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HOMEBREW Digest #187 Tue 27 June 1989
FORUM ON BEER, HOMEBREWING, AND RELATED ISSUES
Rob Gardner, Digest Coordinator
Contents:
Siphoning (florianb)
Precipitate in wort. (Richard Hargan)
Cyser (dw)
1989 NATIONAL HOMEBREWERS COMPETITION WINNERS (drutx!homer)
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Date: 26 Jun 89 17:27:24 PDT (Mon)
From: florianb%tekred.cna.tek.com@RELAY.CS.NET
Subject: Siphoning
When siphoning my brews, I've gotten the flow started by sucking on
the end of the hoze (after rinsing my mouth with whiskey). I've
never had a problem with contamination. However, I often wonder if
there isn't a better way to do this. I have tried filling the hoze
with water first, but this seems like a silly thing to do: expose
the brew to fresh water. I don't think bleach solution is the
solution either.
Does anyone have a better idea on how to get the flow started when
siphoning?
[Florian Bell, Boonesborough, Oregon]
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Date: Mon, 26 Jun 89 19:46:15 EDT
From: Richard Hargan <HARGAN@UMDD.UMD.EDU>
Subject: Precipitate in wort.
I recently brewed up a 3 gallon batch of wort which I plan to use as a
yeast starter for liquid yeasts. I used a can of John Bull Light Malt
Extract (hopped) dilluted to 3 gallons. I brought this to a boil in my
stainless steel stock pot and maintained a rolling boil for about a
half hour. I noticed that the wort darkened somewhat during this process,
but did not pay much attention to it. I transfer the hot wort to one
quart canning jars and placed them into a pressure cooker. I maintained
the pressure cooker at 10 psi for about 30 minutes. When I removed the
jars from the cooker, I noticed that the wort was VERY dark and a light,
fluffy precipitate had formed in the bottom of the jars.
My questions are,
- Why did the wort darken from an amber color to a dark color? Is this
normal? Personally, I prefer dark beers, but I am a little curious as
to why there should be such a pronounced change in color.
- What is the precipitate that has formed in the bottom of the jars? I had
placed a small amount of vivegar in the water in the bottom of the pressure
cooker to prevent water stains (or so the instruction manual advised),
and I suppose it is possible that some of the vinegar vapor could have made
it's way into the jars, but that seems a little unlikely to me. I had
originally planned on using an unhopped malt extract in this batch, but
after checking on my supplies, all I had was hopped extract. Could this
explain the precipitate?
I am going to go ahead an use one of the jars of wort as a starter for some
Wyeast and brew up a batch of Irish Ale and see what happens. I had planned
on getting a yeast bank kit and preserve some of the starter culture for later
use, but now I just want to see if the starter wort is contaminated.
If anyone has any suggestions/explainations for what happened, I would be
interested in hearing them. Thanks.
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Richard B. Hargan hargan@umdd.umd.edu
Systems Programmer
Room 1309 (301) 454-2946
Computer Science Center
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742-2411
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Date: 26 Jun 89 13:08:22 EDT (Monday)
From: dw <Wegeng.Henr@Xerox.COM>
Subject: Cyser
Jackie Brown asked if anyone has made cyser. I made a one gallon
"experimental" batch last fall with very good results. My second batch (5
gallons) is settling out in a carboy as we speak.
I don't have the recipe here at work, but here are some comments. I made up
my own recipe, starting with apple cider that contained no preservatves.
Using that as a base, I added honey until the specific gravity reached the
approximate SG of grape juice (I wanted the cyser to have about the same
amount of alcohol as wine). I then added potassium metabisulfate to the
honey/cider mixture to kill any wild yeast. After letting the must sit for
a couple days, I added two packages of Red Star Champagne yeast and let
nature take it's course.
The first batch turned out semi-dry, with a definite apple flavor (though
not sweet). With age the sharp apple flavor turned rather smooth. Very
nice, I think. I racked the second batch a couple weeks ago (tasting it in
the process), and it's coming along fine.
I can provide specifics about my recipe if anyone is interested. Note,
though, that it's very easy to make up your own recipes. I'm sure that
there are purists who will say that I cheated by using wine as a model for
my experiments, but that's how it goes.
/Don
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Date: Mon, 26 Jun 89 19:43:14 mdt
From: att!drutx!homer@hplabs.HP.COM
Subject: 1989 NATIONAL HOMEBREWERS COMPETITION WINNERS
Compiled by the American Homebrewers Association
PO Box 287, Boulder, CO 80306 USA
(303) 447-0816
BEST OF SHOW Homebrewer of the Year sponsored by Munton and
Fison, Stowmarket, England
Paul Prozeller, Hamden, Conn.
Dubbel Queensberry Framboise
Meadmaker of the Year sponsored by Home Wine and Beer Trade
Association
Shelby Meyer, Tuscon, Ariz.
Nogales Black Walnut Leaf Mead
Club High Point Award House Beer Measure of Excellence,
sponsored by House Beer, Dallas, Texas
Sonoma Beer-O-Crats, Santa Rosa, Calif.
1. Alt (34 entries) Great Fermentations of Santa Rosa
Award, sponsored by Great Fermentations of Santa Rosa,
Calif.
1st: Steven Daniel, League City, Texas
Accidental Alt
2nd: George Mika, Takoma Park, Md.
Alter Hickory
3rd: Kelly Dunham, Pacifica Calif.
Brewbird of Hoppiness Alt
2. Barley Wine (44 entries) Dover Vineyards Barley Wine
Award Champion, sponsored by Dover Vineyards, Westlake, Ohio
1st: Clay Biberdorf, St. Louis, Mo.
Willy's Best
2nd: Norman Dickenson, Santa Rosa, Calif.
Old Fogfoot Hardy Ale
3rd: Ron Page, Middletown, Conn.
Eviction Ale
3. Belgium-Style Specialty Beer (20 entries)
Manneken-Brussel Imports Chimay Award, sponsored by
Manneken-Brussel Imports, Austin, Texas
1st: Paul Prozeller, Hamden, Conn.
Dubbel Queensberry Framboise
2nd: Phil Markowski, New Haven, Conn.
It Is Waloon
3rd: J. David Wallace, Bend, Ore.
Blackberry Weisen
4. Brown Ales (71 entries) Premier Malt Brown Ale Award
Champion, sponsored by Premier Malt Products, Grosse Pointe,
Mich.
1st: Thad Smith, San Francisco, Calif.
Smith Tn Heller
2nd: Steven Daniel, League City, Texas
S.E. Texas Northern Brown Ale
3rd: Mark Gryska, Northampton, Mass.
Untitled
5. Cream Ale (18 entries) The Wine Works Trophy, sponsored
by The Wine Works, Denver, Colorado
1st: Rodney Howard, Oakley, Calif.
Colby's Cream Ale
2nd: Jeffrey Sternfeld & Paddy Giffen, Santa Rosa,
Calif.
Sean Furgeson's Chapeen Cream
3rd: Vern Wolff, Esparto, Calif.
Cream Ale
6. Fruit Beer (26 entries) Purple Foot Trophy, sponsored by
The Purple Foot, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1st: David G. Hammaker, Roaring Spring, Pa.
Cherry Ale
2nd: Mark Gershen, Glendale, Calif.
Cranberry Stout
3rd: Stephen Weiler, Fort Walton Beach, Fla.
Jane's Thing
7. Herb Beer (38 entries) The Homebrewery Herb Ale Beer
Award, sponsored by The Homebrewery, Fontana, Calif.
1st: Mark Fjeld, West Valley City, Utah
Friendly Spruce Lager
2nd: David Perlman, Philadelphia, Pa.
Wissahicvion
3rd: John Masters, S. Lake Tahoe, Calif.
Christmas Ale
8. Best of Pale Ale Class EDME Centenary Trophy, sponsored
by Edme Ltd., Mistley, Manningtree, England
Norman Hardy, Seattle, Wash.
Cascade Bitter
8a. Pale Ale / Classic Pale Ale (52 entries)
1st: Charles Milan, Baton Rouge, La.
Half and Half Ale
2nd: Mark Bartkowiak, Warrenville, Ill.
Gold Rooster Pale Ale
3rd: Rande Reed, Milwaukee, Wis.
Fountainhead Pale Ale
8b. Pale Ale / India Pale Ale (16 entries)
1st: James Reese, Amarillo, Texas
Diving Duck Ale
2nd: Padraic Giffen, Cotati, Calif.
L & P IPA II
3rd: John Hall, Worthington, Ohio
One More Time Ale
8c. Pale Ale / British Bitter (43 entries)
1st: Norman Hardy, Seattle, Wash.
Cascade Bitter
2nd: Byron Burch, Santa Rosa, Calif.
Manhunt Bitter
3rd: Dr. Keith Dorschner, Greenleaf, Idaho
Greenleaf Bitter
9. Porter (69 entries) The Brass Corkscrew Award, sponsored
by The Brass Corkscrew, Seattle, Wash.
1st: Grant C. Johnston, Berkeley, Calif.
Packer Porter
2nd: Craig Olzenak, Grinnell, Iowa
Prancing Pony Porter
3rd: Paul Macchia, Martinez, Calif.
Bellboy Porter
10. Scotch Ale (28 entries) Wine & Hop Shop Award,
sponsored by Wine & Hop Shop, Denver, Colo.
1st: Ron Page, Middletown, Conn.
Butterscotch
2nd: Robert Burko, Milwaukee, Wis.
"Beam me up, Scotty"
3rd: Michael Nazarec, Toronto, Ont., Canada
Heavy Scottish X-mas Ale
11. Specialty Beer (40 entries) Buffalo Bill's Brewpub
Award, sponsored by Buffalo Bill's Brewpub, Hayward, Calif.
1st: Victor Gottlieb, Manakin-Sabo, Va.
Gottlieb's Victory Beer #11
2nd: Guy Ruth, Albuquerque, N.M.
Todo La Tienda
3rd: James Johnson, Kenosha, Wis.
French Lager
12. Stout (85 entries) Coal Black Kidney Award, sponsored
by Great Fermentations of Marin, Calif.
1st: Rande Reed, Milwaukee, Wis.
Fountainhead Black Magic
2nd: Tom Hauge, Sunnyvale, Calif.
One Hop Beyond
3rd: Padraic Giffen, Cotati Calif.
New Year's Day
13. Wheat Beer German Style (46 entries) Wheat Growers
Challenge Cup, sponsored by National Association of Wheat
Growers Foundation, Wash., D.C.
1st: Grant C. Johnston, Berkeley, Calif.
American Dark Wheat
2nd: Quentin Smith, Rohnert Park, Calif.
Beat Your Feet Wheat
3rd: Jill Kirkland & Dana Kukkonen, Lakewood, Colo.
Bitch Brau
14. Bock (62 entries) Yakima Valley Hop Growers Trophy,
sponsored by Yakima Valley Hop Growers, Yakima, Wash.
1st: Ronald Brubaker, Cincinnati, Ohio
Stimulator
2nd: Charles Lambert, Romulus, Mich.
O-So-Bock
3rd: Peter J. Jelinek, Portland, Ore.
No Stupid Name
15. Continental Dark (25 entries) Dave Line Memorial
Trophy, sponsored by Crosby & Baker, Westport, Mass.
1st: Ross Herrold, Laporte, Ind.
Lady of the Morning
2nd: Mary Frances Richardson, St. Catharines, Ont.,
Canada
Dark Star
3rd: Eric McClary, Carson City, Nev.
Erasmus Dunkel
16. Export (26 entries) DeFalco's Wine & House Beer Trophy,
sponsored by DeFalco's Wine & House Beer, Dallas, Texas
1st: Todd Hanson, Sheboygan, Wis.
Reagan Knew
2nd: Rodney Howard, Oakley, Calif.
Colby
3rd: Robert Carter, Watsonville Calif.
Pale Lager
17. Munich (20 entries) Wines Inc. Trophy, sponsored by
Wines Inc., Akron, Ohio
1st: Steven Daniel, League City, Texas
League City Munich
2nd: David Miller, St. Louis, Mo.
Helles
3rd: John Polstra & Peter Laffan, Seattle, Wash.
Gold Im Munde Helles
18. Pilsener (79 entries) Alexander's Pilsener Trophy,
sponsored by California Concentrates, Acampo, Calif.
1st: Eric McClary, Carson City, Nev.
Oasis Lager
2nd: Dr. Keith Dorschner, Greenleaf, Ida.
Andenken
3rd: John Maier, Newport, Ore.
Shaun's Real Lager
19. Rauch (17 entries) Jim's Homebrew Supply Shop Award,
sponsored by Jim's Homebrew Supply, Spokane, Wash.
1st: Jeffrey Sternfeld, Santa Rosa, Calif.
Cerveza Ahumar
2nd: John Maier, Newport, Ore.
Smokehouse Lager
3rd: Ralph Bucca, Huntingtown, Md.
Smoky Mash
20. Steam (43 entries) Anchor Steam Beer Cup, sponsored by
Anchor Brewing Co., San Francisco, Calif.
1st: Stephen Morelli, Portland, Ore.
Fat Brothers Original American
2nd: Robert Carter, Watsonville, Calif.
Amber
3rd: Phil Markowski, New Haven, Conn.
No Nuggets
21. Vienna (39 entries) Frank H. Steinbart Memorial Award,
sponsored by F.H. Steinbart, Portland, Ore.
1st: Charlie Olchowski, Greenfield, Mass.
Does Ek Ki?
2nd: David Blossman, Baton Rouge, La.
Bloss Brau
3rd: Dave Kimber, Toronto, Ont., Canada
Yo Vienna
22. Traditional Mead (3 entries) Havill's Mazer Mead Award,
sponsored by Havill's Mazer Mead, Rangiora, New Zealand
1st: Wayne W. Waananen, Lakewood, Colo.
Full Moon Mead
23. Melomel, Pyment, Cyser, Flavored Mead (33 entries)
1st: Shelby Meyer, Tuscon, Ariz.
Nogales Mead (Black Walnut Leaf)
2nd: James Runkel, Fredonia, N.Y.
Sparkling Elderberry Mead
3rd: Joseph Hauge, Portland, Ore.
Apricot Aphrodisiac
Thanks to Paul Echternacht, at the AHA, for helping to move
this file from their Mac to my PC.
The conference was great, I will try to write more about it soon.
Jim Homer
att!drutx!homer
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End of HOMEBREW Digest #187, 06/27/89
