{"id":5683,"date":"2020-08-12T15:31:14","date_gmt":"2020-08-12T13:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/speckund.me\/?p=5683"},"modified":"2021-07-04T11:33:54","modified_gmt":"2021-07-04T09:33:54","slug":"why-i-need-to-drink-a-beer-tonight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/speckund.me\/w2\/why-i-need-to-drink-a-beer-tonight\/","title":{"rendered":"Why I need to drink a beer tonight – no excuse!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Read here, why this is not just an excuse. Shortstory. 12 August 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Summertime is outdoor time – well, as you probably know I am quite addicted to the great outdoors and ultralight trekking. I love those tough remote trails and silent nights out in the wild, far away from civilization – all over the year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Needless to say the less you carry in the wild the better. So why not trying one of these selfmade alcohol stoves made of a can of beer? They weight close to nothing (about 10 gr.) and seem to be made pretty quick and easy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are plenty of useful internet links and YouTube videos on how to make one of these stoves; and there are several types of stoves. I decided to go with the tutorial and howto of Alex (s. here in german<\/a>, illustrated); it seemed to be straight forward and pretty simple and feasible even for me … (btw: Thank you @Alex<\/a> for your wonderful tutorial, it helped me a lot! Kudos!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See my first alcohol stove here, made of a Brewdog Punk IPA<\/a> beer can.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After the initial burn test – which looked really promising – I decided to have a cowboy coffee (see here<\/a> and here<\/a>) out in the wild. Brewing a cowboy coffee using an alcohol stove slows you down due to
a) the longer boiling time compared to a gas stove
b) having to wait a few minutes after boiling the coffee while the ground settles down on the bottom of the pot. I love this slowing down, and therefore I usually do not add cold water to the coffee, which would speed up the settling down. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instead I prefer to take my camera and make some calm images of the surrounding scenery while waiting for my coffee. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Silent boiling<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Alcohol burns without noise so nothing is going to disturb the perfect silence around you. Listen to the sound of nature instead to the jets of a gas stove.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My first prototype<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Despite the fact that my coffee was one of the best of my life, don’t you think, that Alex’ stove<\/a> looks better? Mine seems to be a little ‘self-made’ and ‘prototype-like’ – just have a look at the dents … hmm. Wouldn’t it be a good idea to make another one, perhaps with better jets, maybe without the painting, and with a cleaner overall finish?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In order to have another can for my second stove I would need to drink a beer tonight, or perhaps two to have a spare one. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And by the way, the most perfect alcohol stoves are manufactured out of aluminium cans of Brewdog<\/a> or Belhaven<\/a>, probably.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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