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This file received at Mthvax.CS.Miami.EDU 90/10/12 03:14:02
HOMEBREW Digest #516 Fri 12 October 1990
FORUM ON BEER, HOMEBREWING, AND RELATED ISSUES
Rob Gardner, Digest Coordinator
Contents:
Automatic reply from MAILWATCH ("VAX MAILWATCH E1.95")
legality of distillation (David Coombs)
7 gallon carboys (mage!lou)
Homebrew Digest #515 (BAUGHMANKR)
Dry Hopping (Todd Enders - WD0BCI )
Green Grenades, Apple beer (adietz)
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Date: Thu, 11 Oct 90 05:31:27 PDT
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Date: Thu, 11 Oct 90 08:56:07 -0400
From: David Coombs <coombs@cs.rochester.edu>
Subject: legality of distillation
Why do the feds still want to prevent individuals from distilling
things, while commercial distilleries are now permitted? I can think
of several possible reasons, but what are the real ones?
David Coombs Dept of Computer Science
coombs@cs.rochester.edu University of Rochester
...!rochester!coombs Rochester, NY 14627 USA
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Date: Thu, 11 Oct 90 09:30:37 MDT
From: hplabs!mage!lou
Subject: 7 gallon carboys
In HBD #515 Greg Roody asks:
>What were the previous contents of the used 6/7 gallon carbouys
>that some beer supply stores sell? They look
>suspiciously like chemocal carbuoys - especially since
>you can still see the D.O.T. symbol location. I just
>hope it wasn't something nasty like mercury or chromic acid.
My 7 gallon carboys came with a sulfuric acid label still attached. I assume
that they are refuse from the local electronics manufacturering. Although they
seem perfectly clean when I get them, I fill them with a baking soda solution
and let them soak aday or so before I use them.
Being of a basically distrusting nature, I would wonder why the one's you see
have the label removed. Coiuld it be that they don't want you to know? I
think the operative expression is "caveat emptor" (or however it's spelled).
Also Geoff Sherwood writes:
>I don't think keeping beer making illegal was an oversight at all. The
>feds did not want you to make ANYTHING from malted barley (I believe even
>MALTING barley without a license was illegal). The reason? Barley malt
>can be used to make more than beer (especially if you have an old still
>around!). That is the way I heard it, anyway.
This is an interesting story but it ignores the fact that grapes can be used to
make brandy.
Louis Clark
mage!lou@ncar.ucar.edu
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Date: Thu, 11 Oct 90 11:46 EST
From: BAUGHMANKR@CONRAD.APPSTATE.EDU
Subject: Homebrew Digest #515
>>Several comments related to Homebrew Digest 515<<
RE: A bit of Homebrew History
Homebrewing is also illegal in Georgia. The ironic fact is that winemaking IS
legal. I understand there is an effort underway to bring homebrewing in line
with the laws on home winemaking.
RE: Xmas Beer Recipe (Chris Shenton)
I hate to pique your interest with this bit of info, Chris, (because you're
not likely to get your recipe in time for Christmas--this year) but keep your
eyes peeled in Zymurgy for the winning beer in this year's Specialty beer
category. I judged this beer in Oakland and after one taste I was singing
"Jingle Bells"!! It went on to finish 2nd in the final round. Phil Fleming
from Colorado was the brewer. I just checked Zymurgy and he's a member of
Hop Barley and the Alers and lo and behold, his phone number is listed in
the Homebrew Club section. Perhaps I shouldn't publish it on the net but
here's the address for his club:
Hop Barley and the Alers
c/o John Bates
862 Cypress Dr.
Boulder, CO 80303
RE: Chilling Time (Steve Slade)
I don't have the particulars, and from your comments perhaps you already know
this, but...boiling wort in aluminum pots has generally been recognized as a
bad idea. Anyone out there in Netland care to enlighten us as to exactly
why?
Keep on doin' the brewin'...
Kinney Baughman
BAUGHMANKR@APPSTATE.BITNET
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Date: Thu, 11 Oct 90 12:14:50 -0500
From: Todd Enders - WD0BCI <enders@plains.NoDak.edu>
Subject: Dry Hopping
I have dry hopped 3 batches now as an experiment. The first batch
showed no sign of infection after 5 months, so I think the possibility of
dry hopping inducing infection is probably not what some folks would lead you
to believe. I think general sanitation is more likley the suspect in
infected batches.
With that out of the way, I can definately say that dry hopping *does*
give you wonderful hop aroma. There are several variations on dry hopping,
but what I do is this:
Ferment in the primary until fermentation is fairly well done
(avg. 7 days for ales).
Rack to secondary which contains 1-2 oz. of the hops you want to
use.
Bottle after brew clears + a few days for good measure (avg. 7 days)
I don't know if the hops will settle to the bottom if left to soak
longer, but the majority want to stay floating about in the secondary even
after 7-10 days.
Good luck!
Todd Enders ARPA: enders@plains.nodak.edu
Computer Center UUCP: ...!uunet!plains!enders
Minot State University or: ...!hplabs!hp-lsd!plains!enders
Minot, ND 58701 Bitnet: enders@plains
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Date: 11 Oct 1990 8:46 EDT
From: hplabs!ames!rutgers!bellcore.bellcore.com!hera!afd (adietz)
Subject: Green Grenades, Apple beer
My brew partner and I experienced another homebrewing milestone last night
when one of our Grolsch bottles exploded, taking out 2 of its neighbors.
Pretty exciting. After reading about this time after time on the HB
Digest, I had refined my priming technique to avoid this.
Except this happened to our first experiment in kraeusening, not the bottles
primed w/ corn sugar. So....a warning that the kraeusening formula in
Papazian may be somewhat liberal. Seriously consider cutting back on the gyle.
I too would like to brew an Apple Beer. Thoughts on the appropriate apple
variety would be appreciated. (I like the alternate meaning of "An apple
a day keeps the doctor away." In my case the doc would be a psychologist.
Living in NJ can be a test of stamina.)
-A Dietz
Bellcore, Morristown
bcr!hera!afd
afd@bellcore.hera.com
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End of HOMEBREW Digest #516, 10/12/90
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