WHAT ARE YOU DOING TODAY (PICS)

[Geo]

need to give up the red wine (and some white) then dude - it goes through a fining process which usually involves, gelatin or egg whites or isinglass (fish swim bladder) 

[Giles]

So does beer.  We use Isinglass as a fining agent at the brewery…..............

[Seul]

Point taken, Giles. That was ignorant and rude on my behalf. But that kind of thinking blurs my rationality and makes me post from the heart…

Geo: I can live with that... Although I do try to avoid gelatin at all cost... Filthies byproduct ever...

[Geo]

beautiful . . .

[Guest]

@Giles:

So does beer.  We use Isinglass as a fining agent at the brewery…..............

There is no Reinheitgebot  in Gosport … "for the preparation of beer, only malt, hops, yeast and water can be used"?

I thought GROG was the local beverage of choice 

[Giles]

Beer has to be fined.  It is what makes the Yeast coagulate and fall to the bottom of the cask or bottle.  Without fining a beer, you will not get a clear beer.

[Finn666]

Enjoying the last few minutes of/at work today

[Guest]

@Giles:

Beer has to be fined.  It is what makes the Yeast coagulate and fall to the bottom of the cask or bottle.  Without fining a beer, you will not get a clear beer.

That would mean then that no German brewery is allowed to produce a clear beer then since an "additive" is required?

What are the advantages of clear beer - a clear head perhaps? Inspiration for new IH creations? Or just pure satisfaction of thirst-

[Giles]

I am no expert on German brewing laws, but I suspect that as finings do not actually stay in the beer (that is the whole point, they cause the yeast to coagulate around them, so that the yeast sinks to the bottom), they are allowed.  Isinglass is prpbably the oldest and most traditional finings used in Central Europe.

[Simon]

Proper traditional beer is brewed with a top fermenting yeast, as the yeast cells die (alcohol poisoning) they drop to the bottom but also lie in suspension hence the need for finings.  Larger is brewed with a bottom fermenting yeast which leaves a naturally clear beer. Larger is also normally pasteurised which kills off any remaining yeast, where as real ale is still alive in the barrel.

[Geo]

nailed it - except for the extra R in Lager 

[madmonday]

sending out one or two pieces & picking up

[Giles]

Mr Monday, now framing his pix - next level

[madmonday]

only when i have the time.

don't get used to it 

[madmonday]

Learning how to shot like I do every year

Tools of the trade. . . the clean-up trade

Hot brass barrel. . .

well maybe not so hot anymore

Wish I could show more, but if i did i would have to ______ you all 

[Blackheart]

Right on monday!

[Katsushin]

Sitting on a subway train from JFK Airport on my way into the Lower East Side of Manhattan (couple blocks away from SENY actually)…

[rocket]

tattoo convention?

[Katsushin]

Yup…
Definitely a serious work trip.
Last year I tattooed till midnight a couple nights, and even tattooed some wealthy dude in his hotel after that till 4 in the morning...

Hoping I can squeeze in a little fun this time.

[Blackheart]

Hope that wealthy dude tipped you big time.