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Priest Brews in Washing Machine

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the dirty-vestments dept.

An anonymous writer sends in this story about a priest who has made a brewery out of his washing machine. See his website for recipes and pictures.

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  1. Changes the meaning of the saying... by jo_ham · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...sober as a preist on Sunday.

    1. Re:Changes the meaning of the saying... by hdparm · · Score: 5, Funny

      Who cares! This guy has released the source code for his brewing program! If his beer is free, as well, I think we've got a great candidate for new Saint IGNUcius.

  2. Oh no, not again... by Cali+Thalen · · Score: 4, Funny


    Another counter-productive idea. I mean, I have enough trouble trying to convince myself to do my laundry...

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  3. Clennanliness is next to drunkneness by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    *hic* Or, something liek taht.

  4. I'll have mine... by Black+Parrot · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...agitated, not spun.

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  5. My Sig. by DeadBugs · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now maybe my Sig. will have more meaning.

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  6. funny title by Digypro · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ever heard the one about the Priest, the Brewery, and the Washing machine? .....me either

  7. Of course... by commodoresloat · · Score: 4, Funny

    His clothes will stay dirty until he finishes another project, converting his still into a washing machine.

  8. Obligatory clustering reference by Sneftel · · Score: 4, Funny

    Wow, just imagine a Beowulf cluster of washing machines used for brewing beer! It'd be like... um... a laundromat! That brews beer!

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  9. Can you get these in the US? by CaptainCarrot · · Score: 5, Interesting
    American washing machines generally expect to have hot water supplied to them. If I understand this guy's process correctly -- and I might not; I don't read German -- the machine here maintains its own temperature settings. Does anyone sell a machine like this here?

    This must be a wonderful story. It's been up for several minutes now, with nary a First Post to be seen. I guess even the trolls love a good beer story.

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  10. It's like college, only with religion too! by dWhisper · · Score: 5, Funny

    This man is my new official hero. I'd just hope that the beer wouldn't get a soapy aftertaste.

    However, it might be nice to drink and leave my breath with that Mountain-Fresh straight off the line feeling

  11. The whole thing (shameless whoring...) by mj01nir · · Score: 4, Informative

    In himmel das ist keine beir
    Ja ja wir trinken hier
    Und wann wer sind nicht hier
    Unsere freundinen trinken alles bier

    or

    In heaven there is no beer
    That's why we drink it here
    And when we are gone from here
    All our friends will be drinking all the beer

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  12. Washing Machine by ctar · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I am a homebrewer, and I don't really understand what part of brewing a washing machine can come into play. The english article mentions temperature control, but I can't imagine how a washing machine could do the type of temperature control needed for making beer. During the mash (early stage) you need to keep a high temperature (around 150F) for at least 4 or 5 hours. But the water can't change. Its part of what will become beer!

    During fermentation of lagers (which he is probably brewing if he is German, and if he is brewing the beers linked on his page) you need to keep a constant LOW temperature (around 40F?) for weeks. Again, I don't understand how a washing machine could help accomplish this...(unless he has a 2nd container inside the wash tub, and circulates consistently cold water around it?)

    The great thing about brewing beer is you don't really need any mechanical machines. Its more about temperature control and keeping everything sanitary.

  13. And I thought my computer-controlled beer fridge by ncc74656 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    ...would be the shiznit. I'm working on it right now...had the Win2K box fired up to check some digital photos I took of the early stages, checked /., and found this article. I'm working on setting up an Apple II+ as a programmable temperature controller/logger for the refrigerator I use for fermenting and lagering. At this point, I have a Dallas DS18B20 temperature sensor tied to the computer's joystick port through a little bit of glue logic (a 74F00 and 74F125). I've written the routines to read/write bits on the 1-Wire bus and reset the bus; the most I've gotten so far is for the reset routine to tell me if any 1-Wire devices are on the bus. Routines to read/write bytes will probably be the only other assembly-language bits I need; the rest ought to be programmable from BASIC. I'll also have a DS2417 real-time clock on the bus, and a relay (switched through a transistor) on an annunciator output to switch the compressor on and off.

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