Comments on: Home Brewing

By: phirst

phirst — Tue, 09 Aug 2005 07:49:14 +0000

I feel like a wuss now after PirateDan, but last year my brewing partner and I made a stout with a chicken in it, but it was cooked.

It had 2 kits of stout, some liquorice and a whole roasted chicken (ate the stuffing first). I’d heard of it as a medieval drink, but didn’t knwo whether it was true, so we thought it might have been a fairly original creation. However, a few months after bottling it, I found a very similar recipe made with porter malt in a brewing recipe book from the 1800′s.

It was a pretty heavy brew and tasted slightly more meaty than the usual stout, but good overall. Oh yeah, and given the ingredients, we had to call it Black Cock.

I’m pretty curious about this blood brew now – will have to eat a few more steaks before I’m ready for that one though.

By: PirateDan

PirateDan — Fri, 03 Jun 2005 15:34:38 +0000

I surely did drink it. And I liked it. Actually, more women than men liked it. Though that may be more of a testament to badassosity of my female friends and the wussitude of my male friends than any indicator of how the population in general would respond. It is, as you would expect, most definitely not a drink for vegetarians. But, if you like your steak rare, and enjoy your vodka martinis, you might enjoy this.

And, anyway, anybody who uses and Alien queen for their icon shouldn’t get too sqeamish about a little blood. P-)

By: imrumpf

imrumpf — Fri, 03 Jun 2005 14:37:53 +0000

Kinda sick if you ask me. ANd i found the PERFECT solution for home-brewers! Check it out!

By: Xeno.Morph

Xeno.Morph — Fri, 03 Jun 2005 12:52:39 +0000

You… drank… cooked and dead blood… With alcohol?

By: PirateDan

PirateDan — Thu, 02 Jun 2005 23:50:47 +0000

I swear, about 20% of the time I read this strip I feel like Bernie somehow is stealing his ideas from my own behaviour and using them for whatever idiocy Abe does or says.

Case in point: about a year ago, I invented Bloodcohol. There was all this yummy run-off from the steaks I had made, so I was going to drink it. Then I realized I didn’t want to drink anything non-alcoholic. Thus was born Bloodcohol. It’s not an acquired taste– you either instantly love it, or instantly look at me like I’ve tried to poison you.

I instantly loved it. I know Abe would, too.

By: Xeno.Morph

Xeno.Morph — Thu, 02 Jun 2005 16:12:55 +0000

That’s… fun… WATER BALLOONS!

By: marximus

marximus — Thu, 02 Jun 2005 14:40:38 +0000

Trader Joe’s sold “beer in a bag” for a short while. You just added water to this bag that had a spout, and let it sit for six weeks or so.

It was so foul that we threw it into the yard. Several dogs tore at it, and when it popped and the beer spilled out, they ran from it.

By: Xeno.Morph

Xeno.Morph — Thu, 02 Jun 2005 13:02:48 +0000

Wow. You guys really like your beer. But do you know what I like? Proxy bypassers. I need a bypasser. To get to Gaia and other sites. No, it’s not pr0n. Shame on thee for thinking that.

By: Corporal Waffle

Corporal Waffle — Thu, 02 Jun 2005 10:50:26 +0000

beer is good :P

By: Lylmik

Lylmik — Thu, 02 Jun 2005 07:11:56 +0000

Ah ye amateurs…..
Back home, in good ole times, and still going….
Picture a 200L (44gal) copper drum of home-made brandy exploding…
Home brews ended up in tears on so many occasions….
But you get a liquid that is triple-distilled you can etch glass with…..
Rotten plums+sugar+yeast+whatever-the-hell-else, add being tired from all the “cooking”, + you have to try it every now&then, someone goes for a smoke, match sparks……
1/4 mile in 2 seconds flat.
But damn, does it put hair on your chest.
Even women. And nice moustache……..
Sideburns……..