What are you drinking now?

[BUCKNUTS]

Last night.
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Iced coffee today.

Good lord. Can I come hang out with you?

 

[mcbaumannerb]

merther flerkin' cawfeh like a champ! papers signed yesterday, it's our house. I bought a new machete to celebrate.

Congrats!

Can I quote you on this when you start whining about the cold this winter?

I said fall, not winter. Not that you'll here me complain much then since I like winter.

Water while waiting for the water to heat so I can press my coffee.

 

[Hello]

@BUCKNUTS if you'd like. We try to do a share each month. I actually didn't even break open a great bottle because we had so much great stuff already. The Bruery Sourrento was most amazing. It's a Society released beer, so I doubt I'd get my hands on it, but I love that beer. Top 3 were Cantillon, that Sourrento and Apocalypse Cow (thanks @patrickgoss ) That Brooklyn was a total ****ing drain pour for me. Glad I didn't cave and blow $23 on it. It tasted like saline solution and rubbing alcohol.

 

[Fedora]

Congrats, Billy.

Terrible coffee, beautiful morning.

 

[BUCKNUTS]

@BUCKNUTS if you'd like. We try to do a share each month. I actually didn't even break open a great bottle because we had so much great stuff already. The Bruery Sourrento was most amazing. It's a Society released beer, so I doubt I'd get my hands on it, but I love that beer. Top 3 were Cantillon, that Sourrento and Apocalypse Cow (thanks @patrickgoss ) That Brooklyn was a total ****ing drain pour for me. Glad I didn't cave and blow $23 on it. It tasted like saline solution and rubbing alcohol.

$23 bottle saline/rubbing alcohol? yikes. I like their Sorachi Ace but everything else I've had from them has been underwhelming so I stay away.

 

[TheCADJockey]

--> coffee

 

[Psylocide]

merther flerkin' cawfeh like a champ! papers signed yesterday, it's our house. I bought a new machete to celebrate.

Congrats man.

Full throttle... little tired this morning, but wife came home ready to go last night. The sacrifices I make.

 

[DisturbdChemist]

RIP boil kettle:

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Worst movers ever.
Also all the wine and whiskey was removed.

They stole your whiskey? WTF??

 

[banesong]

Can I quote you on this when you start whining about the cold this winter?

I like the cold! The only reason I would complain is if there is too much snow on the ground to actually allow me to get out and run. Less on the snow, so much, as when we get a whole heck of a lot of ice in a row.

@slym2none except do we have to hang out at the mall? I don't like malls. I like mall Chinese food though.
@W0GWT whoa! What the hell happened?

Last night.
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Iced coffee today.

Yikes. You seem to have hit the jackpot, again!

Cafe.

 

[PatrickGoss]

@BUCKNUTS if you'd like. We try to do a share each month. I actually didn't even break open a great bottle because we had so much great stuff already. The Bruery Sourrento was most amazing. It's a Society released beer, so I doubt I'd get my hands on it, but I love that beer. Top 3 were Cantillon, that Sourrento and Apocalypse Cow (thanks @patrickgoss ) That Brooklyn was a total ****ing drain pour for me. Glad I didn't cave and blow $23 on it. It tasted like saline solution and rubbing alcohol.

Glad you liked it. Usually some cow lingers in shelves for a while but not this year. I think the word is out. I saw very little in my town, glad I made the trip to Munster for cases of it! Still out already though.

Drinking sprite, sick, meh.

 

[onetoeddogbrewery]

@slym2none except do we have to hang out at the mall? I don't like malls. I like mall Chinese food though.
@W0GWT whoa! What the hell happened?

Last night.
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Iced coffee today.

I'll buy all the mall Chinese food if we can go to that bottle share afterward. Looks like a fun night.

Water and juice.

 

[SupervisingChildren]

merther flerkin' cawfeh like a champ! papers signed yesterday, it's our house. I bought a new machete to celebrate.

Congrats!

Coffee. If only it came with a side of motivation...

 

[CliffMongoloid]

Yes. I mashed with it. Roasted it in the oven, mixed it in my sparge water and mashed with it. Turned out pretty well. Beautiful color too.

if you mash i read there is a chance of stuck sparge- boil and i read you are left with a goopy mess at the bottom of the kettle- most say it dosent make much flavor at the end... i dont like pumpkin pie spice, clove or nutmeg all too much so i dont wanna add spices - i might mash and boil and say YOLO - i think im gonna roast for sure tho, thanks for the advice.

 

[BeerMeDuffMan]

I asked for a minibar refill. They didn't dissapoint

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[BeerMeDuffMan]

In the islands, mon?

Another hop lips, recycled pic. 0400 comes early.

Dominican Republic till wednesday

 

[Zekk]

Coffee while waiting on the baby to wake up for the day.

My plan for my pumpkin ale is to mash the pumpkin with a butt load if rice hulls, and to pray. Going to mash pretty thin.

 

[WesleyS]

if you mash i read there is a chance of stuck sparge- boil and i read you are left with a goopy mess at the bottom of the kettle- most say it dosent make much flavor at the end... i dont like pumpkin pie spice, clove or nutmeg all too much so i dont wanna add spices - i might mash and boil and say YOLO - i think im gonna roast for sure tho, thanks for the advice.

Not the same, but related. The guy who got me into home brewing and I brewed a sweet potato beer one time. This was only my third or fourth batch. We cubed the sweet potato and roasted it in the oven. Then put it all in a mesh bag (I think he made the bag himself and whatever material he used was a finer mesh than a grain bag) and we tossed the whole thing in the boil for I think the whole time. We actually got a lot of flavor from it and everyone who had that beer loved it. I'm sure the same could be done with pumpkin.

 

[unionrdr]

Diet lime Coke while heating some water for egg-drop ramen...

 

[BreezyBrew]

Not the same, but related. The guy who got me into home brewing and I brewed a sweet potato beer one time. This was only my third or fourth batch. We cubed the sweet potato and roasted it in the oven. Then put it all in a mesh bag (I think he made the bag himself and whatever material he used was a finer mesh than a grain bag) and we tossed the whole thing in the boil for I think the whole time. We actually got a lot of flavor from it and everyone who had that beer loved it. I'm sure the same could be done with pumpkin.

How'd that affect your SG, or had you figured that into your recipe? Since sweet potatoes are full of sugar, I'd think it could change it quite a bit if you used enough.

Drinking wata fo sho.

 

[DrunkleJon]

if you mash i read there is a chance of stuck sparge- boil and i read you are left with a goopy mess at the bottom of the kettle- most say it dosent make much flavor at the end... i dont like pumpkin pie spice, clove or nutmeg all too much so i dont wanna add spices - i might mash and boil and say YOLO - i think im gonna roast for sure tho, thanks for the advice.

Coffee while waiting on the baby to wake up for the day.

My plan for my pumpkin ale is to mash the pumpkin with a butt load if rice hulls, and to pray. Going to mash pretty thin.

Yep. Rice Hulls are your friend.

Water. I am losing my mind. I have started putting pictures of crying babies on random USB Thumb Drives in my office with names such as "Presentation", "Background", etc.

This is my favorite one so far.

 

[CliffMongoloid]

Not the same, but related. The guy who got me into home brewing and I brewed a sweet potato beer one time. This was only my third or fourth batch. We cubed the sweet potato and roasted it in the oven. Then put it all in a mesh bag (I think he made the bag himself and whatever material he used was a finer mesh than a grain bag) and we tossed the whole thing in the boil for I think the whole time. We actually got a lot of flavor from it and everyone who had that beer loved it. I'm sure the same could be done with pumpkin.

hmm do you think if i put canned pumpkin in a mesh bag of some type, maybe a paint strainer it would stay there for the boil? i wonder if you should boil the whole 60 or just last 10 or so...

to stay on topic i am drinking diet dew... its my dale call

 

[BrewinHooligan]

merther flerkin' cawfeh like a champ! papers signed yesterday, it's our house. I bought a new machete to celebrate.

Yeah buddy!!!
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[Psylocide]

hmm do you think if i put canned pumpkin in a mesh bag of some type, maybe a paint strainer it would stay there for the boil? i wonder if you should boil the whole 60 or just last 10 or so...

to stay on topic i am drinking diet dew... its my dale call

I don't know... the holes on a paint strainer are pretty big. Even doubled up.

I'm guessing the mesh wes is talking about is probably voile or some other such fabric. Voile is a see-through-ish fabric that is finely woven. Same fabric that wilserbrewer uses for the BIAB bags.

I just picked some up last week and MIL is sewing one up for my 20 gal kettle.

 

[BreezyBrew]

merther flerkin' cawfeh like a champ! papers signed yesterday, it's our house. I bought a new machete to celebrate.

Hell yes bruva!! We sign ours Sept. 4. Cannot wait.

 

[WesleyS]

How'd that affect your SG, or had you figured that into your recipe? Since sweet potatoes are full of sugar, I'd think it could change it quite a bit if you used enough.



Drinking wata fo sho.

That was so long ago and I was such a newb, I have no clue how much, if any, it changed the OG. I don't even think I have the recipe written down anywhere. We just took a holiday beer recipe from BYO and winged it with the sweet potato addition. I don't remember how many lbs we used, but it was quite a bit if I remember right.

hmm do you think if i put canned pumpkin in a mesh bag of some type, maybe a paint strainer it would stay there for the boil? i wonder if you should boil the whole 60 or just last 10 or so...



to stay on topic i am drinking diet dew... its my dale call

Not sure about that. With it already being in purée form, I almost want to say it wouldn't work the same. Either way, it'll settle out in the fermenter. When I brew something with a lot of solids, I also like to stir vigorously in a circle to get a good whirlpool going after my wort is chilled and then let it sit covered until everything settles out in the middle of the kettle, then siphon from the side slowly working downward as the level in the kettle drops. With that method a lot of solids get left behind with minimal amounts carried over into the fermenter.

 

[WesleyS]

I'm guessing the mesh wes is talking about is probably voile or some other such fabric. Voile is a see-through-ish fabric that is finely woven. Same fabric that wilserbrewer uses for the BIAB bags.

Yeah, that's probably it.

 

[blizzard]

Chai with a voodoo donut and a side of regret. #fat
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[mcbaumannerb]

if you mash i read there is a chance of stuck sparge- boil and i read you are left with a goopy mess at the bottom of the kettle- most say it dosent make much flavor at the end... i dont like pumpkin pie spice, clove or nutmeg all too much so i dont wanna add spices - i might mash and boil and say YOLO - i think im gonna roast for sure tho, thanks for the advice.

Last year I roasted pumpkins (cut in half, de-seeded) and yams and added them to the mash. Like a fool I forgot to get rice hulls and ended up having to use my old BIAB bag to get the wort since the sparge didn't get stuck - it never started. In the end though, much better flavor than the prior years batches when I used roasted canned pumpkin. If you wait a couple of weeks on brewing you should be able to find pumpkins to go that route.

Water.

 

[CliffMongoloid]

That was so long ago and I was such a newb, I have no clue how much, if any, it changed the OG. I don't even think I have the recipe written down anywhere. We just took a holiday beer recipe from BYO and winged it with the sweet potato addition. I don't remember how many lbs we used, but it was quite a bit if I remember right.




Not sure about that. With it already being in purée form, I almost want to say it wouldn't work the same. Either way, it'll settle out in the fermenter. When I brew something with a lot of solids, I also like to stir vigorously in a circle to get a good whirlpool going after my wort is chilled and then let it sit covered until everything settles out in the middle of the kettle, then siphon from the side slowly working downward as the level in the kettle drops. With that method a lot of solids get left behind with minimal amounts carried over into the fermenter.

thats a good point, ill most likely use this method-

Last year I roasted pumpkins (cut in half, de-seeded) and yams and added them to the mash. Like a fool I forgot to get rice hulls and ended up having to use my old BIAB bag to get the wort since the sparge didn't get stuck - it never started. In the end though, much better flavor than the prior years batches when I used roasted canned pumpkin. If you wait a couple of weeks on brewing you should be able to find pumpkins to go that route.

Water.

im doing a small batch to see if it worth scaling up- if i end up doing it again ill look into using the real thing

thanks for the input fellas. itll be nice to brew again - its been a lil bit.

 

[WesleyS]

thats a good point, ill most likely use this method-







im doing a small batch to see if it worth scaling up- if i end up doing it again ill look into using the real thing



thanks for the input fellas. itll be nice to brew again - its been a lil bit.

No problem, hope it works out for you.
Now that I have my one helpful comment for the year out of the way, I can go back to sarcasm, insults, and hating on soccer and English milds. If anyone else wants any serious advice from me, wait until the new year.