Erik Drews SOS ComAlt Updated ILC Description Beer Brewing and Mushroom Growth This quarter my goal was to explore and experiment with the use of grains in beer and how to achieve different flavors with different grain combinations. Simultaneously,… Continue Reading →
Erik Drews SOSComAlt Self Eval Word Count: 1,076 Intro: As this program was my first attempt at an independent learning contract, or a student originated study, I was originally somewhat intimidated. Though I do believe that sometimes being challenged… Continue Reading →
Erik Drews SOS ComAlt Tasting Lab tea Week 9 This week we had yet another tea tasting that focused on green teas, Genmai Cha and Kabusecha. Genmai cha is green tea mixed with toasted rice while Kabusecha is a shade… Continue Reading →
Erik Drews SOS ComAlt Seminar week 8 Word count: 282 Triggering passages: “In this shameless advertisement the two figures stand on different kinds of ground, marking the economic exchange across national borders: the uncle sam figure stands tall and… Continue Reading →
Erik Drews SOSComAlt Mushroom update week 8 The last time I inoculated spent grains, I utilized my method of working between 4 candles whose heights came to about the same height as a quart sized mason jar. The intention… Continue Reading →
Erik Drews SOSComAlt Week 8 Beer update IMG_0434 This week at cascadia homebrew we made a cardamom coffee stout while discussing malts and water chemistry further in depth. Vocabulary Words: Alpha amylase- one of the main diastatic enzymes at play… Continue Reading →
Erik Drews SOSComAlt Tasting lab week 8 This week we tasted two different types of oolong tea, four seasons of spring and high mountain oolong. Oolong tea is a semi-oxidized tea, which “eliminates the raw grassy taste found in unoxidized… Continue Reading →
Erik Drews SOS ComAlt Week 8 Seminar response Wordcount: 254 Triggering Passages: “The figures stand underneath japanese writing in the left-hand corner, while under each figure we get their stage names: Pitti Sing, Yum Yum, and Peep Bo. Already here… Continue Reading →
Day 8 of fruiting Erik Drews SOSComAlt Weekly Project Update 7 Mushooms As it is now week 7 I have decided to stop inoculating grains for this quarter because there will not be enough time left in the quarter for… Continue Reading →