Life goes on - Winter 2022

I pray that if you are going to be cheap you are using rolled oats meant for horse feed or rolling your own. There is no way I would consider paying grocery store prices cheap! In fact, it is debatable whether I would consider rice cheap.

And you know because I was looking at TSC for oats… I ran across this:
https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/producers-pride-all-grain-feed-50-lb

Which if you rolled it, or smashed it or something. It would be perfect for ‘the old goat’ (except it contains a preservative meant to inhibit fungal growth) :rofl:

(and I apologize if my sense of humor is a bit messed up atm. I will blame Michigan State for that…)

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I’m getting the generic stuff at my dented can store :joy:

No way I’m giving full price to that Quaker!

Update on the beer: after about 3 hours of the yeast doing some digesting it is now rocking and rolling, the airlock almost can’t keep up. I have to agitate the grains every 12 hours now for the next few days.

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Oh THOSE are probably even cheaper then horsefeed. :slight_smile: There is a store near Muncie, Ind that does like all sorts of tomato based products like sauces, ketchup, etc that has stuff like improperly labeled packages from their factory. If you go to Argos, ping me, ill get the name and location if you want to go. All I remember is it is a half-hour from muncie but I don’t know in which direction. Argos I think was 45m from muncie.

I would have program a microcontroller to agitate for me on that schedule. :slight_smile:

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Ah it’s no big deal, just stir it a little to burp it. Make sure the grains at the bottom are well mixed and not clumped into a nasty dough ball. The primary fermentation you want to introduce oxygen every now and then. It’s the secondary that you don’t want to disturb.

It is actually an issue with my schedule. TBH I would try a magnetic stirrer first. :slight_smile: I want to read up on the primary fermentation process though. It seems interesting. i just can’t concentrate on anything serious right now.

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Well there is a money making market for you. If you can figure a easy way to do it.
Bob

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Cool vidio WAYNE KEITH- i found him on UTUBE supper bowl national–anrhem

You can make malt at home. Soak the grain, lay it out and sprout them, then dehydrate and tumble the sprouts off of the grain.

If you have a tumble dryer for clothes, put the grains in a pillowcase and the tumbling will knock off the shoots.

After it’s malted you can do a gentle grind to just crack open the grain to increase surface area.

Edit: for beers and whiskeys you can also do what’s called a Green Malt. Don’t knock off the shoots, it’ll add bitterness without the need for Hops.

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This has prooven ineffective for me. It is possible thugh the roots and shoots werent dry enaugh. Will try again.

Meanwhile… aha! Our “new” stone mill!

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How does it get spun? From below the table? Is it man powered or motor powered?

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Originaly, the stones were hand spun. Evidence stil evident on the deep grooves on the top stone, made with the wooden dowel used to spin the stone. Someone had to hand mill A LOT of grain to form them. I have tryed. 2 pounds l can hand mill, then lm about dead :smile:

Its motor powered now.

Oh, yes. Under the table is a shaft and pulley to power and raise the stone.

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Told dad about the sake/beer. He says don’t add anything else. He wants it straight as a sake.

I expected an oaty rice porridge mess out of my brewing bucket but I was surprised to find it behaved while I was at work. Burped it and it’s rocking and rolling again, airlock bubbling every other second. It’s amazing how fast that enzyme gets to work.

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What size gasifier do I need for my new truck?

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1/4 the size of the fun bucket while driving it🤔

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Old Gas Works Seattle Washington State 1950’s back the truck up and put it in the back bed of the truck you will be set to go.

Bob

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NOT me, ithink i go charco gasifier scooter or riding lawn mower, no insurence needed or cancelation notice- i could not afford insurence on that beast-- is that a real truck or am i halucinating.

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Yes that is some of the newest of new haul trucks, designed for shuttling material inside of mines and cut patches, commonly seen in very large industrial excavation for very large buildings. Very fun to drive, even easier to tip over when loaded. Not fun at all to change a tire on.

Every seen a industrial crane rented at 1,000$ an hour to change a 12,000lb tire?
By the way those tires can cost over 40,000$ EACH

Granted that is just a rendering of a new style, these trucks have been in use for many many years

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Looks like the rich just getting richer vehicle, have you driven one like this ,or know someone, i wounder what that beast weighs, one sink whole type quake would desulve it in seconds, from the almighty.Just saying.

Kevin they’re pure work trucks, i don’t think there’s even millionaires that would want to upkeep one personally.

Who ever owns that company,. got to be rakeing in some gold to keep that baby going, that truck must have one big ring and pinion .I wounder what size the motor bore and # of cykinders, or what the crank shaft weigh’s–ONE HUGE MUG BUGGER.