Topic: Geekery Denizens Photo Thread (Read 303222 times)

Rizzy · « **Reply #1350 on:** December 02, 2011, 09:10:32 PM »

Quote from: Wunderkind on November 11, 2011, 11:45:17 PM

Haven't posted one in a while and since I was updating my photo elsewhere and somewhere else, I thought I'd do it here too.

I've always been envious of people who can french braid their own hair. *Is horrible at it*

pbsaurus · « **Reply #1351 on:** December 03, 2011, 04:46:21 PM »

12 · « **Reply #1352 on:** December 03, 2011, 05:20:48 PM »

Oooo! Oooo! Oooo!

damoose · « **Reply #1353 on:** December 17, 2011, 11:00:10 PM »

Old siggy pic.

Fairly recent pic with my daughter.

ivan · « **Reply #1354 on:** December 18, 2011, 04:33:59 PM »

Cute kid!

Nice bar.

When's opening time?

damoose · « **Reply #1355 on:** December 18, 2011, 08:36:37 PM »

Normally I wait until she goes to bed. Other times I open it to get her to go to bed. So 8ish.

ivan · « **Reply #1356 on:** December 18, 2011, 09:37:55 PM »

Got it.

Min · « **Reply #1357 on:** December 19, 2011, 01:23:39 PM »

Not much cuter than a kid in her feeties.

I might need you to open that bar now. I'll be over in 10 minutes.

Demosthenes · « **Reply #1358 on:** December 19, 2011, 07:48:41 PM »

Adorable pic, Moose.

damoose · « **Reply #1359 on:** December 21, 2011, 11:05:12 AM »

Hoping for a home brewing kit, or a home whiskey aging kit for Christmas. Not sure it'll be happening, but I'm hoping.

Any time Min. Not visible is the mini fridge behind the bar, which I try to keep fairly well stocked (12 pack of Warsteiner Dunkle in there now). I tend to keep more whiskey on hand then anythign else, but I do have some gin, vodka (UV Cake I believe), and some sequilla.

Thanks Demo.

reimero · « **Reply #1360 on:** December 21, 2011, 11:43:45 AM »

Home brewing is awesomeness and win. Well worth the investment.

ivan · « **Reply #1361 on:** December 21, 2011, 02:45:22 PM »

I haven't brewed in years, but I had some pretty good results. I mostly used the so-called "beer in a can" pre-hopped malt extracts. Add sugar and a little water, boil, pour into more water in a carboy, drop in the yeast, slap on a fermentation lock, wait, bottle, wait, drink. Serious home brewers scoff at "beer in a can" brewers, of course, but it can't be denied that the results can be great. And after amortizing the equipment, I got the cost per 12 oz bottle down to 11 cents (10-20 years ago).

The biggest bugaboo were the bottles. You need sterile, nice looking bottles that can be capped, and lots of them. Home brewers get pecuniary and fascistic about their bottles. They guy who introduced me to homebrewing would not let you touch his bottles of beer, far less drink from the bottles. He's pour the beer into a glass, then immediately rinse the bottle with hot water. If you don't do that, and if you leave so much as a speck of beer in the bottle, you'll be soaking it in bleach solution before the next bottling.

I've used purchased bottles, but that seriously raises the cost of production. I've used reclaimed bottles, but that took hours and hours and hours of soaking to remove labels, bleaching, scrubbing. My best solution was to use reclaimed mineral water bottles. We drink a lot of mineral water. So for my last several batches I saved all the bottles with their screw tops, and didn't even bother to remove the labels unless they were given as gifts. I figured the bottles were already sanitary enough, and I never had a problem. The only iffy part was the screw tops, because the final fermentation occurs in the bottle, and the caps have to withstand some pressure. But since the mineral water was carbonated, I figured the caps would be sturdy and airtight enough even when re-used, and again I never had a problem. Another plus -- these were 1 or 1.5 liter bottles, so I didn't need as many.

But even that got to be a little too much. I tried my hand at home wine making, with some decent results, but that was even more hassle and mess. Around that time, I changed jobs, and lost a lot of my free time, so I had to let these hobbies go.

I will some day return to either or both, but with some changes. If I make wine again, it will be in barrels. If I home brew beer again, I will not bottle the beer -- I'll use a keg.

ivan · « **Reply #1362 on:** December 21, 2011, 02:46:39 PM »

Of course, you guys already know all this, so excuse my rambling.

I am, however, intrigued by the home whiskey aging kit. Off to do some research!

hackess · « **Reply #1363 on:** December 28, 2011, 03:53:58 PM »

Quote from: ivan on December 21, 2011, 02:45:22 PM

I haven't brewed in years, but I had some pretty good results. I mostly used the so-called "beer in a can" pre-hopped malt extracts. Add sugar and a little water, boil, pour into more water in a carboy, drop in the yeast, slap on a fermentation lock, wait, bottle, wait, drink. Serious home brewers scoff at "beer in a can" brewers, of course, but it can't be denied that the results can be great. And after amortizing the equipment, I got the cost per 12 oz bottle down to 11 cents (10-20 years ago).

The biggest bugaboo were the bottles. You need sterile, nice looking bottles that can be capped, and lots of them. Home brewers get pecuniary and fascistic about their bottles. They guy who introduced me to homebrewing would not let you touch his bottles of beer, far less drink from the bottles. He's pour the beer into a glass, then immediately rinse the bottle with hot water. If you don't do that, and if you leave so much as a speck of beer in the bottle, you'll be soaking it in bleach solution before the next bottling.

I've used purchased bottles, but that seriously raises the cost of production. I've used reclaimed bottles, but that took hours and hours and hours of soaking to remove labels, bleaching, scrubbing. My best solution was to use reclaimed mineral water bottles. We drink a lot of mineral water. So for my last several batches I saved all the bottles with their screw tops, and didn't even bother to remove the labels unless they were given as gifts. I figured the bottles were already sanitary enough, and I never had a problem. The only iffy part was the screw tops, because the final fermentation occurs in the bottle, and the caps have to withstand some pressure. But since the mineral water was carbonated, I figured the caps would be sturdy and airtight enough even when re-used, and again I never had a problem. Another plus -- these were 1 or 1.5 liter bottles, so I didn't need as many.

But even that got to be a little too much. I tried my hand at home wine making, with some decent results, but that was even more hassle and mess. Around that time, I changed jobs, and lost a lot of my free time, so I had to let these hobbies go.

I will some day return to either or both, but with some changes. If I make wine again, it will be in barrels. If I home brew beer again, I will not bottle the beer -- I'll use a keg.

Home brewers are sexy.

ivan · « **Reply #1364 on:** December 30, 2011, 11:56:57 PM »

Quote from: catwritr on December 28, 2011, 03:53:58 PM

Home brewers are sexy.

Women who think home brewers are sexy are sexy.

damoose · « **Reply #1365 on:** January 05, 2012, 01:22:02 PM »

No home brew kit.

However I did just get my cell phone rebate back. May have to get myself a brew kit afterall. Looking at the Coopers kit as it has just about everything in it. Anyone else have any suggestions?

reimero · « **Reply #1366 on:** January 06, 2012, 09:49:10 AM »

The Coopers kit looks rather cheap and proprietary (kinda like Mr. Beer.) I strongly recommend getting a "starter kit" from an outfit like www.midwestsupplies.com and then augmenting as you grow and expand. See this link for a list of kits they sell.

You can also go a la carte. You'll need a big (3-gallon) pot, a long-handled metal spoon, a thermometer, a hydrometer, foodservice-grade sanitizing equipment, a 5-gal. fermenter (plastic or glass) with an airlock and a bottling bucket with spigot. You'll also need to decide what you're going to do with the finished product: you can either bottle it (in which case you'll need bottles, bottlecaps and a bottle capper) or you can keg it (in which case you'll need kegging equipment.)

hackess · « **Reply #1367 on:** January 06, 2012, 11:42:01 AM »

For the first time possibly ever, I've used a real picture of myself as an avatar here. SO THERE.

Novice · « **Reply #1368 on:** January 06, 2012, 12:10:58 PM »

Quote from: catwritr on January 06, 2012, 11:42:01 AM

For the first time possibly ever, I've used a real picture of myself as an avatar here. SO THERE.

Demosthenes · « **Reply #1369 on:** January 06, 2012, 01:23:53 PM »

pbsaurus · « **Reply #1370 on:** January 06, 2012, 02:06:57 PM »

:thud:

Min · « **Reply #1371 on:** January 07, 2012, 06:32:13 PM »

What about this one?

Min · « **Reply #1372 on:** January 07, 2012, 06:32:49 PM »

Oh right, that was just a picture not an avatar.

hackess · « **Reply #1373 on:** January 09, 2012, 11:27:29 AM »

Quote from: Min on January 07, 2012, 06:32:13 PM

What about this one?

*exchanges meaningful glances with Min*

h4wt_b3t4 · « **Reply #1374 on:** January 17, 2012, 10:02:06 PM »

Theesh eesh me.

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