Beer thread
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@tim said in Beer thread:
@crucial said in Beer thread:
very soft water
The best contract brewers in Europe use electrochemical treatment of their water to get the right mineral content. Shouldn't be particularly expensive. Especially as it is crucial to the flavour of a good lager.
Many brewers will change the Ph levels of water to suit the brew but just as fairly others want the uniqueness of their water profile to affect the brew and make their product different.
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@crucial Not just pH. Selective adjustment of the concentration of different ions.
Ultimately it's probably easier to just run the local water through a Reverse Osmosis Membrane and then add back the salts. Good practice if you want to create a nice Helles, Pilsner, or Kolsch. They really do have a lot of experience over there.
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@tim said in Beer thread:
@crucial Not just pH. Selective adjustment of the concentration of different ions.
Ultimately it's probably easier to just run the local water through a Reverse Osmosis Membrane and then add back the salts. Good practice if you want to create a nice Helles, Pilsner, or Kolsch. They really do have a lot of experience over there.
I guess my point is that is fine if you want to create a clone or if your available inputs are so different they completely change the style. Clones are boring.
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@hooroo said in Beer thread:
@dogmeat said in Beer thread:
@hooroo you still drink Waikato?
Yes. That is generally in the fridge as I can have a few and not feel ropey. Also I can have 4 pints of Waikato st the pub and drive where if I have craft beer I can’t.
Even four of those 'beers' is a bit risky with the limit being 250 these days.
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@mn5 said in Beer thread:
@hooroo said in Beer thread:
@dogmeat said in Beer thread:
@hooroo you still drink Waikato?
Yes. That is generally in the fridge as I can have a few and not feel ropey. Also I can have 4 pints of Waikato st the pub and drive where if I have craft beer I can’t.
Even four of those 'beers' is a bit risky with the limit being 250 these days.
Not when you’re a fat fluffybunny. I have have been breath tested more than once with four or five pints and passed.
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@hooroo said in Beer thread:
I have four or five pints and (so am) a fat fluffybunny.Drew the obvious conclusion for you mate ....
I wouldn't want to drive after that much unless I had consumed them over several hours. The guidelines suggest 6 hours to be certain (for a non Jabba sized fluffybunny). I know they are massively conservative but ...
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@dogmeat said in Beer thread:
@hooroo said in Beer thread:
I have four or five pints and (so am) a fat fluffybunny.Drew the obvious conclusion for you mate ....
I wouldn't want to drive after that much unless I had consumed them over several hours. The guidelines suggest 6 hours to be certain (for a non Jabba sized fluffybunny). I know they are massively conservative but ...
I hear you and my post was misleading. It isn't 4 or 5 pints rather 4 or 5 handles, so two 1 litre jugs equiv.
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@hooroo said in Beer thread:
@mn5 said in Beer thread:
@hooroo said in Beer thread:
@dogmeat said in Beer thread:
@hooroo you still drink Waikato?
Yes. That is generally in the fridge as I can have a few and not feel ropey. Also I can have 4 pints of Waikato st the pub and drive where if I have craft beer I can’t.
Even four of those 'beers' is a bit risky with the limit being 250 these days.
Not when you’re a fat fluffybunny. I have have been breath tested more than once with four or five pints and passed.
wait, i think i saw you on a drink drive ad in the 90s, something about country roads, and taking a keg to get you pissed?
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@mariner4life said in NZ Politics:
I am just astounded at how much smokes cost. And booze in this country is out of control as well.
Not if you homebrew
was in town at the weekend for a rare night out. Bought a beer at a pub. Not even half a litre (a small handle - probably 440 or something like that).
Sixteen farking dollars. I almost choked.
Reminded me why I homebrew ...
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@nzzp said in NZ Politics:
@mariner4life said in NZ Politics:
I am just astounded at how much smokes cost. And booze in this country is out of control as well.
Not if you homebrew
was in town at the weekend for a rare night out. Bought a beer at a pub. Not even half a litre (a small handle - probably 440 or something like that).
Sixteen farking dollars. I almost choked.
Reminded me why I homebrew ...
oh god, home brewers. The worst of the beer piston wristed gibbons. Taste my brew. Isn't it great? It's based on an American Pale Ale. You'll get hints of citrus yadda yadda. And it only costs me $20 a carton mate. Best thing i ever did. You should do it too.
Yea fuck off mate, i'll let the experts do their thing.
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@mariner4life said in NZ Politics:
Yea fuck off mate, i'll let the experts do their thing.
Nothing like the Codys Appreciation Society
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@nzzp said in NZ Politics:
@mariner4life said in NZ Politics:
Yea fuck off mate, i'll let the experts do their thing.
Nothing like the Codys Appreciation Society
what's a Cody? I thought that was a pre-mix Bourbon?
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@mariner4life said in NZ Politics:
@nzzp said in NZ Politics:
@mariner4life said in NZ Politics:
Yea fuck off mate, i'll let the experts do their thing.
Nothing like the Codys Appreciation Society
what's a Cody? I thought that was a pre-mix Bourbon?
Is he trying to insinuate that you are a beer philistine? Don't worry, I still drink Corona and Speights along with my Garage project stuff, which is as far as I'll venture into craft beer land
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@nzzp said in NZ Politics:
@jegga said in NZ Politics:
Forget about Isis and Ebola beer nerds are the scourge of the 21st century.
I am now smelling my beer
For other readers, this is a reference to an excellent Clickhole piece:
Before I take a sip of beer, I smell the beer, and while I smell the beer, I turn to the person next to me and say, “I am smelling the beer.”
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@tim said in NZ Politics:
@nzzp said in NZ Politics:
@jegga said in NZ Politics:
Forget about Isis and Ebola beer nerds are the scourge of the 21st century.
I am now smelling my beer
For other readers, this is a reference to an excellent Clickhole piece:
Before I take a sip of beer, I smell the beer, and while I smell the beer, I turn to the person next to me and say, “I am smelling the beer.”
My wife turns to me when we have a beer, and says I am now smelling the beer
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@canefan said in NZ Politics:
@mariner4life said in NZ Politics:
@nzzp said in NZ Politics:
@mariner4life said in NZ Politics:
Yea fuck off mate, i'll let the experts do their thing.
Nothing like the Codys Appreciation Society
what's a Cody? I thought that was a pre-mix Bourbon?
Is he trying to insinuate that you are a beer philistine? Don't worry, I still drink Corona and Speights along with my Garage project stuff, which is as far as I'll venture into craft beer land
I had my first Garage project beer the other day and it was bloody awesome, might be something to this craft beer industry.