Elawin
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Guinness is best in the bottle straight from the fridge when you get up in the morning. It wakes you up very quickly
Drinking beer direct from the bottle
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Do you use a straw though?Guinness is best in the bottle straight from the fridge when you get up in the morning. It wakes you up very quickly
Just head down Neville Street, taking the first left after you come out from under the station. There's a road full of the places.
Elawin
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Never tried it with a straw
CraigC
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Free beer for life is contingent on the the owner keeping controlling interest. Heineken has already purchased a large share and is making offers for a complete buy out.
ElizabethB
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@The Late Night Gourmet
Yu reminded me of the time Dad decided to make beer. I was very young (elementary school) and do not remember all of the details. I know he used brown bottles and had some gadget for capping. He put his precious bottles in the kitchen cabinet to age. One night we were all awakened in the wee hours of the morning by what sounded like a barrage of gun fire. The beer bottles had exploded!
Beer and glass EVERYWHERE!! We all pitched in but my poor Mother had the brunt of the clean up. Every surface in the kitchen had to be scrubbed down. We would find tiny bits of glass for weeks after.
Moral of the story - do not store beer bottles on the top shelf of the kitchen cabinets.
BTW - Dad sold his beer making equipment.
Yu reminded me of the time Dad decided to make beer. I was very young (elementary school) and do not remember all of the details. I know he used brown bottles and had some gadget for capping. He put his precious bottles in the kitchen cabinet to age. One night we were all awakened in the wee hours of the morning by what sounded like a barrage of gun fire. The beer bottles had exploded!
Beer and glass EVERYWHERE!! We all pitched in but my poor Mother had the brunt of the clean up. Every surface in the kitchen had to be scrubbed down. We would find tiny bits of glass for weeks after.
Moral of the story - do not store beer bottles on the top shelf of the kitchen cabinets.
BTW - Dad sold his beer making equipment.
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This can happen if you over-prime the beer. Just like in baking, sugar is the food that the yeast consumes. In the case of bread, the dough can expand and the sugar doesn't all get converted by the yeast in its time in the oven. But, the yeast in a bottle will consume whatever sugar is there and keep on farting it out (my technical term for creating carbonation). Combine that with what must have been warm temperatures in the kitchen, and this is what can happen. I always stored my beer in the basement during fermentation, but it was mostly because I knew that warmer temperatures can affect the flavor of the beer during fermentation.@The Late Night Gourmet
Yu reminded me of the time Dad decided to make beer. I was very young (elementary school) and do not remember all of the details. I know he used brown bottles and had some gadget for capping. He put his precious bottles in the kitchen cabinet to age. One night we were all awakened in the wee hours of the morning by what sounded like a barrage of gun fire. The beer bottles had exploded!
Beer and glass EVERYWHERE!! We all pitched in but my poor Mother had the brunt of the clean up. Every surface in the kitchen had to be scrubbed down. We would find tiny bits of glass for weeks after.
Moral of the story - do not store beer bottles on the top shelf of the kitchen cabinets.
BTW - Dad sold his beer making equipment.
ElizabethB
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No basements in south Louisiana. 
No basements in south Louisiana.
Why don't you have basements? Serious off-topic question. One might think a cool underground room would be useful when it gets so hot there.
CraigC
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If the water table there is anything like south Florida, you dig 6' and you hit water. I've seen 1950's era bomb shelters built underground in older construction. Just like Terrazzo flooring, with labor rates today, it isn't cost effective.
Something similar with demijohns, they blew the airtrap & bung through the ceiling. Leaving the walls covered in a sticky mess.@The Late Night Gourmet
Yu reminded me of the time Dad decided to make beer. I was very young (elementary school) and do not remember all of the details. I know he used brown bottles and had some gadget for capping. He put his precious bottles in the kitchen cabinet to age. One night we were all awakened in the wee hours of the morning by what sounded like a barrage of gun fire. The beer bottles had exploded!
Beer and glass EVERYWHERE!! We all pitched in but my poor Mother had the brunt of the clean up. Every surface in the kitchen had to be scrubbed down. We would find tiny bits of glass for weeks after.
Moral of the story - do not store beer bottles on the top shelf of the kitchen cabinets.
BTW - Dad sold his beer making equipment.
I used to wrap mine in industrial pallet wrap, with a "catch it" trap covering the top.
ElizabethB
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@morning glory
I am 35 miles due north of the Gulf. As @CraigC said - the water table is much too high for basements - unless you want a swimming pool under your house.
@classic33 - educate me - what are demijohns? Too lazy to look it up.
I am 35 miles due north of the Gulf. As @CraigC said - the water table is much too high for basements - unless you want a swimming pool under your house.
@classic33 - educate me - what are demijohns? Too lazy to look it up.
This, with the airlock and bung(that came out) to the side.
The household versions hold a gallon.
ElizabethB
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So what do you use it for? Storing beer? I am a little dense today.
@morning glory
I am 35 miles due north of the Gulf. As @CraigC said - the water table is much too high for basements - unless you want a swimming pool under your house.
My ignorance!