The first step in making Ancient Sumerian Happy Juice is making the wine. I’ve done that, it’s bubbling away, and it smells like wine. I also added some beer yeast to the mix, just to cover all the bases. The second step in brewing “the juice” is baking the beer bread, called bappir. Bappir is a mixture of ground (barley) malt, (wheat)…
Once you have boiled the wort and cooled it, it is time for fermentation. Brut IPA is a pale ale to IPA-strength ale, so the fermentation should not present an enormous challenge. All the usual advice — pitch an adequate amount of yeast, aerate well, and hold your fermentation temperature steady — should be heeded. However, there are two additional…
INGREDIENTS 0.0 lb. squirrel (there is no squirrel in this recipe) 2.0 lb. ground round (85% lean) 1.0 lb. chuck steak (cut into small cubes) 12 oz. tomato sauce 12 oz. beef broth (low-sodium) 12 oz. amber lager (I used Live Oak Big Bark) 11 dried red chili peppers (chili de árbol, torn into 3 or 4 pieces; do not…
