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Wow, just got back from my 4th Taco Ride of the year. Gonna try to exceed the 15 rides I did last year.
Meet the youngest (22) at the trailhead, rode down to Margaritaville and had a couple Myrcenarys, then rode down to the steakhouse in Mineola and had a pitcher of Goose Island and some tacos. On the way back it rained on us and I flatted a mile out from the truck. I didn't want to fight with the tire in the dark, so I told the boy to ride back and I walked the bike back in the rain.
Doesn't sound like it, but it was a glorious night. Got to hang out with the boy and find out how his summer internship is progressing. And while I have a filthy dirty bike to cleanup, it was one of those nights you really felt thankful to be alive.
Meet the youngest (22) at the trailhead, rode down to Margaritaville and had a couple Myrcenarys, then rode down to the steakhouse in Mineola and had a pitcher of Goose Island and some tacos. On the way back it rained on us and I flatted a mile out from the truck. I didn't want to fight with the tire in the dark, so I told the boy to ride back and I walked the bike back in the rain.
Doesn't sound like it, but it was a glorious night. Got to hang out with the boy and find out how his summer internship is progressing. And while I have a filthy dirty bike to cleanup, it was one of those nights you really felt thankful to be alive.
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I suppose you guys are right. I must have skimped on sanitation with that batch plus I know I fermented way to warm. I have ingredients for another batch. Time for deep cleaning and sanitizing the equipment and get back on the horse.
BobbiLynn
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I wish I had a normal life. Family called and said "you need to get back here!" Hubby won't eat or drink and they say he is unresponsive and just moaning. He had his chemo treatment Tuesday and now he's just sick. Needs to go to the hospital for IV fluids, probably. If he won't go willingly, then call 911, get the paramedics out to look at him. This isn't anything new. He's sick to his stomach. If he dies on their watch, I'm not going to blame myself. By the third day of not eating or drinking, he needs to be hospitalized, it's the second day now. I am going to stay put here in the city, and tomorrow morning call 911 for them. I told them to pinch him, see how long it takes the skin to go back. If the skin doesn't bounce back, he is dehydrated. Needs fluids. Get him to the ****ing hospital, it's not that complicated.
Sorry, Bobbi, you never seem to catch a break.
Mmmm, I'm drinking a 3+ yr old Russian Imperial Stout. I bottled it January 2010. It is exquisite. Last of the batch. I wish you all could join me.
I just milled my grains for tomorrow morning's brew. I'm doing a Pale Ale and a Cali Common. Played a bit with recipes to fit them into the grains and hops I had on hand. Drank a couple of my Belgian Vanilla Porters before, so I'm light right now.
Happy Friday everyone. For your late night soundtrack, a scoop of The Cars.
It's so easy to blow up your problems
It's so easy to play up your breakdown
It's so easy to fly through a window
It's so easy to fool with the sound
I just milled my grains for tomorrow morning's brew. I'm doing a Pale Ale and a Cali Common. Played a bit with recipes to fit them into the grains and hops I had on hand. Drank a couple of my Belgian Vanilla Porters before, so I'm light right now.
Happy Friday everyone. For your late night soundtrack, a scoop of The Cars.
It's so easy to blow up your problems
It's so easy to play up your breakdown
It's so easy to fly through a window
It's so easy to fool with the sound
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![Craft A Brew - Safale BE-256 Yeast - Fermentis - Belgian Ale Dry Yeast - For Belgian & Strong Ales - Ingredients for Home Brewing - Beer Making Supplies - [3 Pack]](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51bcKEwQmWL._SL500_.jpg)
bottlebomber
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I brewed a massive RIS a couple weeks ago which is all intended for long term aging. I'm going to do it all fancy with labels made etc. It came in at 1.115. The name of the brew is These Men are Cowards 
I'm going to make a label with this dude featured. It's going to be a lot of fun.
I'm going to make a label with this dude featured. It's going to be a lot of fun.
The RIS. So tasty. If I knew it was going to be this good after 3 years I'd have brewed more.
bottlebomber
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Looks great, jet black just like I like em. I leaned heavily on the dark grains for mine, and it came in at 65 SRM. Even a drop of it looks black. No burnt flavor though, it actually tastes a lot like molasses in a good way. Sort of like a snicker doodle. Quite the grain bill as well.
20.00 lbs 75.76 % Rahr 2-Row
0.80 lbs 3.03 % Dingemans Special B
0.80 lbs 3.03 % Rahr Red Wheat
0.70 lbs 2.65 % Carafa III
0.60 lbs 2.27 % Aromatic Malt
0.50 lbs 1.89 % Briess 2-Row Caramel 40L
0.25 lbs 0.95 % Briess 2-Row Caramel 120L
0.50 lbs 1.89 % Briess Roasted Barley
0.25 lbs 0.95 % Briess Chocolate
1.00 lbs 3.79 % Dingeman's De-Bittered Black Malt
1.00 lbs 3.79 % Dememera Sugar
20.00 lbs 75.76 % Rahr 2-Row
0.80 lbs 3.03 % Dingemans Special B
0.80 lbs 3.03 % Rahr Red Wheat
0.70 lbs 2.65 % Carafa III
0.60 lbs 2.27 % Aromatic Malt
0.50 lbs 1.89 % Briess 2-Row Caramel 40L
0.25 lbs 0.95 % Briess 2-Row Caramel 120L
0.50 lbs 1.89 % Briess Roasted Barley
0.25 lbs 0.95 % Briess Chocolate
1.00 lbs 3.79 % Dingeman's De-Bittered Black Malt
1.00 lbs 3.79 % Dememera Sugar
Here's mine. I just clipped it from my Beersmith page. 12 gallon recipe . 8.4% ABV
[edit] it's not pilsner malt, it was pale malt.
[edit] it's not pilsner malt, it was pale malt.
SharonaZamboni
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BobbiLynn said:
It sounds like the chemo is really doing a number on him. It's too bad he can't/won't take fluids. Any little dehydration just makes you feel a hundred times worse than you should.
bottlebomber
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passedpawn said:
Looks good PP.. That's a whole buncha oats. I wanted to drop a pound of flaked barley in mine, but I was somehow out. I swear I had 2 bags...
brewingmeister
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Isn't that always the case? Haven't been saving too much in the last couple years. I don't save beers because I prefer hop foreword brews but I've got a few meads that have a decade or so on them. The traditional non melomel meads age damn well if you can wait it out.
Does the melomel style present a problem for that kind of aging?
brewingmeister
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Yeah...well, kind of. I find the melomel meads are best not aged that long. I would say the sweet spot for a melomel is around 4 yrs. I had some the other week that is sitting on, I believe, 5yrs and while it is incredibly smooth it has lost too much of the fruit flavor. Not that the drink is bad it's just that I've gone through the trouble, time, and expense of adding the fruit and it just doesn't seem to show through when it gets extended aging.
Interesting. Do you happen to remember if it was stored in clear or tinted glass?
It seems odd to me that aging melomel would result in a drop in the fruit flavor when many fruit wines are aged for fairly significant lengths of time.
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I actually use a multitude of bottle types but they are all inside boxes so they don't see light.
That's a valid point on the fruit wines but a melomel is mostly honey and just flavored with the fruit. It does get super smooth and it is still a great drink but when the fruit isn't the sole base I've found in many melomels after 4 years the fruit wanes. Lately I've been putting less into bottles to save and adding more fruit...it may age better but I may never know.
Ok, so that would probably eliminate UV degradation then. It's an interesting point to poke at. I wonder if using a fruit juice concentrate would be advisable, or maybe take advantage of the protein stabilization from autolysis that's used be some aged champagnes.
Honestly though, I'm way to impatient to do the experimentation with such a long return time.
BobbiLynn
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Hubby is back in the hospital tonight, on IV fluids, just as I predicted. It took 5 family members to coax him into the car, to take him to the emergency room. 5 of them and only one of me. How do they think I am supposed to do it by myself? Watching him suffer is painful to me, I can't deal with it anymore.
Thunder_Chicken
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Man, I'm wishing I had some nice cheese and sausage to nosh on right now. I've got some horseradish mustard that really needs a good home. Reading the food forums on HBT always illustrates how dull my grocery list is.
Hey late nighters, I just began a two gallon batch of Yooper's banana wine. It is cooling now. To my horror, I just realized I am out of wine yeast. I have 2 packets of Safale US-05, bread yeast and rice yeast balls.
Should I:
1. Leave it in the fermenter and pitch wine yeast tomorrow when the LHBS opens
2. Pitch an US-05 left it start the ferment then pitch the wine yeast tomorrow
3. Pitch the bread yeast
4. Pitch a couple yeast balls
5. Pitch the wort (not really an option).
Thanks!
Should I:
1. Leave it in the fermenter and pitch wine yeast tomorrow when the LHBS opens
2. Pitch an US-05 left it start the ferment then pitch the wine yeast tomorrow
3. Pitch the bread yeast
4. Pitch a couple yeast balls
5. Pitch the wort (not really an option).
Thanks!
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Just logged in, looks like everybody else has a life and something better to do. Lone wolf again.
The Ris looks splendid. Very yummy.
Bobbi, you get through it one day at a time. Some days are better than others. You are aware, I have never gone through what you and your husband are enduring so my bold words of wisdom are easier said than done. But listening to you talk these last few months, I believe that is what you have been doing. One day at a time. You have displayed strength like I've never known; strength maybe you didn't know you had. The two of you have faced life struggling challenges more than any person should ever have to.
Tomorrow is another day and each one gets harder and harder. You did right spending time with your son and meeting new friends. You have been the soul caretaker through an horrendous time. Your body, heart and mind need the rejuvenation. If you didn't take that time, you'd not be helpful at all. We're only human and can only take so much until we meet a breaking point.
Hang in there BobbiLynn.
With love and respect,
Dan
The Ris looks splendid. Very yummy.
Bobbi, you get through it one day at a time. Some days are better than others. You are aware, I have never gone through what you and your husband are enduring so my bold words of wisdom are easier said than done. But listening to you talk these last few months, I believe that is what you have been doing. One day at a time. You have displayed strength like I've never known; strength maybe you didn't know you had. The two of you have faced life struggling challenges more than any person should ever have to.
Tomorrow is another day and each one gets harder and harder. You did right spending time with your son and meeting new friends. You have been the soul caretaker through an horrendous time. Your body, heart and mind need the rejuvenation. If you didn't take that time, you'd not be helpful at all. We're only human and can only take so much until we meet a breaking point.
Hang in there BobbiLynn.
With love and respect,
Dan
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Hey LRB!
Guess I'm not the only one up right now. Think I saw BBL earlier. Wish I could answer your question but I don't know jack squat about wine making.
Hey LRB!
Guess I'm not the only one up right now. Think I saw BBL earlier. Wish I could answer your question but I don't know jack squat about wine making.
Yep, its kinda quiet here tonight. I'm sure the wine will be okay. I just keep looking in my fridge wondering where the yeast packet went. I don't recall using it. Maybe I never bought it.
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Well then, maybe you just thought about buying it, was nearly ready to buy it, talked about buying but never did. I do this often in things I mean to talk to my wife about. Then we talk and I say remember I told you about such and such.. She says know you didn't. I'm not sure if it's her memory or mine, or our communication skills that are lacking.
Whoops, that sounded almost deep.
