Brewing

[red brew]

i was an F-15 contractor for McDonnel Douglas in Saudi Arabia back in the day.   Out of necessity I learned how to brew beer using non alchohol beer as a base.  Had to ship in specialty grains and hops disguised as pet food.  Not anywhere near world class beer but not too bad.   Also learned to golf there.  Swedish rock company had a crushed rock golf course.  You teed off...........found your ball. put down a hunk of astro turf and hit again.   The greens were sand packed with used engine oil.   Once done, they had a 6 foot wide broom and you swept a couple of passes around the flag and moved on. 

[Jack]

So did the beer contain alcohol considering it was from a non-alcoholic base?

[76455sd]

i was an F-15 contractor for McDonnel Douglas in Saudi Arabia back in the day.   Out of necessity I learned how to brew beer using non alchohol beer as a base.  Had to ship in specialty grains and hops disguised as pet food.  Not anywhere near world class beer but not too bad.   Also learned to golf there.  Swedish rock company had a crushed rock golf course.  You teed off...........found your ball. put down a hunk of astro turf and hit again.   The greens were sand packed with used engine oil.   Once done, they had a 6 foot wide broom and you swept a couple of passes around the flag and moved on.

And they’re still flying them.  My son is finishing up his training on the F-15E! 

[red brew]

I would take the non alcoholic beer and add honey and sugar, boil it really good and then I had some specialty grains and hops to add.   it would take about  weeks to ferment out really good and then I would bottle it in  liter soda bottles and sell.  I think my gravity readings used to show right at 6 percent at the finish.  My last 2 years there I was up at Dhahran on the Gulf and I could go to Bahrain and buy malt extract and that was a serious game changer.

Where is your son going to be working E models at?  I work as a contractor here at Nellis and we still have E models but just finished shipping out all of the older C models to the Guard

Cheers boys

[76455sd]

I would take the non alcoholic beer and add honey and sugar, boil it really good and then I had some specialty grains and hops to add.   it would take about  weeks to ferment out really good and then I would bottle it in  liter soda bottles and sell.  I think my gravity readings used to show right at 6 percent at the finish.  My last 2 years there I was up at Dhahran on the Gulf and I could go to Bahrain and buy malt extract and that was a serious game changer.

Where is your son going to be working E models at?  I work as a contractor here at Nellis and we still have E models but just finished shipping out all of the older C models to the Guard

Cheers boys

He’s slated to be at Lakenheath when he finishes up at the beginning of June.

[red brew]

Lakenheath huh?  Jolly ol England eh?    Its a busy base but he will get plenty of chances for travel and the Heath does show up here for Red Flag from time to time.  My favorite times in the USAF were the years I spent overseas.  In fact, I shipped a 78 Trans Am to the Philippines in 87 for my daily transportation.  Didnt get to enjoy it a helluva lot because of the crap roads but it was cool to be the only guy on the base with one.

[76455sd]

We’re looking forward to visiting him over there.  I’ve never been across the pond.  Must’ve cost a couple of bucks to ship the car that far.  He’s looking at some big expense just to bring his dog along.

[red brew]

I had orders to the philippines so the Government paid to ship my car.   4 years of crap gasoline and that car never did hiccup once on me