Snark it like it owes ya money!!!

[DerekH]

I'm with ya there Eero. I didn't spend a lot of time over there, and some of their decisions about what to make really weren't making me too thrilled, but it was nice to see what was coming out, and hear from people that knew what they were like firsthand. If you don't have thick skin though, you don't belong on the internet. ESEE, there's was a different situation, and after having met Jeff I can see why it went the way it did, but I wish they were still around too. We had a lot of fun with those guys, and despite being in my mind the closest of competitors, we all had a great time of it and were able to make some cool stuff happen. Maybe one of these days they will come back.

 

[worldwood]

Personally I'm more interested in hearing everybody's opinons about knives then anything else...
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Me as well, but i dont mind reading a post here and there about politics or religion.

I dont think this is the place for either, but they dont bother me. Im guilty of jumping in on political talks myself a few times.

Im not saying i disagree with the rule, im not challenging it or anything, im just wanting to know where the line is.

It makes sense as Derek said if the post is FOCUSED on religion or politics it would not be a good idea. If something is religious or political and connected directly to knives then it may be OK... I can go with that.

 

[james terrio]

To each his own I suppose. Next they'll be touting seafood flavored beers. :barf:

They already do.

It's beyond disgusting. Tasted like something they drained out of the sink after washing the dishes they used to make and eat clam chowder... last week. Quite literally the only free beer I was ever given, took one sip of, and refused to finish. But lots of people love it, so hey, more power to 'em

...the whole flat of raspberries went into the fermenter - all the sugars get turned into alcohol and what you are left with is the "nose" of the berries when you put the glass up to your mouth, and just the essence when you drink it...

I never brewed beer, but I found the same thing when making homemade wine. Most "recipes" for country/fruit wines call for a ton of sugar and relatively little fruit, because it's stupid-easy to get something resembling "wine" very quickly that way. Frankly, they usually taste pretty awful. Using little-to-no sugar and more fruit or juice concentrate to start with (and allowing it to ferment out, as you mentioned) will garner the same alcohol content and a much cleaner, mellower, more natural flavor and aroma. Fruit's way more expensive than white sugar, though

 

[DerekH]

They already do.

It's beyond disgusting. Quite literally the only free beer I was ever given, took one sip of, and refused to finish. But lots of people love it, so hey, more power to 'em



I never brewed beer, but I found the same thing when making homemade wine. Most "recipes" for country/fruit wines call for a ton of sugar and relatively little fruit, because it's stupid-easy to get something resembling "wine" very quickly that way. Frankly, they usually taste pretty awful. Using little-to-no sugar and more fruit or juice concentrate to start with will garner the same alcohol content and a much cleaner, mellower, more natural flavor and aroma. Fruit's way more expensive than white sugar, though

So, here's an idea. We take the wine thing, where you dump a bunch of fruit into a mix with a bunch of other crap and let it sit and eventually it becomes magical alcohol with fruit flavors. What if, and hear me out here, instead of fruit, we used beer? We could even toss in some whiskey for shits and giggles. Who's with me?

(Or bacon. I think we could find a way to alcoholize bacon. We got some smart people here.)

 

[Diez Knives]

Going thru my father in laws too box I found these old sharpening stones.. haven't tried them out yet

 

[james terrio]

What if, and hear me out here, instead of fruit, we used beer? We could even toss in some whiskey for shits and giggles. Who's with me?

I don't understand the question. You just want to mix a bunch of beers together and see what happens?

(Or bacon. I think we could find a way to alcoholize bacon. We got some smart people here.)

Bacon won't ferment into anything drinkable, not enough sugars, and wayyy too much salt and grease. It would just rot and be a randic waste of bacon. :thumbdn: I have heard of bacon-infused vodka though, and Angie adds a few drops of beef broth to her Bloody Mary's. :thumbup:

 

[worldwood]

Now this is SWEET!

Thanks 710!!

 

[DerekH]

I don't understand the question. You just want to mix a bunch of beers together and see what happens?

Bacon won't ferment into anything drinkable, not enough sugars, and wayyy too much salt and grease. It would just rot and be a randic waste of bacon. :thumbdn: I have heard of bacon-infused vodka though, and Angie adds a few drops of beef broth to her Bloody Mary's. :thumbup:

So what you are saying is we need to mix up a bunch of beer and whiskey and just put bacon in it. Check. Sounds like a fine breakfast beverage. We'll make Muffy try it first. See what happens.

 

[LeeBower]

Now this is SWEET!

Thanks 710!!

Nice! saw that on his facebook yesterday.. like the colors on it.. 710 do the scales too?

 

[worldwood]

I got the scales with the knife from Jonny

 

[granitestateofmind]

So what you are saying is we need to mix up a bunch of beer and whiskey and just put bacon in it. Check. Sounds like a fine breakfast beverage. We'll make Muffy try it first. See what happens.

See my earlier post about Founders Brewing Co. - they make not one but two "breakfast" brews: International Breakfast Stout & Kentucky Breakfast Stout. Add your own bacon - those beers are in the 10/11% range, so put your Beckers in a safe place first, tho.

 

[james terrio]

So what you are saying is we need to mix up a bunch of beer and whiskey and just put bacon in it. Check.

Well, as my Grandpa used to say, it all gets mixed together in your tummy anyway... so yeah, go for it!

 

[Silverthorn]

To be fair, Hoss's post does kindof relate to this forum, because CO was messing with knife and gun laws, but I can see how it could stir the old pot so to speak. There is a political chat thread on BF too, where pretty much any actual discusion is allowed as long as its not trolling or blind speculation.

 

[bigghoss]

I say we just get a bunch of beer and whiskey and bacon and just consume it.

 

[granitestateofmind]

Walked into the hospital yesterday for x-rays, with my murse hanging over my shoulder and my TOPS B.O.B. sticking out of the knife pocket. The concierge answered my question about where I needed to go, then says "is that a knife, sir?" Yes, I said. "The hospital has a no weapons policy (NH has no knife restrictions) - but if you could put that inside your bag, that would be acceptable". So I did - along with the 11 that was already in there, the Leatherman that was with the paracord stuff I brought to kill time with, and then remembered to take the ZT out of my pocket and drop that in there, too. Chinese knockoff of a Maxped shoulder bag with a concealed carry pocket (which conceals candy and bacon jerky for my girls!). Mr. Concierge was very cool. Even had a " Granite State of Mind" one could say:thumbup:

 

[james terrio]

I say we just get a bunch of beer and whiskey and bacon and just consume it.

That does seem like a lot less work and the same final result :thumbup:

 

[LeeBower]

My friend Jeff and I bought a bunch of second hand beer making supplies and we made quite a few batches. He was living out of town from me for a while and we stopped making it and ended up getting rid of it all. It is a fun and mostly satisfying hobby. we made some killer batches and some ok batches.. One of the best we ever made tasted like crap when we first tried it. it ended up sitting in the corner of a room for 3 1/2 weeks or so and we tried it again out of pure desperation for some beer and the stuff had transformed into a magical elixir, it was some of the tastiest beer I have ever had.. never did try to make bacon beer, but the idea is strangely appealing..

 

[Chameleonbear]

Didn't luck into anything, I'm a mod there. I do reviews/photo reviews, etc. Have saved the owner of the site thousands in RMA's, etc. He sends me stuff on occasion.

That is actually pretty bad ass man!

Thought someone would Appreciate this, so I snapped a screenshot

I like it! That is a good price too, as long as it isn't tee tiny and had the velcro backing

It's kinda f-ed up that Kershaw had BF shut down the ZT/Kershaw forum on here. Still sad about the Esee forum shutting down as well.

I didn't even realize it was gone. That is kind of f'ed up.
The ESEE things, I am on the jungle training forum as well for my ESEE fix.

 

[DerekH]

ThePointyEnd makes beer with a buddy of his, and we have brought some to the last two gatherings. They had some they've been working on for awhile now that I think will make it to Ethan's at the end of the month, so hopefully that tradition won't die. It has traditionally been very tasty stuff. I'm not much of a beer drinker anymore, but he is getting closer to making something that I will go coocoo for.

 

[granitestateofmind]

My friend Jeff and I bought a bunch of second hand beer making supplies and we made quite a few batches. He was living out of town from me for a while and we stopped making it and ended up getting rid of it all. It is a fun and mostly satisfying hobby. we made some killer batches and some ok batches.. One of the best we ever made tasted like crap when we first tried it. it ended up sitting in the corner of a room for 3 1/2 weeks or so and we tried it again out of pure desperation for some beer and the stuff had transformed into a magical elixir, it was some of the tastiest beer I have ever had.. never did try to make bacon beer, but the idea is strangely appealing..

If you made that crap to killer batch with corn sugar instead of dried malt that's usually what happens - my first batch ever SUCKED and I let it sit in the unheated mudhall for a couple of months, trying to not chuck 5 gallons of bottled beer. When I finally got the nerve to try it again it was pretty good... asked a lot of questions at the supply place before I tried again. Never used any other sugar than malt after that and never again had any crappy batches. Beer=water + barley + hops + yeast. Dead simple, as long as you pay attention to the quality of ingredients and cleanliness. Worst beer ever a professional chef friend of mine made - two batches both had the same skunk whizz flavor and when I asked what he used for water we both immediately knew what the problem was..... NEVER use city tap water!