend.

I'm approaching 50 in a few more months; it's time to head back to the gym, get back into decent shape. Been at it for about 3 weeks now. Never been much into lifting, always been more of a runner but gave that up a few years back as it just takes to much of a toll on a body. Sore knees, back, shinsplints, etc.. These days I stick with the elyptical mostly.

Looking around the gym today (on a Navy base) I suppose the average age was 25+ years younger than me. Very motivational actually. When I was that age the last thing I wanted to do was work out, times have certainly changed for the better. Not to worried about loosing weight, just want to tone up, get rid of this old man beer paunch and get the cardiovascular system back into good working order.

 

[emjay]

Emjay, are you around? I've got a migraine, I'm drunk. Mostly because I have a migraine, and if you know what I can take with the alcohol I'd be grateful if you'd tell me. Once in a while, I'll take the following cocktail:

acetaminophen 500 mg
aspirin 650 mg
caffeine 200 mg
Shots, 3...or more.

I'm thinking that's likely to dissolve my liver though....

I wouldn't mix alcohol and Tylenol but everything else is fine

 

[TNGabe]

LG, hope you're feeling better today, from what I understand migranes are very painful. Really do hope you feel better my friend.

I'm approaching 50 in a few more months; it's time to head back to the gym, get back into decent shape. Been at it for about 3 weeks now. Never been much into lifting, always been more of a runner but gave that up a few years back as it just takes to much of a toll on a body. Sore knees, back, shinsplints, etc.. These days I stick with the elyptical mostly.

Looking around the gym today (on a Navy base) I suppose the average age was 25+ years younger than me. Very motivational actually. When I was that age the last thing I wanted to do was work out, times have certainly changed for the better. Not to worried about loosing weight, just want to tone up, get rid of this old man beer paunch and get the cardiovascular system back into good working order.

Way to go Dan! I'm really trying to get back down to 185 (I'm about 6'2") from my current hair under 200. I've got at least 20 lbs of fat to drop and a lot of lost muscle to get back from just a few years ago when I kayaked over 200 days a year. I always thought running was hard on my body, but I've been trail running and after the first few weeks and some better shoes, havent' had any of the leg pain I always associated with running on asphalt or concrete.

 

[Babybatch]

This is a check of the board's time posting system.

It is currently 4:26 PM East coast time.

***EDIT***

Board says post time was 8:27 PM.

Where are these servers located? Or do I need to fix my profile?

 

[TNGabe]

This is a check of the board's time posting system.

It is currently 4:26 PM East coast time.

***EDIT***

Board says post time was 8:27 PM.

Where are these servers located? Or do I need to fix my profile?

Under my account, I think it's edit personal options.

 

[Thunder_Chicken]

I checked in on the sour batch and ... it smelled OK! Still a little cheesy something, no worse than last week, but also something fruity in the smell now. I am going to take it in tonight and check gravity and see what the sour level is. It's been pretty cool last few nights and the temperatures are not that warm at all, mid 70s.

I'll also check in on my Brett. brew. I think if I am going to blend tonight will be the night.

 

[Dan]

Way to go Dan! I'm really trying to get back down to 185 (I'm about 6'2") from my current hair under 200. I've got at least 20 lbs of fat to drop and a lot of lost muscle to get back from just a few years ago when I kayaked over 200 days a year. I always thought running was hard on my body, but I've been trail running and after the first few weeks and some better shoes, havent' had any of the leg pain I always associated with running on asphalt or concrete.

Thanks, TNGabe! Sound like you and I have similar goals. Best of luck to you. I'm giving myself six months to be back where I was four years ago. I was looking at my legs and belly in the mirrow the other day, amazing how much my legs have shrunk and gut has grown. Time to put things right!

 

[LabRatBrewer]

Way to go Dan! I'm really trying to get back down to 185 (I'm about 6'2") from my current hair under 200. I've got at least 20 lbs of fat to drop and a lot of lost muscle to get back from just a few years ago when I kayaked over 200 days a year. I always thought running was hard on my body, but I've been trail running and after the first few weeks and some better shoes, havent' had any of the leg pain I always associated with running on asphalt or concrete.

We need a Great HBT Weight Loss Thread.

Edit: Its a Zombie but we already have one: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f19/official-hbt-weight-loss-thread-49989/ maybe I'll revive it so that I wont have to be revived in the future.

 

[Punity]

We need a Great HBT Weight Loss Thread.

Edit: Its a Zombie but we already have one: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f19/official-hbt-weight-loss-thread-49989/ maybe I'll revive it so that I wont have to be revived in the future.

Now there's something to get me motivated. After getting out of the Mairnes I've ballooned probably hovering around 280. Its crap but unlike being motivated by the military its way to easy to slack off on the outside. My swmbo would agree too haha

 

[beaksnbeer]

Guess I don't follow the norm 30 years out of HS and only 15 lbs I do road bike a lot.

 

[Thunder_Chicken]

Tasted both my Brett. and the sour batches. The Brett. is fabulous - incredible fruit flavor and aroma, just a touch of acetic and very little dusty funk. It's only down to 1.020 from 1.032, but it is only at 68F. I'll see if I can't warm it up a bit somehow.

The sour was OK I think. I think lacto won the battle. There is a little cheesy aroma, but the taste is clean and acidic. Funky but nothing that would make me gag. The gravity hasn't changed at all, so I guess I got homofermentive L. dubrekii or something similar, as intended.

I pulled out 1 gallon of the all Brett. brew and put that in a 1-gallon jug to ferment out. I then transferred 2.5 gallons of the sour into the remaining Brett. batch for a total of 5 gallons. I'm not sure what happened but it *immediately* started fermenting hard. There is just tons of gas pouring out of that fermenter. The 1-gallon all-Brett isn't doing anything, and it isn't a temperature thing. The critters seem to be having a bar-room brawl in there.

Sours are super cool, but they are also scary as all hell. I am going to now beach bomb everything and take a shower, and brush my teeth. I feel dirty.

 

[TNGabe]

Guess I don't follow the norm 30 years out of HS and only 15 lbs I do road bike a lot.

Oddly, I was heavier in high school. I was a fat kid, peaked out about 230 and 5'8" at the end of 8th grade before I finally got sick of being the fat kid. Not that I was in shape the couple years I managed to get through in high school, but did manage to lose 30 or 40 lbs before my freshman year eating fewer cheeseburgers and riding my bike a lot.

 

[snaps10]

a few years ago when I kayaked over 200 days a year. I always thought running was hard on my body, but I've been trail running and after the first few weeks and some better shoes, havent' had any of the leg pain I always associated with running on asphalt or concrete.

Dang TN! That's a lot of paddling. Flat water or real water? ;-)

 

[TNGabe]

Dang TN! That's a lot of paddling. Flat water or real water? ;-)

Easy to do if you live in you car, work 30 hrs a week for money for gasoline and live off beans. Nothing too hairy, never ran hard V. But doubles on the Watauga and Green lite used to be pretty standard. Biggest thing I ever ran was an easy 40'er on the Elk, but that has a sloping 10' lip. Well and Darg Strip on the Gragg Prong. I think I miss having the confidence to run the big stuff in Idaho the most. Nothing like paddling a c1 playboat on 90k cfs. I'd like to get back into running some easy IV kinda stuff, but I've seen some things, mostly guiding rafts, but had a couple of sketchy days of my own. Haven't thought about boating much since I backed out, but now I'm feeling 'homesick' for it. Should be good foliage this year, I'll hafta get a few tune up runs in and hit the Doe Gorge. Wish I had some pics to share

You paddle?

 

[passedpawn]

I'm a flat water paddler. Very flat. 3 kayaks. Love to paddle, but this is Florida, there are no waves here.

I used to run daily, but after many, many injuries (almost all of them running-related) I'm now a daily biker. I'm @ 175# now, feeling good. Probably drop another 5 and maintain.

 

[snaps10]

Well, I live 200' from where the Kaweah River dumps to ag water, 2hrs from the upoer Kern, 45 min from the lower Kern and 3hours from the American put-ins. It kind of became a requirement with the guys I run/ran with. Haven't paddled in two seasons though. Don't even have a boat right now. Baby number 4 is due in November and those kids sure take up the free time. (Wouldn't trade it for the world though)

Mostly class III-IV stuff. A couple drops, nothing big. I'm more of a big water guy. LOTS of creeks here that sort of forced creeking on me. Swam a nasty section if the Kaweah that is normally IV but V at big water. We were at 120% of flow at the time. The only thing anyone knows me for in the whitewater community here.

I'm a certified swiftwater rescuer and (expired) strong swimmer. Doing that kind of took the fun out of it for me. There were holiday weekends where We'd pull out 3-4 bodies from the Kern.

I've got pictures somewhere on one of the computers. Which I never get on.

I've dropped 25# in the past 6 months, but need about 10 more and out a LOT of lost muscle back on.

 

[Dan]

Now there's something to get me motivated. After getting out of the Mairnes I've ballooned probably hovering around 280. Its crap but unlike being motivated by the militaryits way to easy to slack off on the outside. My swmbo would agree too haha

That's my problem. Every since retiring from the Navy I've slacked off. I used to lead group physical fitness workouts in my ealry forties - Something to prove to myself I guess. Wel,l something to prove to myself again but this time going solo.