I tried to search for threads made by Bracc in the recipes sections. Didn't find anything helpful.
I was think about brewing a @bracconiere beer and did some looking to see if I could find a complete recipe but only found partials.
1060 starting gravity, add gluco with the yeast to get a 8% final product. Could not find IBUs but he said his beers were malty and it seems like he used old bargain hops. Don't over do the hops it may make you dehydrated.
I did find a more compete amber recipe he offered to compete with an AI generated recipe.
I tried to search for threads made by Bracc in the recipes sections. Didn't find anything helpful.
Home-malted grain
What he may have lacked in grammar he made up for in cypherin' and chemistry skills. He seemed plenty smart for having one third less schoolin' than Jethro Bodean.Honestly, this looks like a recipe that he would have posted in its entirety, with the exception of good grammar. That was the fun of his posts
I have a Bracc tip: buy Lutra once and just rinse the FV until it looks clean. Even if you store it away for over a year it may spontaneously ferment the next batch. Or just reuse it intentionally. please don’t ask me how o know.Maybe someone should work up a recipe in honor of Bracc. Make it the cheapest 5 gallons possible, with the quickest grain-to-glass turnaround time. Bracc used to talk about brewing beer for some seemingly impossible cost of like $0.30/pint or something like that. Home-malted grain, reused yeast, etc.
If there’s any kind of estate at all, there should be a death notice somewhere. It could have been the minimal required though, and who knows (well not me) what that is in New Mexico.I thought he had siblings. I guess I don't know where I got that idea, though.
I thought death notices were legally required somehow, a holdover from pre-internet days where creditors needed to keep an eye on newspapers so they could make claims against an estate of someone in debt to them when they passed.
I don't know that he left us any beer recipes? Make barley malt, mash, ferment dry with gluco, seemed to be his basic recipe.
I was think about brewing a @bracconiere beer and did some looking to see if I could find a complete recipe but only found partials.
I tried to search for threads made by Bracc in the recipes sections. Didn't find anything helpful.
He brewed a lot of cider at one point. He made no bones about it just being made from cheap juice but I was considering it just for a little batch.
Honestly, this looks like a recipe that he would have posted in its entirety, with the exception of good grammar. That was the fun of his posts
Maybe someone should work up a recipe in honor of Bracc. Make it the cheapest 5 gallons possible, with the quickest grain-to-glass turnaround time. Bracc used to talk about brewing beer for some seemingly impossible cost of like $0.30/pint or something like that. Home-malted grain, reused yeast, etc.
To you and anyone who wants to make a 'Bracc-brew' in honour, I too know that he got his grain from the elevator and malted it himself and used almost whatever hops he had on hand or could get quick and cheap..I know there were some hops he'd buy in bulk and find he didn't like much so they'd sit around forever. He was the master of the cheap-brew....from the feed store.
IIRC, his latest batches were straight sugar washes with white table sugar. Our friend was not discerning in his beverage making.
Grab the least expensive sugar source you have on hand, blast through anything longer than a monosaccharide, and throw a high-powered well-flocculating yeast at it. Done.
Don't forget to calibrate your carbonation chart to the lunar cycle.
Y'all really want to honor him? Brew a batch of whatever beer you want to drink (good-naturedly f* all to anyone else's opinion) and gift someone an HBT membership on the same payday.
I'm gonna try and scale that to a mini-keg for next April 2. Not looking forward to the headache that straight fermented table sugar gives me, but hey.. I miss him.and honestly it's not straight sugar water, i add a half gallon of orange juice to a keg.....actually pretty good to be honest, just kinda to easy to admit to, lol
so it's definitely going to be a small batch.this had like 4ozs/60, 8ozs/20, and 16ozs/170°f
Most of his efforts were essentially hooch recipes. Bracc is remembered for his incredible persona that he created here, not his brewing. He was surprisingly technical, but he never tried to make "good beer".I tried to search for threads made by Bracc in the recipes sections. Didn't find anything helpful.
Witness protection moved him to Italy?Most of his efforts were essentially hooch recipes. Bracc is remembered for his incredible persona that he created here, not his brewing. He was surprisingly technical, but he never tried to make "good beer".
Anyone believe in reincarnation? trying to achieve a cheap CO2 storage system
Given the lack of safety on the trying to achieve a cheap CO2 storage system I'd say you are safer away from Italy!!Witness protection moved him to Italy?
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I'll admit, I considered including a Bracc-ish MS-Paint meme in there.The memes thread is particularly silly right now, and I can't help but wonder what tiny - fonted meme Bracc might've come up with to add to the craziness.
At least it wasn't a honey badger?Finally found them back. One of my favorite bracc meme adjustments.
I thought he had siblings. I guess I don't know where I got that idea, though.
I thought death notices were legally required somehow, a holdover from pre-internet days where creditors needed to keep an eye on newspapers so they could make claims against an estate of someone in debt to them when they passed.
Wow. Just wow. And creepy as all get out, if you think about it. Tempted to search my own username but I'm afraid of what I'll find.He lost his mom and was now living in the house that was once hers was my understanding.
The lack of any obit is really bothering me. So in denial thinking mode I wonder if he was as possibly social on any other forums, would he use the same screen name.. Different search sites give different results and one of many I tried was the AI bing chat thing.
I used two words as a search term question.
bracconiere beer.
Floored by what came back as a repsonse. Copy / paste below. All the "sources" seem to be this forum, so maybe nobody else bothered to write an obit, but collectively apparently we did with the help of AI. What is creepy is it is spot on. Copy below
Searching for: bracconiere beer
Bracconiere beer is not a brand or a style of beer, but a term that refers to the homebrewed beer made by a user named @bracconiere on a forum called Homebrew Talk123. Bracconiere was a passionate and eccentric homebrewer who liked to make his own malt from feed store grain, use cheap or old hops, and experiment with different yeast strains and sugar sources. He claimed to brew beer for very low cost, high alcohol content, and fast turnaround time. He also shared his recipes and experiences with other forum members, and sent some of his malt to other homebrewers for them to try.
Bracconiere beer was not meant to be a commercial product or a competition entry, but rather a personal expression of creativity and enjoyment. Bracconiere was well-liked and respected by many forum members for his enthusiasm, generosity, and humor. Unfortunately, he passed away in May 20233, leaving behind a legacy of unique and unconventional beers that inspired many homebrewers. Some of his beers include:
https://sl.bing.net/gNHegDu519o
- BRACC Amber Ale: A malty amber ale made with pale malt, Munich malt, crystal WTF (a very dark caramel malt), midnight wheat, and old hops2.
- BRACC Cider: A simple cider made with cheap apple juice, sugar, and yeast2.
- BRACC Pale Ale: A pale ale made with pale malt, glucoamylase enzyme, sugar, and yeast2.
- BRACC Saison: A saison made with pale malt, wheat malt, sugar, and Belle Saison yeast2.
Wow. Just wow. And creepy as all get out, if you think about it. Tempted to search my own username but I'm afraid of what I'll find.
A GIS might provide even more entertaining results.I Googled my username... I don't recommend doing that. Some things can't be unseen.
NGL, zombo.com describes exactly how I felt when I joined HBT. Users here were so open and friendly and helpful. The atmosphere was positive and nurturing, and inspired confidence in me to grow as a crafter of drink. Bracc was one of the first to reach out as a friend, he serves as an anchor for me to this place, and he was among the countless others of us inspired to spread our figurative wings here in the friendly confines of zombocom.homebrewtalk.comRIP!
Running forums for so long now I've seen a lot of these posts and I've read multiple obituary's that reference their participation in certain online communities. It's humbling to know that their certain activity online means enough that their family knows it's a part of them. I hope my family includes a blurb about my love of Zombo.com.
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