It finally happened!

If we could get our boats to run on beer this would be indeed wonderful news. I now run my 25 at 8 kts with occasional bursts of testesterone induced high speed runs and am getting 2.7 MPG.BTW Pat, is our brewery bringing along any brew for the Friday Harbor event? I have the CO2 and regulator if you can bring the beer.
OF COURSE THIS IS DEPENDANT ON EVERYONE ELSE BUYING MASSIVE QUANTITIES OF ICE TO KEEP THE KEG COLD.
 
I think we can probably arrange something for Friday Harbor, I'll bring the keg and David will bring the dispensing stuff! Like he said, the ice to keep it cold is on everyone else! I would love to bring Lemondipity, doubt if we will be able to spare a keg of it...what do other folks want? Maybe Haystack Hefeweizen? Copperhead Pale Ale?
 
Anna Leigh":28etbl0g said:
If we could get our boats to run on beer this would be indeed wonderful news. I now run my 25 at 8 kts with occasional bursts of testesterone induced high speed runs and am getting 2.7 MPG...
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Hi David,

I have been experimenting with Wild Blue, trying for the most miserly fuel consumption. Seems like 1800 RPM gets me around 6 knots in most conditions, with a fuel burn of .9 gph. End result: about 6 mpg. Fine if you are just out playing for the day... but sure handy to be able to push the throttle forward and get somewhere when you really want to. (I've already let our daughter know there will be no inheritance. :wink: )

So, we are hearing that it takes a gallon of gas/diesel to produce a gallon of ethanol... any idea how much energy it takes to produce a gallon of brew? 8) If Willie Nelson can convert his bus to run on biodiesel, someone can surely find a way to run our boats on beer.

Have fun at the Friday Harbor gathering!

Best wishes,
Jim B.
 
The sign reminds of the best beer t-shirt I have ever seen:

"Beer - makes you see double but makes you feel single".

Ha ha ha! The ladies tend not to appreciate it though....

I made my own beer for the first time this winter. Not surprisingly I printed labels with a picture of Napoleon on a horse "Napoleon Amber". It came out great actually! It's a lot of work to make beer in bottles! Much easier (so I've heard) to make it with C02 and kegs.
 
When I lived in Utah I did homebrew because I didn't want to be limited to the 3.2 that the state mandated be sold in grocery stores (full-strength was available at inflated prices in the state liquor stores.) Now that I have escaped from behind the Zion curtain, and live where adulthood is legal, I revel in the choices available to me everywhere. The beer choices are so good, I have not felt the compulsion to homebrew again.

My cousin goes to BC to ski every winter (they have a condo) and he homebrews there because of the high cost of Canadian beer.

Warren
 
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