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03/18/2012 10:57:43 AM · #26 |
Originally posted by deeby:
...we get good stuff from overseas too (fuller's london porter....is it well-liked in the UK? It is well-liked in me!) |
I purchase German beers like Erdinger and Schneider Weisse at the LCBO but although good they don't taste quite the same.
In still remember quite fondly my last visit to the Hofbräuhaus in München where, accompanied by  Beetle, her husband  plamprec and some of their relatives and friends I enjoyed a few weisse beer an some Schweinshaxe.
Gotta go... I think I hear a weisse beer calling me.
Ray
Message edited by author 2012-03-18 10:59:22. |
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03/18/2012 11:12:30 AM · #27 |
Originally posted by RayEthier:
Gotta go... I think I hear a weisse beer calling me.
Ray |
You know, I can pretty much drink and enjoy every kind of beer known to man (including rauchbier), but I just can not enjoy a weisse. |
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03/18/2012 12:40:44 PM · #28 |
Message edited by author 2012-07-24 21:41:15. |
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03/18/2012 01:11:03 PM · #29 |
I want to get into home brewing. I just had this beer last week and it was so good. If you love blueberries and beer I suggest this for sure!!
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03/18/2012 06:32:26 PM · #30 |
OK, mystery solved. When I went to work today I took along one of the more stubbornly stained bottles. My boss ran bars in Ottawa before opening the restaurant some 20 years ago. She knew immediately what it was: abrasion scratches on the outside of the bottle, made by the cases that hold them (and probably from where they also literally rub shoulders) in the case. So I was doing things all inside out and nothing can get rid of the abrasion marks. *sigh*...
But she suggested using glass water bottles so if I can find a brand that's cheap and in a shapely bottle, I might go for that.
Thanks much all for your help!
Message edited by author 2012-03-18 18:36:06. |
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03/18/2012 07:33:01 PM · #31 |
Originally posted by snaffles:
But she suggested using glass water bottles so if I can find a brand that's cheap and in a shapely bottle, I might go for that. |
water bottles tend to be clear, but you typically want green or brown bottles, as the contents will be affected by light.
Champagne bottles (or similar ones used for sparkling cider) are great because they are usually extra-strong, and can be capped with the same "crown cap" as a regular beer bottle. Long ago, when I made beer, I was told to not use the bottles with the the screw-top threads ... |
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03/18/2012 09:19:57 PM · #32 |
| Yup, don't want to be bottling in clear bottles. |
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03/18/2012 10:26:13 PM · #33 |
Uhmmm.... GeneralE and  gcoulson...I plan to bottle maple syrup in clear glass bottles, not beer!!! My original plan was to use clear glass beer bottles, thought it was residue inside the bottles, it ain't, boss thought glass water bottles would work nicely. I want to showcase the various glorious ambers and golds of my syrup. And I've yet to see good ol' sirop d'erable ever sold in tinted glass bottles. Either opaque plastic, even tin cans, but when glass is used, it's always clear glass. The colour is an indication of the grade.
And Sleeman's is a perfectly fine brew in clear glass bottles....*scratching head*...that's why I wanted to use them. |
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03/19/2012 12:38:56 AM · #34 |
Originally posted by snaffles:
She knew immediately what it was: abrasion scratches on the outside of the bottle, made by the cases that hold them (and probably from where they also literally rub shoulders) in the case. So I was doing things all inside out and nothing can get rid of the abrasion marks. *sigh*... |
ahem... |
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03/19/2012 09:11:03 AM · #35 |
Originally posted by skewsme:
Originally posted by snaffles:
She knew immediately what it was: abrasion scratches on the outside of the bottle, made by the cases that hold them (and probably from where they also literally rub shoulders) in the case. So I was doing things all inside out and nothing can get rid of the abrasion marks. *sigh*... |
ahem... |
Yes,  skewsme, my apologies for not acknowledging that you did mention some form of scratches or marks made by a holder or bottling machinery of some sort. Sorry! |
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03/19/2012 01:15:45 PM · #36 |
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03/19/2012 01:52:00 PM · #37 |
| Well, you could always sand blast the bottles to give then a frosted look. Might look pretty cool with the syrup inside. |
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03/19/2012 03:05:34 PM · #38 |
| Or you could acid etch a special design into the bottles. It's pretty easy to do and you will turn a bug into a feature. |
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03/19/2012 03:18:54 PM · #39 |
Originally posted by BrennanOB:
Or you could acid etch a special design into the bottles. It's pretty easy to do and you will turn a bug into a feature. |
Acid which will etch glass (often hydrofluoric) may be "easy to use" but can still be pretty dangerous stuff (maybe there's a gel form now?); it's a good idea, but I guess I wouldn't sound quite as casual about doing it. :-) |
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03/19/2012 03:30:05 PM · #40 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
maybe there's a gel form now? |
Yes, it is pretty nasty, but I have used the jellied stuff (somewhere between rubber cement and library paste in viscosity) with rubberized friskettes to etch glass. Much easier to use than liquid acid because it doesn't creep off the design so you get much crisper edges. You can buy kits with the paste, a brush and masking material on line, and you just need gloves that can stand up to the acid which you can get at most hardware stores. Of course eye protection is a must. |
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03/19/2012 06:30:18 PM · #41 |
| I am not a homebrewer, but I AM a homedrinker. I am willing to do quality control testing for a minimum wage. :) Prefer stouts, bocks, lagers. I am about the only person in Oregon who does not enjoy IPA. |
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03/19/2012 06:36:13 PM · #42 |
Originally posted by BrennanOB:
Originally posted by GeneralE:
maybe there's a gel form now? |
Yes, it is pretty nasty, but I have used the jellied stuff (somewhere between rubber cement and library paste in viscosity) with rubberized friskettes to etch glass. Much easier to use than liquid acid because it doesn't creep off the design so you get much crisper edges. You can buy kits with the paste, a brush and masking material on line, and you just need gloves that can stand up to the acid which you can get at most hardware stores. Of course eye protection is a must. |
Sounds cool. Might look into it. I suppose you have to use glass of a certain thickness? |
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03/19/2012 06:53:38 PM · #43 |
Originally posted by snaffles:
Sounds cool. Might look into it. I suppose you have to use glass of a certain thickness? |
It really only roughs up the surface so you can do it on pretty thin glass like mirrored tile and the like, unlike sandblasting that takes enough glass that you can feel the etch with a fingernail. Any beverage bottle is thick enough that the etching from and acid is very unlikely to compromise the integrity of the container. |
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03/19/2012 08:31:35 PM · #44 |
Originally posted by DrAchoo:
I am not a homebrewer, but I AM a homedrinker. I am willing to do quality control testing for a minimum wage. :) Prefer stouts, bocks, lagers. I am about the only person in Oregon who does not enjoy IPA. |
I generally like IPA's and hoppy beers, but I think some brewers have taken a good thing too far. It's like they want to see just how extremely hoppy they can make their beers. |
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03/19/2012 10:17:01 PM · #45 |
| Drachoo you can drink with Posthumous next time we're in OR, haha. He likes em malty when he likes em. I'm a hophead but hey it should taste like homebrew, not homespew. |
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03/20/2012 04:55:34 AM · #46 |
| I like 'em all, malty, hoppy just not blech. |
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03/20/2012 12:07:07 PM · #47 |
Originally posted by skewsme:
Drachoo you can drink with Posthumous next time we're in OR, haha. He likes em malty when he likes em. I'm a hophead but hey it should taste like homebrew, not homespew. |
He needs to make it out here. Oregon is a microbrew mecca and Rogue and Ninkasi make some awesome malty beers. Smoked, chocolate, espresso...mmmmmm. |
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03/20/2012 02:57:34 PM · #48 |
Originally posted by DrAchoo:
... Oregon is a microbrew mecca and Rogue and Ninkasi make some awesome malty beers. Smoked, chocolate, espresso...mmmmmm. |
...are you still talking beer here?
Ray |
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03/20/2012 03:27:26 PM · #49 |
Originally posted by RayEthier:
Originally posted by DrAchoo:
... Oregon is a microbrew mecca and Rogue and Ninkasi make some awesome malty beers. Smoked, chocolate, espresso...mmmmmm. |
...are you still talking beer here?
Ray |
Beat me to it! :-) Funny spin this thread has taken seeing it was originally about maple syrup. |
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03/20/2012 03:46:26 PM · #50 |
Originally posted by snaffles:
Beat me to it! :-) Funny spin this thread has taken seeing it was originally about maple syrup. |
Perhaps the misleading thread title had something to do with it ... ;-) |
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