Wall of Mouths

Kyle Bovine wrote:

what do people do with the sediment, do you scrape it out to use the bucket again or do you leave it there it strenghten the taste of the beer?

I hear the Coca Cola Co makes Dr. Pepper out of it! ;-)

Seriously, though, you gotta scrape that out as you’re gonna want to sanitize your bucket with each new batch.

mr self destruct wrote:

I used to brew lager when I was a student…it’s certainly a cheap way to get pissed but I wouldn’t exactly call it a quality beverage…

Hmm. That’s odd. The stuff we made was really good. But eating/drinking the sediment chunk wasn’t anything that ever crossed my mind! :-D

Yeah, if I’d made my own vodka (my def drink of choice nowadays), I’d be afraid to try it as well and would probably end up using it to thin paint or start my car on a cold winter day.

Did this back in the 90’s as it was something of a fad in the States back then. It’s actually quite easy and economical, but as gimme correctly recollects it can take about 3-4 weeks to make 5 gallons (about 19 litres) of ale or lager. What’s cool is that you can make it as simple (like making a giant vat of soup) or as complex (measuring liquid densities, baking extra grains for your mort, etc) as you like. Would recommend getting a copy of The Complete Joy of Homebrewing by Charles Papazian as a starting point. Cheers!

In the States, there is a saying: “shoulda, coulda, woulda…” But it is only spoken and used when mrs h isn’t in earshot. :)

Fuck!! I just heard the Violent Femme’s “Blister in the Sun” on the radio and now that whiny, annoying chorus is stuck in my head. I know this song is beloved by many, but I fucking hate it and can’t stop humming its retardedness!! Lemee go on…Aaarrrrrrrrrrrrghhhhh!!!!

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Thanks. I was thinking I was going to need my American-British Dictionary!

:-) Dungarees? Countdown? I’m as lost as you, mate.

Muskeg wrote:

Que ? Non Comprende senor :eek:

Lo siento, senor. Fue Suposer respondido a Alan. ;-)

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A Dexys Midnight Runner phase?

mrs h wrote:

…I can’t imagine anyone taking off their dungarees and managing to look sinister. Except perhaps children’s tv presenters, such as Geoffrey from Rainbow, or Brian Cant.

Ever seen Wolf Creek? That dude makes dungarees (overalls) look damn scary. Okay, okay, back on topic: Countdown. Er, I’m afraid I don’t know what that is either. :-S

Eric Roberts - Star 80

Edward Norton - American History X

Didn’t even know what they were until hooch posted the ^^^^ link. I think my dear, late Nana used to call Levi’s jeans dungarees, but what did she know, she was born in New Hampshire! Can’t remember what they were wearing in Deliverance either, but if we’re talking about the same scenes, then it probably wasn’t very much. ;-)

Those are overalls, thank you very much. Or a collection of leftover evil-rabbit-named-Frank-suits. ;-)

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Wtf’s a dungaree? Something to wear whilst attacking unsuspecting river rafters in our ominous US backwoods?

Fruit of the Loom made sweaters? Damn, you British have all the cool stuff! :)

Agreed about The Mist’s ending. Total downer. Just watched the American version of Funny Games. Jesus. Uneven, but grim, grim, grim. Just put the original German version on my Netflix. Guess I must like to feel like shit! :-D

Oh, c’mon. You didn’t think that was even a lil bit funny?

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Sorry, no help here. As far as I ever got with alienist manuals was with my shit Ikea furniture back in college. Knew that physics course would come in handy! ;-)

So, the “T” is silent? And more s’s than Sweet Sweetback ever had! :)

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Let’ just ease the Yank into these things as I’m still tripping on the way you guys spell: colour, favourite, realise, etc.

Gotta agree about Dexter Season 2 being a vast improvement over the first season, which was pretty damn good as well. Michael C. Hall was darkly funny and creepier than in the first, and imho Jaime Murray is hot as hell! Season 3 in the fall…

RAF, then? ;-)

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Please stay on topic, lest Hooch deletes you! ;-)

(re: The Cake)
“Harold displays how Mars isn’t the only Angry Red Planet.”

Happy Bday to Colin and (oops, belatedly to) Hooch!

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Lest we forget: This One’s For You. “Champagne for my real friends. Real pain for my sham friends.”