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HOMEBREW Digest #260 Thu 21 September 1989
FORUM ON BEER, HOMEBREWING, AND RELATED ISSUES
Rob Gardner, Digest Coordinator
Contents:
Re: Homebrew Digest #259 (September 20, 1989) (Paul Perlmutter)
Meeting Suggestions (b11!maven!dave)
BREWNET BBS (boubez)
dry yeasts again (Marty Albini)
Send submissions to homebrew%hpfcmr@hplabs.hp.com
Send requests to homebrew-request%hpfcmr@hplabs.hp.com
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Date: Wed, 20 Sep 89 14:08:11 mdt
From: Paul Perlmutter <paul@heaven>
Subject: Re: Homebrew Digest #259 (September 20, 1989)
Could we get more information about how to access the BREWNET files?
It would be excellent to have a list of titles, and a method for
either retrieving the desired files, or a way of perusing the files.
What is BREWNET?
Paul Perlmutter
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Date: Thu, 14 Sep 89 17:19:23 CDT
From: ingr!b11!maven!dave@uunet.uu.net
Subject: Meeting Suggestions
We have a small homebrew club here that meets informally every month or so.
Lately we have been wondering how other clubs manage their meetings.
Here, everyone brings some homebrew, say a six-pack and then we evaluate
it. The problem is, if you have fifteen guys bringing at least one
(in some cases four or five) different beers then you soon wind up
out of time and overwhelmed with too many beers to safely taste and
drive home in the same evening.
We usually start with the light beers and progressively get darker. There
is always a commercial mystery beer which everyone tastes and tries to
guess. Munchies are also provided.
So how do other clubs handle meetings? Thanks.
--
Dave Bradford ...uunet!ingr!b11!maven!dave (UUCP)
b11!maven!dave@ingr.com (Internet)
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Date: Wed, 20 Sep 89 11:58:13 EDT
From: boubez@bass.rutgers.edu
Subject: BREWNET BBS
Hello there! I've never seen the BREWNET listings before and I was wondering
if it's possible to request some of the files that are listed. Anybody know?
Thanks
toufic
Toufic Boubez
boubez@caip.rutgers.edu
boubez@bass.rutgers.edu
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Date: Wed, 20 Sep 89 16:59:12 PDT
From: Marty Albini <hplabs!hpsdl39!martya>
Subject: dry yeasts again
For fans of dry yeasts: in the latest William's Brewing
catalog/Newsletter, There is an article by William Moore titled "Dry
Yeast Revisited." Williams, for those who haven't heard of them, is a
supplier (and vocal advocate) of liquid yeast cultures. They recently
tested a bunch of dry yeasts (along side their liquid yeasts) to see
if it is "possible to brew truly good beer with convenient dry
yeasts..." (a question I thought had been settled long ago).
I won't quote the whole article, but to summarize, they found
that, if treated properly, dry yeast makes dandy beer, but not as good
as their liquid yeasts.
To quote:
"It appears most home brewers have been abusing their
dry yeast. Dry yeast should only be rehydrated in warm
water between 90 and 100 degrees F. Use 1/2 cup of
water for every 14 grams of dry yeast. Rehydrating
dried yeast in wort can shock and injure the yeast,
because wort is relatively acid,and dry yeast prefers
a neutral rehydration medium. It is vital to the
future flavor of the beer that dry yeast be rehydrated
in warm water only.
Ideally, rehydration should take place for 15 minutes
before pitching. When pitching, it is very important
that the freshly revived yeast is not temperature
shocked; a temperature change of more than 17 degrees
will cause the yeast to both emit off-flavor compounds
and slow down, perhaps halting all activity if the
shock is great enough. If your yeast is at 90 degrees
F. and your wort is at 65, add a half a cup of wort to
your yeast to become acclimated to the new
temperature, and then pitch into the 65 degree
fermenter."
So I've been doing it right all along and thought I was being
lazy! The above advice is definitely contrary to that I've seen in
several books on homebrewing, so if this starts a controversy, it
could take quite a while to settle out.
--
________________________________________________Marty Albini___________
"To enjoy the flavor of life, take big bites. Moderation is for monks."
phone : (619) 592-4177
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End of HOMEBREW Digest #260, 09/21/89
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