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USO Canteen FReeper Style ~ Camp Run-A-Muck ~ WooHoo! ~ Friday, October 17, 2003
My "VOICES", "kitty-katz", Linda, and FRiends of the Canteen
Posted on 10/17/2003 3:23:01 AM PDT by tomkow6
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..what we gonna do today?....um, don't know!....let's do some fun things...don't wanna....
...come on.........huh?.....WHAT?...hey, lets make some BEER!....
....NO! NO! NO!...who's gonna drink it?...
...........EVERYBODY!!!.......YES!...tomkow6?.....
yeah!....hey, he's in orbit anyway'........he likes beer....Ma! tell them to STOP IT....SHUT UP, & have a brew!..............HUH?????
Wanna make some BEER?
We'll show you how!
Or, at least TRY......
First, a little History!The History of Beer
- Beer, the beverage of moderation, is older than western civilization. The ancient Babylonians, Egyptians and Assyrians brewed forms of beer thousands of years before Christ. Vikings brewed "bjor" in Scandinavia and Julius Caesar found the various tribes of the British Isles drinking ale when he and his Roman legions landed.
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- Beer is closely related with America's history. Beer first arrived on America's shores with European colonists. The Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock in December of 1620, because, in the words of a diarist aboard the Mayflower, "We could not now take time for further search or consideration, our victuals being much spent, especially our beere." Dutch settlers in New Amsterdam (New York) also brought the art of brewing to the New World and one of the first log houses built on Manhattan Island was soon converted into a brewhouse.
According to beer writer/historian Will Anderson, America's first "help wanted" ad was actually an appeal in a London newspaper for experienced brewers to come to America. Brewer Street in New Amsterdam was paved because of its breweries and their heavy beer wagons, which kept getting stuck in the mud during wet weather. George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and William Penn, founder of Pennsylvania, all brewed beer on their estates. Samuel Adams, the fiery Massachusetts patriot, was the son of a Boston brewer and worked in his family brewery.
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- By 1810, there were more than 100 breweries in America. The 1840's and 1850's brought tremendous change to America's brewing industry. Hundreds of thousands of Germans left their homeland for a new life in America during those decades, especially after revolutionary upheavals ravaged Europe in 1848. These German-speaking immigrants brought with them a love of sparkling, golden lager beer - and the knowledge to brew it. It was during the Civil War that many of America's great breweries, including Miller, began.
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- Beer Facts: More than 80 million Americans regularly drink beer. Beer accounts for about 87 percent of total alcohol beverage consumption. On a per capita basis, Americans drink approximately 23 gallons of beer per year. Annual production by U.S. brewers is about 180 million barrels. Approximately 90 percent of beer sold in America is packaged beer. Cans account for about 70 percent of packaged beer in the U.S. The brewing industry is directly responsible for the employment of some 900,000 Americans and indirectly responsible for the employment of nearly 2 million more. Retail sales of beer total more than $45 billion and the total economic impact of the beer industry is estimated to be nearly $170 billion!
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- How beer is made: Miller brews its quality beers with the finest ingredients - malted barley from Minnesota, the Dakotas and other barley-growing regions; corn grits from America's heartland; pure water; hops from the Pacific Northwest; and Miller's special yeast. The process begins when Miller brewers mix corn grits with water, then boil the mixture in large cereal cookers. At the same time, malted barley is being steeped in other large cooking vessels called mash tuns. After boiling, the corn grits are added to the mash tuns and the resulting "mash" is slowly heated to a specific temperature to convert the grain starches to fermentable sugars.
The mixture is transferred to the lauter tun, where the sugar-laden liquid called "wort" is strained out and piped to the brew kettle. The remaining brewer's grain from the lauter tun makes an excellent, high-protein livestock feed. The wort (pronounced "wert") is boiled vigorously and hops, which impart the aroma and bitterness associated with beer flavor, are added at this time. From the brew kettle, the wort is chilled and pumped to the fermenting cellars, where yeast is added to begin the fermentation process.
Each brewery's yeast differs and brewmasters take great care to preserve the integrity of their strains. Fermentation produces alcohol and carbonation in beer. When fermentation is complete, the beer is filtered to remove brewer's yeast and is piped to aging tanks. After being aged 10 to 14 days, the beer is ready for packaging in bottles, cans or kegs.
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STUFF You're gonna need to get started
6 gallon plastic fermenting bucket with spigot
Bucket lid with stopper and special hole for air lock
6 gallon bottling bucket with spigot
Triple scale testing hydrometer with test tube
Bottle cleaning brush
3 piece airlock
Bottle filler and 4' food-grade vinyl transfer tube
Hand-lever bottle capper and 50 bottle caps
Sanitizer for sanitizing equipment (4oz)
Reusable nylon steeping bag
Brewing directions OPTIONAL
Good for boiling up to 3 gallons of wort
IMPORTANT INGREGIENT: YEAST!
Some of the GREAT names in US Brewing History:
Valentin Blatz
(1826-1894)
Val. Blatz Brewing Co., Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Adolphus Busch
(1839-1913)
Anheuser-Busch Brewing Association, St. Louis, Missouri
Adolph Coors
(1847-1929)
Adolph Coors Co., Golden, Colorado
Frederick Miller
(1824-1888)
Miller Brewing Co., Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Frederick Pabst
(1836-1904)
Pabst Brewing Co., Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Frederick Schaefer
F. & M. Schaefer Brewing Co., New York, New York
Joseph Schlitz
(1831-1875)
Jos. Schlitz Brewing Co., Milwaukee, Wisconsin
ENOUGH OF THE HISTORY!
Let's brew some brew.....
A homebrew recipe for this commercial British style ale out of Idaho.
TableRock Nut Brown Ale
(5 gallon/19 liter, extract with grains)
OG = 1.054 FG = 1.015 IBUs = 18 Alcohol 5.3% by volume
Ingredients
6 lbs. (2.7 kg) Briess light extract syrup
1 lb. (0.45 kg) dextrin malt
0.5 lb. (0.23 kg) Carastan malt
6 oz. (168 g) brown malt
4 oz. (112 g) crystal malt (120 °L)
2 oz. (56 g) black patent malt
2 oz. (56 g) chocolate malt
5.8 AAU Willamette hops (bittering hop)
(1.0 oz. (28 g) of 5.8% alpha acid)
1 tsp. Irish moss
White Labs WLP001 (California Ale) or Wyeast 1056 (American Ale) yeast
O.75 cup of corn sugar (for priming)
Step by Step
Steep the six crushed grains in 3 gallons (11.4 liters) of water at 150 ºF (66 °C) for 30 minutes. Remove the grains from the wort, add malt syrup and bring to a boil. Add Willamette (bittering) hops, Irish moss and boil for 60 minutes.
When done boiling, add wort to 2 gallons (7.6 liters) cool water in a sanitary fermenter, and top off with cool water to 5.5 gallons (20.9 liters). Cool the wort to 80 ºF (27 °C), heavily aerate the beer and pitch your yeast. Allow the beer to cool over the next few hours to 68-70 ºF (20-21 °C) and hold at these cooler temperatures until the yeast has fermented completely. Bottle your beer, age for two to three weeks and enjoy!
All-grain option:
Replace syrup with 9lbs. (4 kg.) pale malt, mash your grains at 158 ºF (70 °C) for 60 minutes. Lower the Willamette hops to 0.75 oz. to account for full-wort boil.
Welcome to Camp RUN-A-MUK!
Where the Plan Of the Day is: Mirth...Merriment...and FUN!
Kick back! Relax! Tell a joke or two! Have a brew !
The BAR is OPEN!
We've got Eye candy...Mind candy...and
Chicken soup for the soul!
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posted on
10/17/2003 3:23:02 AM PDT
by
tomkow6
To: LindaSOG; Radix; 2LT Radix jr; LaDivaLoca; Severa; Bethbg79; southerngrit; Wild Thing; rwgal; ...
Good morning, Tonk! Good morning, Canteen Crew! Good morning, EVERYBODY!
GOODMORNINGTROOPS!!
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posted on
10/17/2003 3:24:56 AM PDT
by
tomkow6
(.....did someone say BEER?.....did someone say BEER?.....did someone say BEER?.....did someone say B)
To: LindaSOG; Radix; 2LT Radix jr; LaDivaLoca; Severa; Bethbg79; southerngrit; Wild Thing; rwgal; ...
Today's FEEBLE attempt at humor:
A woman was at home with her children when the telephone rang. In going to answer it,
she tripped on her rug, grabbed for something to hold on to and seized the telephone table. It fell over with a crash,
jarring the receiver off the hook.
As it fell, it hit the family dog, who leaped up, howling and barking. The woman's three-year-old son,
startled by this noise, broke into loud screams. The woman mumbled some colorful words.
She finally managed to pick up the receiver and lift it to her ear, just in time to hearher husband's voice on the other end say,
"Nobody's said hello yet, but I'm positive I have the right number."
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posted on
10/17/2003 3:25:42 AM PDT
by
tomkow6
(.....did someone say BEER?.....did someone say BEER?.....did someone say BEER?.....did someone say B)
To: LindaSOG; Radix; 2LT Radix jr; LaDivaLoca; Severa; Bethbg79; southerngrit; Wild Thing; rwgal; ...
Chicagoland Weather
Feels Like: |
34° |
Dewpoint: |
31° |
Barometer: |
1023.0 mb |
Wind: |
W 3 mph |
Humidity: |
89% |
Sunrise: |
7:06 am |
Visibility: |
Unlimited |
Sunset: |
6:07 pm |
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posted on
10/17/2003 3:26:22 AM PDT
by
tomkow6
(.....did someone say BEER?.....did someone say BEER?.....did someone say BEER?.....did someone say B)
To: tomkow6
Good morning Tom and all.
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posted on
10/17/2003 3:26:34 AM PDT
by
Aeronaut
(In my humble opinion, the new expression for backing down from a fight should be called 'frenching')
To: tomkow6; All
Good Morning Canteen FReepers! It's Friday!
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posted on
10/17/2003 3:27:02 AM PDT
by
darkwing104
(Let's get dangerous)
To: Aeronaut
Morning, Aeronaut!
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posted on
10/17/2003 3:29:25 AM PDT
by
tomkow6
(.....did someone say BEER?.....did someone say BEER?.....did someone say BEER?.....did someone say B)
To: darkwing104
Happy Friday, Darkwing!
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posted on
10/17/2003 3:30:01 AM PDT
by
tomkow6
(.....did someone say BEER?.....did someone say BEER?.....did someone say BEER?.....did someone say B)
A very pleasant good morning to everyone at the Freeper canteen and to all of our military personal at home and abroad. Thanks so much for your continued service to our country.
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posted on
10/17/2003 3:30:57 AM PDT
by
E.G.C.
To: E.G.C.
Good morning, E.G.C.!
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posted on
10/17/2003 3:33:40 AM PDT
by
tomkow6
(.....did someone say BEER?.....did someone say BEER?.....did someone say BEER?.....did someone say B)
To: tomkow6
Off to work!
Back in a bit................
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posted on
10/17/2003 3:44:16 AM PDT
by
tomkow6
(.....did someone say BEER?.....did someone say BEER?.....did someone say BEER?.....did someone say B)
To: tomkow6; 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub; MoJo2001; Kathy in Alaska; LindaSOG; beachn4fun; HiJinx; ...
Good morning Tom!
Good morning Troops!
Goodmorning Canteen crew!!
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posted on
10/17/2003 4:06:52 AM PDT
by
Bethbg79
(God bless our Troops and their families!)
To: tomkow6; Kathy in Alaska; MoJo2001; LindaSOG; LaDivaLoca; bentfeather; Bethbg79; Iowa Granny; ...
To: Bethbg79; ODC-GIRL; ChiefKujo; Old Sarge; txradioguy; kjfine; darkwing104; ICE-FLYER; Long Cut; ...
To: Bethbg79
Good morning, Beth.(HUGS)How are things going for you in Texas?
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posted on
10/17/2003 4:09:30 AM PDT
by
E.G.C.
To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
Good morning, Tonk. How are things going for you in Oregon?
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posted on
10/17/2003 4:10:09 AM PDT
by
E.G.C.
To: E.G.C.
Things are great!
I could absolutely despise Texas and still like it more than Louisiana. LOL!
How's your weather today?
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posted on
10/17/2003 4:11:45 AM PDT
by
Bethbg79
(God bless our Troops and their families!)
To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
You have FReepmail! :-)
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posted on
10/17/2003 4:12:24 AM PDT
by
Bethbg79
(God bless our Troops and their families!)
To: kristinn; Angelwood; tgslTakoma; All
To: E.G.C.
Shame on me. I forgot your hugs!
((((((HUGS))))))
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posted on
10/17/2003 4:13:31 AM PDT
by
Bethbg79
(God bless our Troops and their families!)
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