Collarspace Discussion Forums


Home  Login  Search 

RE: What do you collect ? GEEK HOBBY ?


View related threads: (in this forum | in all forums)

Logged in as: Guest
 
All Forums >> [Casual Banter] >> Off the Grid >> RE: What do you collect ? GEEK HOBBY ? Page: <<   < prev  1 2 3 [4]
Login
Message << Older Topic   Newer Topic >>
RE: What do you collect ? GEEK HOBBY ? - 1/31/2005 12:12:49 PM   
Bigbossman4u


Posts: 116
Joined: 11/24/2004
Status: offline
quote:

Not to sound ignorant or anything here but I am. What is a finger? Is that like a shot?


Hey Gloria

Just a drinker's slang term for a "shot" or a measure of the ambrosia of choice... a la a foot :)

of course, fine whisky should always be sippped lol

the term comes from the width of a finger as applied ot the glass itself. I usually pour two -three fingers in a scotch glass and that's good for me. I usually drink neat (no ice or water added) or wiht a drop or two of water added, but never on rocks... unless I am drinking a cask strength malt which can be higher than 60% alcohol (120 proof). otherwise IMO no dilution is necesary but when tasting a new scotch I'll often add a drop or two of water after a few sips to see if it opens up the flaver as is often the case.

I have several friends who are into microbrewing. I'm not a big beer or ale drinker... occasionally a good stout or belgian lambic ale hits the spot. Always loved the thought of brewing my own but I have too many hobbies as it is :)

I'm sure Doug is appreciative of all your efforts :)

best
Joshua

_____________________________

"Egotism is the anesthetic which nature gives us to deaden the pain of being a fool." - Dr Herbert Schofield

(in reply to sub4hire)
Profile   Post #: 61
RE: What do you collect ? GEEK HOBBY ? - 1/31/2005 12:19:50 PM   
sub4hire


Posts: 6775
Joined: 1/1/2004
Status: offline
quote:

unless I am drinking a cask strength malt which can be higher than 60% alcohol (120 proof).


First of all thank you for the knowledge. 60% sounds almost impossible to me. Brewing beer. I always thought my 21% was staggering. Now I know I'm a novice. Wonder how I can up my alcohol contect without messing up my beer.
Hmm...more sugar..or perhaps a different sort.

(in reply to Bigbossman4u)
Profile   Post #: 62
RE: What do you collect ? GEEK HOBBY ? - 1/31/2005 12:35:47 PM   
Bigbossman4u


Posts: 116
Joined: 11/24/2004
Status: offline
quote:

First of all thank you for the knowledge. 60% sounds almost impossible to me. Brewing beer. I always thought my 21% was staggering. Now I know I'm a novice. Wonder how I can up my alcohol contect without messing up my beer.


Yeah, I know some people who claim to drink the cask strengths neat... but I think it's either BS or a matter of ego or a mouth/gut of steel. I love the burn but at that high alcohol content, there's no way to possibly taste the nuances in flavor, least not for my palate. ;)

Wish I could help you on brewing qeustions but aside for a basic understanding of the wort & fermentation process I am fairly clueless. I'm sure there are some very informative sites online :)


best,
Joshua

PS; keep in mind distilling spirits and brewing ales are very different. :) 21% ale is pretty strong considering the typical US type beer has about 6-7% alcohol :)

< Message edited by Bigbossman4u -- 1/31/2005 12:50:00 PM >

_____________________________

"Egotism is the anesthetic which nature gives us to deaden the pain of being a fool." - Dr Herbert Schofield

(in reply to sub4hire)
Profile   Post #: 63
RE: What do you collect ? GEEK HOBBY ? - 1/31/2005 1:16:48 PM   
sub4hire


Posts: 6775
Joined: 1/1/2004
Status: offline
quote:

Wish I could help you on brewing qeustions but aside for a basic understanding of the wort & fermentation process I am fairly clueless. I'm sure there are some very informative sites online :)


I know a fair amount about brewing beer. Whatever I'm interested in I do a lot of research before trying anything out. I've been brewing now for about 2 year's.
Someone had even given Doug a brewing for dummies book, 5 to 6 year's ago. I found it last year sometime and claimed it. Didn't tell me a lot I didn't already know. Perhap's it is time to read it again.
Anyway, the way to turn alcohol into alcohol is sugar. There are many different types of sugar you can use. Some being more potent.
The fermentation process is the yeast carbonating the beer. Of course other things happen during this time as well. With my beer, that is what I am looking for though. It gives me that head on my beer.
Of course also add's my aocohol. With my beer if I ferment too long it can ruin the batch.
So, it all depends. Which is why I'm not thinking of how I could up my alcohol without messing something up. Adding sugar sounds like an easy fix but with everything there has to be balances.
Too much and you have crap, too little and you have crap.

(in reply to Bigbossman4u)
Profile   Post #: 64
RE: What do you collect ? GEEK HOBBY ? - 2/1/2005 4:18:20 PM   
Bigbossman4u


Posts: 116
Joined: 11/24/2004
Status: offline
quote:

Too much and you have crap, too little and you have crap.


well if Doug is happy with it... why mess around? Maybe keep one recipe the same, but experiement with future projects. What equipment do you use? one fo those all in one DIY kits or more sophisitcated assortment of implements?

curiously,
Joshua

_____________________________

"Egotism is the anesthetic which nature gives us to deaden the pain of being a fool." - Dr Herbert Schofield

(in reply to sub4hire)
Profile   Post #: 65
RE: What do you collect ? GEEK HOBBY ? - 2/1/2005 8:26:12 PM   
sub4hire


Posts: 6775
Joined: 1/1/2004
Status: offline
quote:

well if Doug is happy with it... why mess around? Maybe keep one recipe the same, but experiement with future projects. What equipment do you use? one fo those all in one DIY kits or more sophisitcated assortment of implements?


I originally started with mrbeer.com. My dad bought Doug a keg for christmas. Naturallly I was the one who had to do the work. It makes pretty good beer from what he tells me. Seven percent is about average.
They have pre-made mixes. You can still mess them up but it is harder. They also have hops from all over the world you can buy to experiment. The pre-mades, you need no hops for.
Last year I started growing my own hops. So I dabble a little here and a little there. Doug likes dark beer. Just brewed some oatmeal stout. He can't decide if it is his new favorite or not just yet...hehe. I still use the mr beer keg. Its cute...its brown so no light can get in. It is just too perfect not to use.
Then again, I also brew their mixes from time to time still as well. We have a local store here where you can buy all the fixings for your own microbrews.

I definately recommend mrbeer if anyone wants to try their hand at beer brewing.

(in reply to Bigbossman4u)
Profile   Post #: 66
RE: What do you collect ? GEEK HOBBY ? - 2/2/2005 5:59:07 PM   
DameDarkness


Posts: 341
Joined: 10/1/2004
Status: offline 		LOL i think we all collect EX's it just sorta happens like when it rains..........IT HAPPENS! LOL


_____________________________

Into the night sky I fly through distant lands and darkened streets... Up into the clouds to play and dance with the moon.....To the hearts of all and I say to you be true to they own heart.

(in reply to Atavist)
Profile   Post #: 67
RE: What do you collect ? GEEK HOBBY ? - 2/2/2005 7:20:16 PM   
MistressDREAD


Posts: 2943
Joined: 1/1/2004
Status: offline

I collect slaves
Thighs, snake and
aligator skins,
pictures n records.

Im not sure if
My collections are
concidered geek or
even a hobby but
Ive collected 487
tatooed thighs with
My name on them of
slaves over the
past 30 years that
are running around
the world. Im a hunter
and enjoy collecting
the hides of unusuall
snakes and gators n
crocks. As a child I
had the largest goat
horn collection you
ever seen and they
were used in the fence
lines as I got older to
keep out theifs. LOL
Jah the memories this
question raises. I collect
photographs. Not just
any kind of photographs
but the first one's taken of
people and places from
My country and those of
My ansestors Countries
from the early 1800s.
I also have most original
78 vinal records of the
famous singers of My
country signed as well.

OK so Im a little bit weird
compaired to most here
SO WHHHAAAAATTTT!!

(in reply to DameDarkness)
Profile   Post #: 68
RE: What do you collect ? GEEK HOBBY ? - 2/2/2005 7:29:31 PM   
mistoferin


Posts: 8284
Joined: 10/27/2004
Status: offline 		Mistress Dread might I ask where you are from?. You mentioned Rastafarians on another post. My mother's family is from Barbados. I have never made it there yet but would love to go one day.

_____________________________

Peace and light,
~erin~

There are no victims here...only volunteers.

When you make a habit of playing on the tracks, you thereby forfeit the right to bitch when you get hit by a train.

"I did it! I admit it and I'm gonna do it again!"

(in reply to MistressDREAD)
Profile   Post #: 69
RE: What do you collect ? GEEK HOBBY ? - 2/2/2005 7:35:33 PM   
MistressDREAD


Posts: 2943
Joined: 1/1/2004
Status: offline 		JAMAICAN MI CRAZYYYY MON!!

(in reply to mistoferin)
Profile   Post #: 70
RE: What do you collect ? GEEK HOBBY ? - 2/9/2005 6:33:53 AM   
ShiftedJewel


Posts: 2492
Joined: 12/2/2004
Status: offline 		I collect books... specifically, I collect antique dictionaries of all sizes, and when I can find them, I collect antique encyclopedia and history books.... that's not so strange...... is it?

Jewel

_____________________________

Don't ask, trust me, you won't like the answer... no one ever does.

(in reply to DameDarkness)
Profile   Post #: 71
RE: What do you collect ? GEEK HOBBY ? - 2/10/2005 7:10:16 AM   
SirSTRYKER


Posts: 284
Joined: 8/15/2004
Status: offline 		I collect clowns, figures, paintings and such.

(in reply to DameDarkness)
Profile   Post #: 72
RE: What do you collect ? GEEK HOBBY ? - 2/11/2005 11:19:22 PM   
Mandalin


Posts: 103
Joined: 2/7/2005
Status: offline 		I've been collecting old vintage and antique jewelry for years. I've got boxes and boxes full of it that takes up a whole room. I used to tear them apart and make my own jewelry, until I realized how much they're really worth. When I find a peice in an antique book, that I've ruined, it makes me ill!

(in reply to SirSTRYKER)
Profile   Post #: 73
RE: What do you collect ? GEEK HOBBY ? - 2/13/2005 10:59:06 AM   
ehlovindom


Posts: 248
Joined: 1/23/2004
Status: offline 		Think my first collection was keychains. Over the years I have collected antique cameras and film books, animation collectibles and records. But the best and worst collection I have is all of the rejections I've experienced. Each has been painful but have made me stronger.

_____________________________

Know which bridge to build, which one to cross, and which one to burn!

(in reply to Mandalin)
Profile   Post #: 74
Page:   <<   < prev  1 2 3 [4]
All Forums >> [Casual Banter] >> Off the Grid >> RE: What do you collect ? GEEK HOBBY ? Page: <<   < prev  1 2 3 [4]
Jump to:





New Messages No New Messages
Hot Topic w/ New Messages Hot Topic w/o New Messages
Locked w/ New Messages Locked w/o New Messages
 Post New Thread
 Reply to Message
 Post New Poll
 Submit Vote
 Delete My Own Post
 Delete My Own Thread
 Rate Posts




Collarchat.com © 2025
Terms of Service Privacy Policy Spam Policy

0.078