Posted on 08/26/2011 10:14:53 AM PDT by Red_Devil 232
Good afternoon gardeners. I hope all of you in the path of Irene heed the warnings and please stay safe! Not much gong on garden wise here in East Central Mississippi. I am just waiting to see how a few paste tomatoes do. And while I am waiting I decided to use some of my pears to make preserves. I am using the recipe I posted on last weeks thread, which calls for a little activity and a lot of waiting. I will be doing the final canning step this morning. This recipe may be way to sweet for my taste. So with all this waiting time I had, I needed to fill the time some how so I ordered a Beer making kit, which I understand includes a lot of waiting also. Now I am just waiting for FR to come back up so I can post this week’s thread. I have been doing a lot of waiting and it is tiring.
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I hope all your gardens are flourishing.
That would have been the first thing I packed and moved.
I was moving out of a remote site in Alaska.
I built two 6x3x3 foot coffins for my model airplanes and that was enough expense. Everything else had to be mailed out. I had four 5 gallon glass carboys, 2 kegs, over a hundred bottles plus all the supplies.
I just didn’t want to take the time and expense to mail them out. Besides, I have NO room to store all that stuff. I have cut way back on beer drinking anyway so I guess I don’t miss it much. (he lied)
I am going to have to buy some more bottles, for sure! As soon as this first batch is bottled and aging I am going to start an Irish Stout and then a Lager after that. All will be bottled and in different stages of aging. A continuous flow for consumption is the goal.
When you get sick of washing and bottling in the little .750L or 1 liter bottles, try these...
http://www.homebrewing.org/Original-Brown-Growler-2-Liter_p_1077.html
They are awesome!
Sure, I gave you a link to a sold out item
here’s another source.
http://www.rebelbrewer.com/shoppingcart/products/2-Liter-Growler-%252d-Metal-Handle.html
That’s good to know! LOL!
Ah...Potent is GOOD! :-)
My oldest son makes beer. Pretty good stuf.
We got our son a beer-making kit for his birthday. I think it was called “Mr Beer” or something like that. He loves it! He’s made several different kinds. I think he’s making the Irish Stout right now.
I think that map is ready to be updated.
I find that just about any wine does me in, in no time.
It is still Aug 23 at the main site. I wonder how often they update it. I thought it was every Tuesday morning.
I seriously cannot wait till you post how the beer tastes! (a blonde beer? Hmmm?) Good luck with this and I have the feeling that it will be absolutely marvelous!
I’ve been wanting to do that too. I don’t know where to get the ‘mother’ though.
I would like to try the Jacob’s Cattle beans. Are they string beans or do you dry them?
One year, on the weekend, my hubby made beer , watermelon wine and sauerkraut. On Monday when the children I cared for came the parents noticed the "aroma" in the house....nearly knocked them out when the door opened. LOL
Shame my salsa and your beer are a thousand miles apart... :-(
Thanks! You do know you can’t say you have a recipe - on this thread - and not post it!
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