What are you drinking now?

[SupervisingChildren]

Coffee.

 

[banesong]

Water, weekly flogging meeting.

 

[finsfan]

Zombie Monkey made it here today. Surely it's out around you then. I missed it last year. It never hit the shelves there was so little.


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What?! I'm going to the liquor station as soon as they open this morning

 

[pointcity-homebrew]

Sorry I have been quiet lately, have been busy with testing at work and chores at home.

Drinking Vitamin water as I pack up the truck for a long weekend on the beach.

 

[unionrdr]

Tall glass of iced coffee with a bowl of brown rice cooked in fresh turkey broth with a turkey wing. Yum!

 

[podz]

It's like ten minutes before beer thirty. Going to fetch an irish stout now!

 

[DisturbdChemist]

Coffee/water at the moment. Planning out my next brew day plus what to do with my sours and barrel. Thinking making a peach sour and kiwi sour from my golden sour i have about ready. I need to email Avery about barrel use on sours. Next brew day will be a double lager day. Been wanting to go a lager in a while because the last/first lager i made killed my freezer. Cheap piece of crap

 

[Remmy]

H2o.

 

[Hello]

This thread just got serious ☺

sorry

hi-Nelson Saison w/Hibiscus...and Afrin No Drip Nasal Spray. So, a little less sweet, still get the grape, the wine, and more pepper than previously. The carb is nice...no overcarbed, but good. The Afrin may be affecting it a bit...not sure I'm getting the full aroma and flavor and the pepper may be accentuated. Should be asleep, but had to breathe first. Hoping the alcohol will ease me into dreamland.

Feeling better?


Water. It may only be 80F out but it feels hotter.

 

[mattmmille]

sorry


Feeling better?


Water. It may only be 80F out but it feels hotter.

I got up and helped get the kids off to school, had a cup of coffee and lay back down...boom...back to sleep until 11:00. In addition to the nose closing off last night, my right eye started burning and feeling scratched, so took the contacts out. Today, the eye feels like someone punched me. It's weird. I'm just going to chill mostly today. How about you? Did you get your respiratory infection or whatever was kicking your butt vanquished?

 

[DrunkleJon]

I got up and helped get the kids off to school, had a cup of coffee and lay back down...boom...back to sleep until 11:00. In addition to the nose closing off last night, my right eye started burning and feeling scratched, so took the contacts out. Today, the eye feels like someone punched me. It's weird. I'm just going to chill mostly today. How about you? Did you get your respiratory infection or whatever was kicking your butt vanquished?

Have brew day of extra hoppy IPA, lean over boiling wort, breathe slowly and deeply and let the antiseptic properties of the hops kill what ails you and the steam clear you out.

 

[Remmy]

Water. Gym. Punishing my shoulders. Lifts go up even with all the beer-drinking. Come get some. Smacked.

 

[DisturbdChemist]

Does any one know how to add vanilla bean and cocao to a beer without infecting it? Soak them in Vodka or boil them? This beer is for a wedding and I do not want it to get infected.

 

[DrunkleJon]

Most people soak in vodka as most of the compounds are alcohol soluable. Thats what good vanilla extract is in an alcohol base.

Eating a 1lb half smoke with guac, a blackbean relish, cheddar and hotsauce and drinking a water.

 

[mcbaumannerb]

+1 on the vodka. I've got 4 beans soaking right now for my pumpkin porter and it smells great.

 

[DisturbdChemist]

+1 on the vodka. I've got 4 beans soaking right now for my pumpkin porter and it smells great.

Both the bean and the chocolate? Also i'm sure you add the vodka to the beer right? Also think one bean will be enough for a 5 gallon batch of a coffee, choclate stout?

 

[Ridire]

Does any one know how to add vanilla bean and cocao to a beer without infecting it? Soak them in Vodka or boil them? This beer is for a wedding and I do not want it to get infected.

I have both boiled and used vodka for vanilla. I've never had an infection. The vodka, added to the fermenter during "secondary", has given me more vanilla flavor.

Cocao - I've only ever boiled cocao powder (twice)...again, no infections.

 

[hopbrad]

1 bean should be enough, cut it then slice it open longways and soak in vodka.
depending on the type of beer you can use different liquors. Ive used rum(dark and light), bourbon and vodka.

ive never done cacao powder, only done cacao beans. i roasted then smashed them (creating nibs) and soaked in vodka or light rum.

take a jar, pour about a inch or so above the vanilla or cacao and let sit for however many days you'd like, the longer the better. cacao soaks up some of the vodka so keep an eye on it and add more if needed.

Does any one know how to add vanilla bean and cocao to a beer without infecting it? Soak them in Vodka or boil them? This beer is for a wedding and I do not want it to get infected.

 

[BGBC]

I've used raw cacao nibs. Roast for a few min and then treat the same as vanilla bean (vodka or whiskey).

 

[SupervisingChildren]

Both the bean and the chocolate? Also i'm sure you add the vodka to the beer right? Also think one bean will be enough for a 5 gallon batch of a coffee, choclate stout?

+1 to soaking beans and nibs in vodka. I'd do 2 beans, and slice them down the middle.

Just finished a turkey club with a cherry coke.

 

[DisturbdChemist]

Thanks for the feed back. I think whiskey will probably be better in this beer. Some extra goodness.

 

[mattmmille]

Does any one know how to add vanilla bean and cocao to a beer without infecting it? Soak them in Vodka or boil them? This beer is for a wedding and I do not want it to get infected.

I did a stout recipe that used cocoa husks in the primary, nibs in the secondary...or was it husks in the boil and nibs in the primary? Anyway, I think I soaked the nibs in rum and definitely poured it all in...it was only a half cup or so.

 

[BreezyBrew]

Drinking ginger ale. Brewing a IIPA on Saturday with 18.5 lbs of grain for a 5 gallon batch. F yeah. Still can't decide if I'm going to add a small amount of dextrose.

 

[finsfan]

Perfect day for this. Got the grill fired up in the rain for a steak and pork chop lunch.

 

[CliffMongoloid]

afternoon coff-

off tomorrow and im gonna get up early and brew- just decided why? cause i can

all this talk of pumpkin beer is making me wanna try my hand at one, no spice style. This way ill have a oktoberfest and pumpkin beer for fall

 

[Remmy]

afternoon coff-

off tomorrow and im gonna get up early and brew- just decided why? cause i can

all this talk of pumpkin beer is making me wanna try my hand at one, no spice style. This way ill have a oktoberfest and pumpkin beer for fall

Do it. I remember my first pumpkin beer.

Brewing tomorrow as well. What do you have going on tomorrow?


On the water for the rest of the day.

 

[CliffMongoloid]

Do it. I remember my first pumpkin beer.

Brewing tomorrow as well. What do you have going on tomorrow?


On the water for the rest of the day.

nothing much man- just brewing in the AM-

Im gonna do 7.5 lbs 2 row , 2.5 munich- Cluster at 60 mins- mash with baking pumpkins (if i can find them) that were roasted in the oven - and put some in the boil also - just for **** -

 

[finsfan]

Lunch

 

[Hello]

I got up and helped get the kids off to school, had a cup of coffee and lay back down...boom...back to sleep until 11:00. In addition to the nose closing off last night, my right eye started burning and feeling scratched, so took the contacts out. Today, the eye feels like someone punched me. It's weird. I'm just going to chill mostly today. How about you? Did you get your respiratory infection or whatever was kicking your butt vanquished?

That eye thing is what I had but in both. Ooze from both eyes and stuck shut all night. I am about 75% better. Still on antibiotics, coughing so much that my ribs are killing me. Head is still fairly clogged & foggy but overall, I'm doing a heck of a lot better. Eyes water easily and there is minimal goop.
I hope you feel better soon.



Water right now.

 

[Remmy]

The full-screen images on this website are making me thirsty for some beer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I want to reach through the screen and grab those pints.

http://mainequarterly.com/beer/