majorvices
February 28, 2013, 4:07am
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He doesn’t like it because it’s difficult to clear and he hates filtering. I asked him the same question.
gmac
February 28, 2013, 4:16am
3
Well that’s not very exciting. I was hoping for a much more dramatic story.
tschmidlin
February 28, 2013, 6:04am
4
He doesn’t like it because it is the closest yeast to being self-aware. One time when he was using it in a particularly strong barleywine it crawled out of the fermenter and attacked him, tried to drag him back in. He just managed to reach a spray bottle of purisan and fight it off, otherwise he’d be just another statistic. He won’t touch the stuff ever since.
All of those stories you hear about people “falling into fermenters and dying”? Chico. The stuff is vicious.
tschmidlin:
He doesn’t like it because it is the closest yeast to being self-aware. One time when he was using it in a particularly strong barleywine it crawled out of the fermenter and attacked him, tried to drag him back in. He just managed to reach a spray bottle of purisan and fight it off, otherwise he’d be just another statistic. He won’t touch the stuff ever since.
All of those stories you hear about people “falling into fermenters and dying”? Chico. The stuff is vicious.
finally! I am no longer alone. It took me nearly three weeks to dig my way out of that pile of krausen…
It kept whispering to me…
rehydrate
freaky
davidgzach
February 28, 2013, 1:50pm
7
gmac:
tschmidlin:
He doesn’t like it because it is the closest yeast to being self-aware. One time when he was using it in a particularly strong barleywine it crawled out of the fermenter and attacked him, tried to drag him back in. He just managed to reach a spray bottle of purisan and fight it off, otherwise he’d be just another statistic. He won’t touch the stuff ever since.
All of those stories you hear about people “falling into fermenters and dying”? Chico. The stuff is vicious.
Much better!
Yes, much better, and thanks for asking. I’ve been meaning to do that for months!
majorvices
February 28, 2013, 2:23pm
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I guess sean wasn’t entirely clear with me…
bluesman
February 28, 2013, 2:35pm
9
tschmidlin:
He doesn’t like it because it is the closest yeast to being self-aware. One time when he was using it in a particularly strong barleywine it crawled out of the fermenter and attacked him, tried to drag him back in. He just managed to reach a spray bottle of purisan and fight it off, otherwise he’d be just another statistic. He won’t touch the stuff ever since.
All of those stories you hear about people “falling into fermenters and dying”? Chico. The stuff is vicious.
It’ll eat the paint right off your car too.
a10t2
February 28, 2013, 3:28pm
10
Chico killed my great-grandfather during a West Virginia land war. I was prepared to let bygones be bygones until it came back to finish the job. Tom already told that story…
Sic semper fungus!
gmac
February 28, 2013, 3:59pm
11
Oh, of course, the “Terrill/Chico feud of 07”.
ynotbrusum
February 28, 2013, 9:33pm
13
All this while I thought it was that Freddie Prinze character that Sean didn’t like…
weithman5
February 28, 2013, 9:50pm
14
little more detail on how you got away. i mean, what happens if i go to pick up a bottle of some simple german lager yeast and it has been infiltrated by chico. its not like i am being attacked by zombies or anything but always good to have a battle plan 8)
a10t2
February 28, 2013, 10:07pm
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In that scenario I think you’d be OK. The German yeast are going to kick the Chico out so that they can maintain the purity of their culture.
weithman5
February 28, 2013, 11:08pm
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i guess that makes sense., as long as the package is not mislabeled. Is there a thing as trojan yeast?
erockrph
March 1, 2013, 3:24am
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I hear using Trojan yeast is a good method to prevent infection.
Trojan yeast is all candida albicans
okay, so I had to google it but ewww
gmac
March 1, 2013, 3:47pm
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I’m not sure if I should be proud or embarrassed that I didn’t have to google it.
