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All Grain Brewing / Re: Black Ale recipe

« on: March 30, 2011, 10:02:36 PM »

Alright, WTF is BlackPrinz?

(Nice Steven Wright quote.)

Glad you liked the quote. It's one of my favorites, and describes my attempts at fly fishing perfectly.   

bob, thanks for the link.  I originally stumbled across BlackPrinz at Midwestsupplies and thought I would try it.  I was looking for something to add that dark roast flavor and color to my CDA/BIPA without the harshness of Black Patent, etc.  I think it worked great and plan to keep using it. 

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Equipment and Software / Re: Kegerator

« on: March 30, 2011, 04:44:06 PM »

Nice setup.  I'm glad it wasn't discountinued as it looks like a perfet keggerator fridge.  I was considering going with a 2-tap tower, but the through-door taps will eliminate the possibility of cutting the cooling lines in the top.

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Equipment and Software / Re: Kegerator

« on: March 30, 2011, 04:05:05 PM »

I also have a Sanyo 4912. Love it! Two kegs fit perfect. I installed 4 taps right on the door. Also has a nice rack for can on the inside of the door. I set it at 42*, and it hardly ever runs, especially when both kegs are full. The only drawback........they quit making them. IIRC, Kenmore makes one with the same dimensions, but I don not remember the model number. If you can find an old 4912 on craigslist, or elsewhere, I say go for it. It's a great little piece.

Walmart still advertises the Sanyo 4912, for $249.  Don't know if this is the same one you have, Weaz, or a newer version. I was thinking of building a small kegerator myself here soon and I found it on their website. I have seen several people post conversion instructions for this fridge on other sites and they fit 2 kegs and a 5lb CO2 tank inside.

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Sanyo-5-Cu-Ft-Counter-High-All-Refrigerator-with-Platinum-Door/10779331

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Kegging and Bottling / Re: CO2 "oxygen barrier"

« on: March 30, 2011, 03:38:09 PM »

There have been natural events where villages have been wiped out in Africa, where lakes have a CO2 build up  and when it burps, the cloud of CO2 suffocates the people.  I used to work in a place with many hydraulic in floor car hoists and other confined spaces.  Those had to be tested before entry was allowed, as CO2 and other gases would pool there if there was a source.  

Edit: I case you were not around when this happened.  Better explaination.
http://mhalb.pagesperso-orange.fr/nyos/nyos.htm

National Geographic Channel has had a great show on recently about this. I think it is on their Nature Untamed series, episode is called Death Fog. 

Thanks to everyone for the info. I am just starting to keg and was also wondering the best way to purge my kegs of O2.

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All Grain Brewing / Re: Black Ale recipe

« on: March 30, 2011, 02:54:08 PM »

Hello I am looking for a all grain black ale recipe.

Don't want to get into the naming debate, but here is my Black IPA/CDA recipe.  I brewed this in early February and I think it's my favorite beer that I've brewed.  It is really smooth, with a light roast taste that blends well with the hops. It has a big hop boquet and flavor, but isn't super bitter. The bitterness seems to meld really well with the roast and malt flavors. 

Ingredients:
10.0 lb American 2-row
1.5 lb Carafa Special® TYPE II
1.0 lb German Light Munich
1.0 lb Crystal Malt 40°L
0.5 lb Chocolate Wheat Malt
0.5 lb BlackPrinz
1.0 oz Columbus (15.0%) - added during boil, boiled 35 min
0.5 oz Simcoe (13.0%) - added during boil, boiled 35 min
0.5 oz Columbus (15.0%) - added during boil, boiled 10 min
1.0 oz Amarillo (8.5%) -added during boil, boiled 10 min
0.5 oz Cascade (5.5%) -added during boil, boiled 10 min
0.5 oz Simcoe (13.0%) - added during boil, boiled 10 min
0.5 oz Cascade (5.5%) -steeped after boil
0.5 oz Amarillo (8.5%) - steeped after boil
0.5 oz Columbus (15.0%) - added dry to secondary fermenter
0.5 oz Amarillo (8.5%) - added dry to secondary fermenter
WYeast 1056 American Ale – prepared 1L starter

OG was 1.068 and FG was 1.015.
I did this as a single infusion mash at 151F for 60min and did a batch sparge.
Don't remember exactly what the fermentation temp was, but it was around 66F.
BeerTools estimates the IBU at 99.5 though I know this is high.
I will be brewing this again next weekend, but will bump the Carafa II to 2.0 lbs and will be using Midnight wheat instead of Chocolate Wheat.

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The Pub / Re: Getting sick of all these movie franchise 'Reboots' and remakes

« on: March 30, 2011, 12:32:33 PM »

Yeah, Brosnan was a refreshing change after Dalton.  They actually wanted Brosnan before Dalton (or rather instead of), but at the time he was still locked into his 'Remington Steele' Contract.  Remmber that show?  lol

I'll have to rent Casino Royale.  My only 2 'concerns' over Craig are really superficial:
1. He didn't CARE if he martini was shaken not stirred?  What?  lol
2. He's 'blonde'.  I've never seen Bond as a blonde. 

First off, Casino Royale (with Daniel Craig) is an excellent Bond movie, and I definitely recommend you seeing it.  The thing to remember is that this is Bond before he became (or as he is becomming) "Bond".  In this movie he is developing into the Bond that we are familiar with from the portrayals by Connery et al.  Soooo, at this time, he wouldn't have cared if his martini was shaken, or whether he was even drinking a martini at all.  There are things in this movie, such as Bond making mistakes, that would never happen in the previous movies since he is a new 00 and is still learning. He isn't polished yet. Also, anybody notice how the music changes in this movie? It slowly develops into the full Bond theme throughout the movie and we don't hear the full theme until the end.

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The Pub / Re: Where are you?

« on: March 30, 2011, 12:10:44 PM »

Hi everyone! Figured this would be the best place for my first post.

I'm in Lewiston, Idaho.

Been brewing for about 14 years and switched to all grain and kegging this winter.  Just needed an "excuse" to buy lots of new equipment and toys!