The Dysfunctional-Palooza Obnoxious Masshole BS Thread

[Cape Brewing]

Thanks Yoop... we’re still trying to figure out what we want to do for the whole thing.

Our taproom is only a hair over 20 min from Providence and we’re thinking about doing some kind of event (AHA is asking breweries to do that sort of stuff as well). Discounting beer in any way is illegal in Mass so we can do a “come grab a free pint” deal or anything like that... but maybe a cookout “for AHA members” or something like that.

We’ll see.

 

[paulthenurse]

Nice. I kept on telling to go do something but she insisted. I think she was hoping to see me explode in the decompression chamber. God knows she took enough pictures of my arse asleep inside the thing. That and knitted. So you can see why I owe her.

We're going to Alsace, over to the east of Paris. Fly into Paris, first day or two in Reims, the home of champagne, then Alsace for a week for the Rieslings and Gewertz. Al is halfway through her Master Sommalier courses, she says with a straight face that we're going there "for research."

She can take all the notes she wants. I don't intend to be slowed down by such detail. I'm not some highbrow expert. I'm just burdened with the curse of the Irish. Thirst.

 

[smurfjuice]

Brush is done ... yay me.

 

[paulthenurse]

Brush is done ... yay me.

Yay you. I bought a thatchah and an aeratah to tow around behind the tractah then ripped the hell out of the yahd. $250 bucks worth of seeds and chemicals later I’m done like dinnah.

 

[Dland]

Some people put too many chemicals in their lawns. Anyway, with this cold wet spring you should get good germination without having to water too much.

Yard work wise, I still have not done a fall clean up on my own place, and the driveway is full of bark and chips from dropping a couple big oaks this winter.

Seem to have a mental block for working on my yard, and I won't use the crew here when we are buried with paying work.

 

[paulthenurse]

Only lime and starter fertilizer. Nothing crazy.

 

[paulthenurse]

Poison ivy on my damned arm from burning/cleanup the other day. I REALLY hate that sh!t.

 

[smurfjuice]

 

[Dland]

Really got to be careful burning that stuff. Have heard you can even get it in your lungs. The live vine wood has more of the active irritant than even fresh leaves, kind of pays to be able to ID them year round.

Best way to deal with it is selectively spray green leaves with glyphosate (round up) when they have achieved full size. Then let vine decay in place, at least for a season, to let the oils dissipate. Don't just spray whole area for a number of reasons, but get some on as many PI leaves as you can see.

Tecnu "extreme" is somewhat effective for dealing with it once you have rash. Of course there are more extreme measures than that.

 

[smurfjuice]

I believe a bleach/water mix will do the same ...

 

[paulthenurse]

Yup. It was old, dead vines from the back corner jungle area. Roundup’ed a year or two ago and left. Thought I’d stripped off all the vines, guess I missed some. Haven’t gotten rashed in a few years. Overdue.

 

[Dland]

I believe a bleach/water mix will do the same ...

Gasoline works too,({; ) but rubbing alcohol would be less toxic choice.

 

[Cape Brewing]

Def go gasoline... preferably near a toaster oven... so it dries.

 

[the_bird]

What, no Star-San? Iodophor?

 

[bob1852]

Def go gasoline... preferably near a toaster* oven... so it dries.

*half built pizza

 

[Cape Brewing]

I stand corrected... good catch..

Although any open flame would do

 

[day_trippr]

It's New England Night on the toob, with the Sox and B's playing followed by Brady on Kimmel with Damon and The Mighty Mighty Bosstones...

 

[day_trippr]

fwiw, Big Brew Day at Strangebrew tomorrow. Probably gonna be a soggy start to it, but on the up side the brew pub is coming along (saw a pair of freshly refurbed full size pool tables there yesterday) and there should be plenty on tap...

Cheers

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

I hope there are open by August.

 

[day_trippr]

Brian and his business partner (name escapes me) think they'll be pretty much up and running in a couple of weeks. I dunno, there's plumbing involved and for some reason that seems to progress at a more glacial pace. We'll see.

I just hope they get their homebrew ingredients stock back up to functional levels...

 

[Cape Brewing]

Anyone got any idea what to do with five gallons of 110 proof go-blind-juice?

Open to suggestions

 

[bob1852]

Anyone got any idea what to do with five gallons of 110 proof go-blind-juice?

Open to suggestions

Water Paul's poison ivy.

 

[TheDudeLebowski]

Sox! World Series!!!

 

[Dland]

110 p blind juice might help you think that.

 

[TheDudeLebowski]

Do some kind of macerated fruit on dessert. Cherries, apricot, plum, berries

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Light it up!

 

[TheDudeLebowski]

Exactly. 110 proof? That's just a little tingling on the b*lls

 

[HoppyDaze]

Aftershave?

 

[Cape Brewing]

Do some kind of macerated fruit on dessert. Cherries, apricot, plum, berries

That’s what I was thinking.... we’ll see

 

[day_trippr]

Is that what happened to that last Utopia batch?