Beer

[Secret Chief]

The art of writing a good hymn has gone downhill ever since, if you ask me.

I think I want to sing that hymn RIGHT NOW!!!!!

 

[Thrice Great]

A Hymn to Ninkasi
translation

Given birth by the flowing water ......, tenderly cared for by Ninhursaja! Ninkasi, given birth by the flowing water ......, tenderly cared for by Ninhursaja!
Having founded your town upon wax, she completed its great walls for you. Ninkasi, having founded your town upon wax, she completed its great walls for you.
Your father is Enki, the lord Nudimmud, and your mother is Ninti, the queen of the abzu. Ninkasi, your father is Enki, the lord Nudimmud, and your mother is Ninti, the queen of the abzu.

It is you who handle the ...... and dough with a big shovel, mixing, in a pit, the beerbread with sweet aromatics. Ninkasi, it is you who handle the ...... and dough with a big shovel, mixing, in a pit, the beerbread with sweet aromatics.
It is you who bake the beerbread in the big oven, and put in order the piles of hulled grain. Ninkasi, it is you who bake the beerbread in the big oven, and put in order the piles of hulled grain.

It is you who water the earth-covered malt; the noble dogs guard it even from the potentates (?). Ninkasi, it is you who water the earth-covered malt; the noble dogs guard it even from the potentates (?).
It is you who soak the malt in a jar; the waves rise, the waves fall. Ninkasi, it is you who soak the malt in a jar; the waves rise, the waves fall.
It is you who spread the cooked mash on large reed mats; coolness overcomes ....... Ninkasi, it is you who spread the cooked mash on large reed mats; coolness overcomes It is you who hold with both hands the great sweetwort, brewing it with honey and wine. Ninkasi, it is you who hold with both hands the great sweetwort, brewing it with honey and wine.

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You ...... the sweetwort to the vessel. Ninkasi, ....... You ...... the sweetwort to the vessel.
You place the fermenting vat, which makes a pleasant sound, appropriately on top of a large collector vat. Ninkasi, you place the fermenting vat, which makes a pleasant sound, appropriately on top of a large collector vat.
It is you who pour out the filtered beer of the collector vat; it is like the onrush of the Tigris and the Euphrates. Ninkasi, it is you who pour out the filtered beer of the collector vat; it is like the onrush of the Tigris and the Euphrates.
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[Thrice Great]

Sumerian Beer

(5 gallons/19 L)
OG = 1.062 FG = 1.009 ABV = 6.9%
Ingredients

4.5 lbs. (2.0 kg) Weyermann rauchmalz (smoked malt)
3.5 lbs. (1.6 kg) bappir (“beer bread”)
1.5 lbs. (0.68 kg) rice hulls
1.5 lbs. (0.68 kg) honey
1 gallon (3.8 L) date wine

Step by Step

Make the date wine (see below), then bake the bappir (see below) one or two days later. Let bappir cool overnight. The next day, add crushed malt and crumbled bread to your kettle. Mash in to 131 °F (55 °C) with 3.0 gallons (11 L) of water. Immediately begin slowly heating the mash to 156 °F (69 °C), stirring constantly, then rest at 156 °F (69 °C) for 45 minutes. Heat mash to 170 °F (77 °C) and transfer it to your lauter tun. Stir in rice hulls. Let sit for 5 minutes, then recirculate briefly and run off wort to kettle. Collect 4.0 gallons (15 L) total. Boil for 15 minutes, then cool to 70 °F
(21 °C). Remove bag of date skins from fermenter. (If you can get a friend to hold the bag, you can use two cookie sheets to gently press the pulp and yield a bit more juice.) Combine fermenting date wine with your fresh wort, then stir in honey. Add water to make
5 gallons (19 L), aerate and let ferment at 70–80 °F (21–27 °C) until fermentation subsides. Keg or bottle.

 

[ZooGirl02]

The last time I had beer was a couple of months ago. I only drank half a beer. Before then it had been a long time since I had any. Believe it or not, only half a beer gave me a buzz. This was a can. I felt ashamed when it gave me a buzz because I believe that drunkenness is sinful. It definitely wasn't intentional though.

 

[Secret Chief]

A Hymn to Ninkasi

translation​

Given birth by the flowing water ......, tenderly cared for by Ninhursaja! Ninkasi, given birth by the flowing water ......, tenderly cared for by Ninhursaja!
Having founded your town upon wax, she completed its great walls for you. Ninkasi, having founded your town upon wax, she completed its great walls for you.
Your father is Enki, the lord Nudimmud, and your mother is Ninti, the queen of the abzu. Ninkasi, your father is Enki, the lord Nudimmud, and your mother is Ninti, the queen of the abzu.​

It is you who handle the ...... and dough with a big shovel, mixing, in a pit, the beerbread with sweet aromatics. Ninkasi, it is you who handle the ...... and dough with a big shovel, mixing, in a pit, the beerbread with sweet aromatics.
It is you who bake the beerbread in the big oven, and put in order the piles of hulled grain. Ninkasi, it is you who bake the beerbread in the big oven, and put in order the piles of hulled grain.​

It is you who water the earth-covered malt; the noble dogs guard it even from the potentates (?). Ninkasi, it is you who water the earth-covered malt; the noble dogs guard it even from the potentates (?).
It is you who soak the malt in a jar; the waves rise, the waves fall. Ninkasi, it is you who soak the malt in a jar; the waves rise, the waves fall.
It is you who spread the cooked mash on large reed mats; coolness overcomes ....... Ninkasi, it is you who spread the cooked mash on large reed mats; coolness overcomes It is you who hold with both hands the great sweetwort, brewing it with honey and wine. Ninkasi, it is you who hold with both hands the great sweetwort, brewing it with honey and wine.​

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You ...... the sweetwort to the vessel. Ninkasi, ....... You ...... the sweetwort to the vessel.
You place the fermenting vat, which makes a pleasant sound, appropriately on top of a large collector vat. Ninkasi, you place the fermenting vat, which makes a pleasant sound, appropriately on top of a large collector vat.
It is you who pour out the filtered beer of the collector vat; it is like the onrush of the Tigris and the Euphrates. Ninkasi, it is you who pour out the filtered beer of the collector vat; it is like the onrush of the Tigris and the Euphrates.​

Wooarrghh!

This should definitley be performed by Thinking Plague, in the style of How to Clean Squid.

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How to Clean Squid - YouTube

 

[Secret Chief]

What d'yall mean when you refer to beers as 'singles', please?

 

[Brickjectivity]

Jesus performed a miracle and turned water into some very good wine (perhaps a 1982 Chateau Margaux, but it doesn't say).

The pointless point that we all often miss is that these wedding guests had already used up their allotment of wine, which is what necessitated a miracle.

 

[ZooGirl02]

Ephesians 5:18 - And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit,

Galatians 5:21 - Envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

Proverbs 20:1 - Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler, and whoever is led astray by it is not wise.

1 Peter 5:8 - Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

1 Corinthians 6:10 -Nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.


Yet Christ not only partook of fermented wine but also produced it in abundant quantity at the wedding of Cana and gave it to His disciples at the Last Supper.

Jesus said: "For John the Baptist has come eating no bread and drinking no wine; and you say, ‘He has a demon.’ The Son of Man has come eating and drinking; and you say, ‘Behold, a glutton man, and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ Yet wisdom is justified by all her children" (Luke 7:33-35).

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Well, yes, Jesus did produce an abundant quantity of wine at the wedding of Cana. However, you have to realize that there were probably a lot of people there. Also, Jesus was not responsible for the behavior of the people there. If they chose to drink to drunkenness then that was their choice, not His.

Also, just because people called Jesus a drunkard doesn't mean He really was a drunkard. It is quite possible that they said this about him simply because they wanted to insult him.

 

[Secret Chief]

Hang on peeps, this is a non-religious forum. Don't let the beer go flat...

Speak only of IBUs !!!

 

[Brickjectivity]

Hang on peeps, this is a non-religious forum. Don't let the beer go flat...

Speak only of IBUs !!!

Where I live all hard liquor must be sold through the state. Supposing I want to buy a chocolate liqueur or whiskey then I must go to a state ABC store. I may buy beers and wines at grocery stores, gas stations and other places that have obtained licenses; but for the hard stuff I must purchase through the state. Now then, if I were to perform a miracle and turn wine into whiskey I might get into some legal trouble, but with beer I'd probably be OK so long as I didn't try to sell the stuff.

 

[Thrice Great]

Hang on peeps, this is a non-religious forum. Don't let the beer go flat...

Speak only of IBUs !!!

:help: Oh boy !!! Now that you mentioned this, I see that!
MY BAD!! I'm sorry . . .

 

[Thrice Great]

The last time I had beer was a couple of months ago. I only drank half a beer. Before then it had been a long time since I had any. Believe it or not, only half a beer gave me a buzz. This was a can. I felt ashamed when it gave me a buzz because I believe that drunkenness is sinful. It definitely wasn't intentional though.

My sincerest apologies, for some stupid reason I thought we were in a 'debate group' here (I really need to take a breather from all these debates)

Please forgive my intrusion into your Beliefs, I was wrong.

 

[Secret Chief]

Where I live all hard liquor must be sold through the state. Supposing I want to buy a chocolate liqueur or whiskey then I must go to a state ABC store. I may buy beers and wines at grocery stores, gas stations and other places that have obtained licenses; but for the hard stuff I must purchase through the state. Now then, if I were to perform a miracle and turn wine into whiskey I might get into some legal trouble, but with beer I'd probably be OK so long as I didn't try to sell the stuff.

Ta! What does 'single' mean, when relating to a beer? (I only know it as a small measure for spirits)

 

[crossfire]

Ta! What does 'single' mean, when relating to a beer? (I only know it as a small measure for spirits)

Do you mean single malt, single hops brews? (minimalist style of brewing--shortest possible ingredient list)

 

[Secret Chief]

Not single malts. One hop type is quite common.

See posts 8 and 30...

 

[crossfire]

Not single malts. One hop type is quite common.

See posts 8 and 30...

22 fl oz (.65 liter) bottles

At least, that's how craft beers are sold in this area. (We have a large number of microbreweries locally.)

 

[crossfire]

Where I live all hard liquor must be sold through the state. Supposing I want to buy a chocolate liqueur or whiskey then I must go to a state ABC store. I may buy beers and wines at grocery stores, gas stations and other places that have obtained licenses; but for the hard stuff I must purchase through the state. Now then, if I were to perform a miracle and turn wine into whiskey I might get into some legal trouble, but with beer I'd probably be OK so long as I didn't try to sell the stuff.

LOL. Our state just ended its monopoly on liquor, and auctioned off all its liquor stores. Now you can buy booze in the grocery stores. Consequentially, groceries stores are now losing thousands of dollars a day due to liquor theft. Our state has got the highest liquor taxes in the country, which makes liquor quite expensive, and a profitable black-market item. Go figure.

 

[Secret Chief]

22 fl oz (.65 liter) bottles

At least, that's how craft beers are sold in this area. (We have a large number of microbreweries locally.)

Ah, cheers!

The American craft brewers have influenced the British ones, particularly with high IBU brews, with hops such as Cascade and Citra.

 

[Brickjectivity]

I'm going to get serious for a moment.

Ok, all done.

 

[Secret Chief]

Bless you.