Papa Nes Homebrew

General Homebrew Discussion
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I was going thru some old albums and came across one by Michael Nesmith called Tantamount To Treason. On the back was a recipe for Papa Nes Homebrew. I had never really noticed it before and was wondering if it seemed like something that is brewable.

THE PAPA NES HOME-BREW RECIPE
INGREDIENTS:
BARLEY MALT … ABOUT THREE POUNDS
WATER … ABOUT FIVE GALLONS
HOPS … ABOUT A CUP (Washington hops, if available)
CORN … TO TASTE (PILGRIMS THREW IN ARTICHOKE)
RICE … TO TASTE (It has to be processed rice)
BREWER’S YEAST … ONE BLOCK (It must be fresh and non-flocculant*)

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A wee bit vague I’m thinking, but I’d go all John Alden on this one because anything with artichoke in it has to be good!

I wonder how many Washington hops were available in 1972??

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I am a huge Nesmith fan!  I even have an autographed copy of Elephant Parts.  But I kinda think I’ll pass on that recipe…

4

Hey thanks guys. It is very vague but I thought maybe it’ll
Work out but…artichoke in my beer?

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Hey, back in colonial times they’d use anything that might have some starch or sugar in it.  More “hooch” than beer you might say, but nobody had opened up a handy LHBS yet.

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https://barbutonatural.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/artichoke.jpeg

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Who’d a thunk.

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3lb of malt in 5 US gallons isn’t much - it’ll only give you around 1.2% alcohol. Even if you have 3lb of maize and 3lb of rice, it’ll get you to 4.4%.

In 1972 >95% of US hops were Cluster.

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And the bulk of US beer was 4.4% and under…

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And we have a club in Tampa who seem to have chosen an artichoke for their logo thinking it was a hop cone:
https://www.specialhoperations.org/
:wink: