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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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To: Radix
Our President, Commander in Chief, and his First Lady are an honorable and wonderful couple.
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10/18/2003 1:04:14 AM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
(God Bless America and Our Military Who Protect Her)
To: Fawnn
Nice couple!!
442
posted on
10/18/2003 1:06:13 AM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
(God Bless America and Our Military Who Protect Her)
To: All
To our Military -
Thank you for protecting US. Sleep well and safe. May you be protected. May your families' hearts be at ease.
Thank you to our Allies.
443
posted on
10/18/2003 1:18:41 AM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
(God Bless America and Our Military Who Protect Her)
To: SevenofNine
Hi, Seven, I can't figure out these family bombers thingy. Very strange people.
444
posted on
10/18/2003 1:24:13 AM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
(God Bless America and Our Military Who Protect Her)
To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
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posted on
10/18/2003 1:29:10 AM PDT
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Kathy in Alaska
(God Bless America and Our Military Who Protect Her)
To: Fawnn
WooHoo!! All the Halloween wOOhOOs are terrific! Good job? Any writing today?
446
posted on
10/18/2003 1:31:21 AM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
(God Bless America and Our Military Who Protect Her)
To: Radix
Thanks, Radix, for the commentary....the proper way for the French to surrender. ROTFLMAO!!!
447
posted on
10/18/2003 1:36:08 AM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
(God Bless America and Our Military Who Protect Her)
To: Radix
Interesting about McDonalds in France. I, too, thought the French hated everything American. Hmmmm.......ya mean the press doesn't report the truth?
448
posted on
10/18/2003 1:40:32 AM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
(God Bless America and Our Military Who Protect Her)
To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
Nothing like a sunset out on the water. Thanks men of the Military and the Canteen.
449
posted on
10/18/2003 1:43:05 AM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
(God Bless America and Our Military Who Protect Her)
To: StarCMC
Outstanding, Star. I'm cracking up at the French combat boot.
450
posted on
10/18/2003 1:46:38 AM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
(God Bless America and Our Military Who Protect Her)
To: minor49er
The blonde shouts, "fire!!" Oh no, minor. GROAN!!!
451
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10/18/2003 1:49:19 AM PDT
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Kathy in Alaska
(God Bless America and Our Military Who Protect Her)
To: darkwing104; Old Sarge; kjfine; Long Cut; txradioguy; OneLoyalAmerican; M1911A1; ODC-GIRL; ...
Time for bed. God Bless all our troops, their families, our veterans and our Israeli, British, Australian, Polish, and Italian allies. We pray for your safe and soon return. Thank you for doing the jobs you do to keep this UNITED STATES OF AMERICA safe. We love you all. |
A PRAYER OF PROTECTION The light of God surround you The love of God enfold you The power of God protect you The presence of God watch over you Wherever you are, God is, And all is well. Amen. |
Wherever you are, God is, and all is well! Amen. |
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452
posted on
10/18/2003 1:54:40 AM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
(God Bless America and Our Military Who Protect Her)
To: Kathy in Alaska
BTTT!!!!!
453
posted on
10/18/2003 3:09:44 AM PDT
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E.G.C.
To: Kathy in Alaska
BTTT!!!!!!
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10/18/2003 3:10:08 AM PDT
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E.G.C.
To: Kathy in Alaska
BTTT!!!!!!!
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10/18/2003 3:10:41 AM PDT
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E.G.C.
To: Kathy in Alaska
BTTT!!!!!!
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10/18/2003 3:11:12 AM PDT
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E.G.C.
To: Kathy in Alaska
BTTT!!!!!!
457
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10/18/2003 3:11:42 AM PDT
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E.G.C.
To: Kathy in Alaska
BTTT!!!!!!
458
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E.G.C.
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