TAN # 192 - A unique welTANschauung (Page 36)

Present and future company excluded...

No, no they are not.

1/3 of 1/3....

Hey Kate - Found this one for you today: http://imgur.com/a/x77kL

There are more than a few good ones in there

July weather sucked.

Ha Ha Ha I love it Thanks!!

I loved the one: Reagent became unavailable in 2002 because nobody wanted to order more and risk being added to the terrorist watch list!!

Only between 8:00 am and 8:00 pm.

Hyena cackling here.

Ketchup cups BA HA HA

True. All true.

That is true but that's like saying you are the skinniest fat kid.

I liked the one about samples incubating for 5 months in a border customs office.

SOunds like all the Pop Tarts everyone ever sent me from the States

I reposted on FB, way too good to pass up.

How many weeks out from basic training?

1.5. Scary, right? I ship the 22nd.

Trying to make sure all of my stuff is in order so that the bf has to do minimal work to keep the house functioning.

I have made that honey bee ale before and it is delicious!  I've been brewing for a couple years now and it still takes 2-3 hours if I include the prep and cleanup.  I've resorted to brewing only on weekends so I can take my time and drink a few while I make more.  I'll be waiting to hear how it turns out for you!

Worth it!

So when will it be ready for me to come over and try it out?

Making anything super tasty is always worth the extra time to do it right!

I've made it a bunch, but baklava still takes me about 3-1/2 hours, every time.... it's worth it.

Agreed!  Both for pizza and beer!

I'm giving it 4 weeks.  They say 1 in the primary, 1 in the secondary, and 2-4 in the bottle.  So I'm drinking it at the 28 day mark to try it out!

Cool. What kind did you make and you have to think of a name for the beer.

Yeah, most of the time was spent getting out the gear that has been stored away and cleaning/sanitizing.  I'm so paranoid about that.  Not that it's the end of the world.  I'm out 30 bucks if the batch goes bad, but I still would hate for that to happen.

You can be pretty "sloppy" with wine, but I hear there is less room for error with beer.  So I tried to be meticulous with this first batch.

So question, I did NOT get the grains pre ground so they said I needed to take a rolling pin or bottle to them and slightly crush them.  So I poured them out on a large cutting board and used my rolling pin and rolled over them with a LOT of weight.  To be honest, it didn't seem to do much.  I heard some slight crunching, but that's about it.  They didn't look much different.  I steeped them for 30 minutes and only got a slightly discolored water with slight smells of the grain.  Maybe like green tea, but not even that dark.  Does that sound right?  Next time, I may just order them pre-crushed.