Purity of homebrew vs Big Corp ingredients

[Bramling Cross]

How has the brew gone?

Trying to inject some seriousness to a thread that has little hope

I'm kegging a Bock tomorrow. Gravity is perfect. All grain recipe and as far as I know no poison substances in it, but with the ABV it doesn't really matter.

Your point is a good one. We've jacked this thread up good and proper. Aw, nuts.

I've never had the courage to brew a Bock. As a West Coast native, most German bottled beers were so badly handled by the time they made their way to us that I never really got a taste for them. Bocks were particularly bad, all caramel sweetness, dark, and general nastyness. Now that I've learned to brew German-style beers I've become much more enthusiastic about German beers, I'm even considering brewing a Bock-strength beer--albeit a fizzy yellow swill version. Think of it as an 1890 Mississippi Valley version of a bock. I hope yours turns out great and I wish you the best of luck with it!

Regarding today's brew, about four hours post pitch I'm getting slow bubbles on the airlock and the TILT says I'm down one point despite being at 64F. Imperial Pub is amazing stuff. Don't ask me to pick between Pub and 34/70 as my desert island strain.

 

[mac_1103]

We've jacked this thread up good and proper. Aw, nuts.

Well if ever a thread deserved jacking... then again, I've heard that deserve's got nothin' to do with it.

 

[Bramling Cross]

Aware that the Mods will likely nuke this diversion, play stupid games...

 

[jschein]

‘Notice Brews the marketing racket known as the beaujolais nouveau race held in the City of London every year, to get the first pressing from a very average table wine from France’

Food for thought from another site

 

[OakIslandBrewery]

Aware that the Mods will likely nuke this diversion, play stupid games...

I'm surprised this thread wasn't blocked, deleted or shutdown many posts ago. I don't know what else to say here but I am disappointed to how it has progressed.

We are a good group with lots of solid advice to share. Enough said . . .

 

[Brew_Dude41]

Right, but there's significantly more dihydrogen monoxide in LME. DME is way more pure.

Ever try bumping a line of LME? That's right, you can't.

Sounds like a challenge...
I bet if I get it heated up a bit, maybe 160 F or so, it would be much easier.

 

[Brew_Dude41]

I'm surprised this thread wasn't blocked, deleted or shutdown many posts ago. I don't know what else to say here but I am disappointed to how it has progressed.

We are a good group with lots of solid advice to share. Enough said . . .

Have you seen the 'please delete' thread?

 

[Bramling Cross]

‘Notice Brews the marketing racket known as the beaujolais nouveau race held in the City of London every year, to get the first pressing from a very average table wine from France’

Food for thought from another site

This is clearly the best post in this thread. The beaugolais nouveau race, apart from being absolute murder to spell, is something worth knowing about.

 

[sibelman]

no poison substances in it, but with the ABV it doesn't really matter.

This is potentially the serious issue lurking in this multiply hijacked thread: just because ethanol is a toxin doesn't mean that other toxins don't matter - especially cumulative ones. <sigh>

 

[sibelman]

beaugolais nouveau

Beaugeau/bogo nouveau/nuvo

 

[Bramling Cross]

This is potentially the serious issue lurking in this multiply hijacked thread: just because ethanol is a toxin doesn't mean that other toxins don't matter - especially cumulative ones. <sigh>

Fine, we'll fall in line and play nice.*

*This is why I left PDX for the East Coast.

 

[Brew_Dude41]

This is potentially the serious issue lurking in this multiply hijacked thread: just because ethanol is a toxin doesn't mean that other toxins don't matter - especially cumulative ones. <sigh>

I won't disagree that hidden toxins could be a concern. In fact, in I the spirit of OP, I question why there are not more stringent labeling requirements. I can proudly say I will throw on my tin foil hat at times and question many (MANY) government rules and initiatives-mostly in the debates forums.
I would hope that we can dive into find a way to label what strain of yeast is being used, not so I can replicate it, but so I can figure out if it is a strain that my freind can enjoy with out breaking into hives.
I also see the value to the producer to not share that information. I see alot of cans listing the ingredients clearly on their cans. I have even seen a few that list the recipe by % and a few that do list a yeast such as kivek.
Are there some unscrupulous companies brewing out, sure, but that is universal regardless of product, country of origin or regulations surrounding it. Nobody is above reproach or question.
The truth is out there.

 

[mac_1103]

so I can figure out if it is a strain that my freind can enjoy with out breaking into hives.

Your friend has strain-specific yeast allergies?

 

[robint]

Woah Brewsters, OP here, the hive is really humming, glad to be of service rattling cages. Must be some wacky worts out there.
BTW
I have some Purple Haze brewing just now 1060 og heh heh.

In my neighbourhood most guys have turned their garden sheds over to growing plants KWIM. Its all Vape shops and nail bars in my high st, not a homebrew shop for a 100 miles. Thats why I have to get creative.

Let the foment resume

 

[sibelman]

we'll fall in line and play nice

And make sure you call Colin the Chicken by his correct name!

Edit: this is a somewhat obscure reference to Portlandia by Carrie Brownstein and Fred Armisen.

 

[Brew_Dude41]

Your friend has strain-specific yeast allergies?

That is her theory or what she has come up with in her research/ experience. Miller light is good, but some others will make her itchy and sometimes hive the next day. Some others have her in hives within hours.
Not sure if it was tested, just what she claims.
Having access to that data on the cans would make for easy testing with different beers of the same yeast and the different yeasts to see what is truly triggering a reaction.

 

[Bramling Cross]

And make sure you call Colin the Chicken by his correct name!

Edit: this is a somewhat obscure reference to Portlandia by Carrie Brownstein and Fred Armisen.

Well played.

Honestly, although I left PDX maybe fifteen years before the show aired, I could never watch Portlandia. Ugh, *shudder,* I knew those people! They nailed it. Far, far, far too close to the bone!

 

[KangerBrew6]

I know this thread is about beer, but having worked in the wine industry for many years and seen what organic nasties (matter other than grapes) manage to get into the play, I'm sort of thankful for pottassium metabisulfite to protect the process from evil. It's all about battling spoilage bacteria cheaply and producing a clean product. History is full of failures who adulterate a simple product that has been around since Moses coached the Sinai Seconds.

 

[robint]

@KangerBrew6 remember the urban legend about farmhouse cider (scrumpie) and how a dead rat would be thrown into the wort to make the brew smoother?

 

[robint]

@sibelman That was cruel infecting me with Portlandia, I am too small to maul
Holy Guano Batman strange goings on in Orgon?

I recovered from Parks and Recreation and April Ludgate's weird urges. I had a GF like that from South Dakota 2 dimensional life sized cardboard cutout. Arm candy? Scary.

Homebrew restores your sanitation

 

[MaxStout]

Well played.

Honestly, although I left PDX maybe fifteen years before

I wondered where that guy went.

 

[OakIslandBrewery]

I wondered where that guy went.

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More importantly, where can someone get some bagpipes like that? That would be a nice touch for the holidays!

 

[Brew_Dude41]

More importantly, where can someone get some bagpipes like that? That would be a nice touch for the holidays!

Can you imagine that guy opening up for the St. Patty's bash @ 5 am?

 

[OakIslandBrewery]

Can you imagine that guy opening up for the St. Patty's bash @ 5 am?

Anytime before sunrise would certainly be spectacular!

 

[OakIslandBrewery]

I wondered where that guy went.

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Interesting guy and how he came to be the "UniPiper".


https://www.unipiper.com/home