The missus went to the HBS we use while she was in Brisbane to get some beers for me. There’s three people that work there, two really great helpful people & one fuckwit, who was there this time. As she was also getting some essences for a work mate that has a T500, she mentioned that we don’t use them anymore & make a really nice bourbon using bakers yeast.
Old mate got super testy then, ranting that only turbos should be used for safety purposes & bakers yeast was never designed for brewing and will poison us because bakers yeast causes methonol to go through the whole brew. She told him that the turbos were the reason we stopped & everything we tried tasted like shit, his reply was that it was user error & essences are the way to go when it’s done right.
Then she mentioned I was going to try a rum when it warms up a bit more so he tried to sell her essences again. She said no, I’ll be using molasses. Good luck with that he reckons, you won’t get molasses anywhere but a stock feed place & that molasses isn’t “designed” for brewing either.
In the end, she just told him that essences are shit in our opinion & even though she isn’t a bourbon drinker, mine still tastes pretty good to her rum taste buds & is nice and smooth so leave it at that.
I get he’s trying to protect his income, but come on, at least tell the truth when doing so. Also, it’s not like I’m sending him broke, we spend shit loads there on beer & brew gear.
Does every HBS have a Hitler in their ranks?