Beer brewing, wild yeast harvesting, wine making, and other adventures in fermentation with (very little) help from a dog. Rarely updated website at mutedog.beer
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Last Notes npub1a9a55g8vge6xrtr9xdkedsqhehx0svjlatk4y82m4xmudcyuzjnqdhat5t Mute Dog Brewing @nprofile…2wsh Apparently true jasmine will apparently not survive freezing weather, so they probably are not unless you've got them in pots and bring them inside when it gets cold out. npub1a9a55g8vge6xrtr9xdkedsqhehx0svjlatk4y82m4xmudcyuzjnqdhat5t Mute Dog Brewing @nprofile…2wsh do they then remove the flowers before packaging the tea for sale? npub1a9a55g8vge6xrtr9xdkedsqhehx0svjlatk4y82m4xmudcyuzjnqdhat5t Mute Dog Brewing @nprofile…2wsh jasmine tea is tea flavored with the jasmine flowers. The base tea is typically black, green, or tea from the leaves of the tea plant (Camellia sinensis), though it could be any tea base. I don't think you ever get _just_ jasmine flowers alone as a tea. npub1a9a55g8vge6xrtr9xdkedsqhehx0svjlatk4y82m4xmudcyuzjnqdhat5t Mute Dog Brewing Our Jasmine plant has made flowers for the first time! We planted it like 4-5 years ago so this has been a long time coming. Probably helps that the new fence lets sunlight through. npub1a9a55g8vge6xrtr9xdkedsqhehx0svjlatk4y82m4xmudcyuzjnqdhat5t Mute Dog Brewing I want to make sourdough bread, but I'm also lazy and impatient. So I just had an idea of making pseudo sourdough bread, where I add sourdough culture (or maybe discard) to a dough, but also use quick rise yeast and make it like a quick rise yeast bread, still getting flavor from the sourdough starter but not waiting ages and hoping to time it just right when the dough is at the proper amount of rise to bake, not over proofed, etc. npub1a9a55g8vge6xrtr9xdkedsqhehx0svjlatk4y82m4xmudcyuzjnqdhat5t Mute Dog Brewing @nprofile…rdan @nprofile…83cq in all seriousness, I bet chili would benefit from the incorporation of some miso, boost that umami. npub1a9a55g8vge6xrtr9xdkedsqhehx0svjlatk4y82m4xmudcyuzjnqdhat5t Mute Dog Brewing @nprofile…rdan @nprofile…83cq I heard if you add beans to chili it's not chili anymore, so I don't think that's possible 😔 npub1a9a55g8vge6xrtr9xdkedsqhehx0svjlatk4y82m4xmudcyuzjnqdhat5t Mute Dog Brewing was looking at making miso (thanks @nprofile…83cq ) because I've had some koji rice I grew sitting in my fridge for like a couple years now... and my brain is going into weird places. npub1a9a55g8vge6xrtr9xdkedsqhehx0svjlatk4y82m4xmudcyuzjnqdhat5t Mute Dog Brewing We compost and we have a stainless bin in the kitchen that gets unloaded into the pile when it fills up periodically. Also, next to the tea/coffee station we have a wide bowl to collect spent tea/coffee grounds, this is frequently just kinda dumped off the back deck onto the garden beds below because lazy. Also some veggie scraps end up in the tea/coffee bowl because lazy, and then those things also go off the deck. npub1a9a55g8vge6xrtr9xdkedsqhehx0svjlatk4y82m4xmudcyuzjnqdhat5t Mute Dog Brewing Today is Lefse making day! npub1a9a55g8vge6xrtr9xdkedsqhehx0svjlatk4y82m4xmudcyuzjnqdhat5t Mute Dog Brewing @nprofile…fhwh Sounds tasty! npub1a9a55g8vge6xrtr9xdkedsqhehx0svjlatk4y82m4xmudcyuzjnqdhat5t Mute Dog Brewing Look at this cute little punk waiting patiently for a piece of chimken. npub1a9a55g8vge6xrtr9xdkedsqhehx0svjlatk4y82m4xmudcyuzjnqdhat5t Mute Dog Brewing There was a pretty incredible sunrise here this morning. The light and shadow on these clouds in particular was pretty amazing. npub1a9a55g8vge6xrtr9xdkedsqhehx0svjlatk4y82m4xmudcyuzjnqdhat5t Mute Dog Brewing This cute shika boy was in our yard eating the raspberry leaves. I tossed him a bunch of apples, which he accepted. Now he's laid down under a tree so I guess he feels pretty comfortable here. npub1a9a55g8vge6xrtr9xdkedsqhehx0svjlatk4y82m4xmudcyuzjnqdhat5t Mute Dog Brewing @nprofile…c6rh My job situation has gone crazy, but otherwise doing fine. Just got through with a crazy amount of wine and cider making after the harvest (still gotta clean some stuff up). npub1a9a55g8vge6xrtr9xdkedsqhehx0svjlatk4y82m4xmudcyuzjnqdhat5t Mute Dog Brewing I had to pull over on the 205 bridge this morning and snap a photo of the sunrise over Mt. Hood. npub1a9a55g8vge6xrtr9xdkedsqhehx0svjlatk4y82m4xmudcyuzjnqdhat5t Mute Dog Brewing @nprofile…hujc @nprofile…f0eu mwahahaha another convert! npub1a9a55g8vge6xrtr9xdkedsqhehx0svjlatk4y82m4xmudcyuzjnqdhat5t Mute Dog Brewing @nprofile…hujc @nprofile…f0eu yeah, also try steeping it at a lower temperature: 175F/80C makes a massive difference npub1a9a55g8vge6xrtr9xdkedsqhehx0svjlatk4y82m4xmudcyuzjnqdhat5t Mute Dog Brewing @nprofile…hujc @nprofile…f0eu or one if the tea is green npub1a9a55g8vge6xrtr9xdkedsqhehx0svjlatk4y82m4xmudcyuzjnqdhat5t Mute Dog Brewing Drinking a stange of Willy's One Eye PA npub1a9a55g8vge6xrtr9xdkedsqhehx0svjlatk4y82m4xmudcyuzjnqdhat5t Mute Dog Brewing @nprofile…why8 I am highly skeptical. npub1a9a55g8vge6xrtr9xdkedsqhehx0svjlatk4y82m4xmudcyuzjnqdhat5t Mute Dog Brewing Before and after chopping the #hops down to get rid of any bull shoots and slow down their aggressive growth by a little bit. After this I'll put down some compost and maybe a little nitrogen fertilizer and then tie strings up for the new growth to climb. npub1a9a55g8vge6xrtr9xdkedsqhehx0svjlatk4y82m4xmudcyuzjnqdhat5t Mute Dog Brewing @nprofile…srdc obviously make sure you're not using any toxic evergreens like yew. 😉 npub1a9a55g8vge6xrtr9xdkedsqhehx0svjlatk4y82m4xmudcyuzjnqdhat5t Mute Dog Brewing @nprofile…srdc You could look at juniperus occidentalis, though I feel the aroma of those trees can swing from pleasant to unpleasant (reminds me of BO), but maybe that's just me? npub1a9a55g8vge6xrtr9xdkedsqhehx0svjlatk4y82m4xmudcyuzjnqdhat5t Mute Dog Brewing @nprofile…why8 those both sound interesting. Flip a coin. npub1a9a55g8vge6xrtr9xdkedsqhehx0svjlatk4y82m4xmudcyuzjnqdhat5t Mute Dog Brewing @nprofile…xjgh I get around that problem by not moving the beer to a secondary. At the home brew scale there's no need for secondary. The dormant yeast won't rupture because of the pressure caused by the weight of 20 liters of beer on top of it. npub1a9a55g8vge6xrtr9xdkedsqhehx0svjlatk4y82m4xmudcyuzjnqdhat5t Mute Dog Brewing It's incredible the difference in flavor between the bottled saison and the exact same beer on tap. Carb levels are different for sure, but even drinking the last of this bottle two hours later it's still so different. Maybe I should try naturally carbonating the keg next time? npub1a9a55g8vge6xrtr9xdkedsqhehx0svjlatk4y82m4xmudcyuzjnqdhat5t Mute Dog Brewing My attempt to revive the wild yeast I collected from the Bahamas that's been lying dormant in a jar in my fridge for 8-9 years seems to have succeeded. npub1a9a55g8vge6xrtr9xdkedsqhehx0svjlatk4y82m4xmudcyuzjnqdhat5t Mute Dog Brewing It's too nice out to not sit in the sun and drink some saison during my lunch break today. npub1a9a55g8vge6xrtr9xdkedsqhehx0svjlatk4y82m4xmudcyuzjnqdhat5t Mute Dog Brewing @nprofile…xjgh mostly just use premixed stuff we purchase npub1a9a55g8vge6xrtr9xdkedsqhehx0svjlatk4y82m4xmudcyuzjnqdhat5t Mute Dog Brewing @nprofile…xjgh I'll have to try this. npub1a9a55g8vge6xrtr9xdkedsqhehx0svjlatk4y82m4xmudcyuzjnqdhat5t Mute Dog Brewing @nprofile…xjgh dry roasted or cooked in oil? npub1a9a55g8vge6xrtr9xdkedsqhehx0svjlatk4y82m4xmudcyuzjnqdhat5t Mute Dog Brewing Any suggestions on what style of beer to make with kernza as ~15% of the grain bill? npub1a9a55g8vge6xrtr9xdkedsqhehx0svjlatk4y82m4xmudcyuzjnqdhat5t Mute Dog Brewing Finally getting around to making the 2024 blackberry wine. 19.5kg/43lbs of frozen blackberries. npub1a9a55g8vge6xrtr9xdkedsqhehx0svjlatk4y82m4xmudcyuzjnqdhat5t Mute Dog Brewing @nprofile…xjgh I think it's a reasonable substitute. From what I gather, the juniper is used partially because of its great abundance in the areas where these beers are made. npub1a9a55g8vge6xrtr9xdkedsqhehx0svjlatk4y82m4xmudcyuzjnqdhat5t Mute Dog Brewing @nprofile…xjgh yeah, we don't have common juniper growing around here, so I used Leyland cypress, which I've used quite a number of times in beers and it gives a good flavor. npub1a9a55g8vge6xrtr9xdkedsqhehx0svjlatk4y82m4xmudcyuzjnqdhat5t Mute Dog Brewing @nprofile…xjgh I brewed traditional Norwegian Maltøl and it ended up at 13.8% with Hornindal Kveik npub1a9a55g8vge6xrtr9xdkedsqhehx0svjlatk4y82m4xmudcyuzjnqdhat5t Mute Dog Brewing Hey, look at that, The Granddad's Bluff yeasties got happy! A few days ago I was considering putting it in the fridge to crash and decant for a potential second round. Procrastination FTW! npub1a9a55g8vge6xrtr9xdkedsqhehx0svjlatk4y82m4xmudcyuzjnqdhat5t Mute Dog Brewing Kegging and bottling my wild 'abbey' culture saison. Hopefully I have enough string to tie all these corks. I crammed my bouncer filter full of a copper scrubber thingy to help remove some sulfur from the beer. It seems to have worked based on drinking the last bottle that didn't get filled completely. npub1a9a55g8vge6xrtr9xdkedsqhehx0svjlatk4y82m4xmudcyuzjnqdhat5t Mute Dog Brewing @nprofile…xjgh do you need permission to cook dinner too?? npub1a9a55g8vge6xrtr9xdkedsqhehx0svjlatk4y82m4xmudcyuzjnqdhat5t Mute Dog Brewing @nprofile…xjgh wait, what? Why do you need permission to homebrew? npub1a9a55g8vge6xrtr9xdkedsqhehx0svjlatk4y82m4xmudcyuzjnqdhat5t Mute Dog Brewing Beautiful sunrise this morning for the last day of the year. npub1a9a55g8vge6xrtr9xdkedsqhehx0svjlatk4y82m4xmudcyuzjnqdhat5t Mute Dog Brewing @nprofile…dnwe you can go back to both places, she didn't even notice and if she did she certainly won't remember what you look like. npub1a9a55g8vge6xrtr9xdkedsqhehx0svjlatk4y82m4xmudcyuzjnqdhat5t Mute Dog Brewing @npub1nk4…us2w pretty sure she wanted to have sex with you and that was the point, you idiot. npub1a9a55g8vge6xrtr9xdkedsqhehx0svjlatk4y82m4xmudcyuzjnqdhat5t Mute Dog Brewing @npub19lc…h3vq I dig that one npub1a9a55g8vge6xrtr9xdkedsqhehx0svjlatk4y82m4xmudcyuzjnqdhat5t Mute Dog Brewing @npub1jfx…lnya are you sure that isn't honey mustard? 😁 npub1a9a55g8vge6xrtr9xdkedsqhehx0svjlatk4y82m4xmudcyuzjnqdhat5t Mute Dog Brewing @npub1nk4…us2w LOL Nerd! Also you realize this means you and your wife get murdered, right? npub1a9a55g8vge6xrtr9xdkedsqhehx0svjlatk4y82m4xmudcyuzjnqdhat5t Mute Dog Brewing Took a sample of my plum wine from 2 years ago as the tree is threatening to force me to make more shortly and... well, I must have let the airlock dry out at some point because I've got 5 gallons of some really delicious (and sweet) vinegar npub1a9a55g8vge6xrtr9xdkedsqhehx0svjlatk4y82m4xmudcyuzjnqdhat5t Mute Dog Brewing @npub1eav…g6f3 I just don't know what to do with all the fennel seed I end up with... npub1a9a55g8vge6xrtr9xdkedsqhehx0svjlatk4y82m4xmudcyuzjnqdhat5t Mute Dog Brewing @npub1600…lq9l Morgan Willis, The New Arcades, Light Years Away, Starcadian, FM-84, Lazerhawk, Scandroid, Dance with the Dead npub1a9a55g8vge6xrtr9xdkedsqhehx0svjlatk4y82m4xmudcyuzjnqdhat5t Mute Dog Brewing My #bleptember offering. Suki is a constant blepper.
