A couple things of interest is that the top of the line malt goes to brewers and the "mistakes" get turned into food malt. Something I never considered is that when they have 50,000 pounds of barley they want to malt they have to germinate it with 45 degree water. The problem is how do you get 50,000 pounds of barley wet all at once.
If you start pouring the water into the bins the barley on the bottom will have contact with water MUCH longer then the top. The Breiss dudes purchased some of their equipment from Bud and they said that while they are not fans of macro beer, how Bud malts is really REALLY awesome in those volumes.
But when I posted this photo on Facebook . . . . . .
Jenny comments . . "isn't that the place that is on fire in Waterloo?"
WHAT????
Then I see that 25 departments are responding to a fire at Breiss and the fire is in the specialty malt room. Nooooooooo!!
Luckily it's not the only place they make malt but as the guy said - even with the exact same techniques every malt house has it's on unique flavor.
Something else interesting. Look at the image below.
That foam is the same exact color as the beer below it . . . it just contains air. So you can ask a person, how many colors are in that glass. It's only one but your eyes see more because of air.
But back to the fire.
Many people do not know that when there is a fire of this size it has a ripple effect all across Wisconsin.
When Columbus had to go to Waterloo last night somebody has to cover Columbus and whatever department is covering Columbus somebody has to be put on call to cover THAT department and so forth. So with 25 departments at a fire in Waterloo there was a shift EVERYWHERE.
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Curling - those rocks are 42 pounds. I have never watched so much curling in my life and now Super Mario from McFarland is going for the Gold tomorrow morning (about 3:00?)
Along with indoor rock climbing I would LOVE to try curling.
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This whole arming teachers thing is ludicrous.
First of all we don't pay teachers enough in the first place. THEN we say, the government will give you a small bonus if you volunteer to be the FIRST to give your life. Yea - here is an extra $50, that should cover it. OH - yea - the residents will have to cover the HUGE insurance costs.
Since we see how a 30 year veteran Police officer responded I'm sure everything will work out just fine. Do these people understand that if you are hired you are the one that will give up your life? Yea - easy job until you have to put your life on the line.
What a bunch of freaking morons for coming up with this asinine idea.
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Did you know Cambodia has 28 national Holidays?
Paul Manafort and his aide Rick Gates now had 32 indictments - the newest ones are for money laundering - the same stuff that will bring down Trump sooner or later, money laundering. remember - most of Trumps money comes from and is in Russia.
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Mark Cuban was fined $600,000 for saying the word "tanking" when talking about bad NBA teams. YET - the Chicago Bull, yesterday said "for the rest of the year we are only playing our 2nd stringers and young up and coming players . . . to see how good they are".
ummmmmm - that is called "tanking" in my book.
and of course there is Kylie Jenner who commented “sooo does anyone else not open Snapchat anymore? Or is it just me… ugh this is so sad.” Snapchat immediately lost $1.3 BILLION and shares plummeted 6%
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But the BIG news is that for the first time in 50 years Strat-o-matic upgraded their rubber bands. It's almost been a joke as they always include 40 rubber bands which were the cheapest things you have ever seen. This year? BETTER!!! THERE IS A GOD!!!
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Corporations are fleeing the NRA ( the American terrorist organization - they USED to be good but no longer, it's all about selling guns now). Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Alamo Rent a Car, and National Car Rental are all ending their bushiness dealings along with The First National Bank, Best Western and Wyndham Hotels.
Of course the NRA wants to put more guns in schools (to sell more guns?) When someone says in order to prevent gun deaths you need to put guns in more hands . . it sounds like someone trying to sell more guns doesn't it?
Hertz and Avis still offer discounts to the NRA so f*ck those guys!
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I'm reading 7 things old people learn too late in life.
One thing is almost football related and even Aaron Rodgers said it after winning the Superbowl.
Achievement will never be as fulfilling as the journey.
reminds me of the NFL and SuperBowl runs - the journey is always better then teh ending even if your team wins. Nothing changes in MY life.
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GUS the weather dog says
we could hit 50's a few days next week. Weekend will be warmer but very windy. some rain Saturday night. All precipitation in the next week will come as rain.
Cheers
