Birds and bees

and everything I like

Birds and bees?

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Now to things that matter...

Beer is an alcoholic beverage produced

by the saccharification of starch and fermentation of

the resulting sugar.

Now to things that really matter...

Craft Beer is just regular beer “on steroids”.

Beer, what be thou made of?

Your morning cereals

1. Barley2. Wheat3. Rye4. Oat5. Corn6. Rice7. ...

Hopping around“Hops are the female flowers (also called seed cones or strobiles) of the hop plant, Humulus lupulus.[1]”

Getting serious!“Yeasts are eukaryotic microorganisms classified in the kingdom Fungi, with 1,500 species currently described[1]”

Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Do you even water?

Dangerous dihydrogen monoxide …

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinheitsgebot

… is actually the main ingredient!

The “process” 1/5

malting andmilling

The “process” 2/5

mashing and

lautering

The “process” 3/5

boiling and

hopping

The “process” 4/5

fermentation and

aging

The “process” 5/5

bottling, canning or kegging

Like a free-stylerBelgian-Style Ales

● Abbey Dubbel

● Abbey Tripel

● Abt/Quadrupel

● Belgian Ale

● Belgian Strong Ale

● Bière de Garde

● Saison

Sour Beer

● Berliner Weisse

● Lambic Style - Faro

● Lambic Style - Fruit

● Lambic Style - Gueuze

● Lambic Style - Unblended

● Sour Red/Brown

● Sour/Wild Ale

Anglo-American Ales

● Altbier

● Amber Ale

● American Pale Ale

● American Strong Ale

● Barley Wine

● Bitter

● Brown Ale

● Cream Ale

● English Pale Ale

● English Strong Ale

● Golden Ale/Blond Ale

● Imperial/Double IPA

● India Pale Ale (IPA)

● Irish Ale

● Kölsch

● Mild Ale

● Old Ale

● Premium Bitter/ESB

● Scotch Ale

● Scottish Ale

● Session IPA

Stouts and Porters

● Baltic Porter

● Black IPA

● Dry Stout

● Foreign Stout

● Imperial Stout

● Imperial/Strong Porter

● Porter

● Stout

● Sweet Stout

Wheat Beer

● Belgian White (Witbier)

● Dunkelweizen

● German Hefeweizen

● German Kristallweizen

● Grodziskie/Gose/Lichtenhainer

● Weizen Bock

● Wheat Ale

Lager

● Amber Lager/Vienna

● California Common

● Czech Pilsner (Světlý)

● Doppelbock

● Dortmunder/Helles

● Dunkel/Tmavý

● Dunkler Bock

● Eisbock

● Heller Bock

● Malt Liquor

● Oktoberfest/Märzen

● Pale Lager

● Pilsener

● Polotmavý

● Premium Lager

● Schwarzbier

● Strong Pale Lager/Imperial Pils

● Zwickel/Keller/Landbier

Can I haz it @home.ee?

Google always helps… ● http://www.howtobrew.com/ !Also for local stuff:● http://martinparoll.blogspot.com/● http://tartugambrinus.blogspot.com/● http://ala199.blogspot.com/● http://olled.blogspot.com/p/eesti-kasitooolled-ulevaatlik.html

Questions get answers

What, is that it? Yes!A professor stood before his class and had some items in front of him. When the class began, wordlessly he picked up a very large and empty glass mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls. He then asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed that it was.The professor then picked up a jar of pebbles and poured them into the jar. He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles, of course, rolled into the open spaces between the golf balls. He then asked the students again if the jar was full. They agreed it was.The professor picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar and of course the sand filled up everything else. He asked once more if the jar was full. The students responded with an unanimous yes.The professor then produced two cans of beer from under the table and then proceeded to pour the entire contents into the jar, effectively filling the empty space between the grains of sand. The students laughed."Now," said the professor, as the laughter subsided, "I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life. The golf balls are the important things -- your family, your partner, your health, your children, your friends, your favorite passions -- things that if everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still be full."The pebbles are the other things that matter, like your job, your house, your car. The sand is everything else -- the small stuff."If you put the sand into the jar first," he continued, "there is no room for the pebbles or the golf balls. The same goes for your life. If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff, you will never have room for the things that are important to you. Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness. Play with your children. Take time to get medical checkups. Take your partner out dancing. "There will always be time to go to work, clean the house, give a dinner party and fix the disposal. Take care of the golf balls first -- the things that really matter. Set your priorities. The rest is just sand."One of the students raised her hand and inquired what the beer represented. The professor smiled. "I'm glad you asked. It just goes to show you that no matter how full your life may seem, there's always room for a couple of beers."