Early Bird Club

[metarzan]

You liking that Moontrance? I picked up a tin a couple months back and tried it a couple times but so many other choices that I just jarred it up. Any exciting news to report?

 

[gnatjulio]

Good morning all. Hoping its not the last day of everything. Otherwise I just wasted a bunch of cash on Christmas presents and tobacco....

 

[vaboatbuilder]

morton I have never had a boil over but I can imagine what a mess it would be.

metarzan most belgian strain yeast can handle 15% - 20%.

i'm supposed to be working on mangers for christmas but having trouble finding the wood local, why do I always wait till the last min. lol

 

[tbradsim1]

Good morning, crispy in the Deep South, 38, nippy, fleece pants on, cup of Starbucks and smokeing a charge of SQLeader. The old cajun

 

[cortezattic]

I'm having a problem figuring out just where on the planet the end of the world will begin.

Here in Chicago, at 7:00 AM nothing has happened yet, and it's already 1:00 PM in London.

Oh well, I suppose it'll start around noon on the west coast -- an appropriate location for shit to hit the fan. :rofl:

 

[metarzan]

Midnight Mayan time, which I believe is central time, same as Chicago. You have 17 mas horas.

 

[tbradsim1]

One of our Brothers made the astute observation That the Mayans didn"t see the Spanish comeing. The old Cajun, PS maybe they ran out of stone and wrote on the back of the Tablet and they didn"t look in back

 

[morton]

@ metarzan I use various yeasts but am not allowed to divulge names due to confidentiality issues. But I'd bet that a good liquid wyeast blend double pitched and fermented @ 60 F would probably handle the alcohol content. Some are better than others. White labs (if they are still in existence) also makes pretty good liquid cultures.
@ vaboatbuilder I'm not talking boil over (but that would be a mess also). The mash vessel is only rated for up to 8 % max volume of grain b/c its a 5% alc/vol system. I fit all the grain in (650 lbs) but can't see my vorlauf arm right now, its buried in the mash. Holy cow!

 

[vaboatbuilder]

yes white labs is what i use. When I'm brewing on a regular i save my yeast from one batch to the next. I'd like to find me a conical fermenter i could afford.it would make it much easier.

 

[metarzan]

Merry Christmas. Hailing and lightning like crazy right now. Hope the power stays on. Hope Santa came early as the skies and landings might be a little rough at the moment!

 

[porshcigar]

Merry Christmas to all. May God bless us, everyone. Now smoking Frog Morton in a blasted bulldog Christmas Pipe.

 

[vaboatbuilder]

good morning to all and marry christmas, there are several areas getting sever weather rite now. I pray yall make though the storm. Im packing a bowl of youl pudding for the morning.

 

[morton]

Merry Christmas to all. Its -41 F with the windchill outside right now and even the dogs don't want to go out. Haven't really got my day going yet but think that I'll have a bit of coffee and relax for a bit before I contemplate doing anything.

 

[metarzan]

Too cold to smoke and juggle a pipe through the black ice on the way in to work this morning. But... The pirate is full of Penzance and looking forward to the drive home.

 

[sal57]

Very slow start this morning, can't seem to get into the swing of things.

 

[vaboatbuilder]

good morning to all, wet nasty day here. all the family is expected to arrive today, going to be a full house. i think im going to start the day with some H&H daybreak it has quickly become my fav.

 

[metarzan]

Morning all. Tried a second bowl of Black House and I gotta say it did not impress me as much as the hype made me think that it would. Definitely enjoy Penzance a lot more. Enjoy Blue Mountain heaps more than both. Will go through the whole tin of BH before I make up my mind.

 

[lazybugger]

Morning all in at work at 1am enjoying a bowl of Petersons irish flake and trying to figure out what my next tobacco purchase will be, i might of left ordering a bit late and i just hope whatever i order will arrive before i run out ..... that would be a very sad day

 

[tbradsim1]

Smokeing some Triple Crown, Milan tobbaco shop blend in a big Edwards Lovat, pondering on what I will order from them, son and daughter-in-law gave me a 75$ gift certificate. The old cajun

 

[guitarguy86]

@metarzn: Moontrance is okay. Not superb, but okay. I have to smoke it cracker dry so it doesn't goop. I'm a fast smoker. Nothing crazy as far as 2012 was on that night. Just the usual craziness.