Fried Beer

[Ciderhead]

Don't even think about it

http://youtu.be/dVTcTLLD9bo

[delzep]

Hot poker in beer?

[Ciderhead]

All these sadists!

[delzep]

I know, Chimay Red is gank

[beerfly]

And the Newcastle brown might benefit from a flash fry

[brenmurph]

stein beer....hot sauna rocks...white hot drop em in the boil and they caramalise, U can den put the caramelised rocks in fermenter.

[Ciderhead]

[johnrm]

Is that a sauna or a steam room you have bren?
You're soon to become a getaway destination for beer lovers!

[Garry]

stein beer....hot sauna rocks...white hot drop em in the boil and they caramalise, U can den put the caramelised rocks in fermenter.

@Brenmurph, I read an article about making stein beer on BYO magazine a few months ago. I'd love to give it a go sometime. Have you done one yourself? It would be a great thing to do as a group because it would be a spectacle when you add the hot rocks to the kettle. Instant boil 

Does anyone know where you'd get sauna rocks? Would fire bricks do?

[brenmurph]

I think the BYO mantions limestone. however other sources mention white hot lava rocks ( sauna rocks) maybe a geoligest in the club can comment.

The origianl methods was to actually do the boil by continuously dropping rocks to keep the liquid boiling. The caramelised rocks then were used in fermenting to add caramel/toffee/roast flavour.

Love to make one was nearly there last week but ran out of smokless coal in my fire. Might try a division of a full size batch and maybe play around with a gallon see what the difference is.

@ garry.. I have a good few sauna rocks u can have a few.

[Will_D]

Natural stone is prone to expolde violently if heated very hot.

I know I have done it! Not recomended.

You should get the "lava rocks" as sold for BBQs. These would at least be food grade and not release any nastys when heated

[Eoin]

Natural stone is prone to expolde violently if heated very hot.

I know I have done it! Not recomended.

You should get the "lava rocks" as sold for BBQs. These would at least be food grade and not release any nastys when heated

Are you sure they'd be food grade? They won't explode, but they're very porous, spongey stones almost. Not so sure I'd want them in my beer with all the dust etc they could shed.

[brenmurph]

my Tylo sauna rocks (natural lava rocks I believe)  heat on red-hot ( versus white hot)  electric elements, I never measured but presumably 300 c and then we throw water on them and never had one crack.
Ill throw a few in my stove and use coke (thats coal-coke  ) to get the heat going, Ill stand behind a wall and throw one into a bucket of freezin water...that should do it.
If its exciting Ill ring dara O breen and see will he have me on his show next season

[Garry]

@ garry.. I have a good few sauna rocks u can have a few.

Appreciate the offer Bren, but I have no plans on doing this soon. It's just in the back of mind to do sometime ie it's on "the list".

@Will, cheers for the tip, I see lava rocks in Woodies.
http://www.woodiesdiy.com/Product/32kg-Grill-Pro-Lava-Rock/15825/4.22.7#.UuerjNhFAb0

I think BYO recommended fist sized rocks of granite. I suppose you could go to the local quarry but you couldn't be sure that the rocks don't have internal flaws without heating them! BOOM 

@Eoin, who wouldn't want beer filtered through volcanic rock 

[brenmurph]

thats the real lava rocks, very dense, very heavy
https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQwZgHSUys5Lm4kvliVnS3thz7LV93DkQnyHLoqQnIuS5YKxMrh