Shag wrote:
>
> On Sun, 17 Jul 2005 18:52:05 GMT, Anthony W >
> wrote:
>
> >Shag wrote:
> >
> >> Shh! I'm trying to watch the Science channel. They're talking about
> >> beer and where it originated from and how to make it and all kinds of
> >> important stuff like that. Jeez.
> >
> >I hate to admit that I watched this but did you see the beer truck
> >episode of Monster Garage? I loved the quote from the beer maker. It
> >went something like, "when I found out I could make my own beer, it was
> >like I hearing I could make my own gas (petrol for our British friends.)"
> >
> >Tony
>
> No, I didn't see that one. I remember the first time I made my own
> beer it came out GREAT. I mean it was REALLY good. (some sort of a
> stout... been over 10 years ago so I don't remember exactly what
> kind.) Then I did the math to figure out about how much it cost "per
> beer" to make. Turned out that it cost about as much as the cheapest
> beer I could buy at the grocery store. Something like 36 cents for a
> 12 oz beer or so. I think that was Milwaukee's Best at the time. You
> really can make good beer inexpensively, but it's a lot of work. I
> made about 5 gallons for my first batch. My friend Chuck and I
> (Chuck's the one I pulled a tooth for with a pair of pliers...) went
> through about 3 gallons of that beer the first night we got into it.

Was that before or after you pulled his tooth with pliers?


Jan