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Hello fellow brewers

Posted: Mon Jan 13, 2014 3:34 pm
by Peoria_Brewer
Hello. I'm from Peoria Illinois.
Curious, what was all of your answers to the number of ingredients in beer?
I said 4:
Water
Grains
Hops
Yeast

Anyone else have something else?

Re: Hello fellow brewers

Posted: Mon Jan 13, 2014 3:58 pm
by gwcr
Welcome to the Borg Brew_n_Cue! Glad you found us!

99% of the time, my answer would be the same as yours. However, there are times when other ingredients are appropriate for the style. I come from 100% German ancestry so it's primarily Reinheitsgebot for me!

:welcome: :borg:

Re: Hello fellow brewers

Posted: Mon Jan 13, 2014 4:04 pm
by Bluejaye
Welcome aboard. Those were my 4 answers (although I believe I said malt not grain)...

Re: Hello fellow brewers

Posted: Mon Jan 13, 2014 4:23 pm
by philm00x
Welcome to the Borg! Those we my answers as well (malt, not grain).

Re: Hello fellow brewers

Posted: Mon Jan 13, 2014 4:28 pm
by Peoria_Brewer
I was torn between malt and grain. But decided grain, because there are some beers that don't use malt. Rare, yes. Does anyone know why it asked those questions?

Re: Hello fellow brewers

Posted: Mon Jan 13, 2014 4:48 pm
by philm00x
That I know of, all beers use malt. Some use barley malt, some wheat malt, some rye malt, and now with gluten-free beers, sorghum malt. And of course, any combination of all of those malts can be used together in a beer. They are all grains, but they have been malted to activate the enzymes that mashing will require in order to convert their starches into fermentable sugars.

Re: Hello fellow brewers

Posted: Mon Jan 13, 2014 4:49 pm
by berryman
Brew_n_Que wrote: Does anyone know why it asked those questions?
Hello and Welcome to The BORG I kind'a forgot that question was asked, I'm guessing to help keep spammers and bots away, I'm sure someone else can answer it better.
:clink: Good Luck and Happy Brewing :clink:

Re: Hello fellow brewers

Posted: Mon Jan 13, 2014 5:09 pm
by gwcr
berryman wrote:
Brew_n_Que wrote: Does anyone know why it asked those questions?
Hello and Welcome to The BORG I kind'a forgot that question was asked, I'm guessing to help keep spammers and bots away, I'm sure someone else can answer it better.
:clink: Good Luck and Happy Brewing :clink:
Correct. Human validation prior to being assimilated into the Borg collective... :borg2:

Re: Hello fellow brewers

Posted: Mon Jan 13, 2014 5:15 pm
by Peoria_Brewer
philm00x wrote:That I know of, all beers use malt. Some use barley malt, some wheat malt, some rye malt, and now with gluten-free beers, sorghum malt. And of course, any combination of all of those malts can be used together in a beer. They are all grains, but they have been malted to activate the enzymes that mashing will require in order to convert their starches into fermentable sugars.

Chicha, a south American beer doesn't use malted corn. To get the fermentables out of the corn, it is chewed and spit it, then dried in the sun. I don't do it that way, I use malted corn, but I do have that recipe with chewed corn. Also, there are fermented horchatas that are made from regular over boiled rice.

Re: Hello fellow brewers

Posted: Mon Jan 13, 2014 6:19 pm
by FedoraDave
gwcr wrote:
berryman wrote:
Brew_n_Que wrote: Does anyone know why it asked those questions?
Hello and Welcome to The BORG I kind'a forgot that question was asked, I'm guessing to help keep spammers and bots away, I'm sure someone else can answer it better.
:clink: Good Luck and Happy Brewing :clink:
Correct. Human validation prior to being assimilated into the Borg collective... :borg2:
Then how did Yankeedag get in? :p

Re: Hello fellow brewers

Posted: Mon Jan 13, 2014 8:57 pm
by Chuck N
FedoraDave wrote:Then how did Yankeedag get in? :p
And then the fight began... :lol:

Re: Hello fellow brewers

Posted: Mon Jan 13, 2014 11:12 pm
by Wings_Fan_In_KC
Welcome aboard the Crazy Train!

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Re: Hello fellow brewers

Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2014 1:22 am
by Yankeedag
Chuck N wrote:
FedoraDave wrote:Then how did Yankeedag get in? :p
And then the fight began... :lol:
:borg: I am the Original BeerBorg Information Center Greeter. :razz: (you know, just like the old pharts at the Wal*Mart Entrances. :redface: )

Re: Hello fellow brewers

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Re: Hello fellow brewers

Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2014 7:48 pm
by jimjohson
welcome to the forum, Peoria_Brewer