Beer!

[lemit]

I started looking at the video with the thought running through my mind that a lot of arm wrestling is understanding and controlling the opponent. The video certainly confirmed that.

 

Thanks for posting that. I love it.

 

--lemit

[freeztar]

Beer...I love it!

 

I'm not a snob, I'll drink any beer so long as it is unopened and is actually beer. ('Hard Mike' can take his lemonade to Canada!)

 

Bitter beer is great. Hops really characterize a beer for me. It's a bit like tannins in coffee and wine. Sometimes you want a beer that bites back.

 

I'm perfectly fine with PBR or MGD, but as an afficianado, I do love tasting different, and sometimes strange flavors (chili beer anyone?).

 

My top three would probably come down to these (for various reasons):

1. Franziskaner Weissbier

2. Newcastle Brown Ale

3. Olympia 'Stubbies'

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WOOOOOOOOO!!!HOOOOOOOOO!!!!! Is Friday.....which mean BEERDAAAAAY! YAAAAAaaay!

 

I've gots plenty for dis weekend...will have to get something special for the long weekend next week (4-days for me five for those headin out for the first day of deer huntin).

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Makin beer bread today..... I think....wonder if it be possible to with a longer sit time get the few remaining sous in the beer to do the inflation without adding additional fresh yeast......hmmmmmm...wonder if I should flatten the bier first or use the fizz for lift as well.....perhaps a bit o beer history whilst I dig moire into this...

 

WIKI- Beer was spread through Europe by Germanic and Celtic tribes as far back as 3000 BC,[15] and it was mainly brewed on a domestic scale.[16] The product that the early Europeans drank might not be recognised as beer by most people today. Alongside the basic starch source, the early European beers might contain fruits, honey, numerous types of plants, spices and other substances such as narcotic herbs.[17] What they did not contain was hops, as that was a later addition first mentioned in Europe around 822 by a Carolingian Abbot[18] and again in 1067 by Abbess Hildegard of Bingen.[19]

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This seems really important to have here as well (can't forget homebrewin as a source of alcohol induced bliss sidez it's good to have an idea of what went into yer brew)

WIKI- Ingredients

Malted barley before roasting

 

The basic ingredients of beer are water; a starch source, such as malted barley, able to be fermented (converted into alcohol); a brewer's yeast to produce the fermentation; and a flavouring such as hops.[33] A mixture of starch sources may be used, with a secondary starch source, such as maize (corn), rice or sugar, often being termed an adjunct, especially when used as a lower-cost substitute for malted barley.[34] Less widely used starch sources include millet, sorghum and cassava root in Africa, potato in Brazil, and agave in Mexico, among others.[35] The amount of each starch source in a beer recipe is collectively called the grain bill.

Water

 

Beer is composed mostly of water. Regions have water with different mineral components; as a result, different regions were originally better suited to making certain types of beer, thus giving them a regional character.[36] For example, Dublin has hard water well suited to making stout, such as Guinness; while Pilzen has soft water well suited to making pale lager, such as Pilsner Urquell.[36] The waters of Burton in England contain gypsum, which benefits making pale ale to such a degree that brewers of pale ales will add gypsum to the local water in a process known as Burtonisation.[37]

Starch source

Main articles: Malt and Mash ingredients

 

The starch source in a beer provides the fermentable material and is a key determinant of the strength and flavour of the beer. The most common starch source used in beer is malted grain. Grain is malted by soaking it in water, allowing it to begin germination, and then drying the partially germinated grain in a kiln. Malting grain produces enzymes that convert starches in the grain into fermentable sugars.[38] Different roasting times and temperatures are used to produce different colours of malt from the same grain. Darker malts will produce darker beers.[39]

 

Nearly all beer includes barley malt as the majority of the starch. This is because of its fibrous husk, which is not only important in the sparging stage of brewing (in which water is washed over the mashed barley grains to form the wort), but also as a rich source of amylase, a digestive enzyme which facilitates conversion of starch into sugars. Other malted and unmalted grains (including wheat, rice, oats, and rye, and less frequently, corn and sorghum) may be used. In recent years, a few brewers have produced gluten-free beer made with sorghum with no barley malt for those who cannot consume gluten-containing grains like wheat, barley, and rye.[40]

Hops

Main article: Hops

 

Flavouring beer is the sole major commercial use of hops.[41] The flower of the hop vine is used as a flavouring and preservative agent in nearly all beer made today. The flowers themselves are often called "hops".

Hop cone in a Hallertau, Germany, hop yard

 

Hops were used by monastery breweries, such as Corvey in Westphalia, Germany, from 822 AD,[20][42] though the date normally given for widespread cultivation of hops for use in beer is the thirteenth century.[20][42] Before the thirteenth century, and until the sixteenth century, during which hops took over as the dominant flavouring, beer was flavoured with other plants; for instance, Glechoma hederacea. Combinations of various aromatic herbs, berries, and even ingredients like wormwood would be combined into a mixture known as gruit and used as hops are now used.[43] Some beers today, such as Fraoch' by the Scottish Heather Ales company[44] and Cervoise Lancelot by the French Brasserie-Lancelot company,[45] use plants other than hops for flavouring.

 

Hops contain several characteristics that brewers desire in beer. Hops contribute a bitterness that balances the sweetness of the malt; the bitterness of beers is measured on the International Bitterness Units scale. Hops contribute floral, citrus, and herbal aromas and flavours to beer. Hops have an antibiotic effect that favours the activity of brewer's yeast over less desirable microorganisms, and hops aids in "head retention",[46][47] the length of time that a foamy head created by carbonation will last. The acidity of hops is a preservative.[48][49]

Yeast

Main articles: Brewer's yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, and Saccharomyces uvarum

 

Yeast is the microorganism that is responsible for fermentation in beer. Yeast metabolises the sugars extracted from grains, which produces alcohol and carbon dioxide, and thereby turns wort into beer. In addition to fermenting the beer, yeast influences the character and flavour.[50] The dominant types of yeast used to make beer are ale yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) and lager yeast (Saccharomyces uvarum); their use distinguishes ale and lager.[51] Brettanomyces ferments lambics,[52] and Torulaspora delbrueckii ferments Bavarian weissbier.[53] Before the role of yeast in fermentation was understood, fermentation involved wild or airborne yeasts. A few styles such as lambics rely on this method today, but most modern fermentation adds pure yeast cultures

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Hmmmmm not really related....but.....

WIKI-yeast- Kombucha

A Kombucha culture fermenting in a jar

 

Yeast in symbiosis with acetic acid bacteria is used in the preparation of Kombucha, a fermented sweetened tea. Species of yeast found in the tea can vary, and may include: Brettanomyces bruxellensis, Candida stellata, Schizosaccharomyces pombe, Torulaspora delbrueckii and Zygosaccharomyces bailii.[36]

perhaps somethin me missez might enjoy (she only like a sip or two of beerz if I'm drinkin one and there aint no sodipop round......silly woman!:eek_big:)

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AHA!!! So my instincts were right!!!

 

Beer bread is a simple bread based on the idea that both beer and bread have a common creation process: yeast is used to turn sugar into alcohol, which in the case of bread then boils off.

A Loaf Of Beer Bread.

 

Beer bread can be simply made with flour, beer, and sugar. However, it will be fairly dense and heavy unless an additional leavening agent, e.g. baking soda or yeast and sugar, is added. Self-rising flour may be used because it is a mixture of flour and leavening agent. Beer bread without a leavening agent is very sturdy and tends not to lose moisture if it is overcooked. The only consequence of overcooking tends to be a thicker crust.

 

Different types of beer bread can be made by using different beers, a stout or dark beer will give a darker bread with a heavier flavor. Using a beer that is spiced, or has a flavor added will make a bread with a similar flavor, but less intense than the beer.

I like really dense breads so that be perfect:)

 

[Next weekend : Beer Batter]

 

 

I know some of you were thinking "why he don't just by the mix at the store" or "why he don't just look for the recipe online" ...Well....to be honest I don't think i have as much fun or learn as much about not only the bread but the ingredients and the process;)

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YouTube - Korpiklaani - Beer Beer (FOLK METAL) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXy6JHYa5Ks

 

Much fun drinkin song specially cuz I'z gotz me gitbox plugged in and am drinking enuff to play along without concenr fro evrnyon )

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:)

 

YouTube- KORPIKLAANI - Happy Little Boozer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80YlCQueSfo&feature=related

 

YouTube- ALESTORM - Nancy The Tavern Wench [Live] (Official) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwwmglYX7QE

 

YouTube- Alestorm - Captain Morgan's Revenge http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfYq-7zAQFA&feature=related

:hihi: Cheers mates

[BrianG]

I love beer, yeast is my favorite fungi. I have to confess, beer has shaped my view of climate change mitigation by reduced CO2 emissions. The thought of flat beer, yeech!

[BrianG]

Tiny bubbles, they grow as the creep up the inside of the glass. Freshly poured, the foam head is a work of art. The foam gets coarser, the bubbles grow but the foam head shrinks...

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Cheap beer, the answer to all your colon cleansing needs:pain30:

 

Beer....the free alternative to cosmetic surgery:hihi:

[Turtle]

expensive beer. :hihi: the answer to all your cheap beer problems. :hihi:

[modest]

Buffalo wings! The answer to all beer-related questions.

 

~modest

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Beers is not so great whens ya's broke an ain't got any:crying:

[sigh] oh well....

 

hard licker itis den:shrug:

 

 

YouTube - Cycle Sluts From Hell - I Wish You Were A Beer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeuNckmt7h8

 

maybe I git lucky an sweetie buy me one:D

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yayyyyyyyyyyeyyeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!! BEER!!!!

 

I believe the sure sign you are gettin by is the ability to occasionally treat yourself to a few brews....I always feel a little better when I can afford to purchase a case without worrying about where else I might need the money....truly feel like we're doin ok.

[Dd'sEvilTwin]

Americas oldest brewery is here in Pennsylvania. How cool is that.