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HOMEBREW Digest #4286 Wed 02 July 2003
FORUM ON BEER, HOMEBREWING, AND RELATED ISSUES
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Contents:
Harmonic Convergence ("Jeff Tonole")
RE: Brewery names (g flo)
re: brewery names (John Bowerman)
Brewery Names (Nate & Brenda Wahl)
tea + ("Rich Lanam")
Beer on a plane. (Bev Blackwood II)
Fruit Sugar/"Tipping Point" ("A.J. deLange")
Brewery Name (Lee Pratt)
Re : Brewery Names (FRASERJ)
RE: Flying beer; Brewery name (eIS) - Eastman" <stjones@eastman.com>
Re: Lagering in a Corny (Jeff Renner)
Re: Dunkelweizen (Jeff Renner)
Re: Iron in cornmeal (Jeff Renner)
RE: Brewery Names and last three brews (Michael Isaacs)
Celis availability? (Mike Walker)
Brewery Name, etc. ("Gregory D. Morris")
Lagering in a Corny (Calvin Perilloux)
**Celebrate American Beer Month in July** ("Monica Tall")
lagering, cornies, airlocks ("Rob Dewhirst")
Very short keg line? (James Keller)
brewery name; flying beer (Mike Dowd)
RE: Lagering in a Corny ("Joris Dallaire")
("Troy A. Wilson")
Re: Dunkelweizen correction (BrewInfo)
Brewery Name ("Lee and Ant Hayes")
re: Lagering in a Corny ("Mike Sharp")
Now Collecting Prisoner Photos/Brewery Names ("Philip J Wilcox")
Lagering in a Corny/Brewery Name (BrewInfo)
March Pump ("Carrol D. McCracken")
Brewery Name::Mine (Chris Kuether)
Surveys / Seattle, WA (Lou King)
RE:lagering in a corny ("Rick Gordon")
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Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2003 00:32:11 -0400
From: "Jeff Tonole" <jtonole@twcny.rr.com>
Subject: Harmonic Convergence
NHC 2004 in Vegas? I see the planets of my passions lining up -- hundreds of
homebrewers gathering to talk and drink beer, in a town that features the
largest concentration of poker rooms in the world, all within a couple hours
of some of the most stunning natural beauty on the North American continent.
I'm afraid to attend -- I might not come back.
To belatedly answer some recent polls/queries:
- -- I average 1-2 pints daily; usually have a pint with dinner and that's
about it, but the average gets ratcheted up a bit by additional imbibing
when guests visit, at gatherings, and at homebrew club meetings
- -- The three beers I have on tap are Half Moon Pale Ale (4.5% ABV -- second
runnings from a barleywine), Finn MacCool's Irish Stout (4.3%), and The Ides
of Marzen (6%). I also have a barleywine (approaching 9%) and a malt liquor
(expecting 7%) that are still fermenting.
(BTW, the malt liquor is for an upcoming "Forties Night" at the homebrew
club, where the goal is to make a brew with IPA-like alcohol content and
CAP-like color and flavor. And bottled in forties, natch.)
- -- My brewery name, SlothBrew, derives from the intrinsic laziness I build
into the brew process. It also just sounds cool.
On Durst dark wheat malt availability, I get Durst dark Munich (makes a
terrific alt) from our HBD sponsor, Northern Brewer (no affiliation, blah
blah blah). Perhaps they also carry the dark wheat. Check around the on-line
homebrew purveyors and see what you turn up -- somebody probably carries it.
jeff tonole
SlothBrew -- one of the seven deadly sins
People's Republic of Ithaca, NY
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Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2003 00:09:35 -0700 (PDT)
From: g flo <gflo77@yahoo.com>
Subject: RE: Brewery names
I just joined this list, and thought I would add my
brewery name. My friend and I call our operation
"Empty Box Brewing". It is actually a song reference,
but it works well when talking about beer. We have
been brewing since December of last year and are on
our 8 batch. We just started a website to chronicle
our brewing experiences and ideas:
http://emptyboxbrewing.blogspot.com I read in a
couple of other messages that people were asking about
the age of people on this list. We are both 25 and
live in Santa Cruz, CA.
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Date: Tue, 01 Jul 2003 00:54:31 -0700
From: John Bowerman <jbowerman@charter.net>
Subject: re: brewery names
Bad Dog Brewing - sorta in rememberance of the first Red Dog that was
bullied into changing their name by they-who-shall-remain-unnamed, sorta
because of a co-worker's yellow lab that chewed off the top of two pet
bottles, drank the brew, and got drunk, and sorta because I've been
known to make enough noise to keep the wolves awake. Oh, and let's not
forget the Red Dog Saloon in Juneau, Alaska. Bad Dog!!!
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Date: Tue, 01 Jul 2003 05:25:01 -0400
From: Nate & Brenda Wahl <cruiser@coastalwave.net>
Subject: Brewery Names
Very interesting brewery names so far! Mine is the Portage View
Brewery, thanks to the beautiful view of the river in front of our house.
Other thread info..
Last three brews:
Belgian Quad, 1.116 - 1.013, you do the math!
Barleywine, 1.125, stuck at 1.036
Stout, 1.064 to 1.016
The first two are not quite the normal brews, but for a big beer
exchange; altho my friends think that there is a gravity anomoly in my
garage of sorts.... most are more in the 1.055-1.085 range with an
occasional lawnmower beer.
Other info: 47; 0-3 beers a day; started brewing when my kids were in
middle school, and I've never had a problem taking beers on an airplane.
Oh, and I do one veggie beer annually, but the pumpkin pieces get fully
roasted, carmelized and very lightly charred on the edges before going
in the mash; hey, you wouldn't eat a raw pumpkin pie, would you???
Completely changes the character of this well-recieved lager (Pale and
Biscuit malt, a touch of aromatic, Munich yeast, lightly spiced, medium
bitterness, Strisselspalt finish hops add an almost minty note).
For Dave Larsen, the relief valves usually can be unscrewed from a Corny
top, and a small drilled stopper fits the opening for your airlock. The
problem I had was it made the assembly too tall for my converted
freezer, I had to clip some of the bottom of the airlock off to make it fit.
Oh, and last week, I actually agreed with both Bill and Steve on an
off-topic post. That's eerie!
Cheers,
Nate Wahl
Oak Harobr, Ohio on the mighty Portage River.
PS, does anybody have a source for Strisselspalt hops? Private email
please. Thanks!
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Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2003 07:19:36 -0400
From: "Rich Lanam" <rlanam@kaplancollege.edu>
Subject: tea +
Has anyone used regular or green tea in beer? I'd like to try making a
brew with caffeine but am not fond of coffee in my beer. Any
recommendations on the type of tea and the amount.
A few weeks ago I posted about a grassy off-flavor in a couple brews.
Thank you to those who responded offline. Based on the comments and
further thoughts, I believe that it was old improperly stored hops.
I like to use the name Superfund brewing because I spend too much money
on this hobby and live in NJ with carcinogens in our well, radon in our
basement and ride the train from a superfund site.
Rich Lanam
Superfund Brewing
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Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2003 06:43:14 -0500
From: Bev Blackwood II <bdb2@bdb2.com>
Subject: Beer on a plane.
Ryan Neily <ryan@neily.net> wrote:
> Anyone even taken Beer on an airplane?
So many times, I had to write an article about it... See the "Last
Drop" column in the most recent Zymurgy. I got back from the NHC with
something like a case and a half, although I prefer to send my beer in
checked baggage rather than carry-on. With careful packing you can get
nearly anything home. I've only lost a can(!) in my travels and only
been charged overweight (85 lbs!) once. Be aware that there's a new
limit of 50 lbs. on your checked bags. The airlines are starting to
view baggage as a revenue source, apparently. Also be sure that you
leave your bags unlocked if you check them. My sister once missed a
plane because she locked the suitcase of beer she was bringing me! I
have carried a cold case of Saint Arnold right onto the plane before,
which prompted more than a few worried looks from the flight crew. :-)
-BDB2
Bev D. Blackwood II
http://www.bdb2.com
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Date: Tue, 01 Jul 2003 12:03:20 +0000
From: "A.J. deLange" <ajdel@cox.net>
Subject: Fruit Sugar/"Tipping Point"
Another (also imperfect) method for calculating the sugar contribution
of fruit might be to determine the sugar content of the wort (before
adding sugar) i.e. (liters wort)*(grams/liter)*(degrees Plato) then add
the fruit and ferment. At the conclusion of fermentation measure
alcohol content and true extract (adjust the volume back to what it was
at the beginning of fermentation either in actuality or on paper). From
this calculate original gravity and in turn the total amount of sugar in
the wort (including the fruit). The difference is the contribution of
the fruit. The advantage is that fruit pulp isn't going to throw off
your SG reading. The disadvantage is that your fermentation may not fit
the model which relates OG, TE and alcohol content.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
I can't honestly say I remember experiencing a "tipping point" with ales
but Robin's description certainly desribes my impression of what happens
with lagers - the jungbuket is there one day and gone the next. It's one
of the miracles of brewing, IMO.
A.J.
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Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2003 08:35:28 -0400
From: Lee Pratt <leepratt@citlink.net>
Subject: Brewery Name
Gentlemen,
For me it was easy, I combined my Home Brewing hobby with my interest in local
Upstate brewery history and came up with the name of "Old Chenango Brewing"
after the Sleepy Hollow valley I live in.
- --
Lee Pratt
leepratt@citlink.net
[11727.9, 76.2] Apparent Rennerian
In Beer There Is Strength
In Wine There Is Wisdom
In Water There Is Bacteria
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Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2003 07:09:12 -0400
From: FRASERJ@Nationwide.com
Subject: Re : Brewery Names
Way late on reply, but mine is McKenzie Brewing. Named after my step
father passed away, Adrian McKenzie, a great beer drinker from Maryborough,
Australia!
John M. Fraser
[174.3, 160.9] Apparent Rennerian
I think I got it right.....
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Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2003 09:10:36 -0400
From: "Jones, Steve (eIS) - Eastman" <stjones@eastman.com>
Subject: RE: Flying beer; Brewery name
There is a good article in this months Zymurgy by Bev Blackwood
on packing beer for flying. One caveat that I have not seen
mentioned: I know of an instance where UNLABELED beer was not
allowed in carryon baggage. This occurred last year on a trip
to the NHC in Dallas from DTW airport in Detroit. The
unfortunate individual was forced to remove the unlabeled
bottles before being allowed thru security. I personally
carried about 20 bottles of homebrew to the NHC last year, and
have carried homebrew a couple of times since with no comments
by the baggage screeners. Everything I have carried was labeled.
On Brewery names, mine is the Blue Mustang Brewery. About 10
years ago my then 14 year old son wanted to get involved in a
project restoring an old Ford Mustang. We found a blue 67
hardtop and turned my drive under 1 car garage into a shop for
restoration. After he tore it all apart, he did as many
teenagers would - he lost interest. After sitting there for a
year, I finally got rid of it and changed the garage into
something much more useful - a brewery.
What I want to hear about is the story behind Eric Fouch's
'Bent Dick Yoctobrewery' - or maybe I don't!! Speaking of,
where are you, Eric? We haven't heard from him in a few years,
I believe.
Steve Jones, Johnson City, TN
State of Franklin Homebrewers http://hbd.org/franklin
[421.8 mi, 168.5 deg] Apparent Rennerian
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Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2003 09:44:22 -0400
From: Jeff Renner <jeffrenner@comcast.net>
Subject: Re: Lagering in a Corny
"Dave Larsen" <hunahpumonkey@hotmail.com> in Tucson, AZ asks about
lagering in a corny.
My SOP is to rack most all of my beers to a keg (usually a Sankey for
me) when the fermentation has just about stopped. That's usually
about 4-5 days for a low gravity ale to 10-14 days for a lager. Then
I seal the keg and let the final fermentation naturally carbonate the
beer. With lagers, I start chilling to 32F over a period of 3-4
days. My favorite lager yeasts (Ayinger, aka WLP Bock, especially)
don't need a diacetyl rest.
I have remarkably good luck getting the carbonation just about right
with my regular beers. Lagering seems to work just fine under
pressure, and as I recall, lagering under pressure speeds the process.
If i miss the carbonation target I adjust by either applying top
pressure or venting. Once the beer is ready to drink, I sometimes
rack to a clean, purged keg, or, if I am not going to move it, I just
serve from this secondary. As long as I drink it up in a reasonable
time, I don't worry about the yeast sediment.
Jeff
- --
Jeff Renner in Ann Arbor, Michigan USA, JeffRenner@comcast.net
"One never knows, do one?" Fats Waller, American Musician, 1904-1943
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Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2003 09:49:55 -0400
From: Jeff Renner <jeffrenner@comcast.net>
Subject: Re: Dunkelweizen
Al Korzonas <brewinfo@xnet.com> writes about Dunkelweizen:
>It's not specialty grains, actually, but rather you use
>Munich malt or Vienna malt in place of the Pils. I'd
>use 60/40 Munich/Wheat.
That should get you the desired color, but isn't that the reverse of
typical weizenbier? Usually it's a majority wheat malt - 60/40 to
70/30.
Jeff
- --
Jeff Renner in Ann Arbor, Michigan USA, JeffRenner@comcast.net
"One never knows, do one?" Fats Waller, American Musician, 1904-1943
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Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2003 10:00:06 -0400
From: Jeff Renner <jeffrenner@comcast.net>
Subject: Re: Iron in cornmeal
Christopher Swingley <cswingle@iarc.uaf.edu> writes:
>I'm planning on brewing a cream ale this weekend, and am wondering
>about the "Enriched and Degermed" cornmeal I have in the cabinet.
>... The enrichment involves iron, which I believe I've read is bad
>for yeast. Do I need to find some "Non-enriched degermed" cornmeal,
>or am I imagining the iron = bad relationship?
This has been a concern of mine as well, but it is hard to avoid. It
may be merely theoretical, but I already have some iron in my water,
so I avoid it by buying unenriched cornmeal from a bakery supplier in
50 lb. bags. But I'm not sure how much longer this will be available
as there seems to be some regulation requiring fortification.
Raw polenta is a possible alternative, but you could just go ahead
and brew with what you have and see. Based on the fact that I have
some iron in my water and don't have a fermentation problem, I think
that with a good amount of healthy yeast you should do fine.
I trust you are going to do a cereal mash with about 30% malt with
the corn. Mash it at ~153 for 20 minutes (I put it in a preheated
oven), then bring it to a boil. Be sure to use enough water to keep
it loose, and stir as you heat it. You'll need to boil it from 30
minutes to an hour depending on how coarse the meal/grits/polenta
is/are.
Then add it to the main mash, which has been mashing at the first
rest, to boost it to the second step. I use 146/158, but need to add
extra heat or boiling water to get it to 158 since I don't use more
than ~25% corn. Big commercial breweries use much more adjunct so
they get there with the cereal mash addition.
Have fun.
Jeff
- --
Jeff Renner in Ann Arbor, Michigan USA, JeffRenner@comcast.net
"One never knows, do one?" Fats Waller, American Musician, 1904-1943
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Date: Tue, 01 Jul 2003 10:11:34 -0400
From: Michael Isaacs <misaacs@bigfoot.com>
Subject: RE: Brewery Names and last three brews
When I started 10 years ago, my brewing partner and I were listening to
Jimmy Buffett a lot. Jolly Mon Brewery was born. Although my partner stopped
after 3 batches, I have kept going, naming all my beers with JB song titles,
references and puns like the following:
One Particular Porter
Wheat-a-ville
Hurricane Wiezen
Lost Shaker (of) Alt
Cheeseburger in Dunklewiess
Vampires, Mummies and the Holy Koelsch
Those last two were bad, I know. The other subject I ment to add a data
point to earlier, my last three beers:
Parrothead Pale: 4.3% ABV
Ragtop Rye: 4.0% ABV
Calypso Poet Pale: 6.4% ABV
- --
misaacs@bigfoot.com
Son of a Son of an Aler
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Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2003 07:42:57 -0700 (PDT)
From: Mike Walker <doplbock@yahoo.com>
Subject: Celis availability?
I'll be in Michigan in a couple weeks and wanted to
pick up some of the
new Celis being brewed by the Michigan Brewing
Company. Any tips on
where I might find some in the Detroit area?
Thanks,
Mike
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Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2003 11:17:40 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Gregory D. Morris" <gmorris@literati.com>
Subject: Brewery Name, etc.
My brewery is name Doc Crock's Brewery. Not quite sure why... me and my
buddy just sorta came up with that name. I think it just sounded nice when
we brewed our first beer (a bock.... Doc Crock's Bock.) It might also have
something to do with the labcoats we wear when we brew, and our inclination
to drink beer out of test tubes and graduated cylinders (why waste beer to
take s.g. readings?)
Anyway, regarding the age issue... I am 22, most of the other people I brew
with are between 22 and 25 years old. I know some older brewers, but we
have a thriving community of young brewers here in Morgantown, WV. It
might just be that West Virginia University is one of the biggest party
schools... You can brew 5 gallons of homebrew for less money than you can
buy 5 gallons of cheap beer, so thats why some of my friends brew. I for
one just love brewing. Even if home brewing was expensive, I'd still do
it, because nothing beats a good hand crafted brew.
Also, I have one quick question:
I just brewed an all-grain bock. When I took the S.G. I noticed the beer
had a lot of floating particulates. Should I be worried about this
affecting my S.G. reading? They will all settle out in the fermenter, but
I still want a good S.G. reading. I was thinking about filling a
seperating funnel with baby beer, and letting it rest for a while, then
purging the particulates, leaving the beer, and then taking the S.G.
Should I filter it through a coffee filter or something?
Anyone have any thoughts?
-Greg
- --
Here at Dock Crock's Brewery, We drink more than we brew.
(Anyone who spills more than they bottle is a klutz.)
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Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2003 09:01:58 -0700 (PDT)
From: Calvin Perilloux <calvinperilloux@yahoo.com>
Subject: Lagering in a Corny
Dave Larsen from Tucson, Arizona, asks in Tuesday's HBD about
lagering in corny kegs.
> My question to this is: how do you rig up the air lock?
There are two things you can do, neither of which require you to
do ANY modifications to the keg, not even removing a post:
(1) Just lager it in a closed keg and release excess pressure
via the pressure release valve. This assumes your temps
are low (as should be in lagering, NOT secondary necessarily)
and the wort is well-fermentd out. You might find that you
are building up a decent amount of pressure, though, and
not want to use this method. This also assumes you will
actually check it occasionally.
(2) Use the "blow-off" tube method. Attach a length of tubing
to a spare Gas-In fitting (NOT the Beer-OUT -- big DOH!!!)
and drop the open end into a jar of iodophor/bleach/whatever,
and voila, an easy and basic airlock. Not advised for active
fermentation because of risk of clogging and pressure build-up.
Also not advised if you have much air space in the keg because
quick cooling of that air space can cause a temporary vacuum
that will suck the iodophor up the line and into the keg,
unless you used wide-inner-diameter line or an intermediate
catch-bottle arrangement.
I use method (1) a lot, but my secondary fermentation is usually
quite long anyway, so lagering is indeed only for conditioning
and clarity-enhancement, and there's little if any pressure build-up.
If you use this method early, you might consider a pressure gauge
attachment on the Gas-Out post so you can see if the pressure is
getting high and needs releasing.
After a long period of lagering, I usually rack the beer into a
freshly sanitised and CO2-purged keg so that there is almost no
sediment in my final keg, and I can carry and shake it around
without worry about haze. If you do this, perhaps consider a
minor keg mod: If your dip tube reaches to the very bottom
of the keg, cut a centimetre or so off of it. The loss of beer
is minimal, but you pick up less yeast in the transfer.
Calvin Perilloux
Middletown, Maryland, USA
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Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2003 10:19:31 -0600
From: "Monica Tall" <monica@aob.org>
Subject: **Celebrate American Beer Month in July**
Greetings from American Beer Month land!
** July is American Beer Month. www.americanbeermonth.com **
***AMERICAN BEER MONTH - DISCOVER THE FLAVORS OF INDEPENDENCE***
Visit your local brewpub, brewery or beer retailer and savor the flavor of
refreshing American Beer the whole month of July.
The Association of Brewers invites you to celebrate and promote
the 4th Annual American Beer Month.
Remember ... ENJOY discounts at participating AOB Pub Discount Program pubs
to celebrate American BEER. USE YOUR AHA CARD and show your support!
http://www.beertown.org/homebrewing/pubs.html
Help us spread the American-beer gospel and send this email to ALL BEER
people.
**********************************************************
American Beer Month (ABM), celebrated the month of July,
is a grassroots campaign organized by the Association of Brewers
to promote American brewing and celebrate the diversity
and variety of American beer.
http://www.americanbeermonth.com/about.html
**********************************************************
Bring only AMERICAN BEER to summer picnics and special dinners/events,
showing others that American beer compliments EVERY food and occasion.
HOW TO CELEBRATE:
* Watch for ABM television billboards on ESPN family of networks
during the month of July by Coors Brewing Co.
* Hold a special beer dinner with friends
* Try a new brew each week
* Have a party where each friend brings a different beer
* Attend a beer festival or special beer dinner -
http://www.americanbeermonth.com/events.html
* Brew traditional or historical American beer recipes
* Pair your beers with menu items or recommended foods
* More ideas ... http://www.americanbeermonth.com/about.html
SPREAD THE WORD:
** Add ABM artwork to your emails and website (and link it to the ABM
site) -
http://www.americanbeermonth.com/artwork.html
** Make promotional t-shirts, stickers, pins and have your staff (and you)
wear them
** Check out how others are promoting ABM -
http://www.americanbeermonth.com/promotion.html
**More ideas ... http://www.americanbeermonth.com/brewers.html
**********************************************************
Do you have an event you want posted on www.americanbeermonth.com?
Do you want American Beer Month promotional stickers?
Contact: Monica Tall, monica@aob.org or 303.447.0816 x 108
Visit www.americanbeermonth.com throughout the month of July
(and the whole year) -- we'll be adding new events and information.
**********************************************************
American Beer Month 2004 Sponsors: Coors Brewing Co.;
Wynkoop Brewing Co.; Boston Beer Co.; Hopunion; Rogue Ales
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CHEERS to your support,
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Association of Brewers
www.beertown.org
monica@aob.org / 303.447.0816 x 108
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Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2003 11:24:50 -0500
From: "Rob Dewhirst" <rob@hairydogbrewery.com>
Subject: lagering, cornies, airlocks
> There seems to be a whole group of brewers who ferment in corny kegs. My
> question to this is: how do you rig up the air lock?
> If I lager in a corny, do I just remove one of the posts on the corny and
> hook up the air lock there? In that case, how do you seal the hole around
> the air lock? Do they make drilled stoppers that small? If they do, will
> it seal against the threads.
if you remove the post AND the dip tube, a standard "double bubble" soft
plastic airlock should fit down in the resulting hole. You might need to
clean up the flashing on the seam of the plastic airlock for a tight fit,
but there should be no other special work necessary.
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Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2003 12:21:40 -0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)
From: James Keller <kellerj@kenyon.edu>
Subject: Very short keg line?
I'm finally ready for a kegging system, but need to move
gradually to satisfy SWMBO. My idea is to purchase a couple
of small (2-1/2 to 3 gallon) ball-lock kegs. They are small
enough to fit into a spare fridge and will nicely supplement
my current bottling operation. They may even go unnoticed if
I refrain from drilling through the door of the fridge and
attaching CO2 tanks, regulators and hoses and building a wet
bar :)
My question ... I want to start with a simple cartridge
injection system (lots of sources for a ball-lock connection)
and a faucet. This will be compact enough to keep peace in
the house and may prove useful later for dispensing a keg
away from home. The faucet I have found while web-searching
attaches directly to a liquid-out ball-lock connector (with
an adaptor). Now, I admit that I may have been in "page-down"
mode for the past few years of keg line discussions ... but
_nobody_ suggested that ZERO length was appropriate. Any
idea how (or how well?) the "direct-connect" faucet works?
Thanks in advance. Don't bother to recommend Party-Pigs or
mini-kegs ... I'm trying to minimize the exposure of my beer
to PET and rusting metal cans :) [Actually, I just want to
be able to use what I buy now in a full-fledged keg system
later.] With this brewing leap, I can start dreaming about
welding keg mounts on all of our vehicles ... including my
daughters bicycle [I actually _started_ brewing when we had
kids ... my other hobbies involved too much time away from
home and far fewer gadgets. The two older kids help me
bottle so I don't need to go completely to kegs yet.]
-J. Keller
Mount Vernon, OH
[148.4, 151.5] Rennerian
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Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2003 09:54:05 -0700 (PDT)
From: Mike Dowd <mikedowd@oddpost.com>
Subject: brewery name; flying beer
When I started brewing with a couple friends, we decided on Yeastie Boys
Brewing. Kinda silly, and I'm the only one of us who continued to brew,
but I've grown pretty attached to it.
A few years back, I took a 6 pack of homebrew to a friend's wedding, just
packed into my bag. After going through security, they called me aside to
examine the contents. The security woman opened the bag, saw the 6 pack,
closed the bag, handed it back to me and said "Good bag sir."
-Mike
Yeastie Boys Brewing
SF, CA
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Date: Tue, 01 Jul 2003 13:16:15 -0400
From: "Joris Dallaire" <Joris.Dallaire@meq.gouv.qc.ca>
Subject: RE: Lagering in a Corny
On Mon, 30 Jun 2003, Dave, brewmaster of the Longfellow's Brewery :O), asks
about the best way to relieve fermentation co2 when lagering in a corny keg.
Dave, just release the pressure every day with the relief valve. The simpler the
better. You will be able to judge the fermentation evolution by the pressure
released each time. Only thing to pay attention is to leave a good headspace,
around 3-4 inches IIRC. If you fill just below the gas intake tube you'll be OK.
Been doing this for years, no problem!
Keep on brewin'
- --Joris
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Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2003 13:03:12 -0500
From: "Troy A. Wilson" <troy@troyandjulia.com>
Subject:
Tom Kotowski and I call our homebrewery the "TwinGeeks Brewery". We are
of the same height and build.
We are both Computer Professionals, i.e. Geeks. To top it off, we
actually do look similar with short
hair and beards. When we used to work together many people would confuse
the two of us.
Troy A. Wilson
troy@troyandjulia.com
Happy American Beer Month!
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Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2003 13:38:21 -0500 (CDT)
From: brewinfo@xnet.com (BrewInfo)
Subject: Re: Dunkelweizen correction
Jeff writes, quoting me:
>>I'd use 60/40 Munich/Wheat.
>That should get you the desired color, but isn't that the reverse of
>typical weizenbier? Usually it's a majority wheat malt - 60/40 to
>70/30.
Yup... I goofed on the order. 60/40 Wheat/Munich.
Al.
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Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2003 21:18:46 +0200
From: "Lee and Ant Hayes" <anleo@worldonline.co.za>
Subject: Brewery Name
My brewery's name is HayesenBrau, named after my dad's favourite beer
Kronenbrau 1308 (RIP).
My beer names are a bit more interesting:
Axe Lager
Sword Bitter
Broadsword ESB
Club Stout
Flintlock Porter
Dagger Mild
Trident Ale
Icepick Ale (geddit?)
Musket Stale
Sjambok (spot the pun?)
Umkhonto Bhiya (Spear Beer in English)
Morningstar Mead
and
Hela's Rake (Belgian Strong Ale)
Hela's Broom (Gueuze)
Miolnir (Barley wine)
Ant Hayes
Johannesburg
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Date: Tue, 01 Jul 2003 12:33:28 -0700
From: "Mike Sharp" <rdcpro@hotmail.com>
Subject: re: Lagering in a Corny
Dave Larsen wonders about Lagering in a Corny
"There seems to be a whole group of brewers who ferment in corny kegs. My
question to this is: how do you rig up the air lock?"
Easy. I use a piece of strong wire (coat hanger) bent into an approx. figure
8. A short length of hose shoves on the end of the quick connect (I use
pin-lock with flare fittings, but have a couple with hose barbs). The hose
goes in one hole of the figure 8, and up through the other. This bends and
directs the hose straight up. An airlock shoves into the end of the hose.
I still primary in an open fermenter, or at least in a sealed bucket. You
want to be sure you don't get blowoff in a corny, unless you've modified it
to handle the solids. One way I've considered was to weld a sanitary
ferrule into the lid (but mainly because I want to mount various things on
it). But you could drill a hole in the lid and install a bulkhead fitting
with a nice large hole.
An adjustable relief valve is nice, because during secondary you seal up the
whole shebang, and let it carbonate itself. Any pressure over your relief
setting is released.
"If I lager in a corny, do I just remove one of the posts on the corny and
hook up the air lock there?"
Lager under pressure. If your cornies only have blowout disks, you might
want to reconsider, though.
"Can I just release the pressure every day, instead? Fermenation has slowed
down a whole bunch at this point, and I think I've read about people doing
this. However, I also I seem to remember reading something in the Gregory
Noonan book that lagering above a certian pressure was not good, but I
really don't remember and don't have the book in front of me right now."
At that point, you want it carbonating anyway, IMHO. Keep the pressure in
there.
Regards,
Mike Sharp
Kent, WA
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Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2003 15:33:44 -0400
From: "Philip J Wilcox" <pjwilcox@cmsenergy.com>
Subject: Now Collecting Prisoner Photos/Brewery Names
Hi all,
For all of you who had a great time at the AHA if you could be so kind
email me pictures of our club members I'd appreciate it. I am trying to put
together a slide show for the club at the next meeting. I too had a great
time and look forward to going to Las Vagas next year.
Many thanks to Jeff Sparrow and the Chicago Brew Crew and Gary Glass and
the AHA Crew for putting on a Hugely successful conference!
Phil Wilcox
Warden - Prison City Brewers
We brew to escape!
Poison Frog Home Brewery.
Why Poison Frog? I have a minor in Biology that I never get to use so when
a boss of mine told me to set an example for the rest of project team by
decorating my basement cube as loudly and as beautifully as possible. I
chose some thing that I liked. I had recently been to the Royal Ontario
Science Center on my 1st anniversary and had picked up a few of these small
poison frog plastic minitures. It started a collection of over 100 miniture
true to species frogs. Most of them are Poison Frogs, with the occasional
Red-eyed Tree Frog in the mix. Over time my office became loaded with frog
posters, calendars, stuffed animals, stickers and what not... I used my
miniture frogs as models for my beer labels. I literally taught myself
Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop by making beer labels for my first 50 or
brews.
And to answer the obvious beer and frogs question, Yes, the PFHB came
before Bad Frog Beer... But not by much. Sadly Bad Frog has recently bit
the dust. But I still have a 6-pack and the original case box from their
first run of beer.
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Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2003 16:07:14 -0500 (CDT)
From: brewinfo@xnet.com (BrewInfo)
Subject: Lagering in a Corny/Brewery Name
Dave asks about fermenting and lagering in a corny. The immortal George
Fix wrote (probably here in HBD) that some yeasts simply don't like tall
and skinny fermenters. If memory serves correctly... no, I just looked
it up, Wyeast #2124 Bohemian Lager doesn't like tall&skinny fermenters.
I too recall reading that lagering under pressure is not recommended,
but I'll bet that this too is very strain dependent. I've never
intentionally fermented under pressure and the two times I did were
quite spectacular. My 1988 (I believe) taxes were all sent in on
brown paper ;^) and one fruit beer batch resulted in my finding bits
of pink pulp on the basement ceiling for several years.
I have aged ales and meads under pressure (roughly serving pressure)
with success, although I make infrequent lagers and lager even fewer
of them outside of a carboy that I have no decent data to report.
The concern would be that under pressure, the yeast may not absorb
diacetyl and acetaldehyde (two of the main reasons for lagering).
***
I've called my homebrewery various names over the years, none very
officially. It has been called Alkor Brewing Company and Sheaf &
Vine Brewing Company (Sheaf & Vine was originally my homebrew shop
name, the sheaf being a bundle of stalks and ears of cereal grass
and vine being the source of both hops and grapes... I've since sold
the shop, but kept the name for my book publishing company). The
most interesting name I've used was Manixkwerl Brewing Company. The
name comes from my wife saying that when I brew (running up and
down the stairs and doing everything with great urgency... it's
never enough for me to brew a single batch at one time... it's always
two or even three, simultaneously) I look like a "manic squirrel."
Al.
Al Korzonas
Manixkwerl Brewing Company
www.brewinfo.com
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Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2003 16:32:51 -0500
From: "Carrol D. McCracken" <cmccracken@glaa.com>
Subject: March Pump
Any of you had any experience using a March pump, Model BC-3C-MD? I looked
at March's website for specs and see that it is rated to 190 deg F. Any
feedback would be appreciated either by post or by private e-mail.
Carrol McCracken
Nevada, IA
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Date: Tue, 01 Jul 2003 18:00:58 -0500
From: Chris Kuether <ckuether@mindspring.com>
Subject: Brewery Name::Mine
BarlyGeuse:CarPortBrewrey:Houston
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Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2003 19:42:28 -0700 (PDT)
From: Lou King <lou_king@yahoo.com>
Subject: Surveys / Seattle, WA
- Lou's Brews (obvious reasons, not as interesting as
some -- see http://www.lousbrews.com for a look)
- 1 (imperial) pint a day on average (99% homebrew)
- Am Pale Ale 4.8% ABV; IPA 4.8%; ESB 4.0%
I'll be in Seattle for a couple of days, and want to
go to a good brewery tour. I checked out the
beertown.org search engine, but there were too many
hits.
Any recommendations on Seattle breweries would be
appreciated.
Yesterday we toured the Alaskan Brewing Company in
Juneau, which was a lot of fun. The tour guide
(didn't catch his name) *really* loves his job, and
made the tour interesting for my whole family. I was
a little disappointed that he didn't bring us close to
the real equipment, though.
Lou King
Ijamsville, MD (temporarily somewhere on the Inside
Passage, AK, nowhere near Teresa)
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Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2003 23:06:00 -0400
From: "Rick Gordon" <regordon@bellsouth.net>
Subject: RE:lagering in a corny
For lagering in my beer fridge, I took an old gas-in ball lock connector and
removed the spring, detent, and cover leaving a clear hole through the
center. The small (#2?) stopper with the pre-drilled hole will fit into the
threads nicely. I then placed a short piece of tubing on the line connector
(the gas-in line) and sealed it with an appropriately sized bolt in the
other end. I also have an extra gas-in fitting (on the keg) from which I
removed the center post. I put the modified connector and airlock on to the
modified fitting. I replace the normal fitting with the modified set-up for
lagering. In theory you could leave the short dip tube in place, but I
usually take it out. The airlock sits a bit off plumb, but close enough to
work fine. When it comes time to move the beer into another corny for
conditioning, I simply replace the original gas-in fitting and go to it. My
favorite corny (inherited from an old brewer friend) has the beer-out dip
tube already shortened a bit and has a cool little screen on the end to
limit trub uptake. Isn't life good?
BTW - the kids are almost grown and I still have trouble finding time to
brew.
Rick
GordoBrau Hausgemacht Brauerei
Seit 1991
[580.2, 181.4] R
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