if you like beer...

skeetsh00ter · Post by **skeetsh00ter** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 4:30 pm

then you should check out my blog (not making money off anything, don't worry...i really just enjoy seeing the stat counter go up :D )

A friend and I who have been talking about doing this for a while just recently purchased some (actually a lot) of second hand homebrewing equipment. This isn't related to Burning man you may say...but it is. Hopefully by the end of August we will have come out with some good recipes that we can bring out to the playa for everyone to sample. I'm talking lots and lots of beer. Look for the 'Black Rock Ale' (or lager) at a camp near you in 2008!

thanks for looking!

http://novicebrewers.blogspot.com/

oh, and if you have any tips for a new homebrewer then by all means help me out.

pinemom · Post by **pinemom** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 4:40 pm

Yo Skeet!
Over at the Booby Bar, Titwi(thisisthatwhichis) Makes usually 5 awesome batches of different homebrews to gift the playa with! Ya'll should try to nail each other down for an hour of fun taste swappin'!

skeetsh00ter · Post by **skeetsh00ter** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 4:41 pm

i was sad that i missed the booby bar last year, i'll definitely be there this year though!

mmmm, can't wait!

oneeyeddick · Post by **oneeyeddick** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 5:26 pm

I liked the "Water Truck Stout " from the B(.)(.)BY BAR
Very solid body, nice color, a mix of different textures and most important.....no nipplely aftertaste !!!

pinemom · Post by **pinemom** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 6:12 pm

But the "BIG COCK DOUBLE BOCK BOCK"
rocked!

Box Burner · Post by **Box Burner** » Fri Feb 08, 2008 2:47 am

did I hear someone mention Homebrew?

I'll take a bottle of Water Truck Stout and a bottle of Big Cock Double Bock Bock!

After all, beer is like boobs. You need to have one in each hand!

Edited because of beer!

Fire Wire · Post by **Fire Wire** » Fri Feb 08, 2008 3:16 am

Box, you are a beer animal.... here is one for free

thisisthatwhichis · Post by **thisisthatwhichis** » Fri Feb 08, 2008 6:55 am

YES!!!... Finally, a Beer Thread!!!!........

pinemom · Post by **pinemom** » Fri Feb 08, 2008 8:30 am

yup.! Huney...looks like its time to clean out the brewers closet and get the first batch goin!

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Fri Feb 08, 2008 9:47 am

Hey, what about glass bottles on the playa?

I know homebrewers like to get their bottles back.

Do you decant into a pitcher and stash the bottles, pour the sudz into paper cups, or just hope jagged glass splinters don't "gift" somebody's foot?

Box Burner · Post by **Box Burner** » Fri Feb 08, 2008 9:52 am

Bring your own cup! Or get a pee funnel! hahaha!

thisisthatwhichis · Post by **thisisthatwhichis** » Fri Feb 08, 2008 11:34 am

Ugly Dougly wrote:Hey, what about glass bottles on the playa?
I know homebrewers like to get their bottles back.

Hehehe.... yea, we try.... but the one's I brought back from last year were more trouble to try to clean, than it's worth......Baked on sludge in the bottom........ and no one want's a little of last year's sludge in the bottom of this years bottle.......

I'll hafta come up with a better way this year.............

Box Burner · Post by **Box Burner** » Fri Feb 08, 2008 12:34 pm

Box Burner · Post by **Box Burner** » Fri Feb 08, 2008 12:36 pm

We are gonna hafta have a rinse at the B(o)(o)by Bar for your bottles this year!

skeetsh00ter · Post by **skeetsh00ter** » Fri Feb 08, 2008 3:08 pm

bottles?! why bring bottles, i'll be bringing out a couple five gallon pin lock soda kegs.

BitterDan · Post by **BitterDan** » Fri Feb 08, 2008 3:13 pm

One of our playa-neighbors brought us some nice home-brewed stout in 07'. It was friggin' tasty! Damned thick stuff though, it was more like espresso than beer.

skeetsh00ter · Post by **skeetsh00ter** » Fri Feb 08, 2008 3:21 pm

the beauty of thick and dark though is that it can be enjoyed a little warmer than the lighter beers...very good quality to have in a beer on the playa

Post by **mdmf007** » Fri Feb 08, 2008 4:29 pm

I used to prefer a light beer, lately ive been drinking the darkest beers I can get.

While in England we used to drink some local Hereford Extra Dark - its as thick as warm honey when cold, and about 25% alcohol. So dark it turns a napkin black.

skeetsh00ter · Post by **skeetsh00ter** » Fri Feb 08, 2008 4:48 pm

i'm working my way up in darkness (although not quite to the Hereford Extra dark mdm). I just found an Imperial stout one of the local micros brews that is absolutely delicious. about 9.7%. It's making my mouth water just thinking about it. If you ever find a Sweetwater 'Happy Ending' give it a try.

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Sat Feb 09, 2008 10:20 am

I'd be looking for a cold tangy Pilsner on the playa.

oneeyeddick · Post by **oneeyeddick** » Sat Feb 09, 2008 3:32 pm

skeetsh00ter wrote:bottles?! why bring bottles, i'll be bringing out a couple five gallon pin lock soda kegs.

Those work ?
Hmmmm...... now that I think about it , I guess they would .

There you go TITWI....too bad I can't get it get it down there sooner.

Question :
If beer is totally flat from having been pressurized already and gone flat, can you recover the flavor without losing the taste by applying co2 with it in those soda cans ???

thisisthatwhichis · Post by **thisisthatwhichis** » Sat Feb 09, 2008 6:25 pm

I think so, I don't have the CO2 setup for the kegs, so it's something I haven't tried........ I could check with the local homebrew store, I'm sure, and get all the info....... Then decide if I want to make the CO2 investment..........

Hell, might be cheaper that all those damn bottles every year.......

oneeyeddick · Post by **oneeyeddick** » Sat Feb 09, 2008 6:56 pm

I have the co2 adapter with and all the hoses and such.
I use the co2 tank on my flame effects on my MV.
I need a bigger one anyhow, and that one is only a one gallon .
Who's got an available tank around there ? (5 gallon or bigger )

thisisthatwhichis · Post by **thisisthatwhichis** » Sat Feb 09, 2008 7:16 pm

Mmmmmm.... some good thoughts.....

I'll take a run down to the brew house, and figure out what is needed to do it. I haven't started my first batch yet, and prolly won't for a few weeks....I'm thinkin year, over year, this might be way easier.........

Post by **mdmf007** » Sat Feb 09, 2008 10:46 pm

Whats the preferred choice for quantity in cans?
Bud, Coors, Pabst? I think I saw more Pabst Blue ribbon cans than any other on playa.

pinemom · Post by **pinemom** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 7:38 am

PBR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 9:56 am

Any light beer that has lots of flavor!

Actually, I've been discovering that Belgian stuff. Pretty good.

Box Burner · Post by **Box Burner** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 10:48 am

yeah Titwi. We could make a cooler that you would just dump ice into and have a tap at the bottom to drain it with.

skeetsh00ter · Post by **skeetsh00ter** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 3:27 pm

well, i'll see if i can come up w/ a thick dark beer for you mdm, and a pilsner for uglydougly.

Token · Post by **Token** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 1:28 pm

SS, you know Pilsners and Lagers need refrigeration to brew properly, use a different yeast than ales and take much longer to brew. You also generally need to spike the temperature of the wort to get rid of diacetyl mid fermentation...

I would suggest a California Common beer (Example: Anchor Steam from San Francisco). It ferments in the high 50s, low 60s but retains the crispness of the lagers, pilsners and marzens.