Hi from NobodySpecial 268

[NobodySpecial268]

G'day guys. Thought I would have a look around here. Quite a few familiar names here.

For those that don't recognise the username, I've spent a lot of time on ATS.

Good to see an alternative to the other forums.

NS268

[M.U.D.]

G'day guys. Thought I would have a look around here. Quite a few familiar names here.

For those that don't recognise the username, I've spent a lot of time on ATS.

Good to see an alternative to the other forums.

NS268

Hello and welcome aboard.

Don't touch my beer 

[Michigan Swampbuck]

Welcome. I finally joined a while back myself.

[NobodySpecial268]

Hi guys, and thanks for the welcome.

Admudistrator, I promise I won't touch your beer. If I remember correctly, I have Mr Swampbuck's beer recipe. So we can all share. : )

[Michigan Swampbuck]

I've been working on that and I am starting to get the results I've been looking for. This year's batch was pretty good. It was based on the recipe but modified from what I've learned. Also, I had limited ingredients that had me change things a little, but the results were very good in my opinion.

[NobodySpecial268]

I've been working on that and I am starting to get the results I've been looking for. This year's batch was pretty good. It was based on the recipe but modified from what I've learned. Also, I had limited ingredients that had me change things a little, but the results were very good in my opinion.

On my side I have not made a batch yet. Sourcing barley wasn't easy, even though I live in a major grain growing area. I have plenty of barley now, and even sourced hops plants, which is now growing in my garden.

   

The variety is 'Nugget'. It grows here well enough, however the hot (100 degree plus) winds keep it to about five feet tall. Maybe I will just grow it on a trellis next year. As long as I get some flowers come autumn. Plus I do have enough room to grow some barley.

The plan is to make at least one batch of beer from scratch with your recipe.

[Michigan Swampbuck]

You need about three years for a hops bine to reach maturity. They get about 30 feet tall, with the lower hops maturing before the ones near the top. It is tricky determining when to harvest, but I usually do it just before Labor Day weekend. You can go with fresh hops or dried, but you have to double the amount of fresh hops if substituting for dry.

I will send you my new notes before harvest this season.

[NobodySpecial268]

Three years, well this is their first year. I did read up on the thirty feet tall part, so I made them a mast about twenty feet tall. Ropes hang from a top bar. Now I know it takes three years to maturity and production, I'll be patient. That also gives me time to get the knack of growing a small plot of barley.

   

Ya know, I did like your ATS beer thread. I think more than just a few folk did.

[Nugget]

I've never cared much for beer, but back in the 70's an aunt and uncle made some home brew. All I remember is there were a lot of raisins in it, which seemed odd to me. And the flavor. OMG! I could definitely drink that stuff all day long!
And the hops vine growing near an outbuilding; holy moly did that thing even stink!

I've always thought brewing beverages may have been the 'oldest profession in the wotld', which lead to what historians claim is the oldest profession. 

[NobodySpecial268]

'day Nugget.

I think you might have an argument with the ladies of the night as to who is the oldest profession.

What you say of beer not being as good as it used to be is why I want to make it from scratch using Swampbuck's recipe. I saw a BBC documentary where they found some historians and got them to live on a farm as people did in seventeenth century England. The womenfolk apparently made the ale and beer. What caught my interest is that they said beer was food.

Even the leavings from the bottom of the barrel were poured over porridge for breakfast.

Somewhere else, it was stated that the calorie intake of a 1600s peasant was equivalent to a modern day athlete. Beer would have played a big part of that. It is said that when the Temperance folk started preaching and substituting tea for beer, they caused a nationwide nuitritional decline in health. Probably because beer is rich in a lot of vitamins.

I doubt today's beer would have much nutrition left in it.

Methinks we gotta get rid of the teetotallers and temperance folk for the health and well-being of the people. : )