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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Beer Maker Builds a Raspberry Pi Tap List for His Home Brews

« on: February 15, 2013, 07:29:48 PM »

After looking thru the markup (its just html and php) its really really simple with almost no features beside showing a list based on data in a dbase file. When I initially saw the keg status graphics I thought it would be more arduino-like with sensors that monitored realworld data like keg pressure, temp, etc. but its not. Its just a webpage on a monitor.

You manually edit the data in the dbase to reflect your beers and you're done.

This is the data:

BeerNum,BeerName,Style,Brewery,ABV,IBU,SRM,Status,BeerNameL
Beer1,BeerName,Style,Brewery,ABV,IBU,SRM,Status,BeerName
Beer2,BeerName,Style,Brewery,ABV,IBU,SRM,Status,BeerName
Beer3,BeerName,Style,Brewery,ABV,IBU,SRM,Status,BeerName
Beer4,BeerName,Style,Brewery,ABV,IBU,SRM,Status,BeerName
Beer5,BeerName,Style,Brewery,ABV,IBU,SRM,Status,BeerName
Beer6,BeerName,Style,Brewery,ABV,IBU,SRM,Status,BeerName

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Beer Maker Builds a Raspberry Pi Tap List for His Home Brews

« on: February 15, 2013, 10:27:32 AM »

what the frick is a raspberry pi.  i mean do you put whipped cream on it and eat it.  that thing looks cool, i just don't quite get the connection between a tablet and raspberry pi

I don't think thats a tablet, it looks like a monitor turned to portrait mode that's hanging from the wall.

Rasberry Pi

tl;dr: it's a tiny computer

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Beer Recipes / Founder's Dry-Hopped Pale Ale

« on: February 15, 2013, 12:19:08 AM »

I found some notes from Jeremy Kosmicki of FBC on another forum so I put together this recipe based on that.

Founder's Dry-Hopped Pale Ale
10A-American Ale-American Pale Ale

Recipe Overview:

Wort Volume Before Boil:	6.00 US gals	Wort Volume After Boil:	5.00 US gals
Volume Transferred:	5.00 US gals	Water Added To Fermenter:	0.00 US gals
Volume At Pitching:	5.00 US gals	Volume Of Finished Beer:	5.00 US gals
Expected Pre-Boil Gravity:	1.046 SG	Expected OG:	1.055 SG
Expected FG:	1.012 SG	Apparent Attenuation:	76.4 %
Expected ABV:	5.6 %	Expected ABW:	4.4 %
Expected IBU (using Tinseth):	31.2 IBU	Expected Color (using Morey):	6.8 SRM
BU:GU ratio:	0.57
Mash Efficiency:	75.0 %
Boil Duration:	60.0 mins
Fermentation Temperature:	64 degF

Fermentables:

Ingredient	Amount	%	Time
US 2-Row Malt	8lb 0oz	80.0 %	In Mash
US Carapils Malt	1lb 0oz	10.0 %	In Mash
US Munich 20L Malt	8oz	5.0 %	In Mash
US Caramel/Crystal 40L Malt	8oz	5.0 %	In Mash

Hops:

Variety	Alpha	Amount	IBU	Form	Time
US Cascade	4.5 %	1.75 oz	31.2	Pellet	60 Min from End
US Cascade	4.5 %	2.00 oz	0.0	Pellet	Dry-Hopped
US Crystal	3.5 %	2.00 oz	0.0	Pellet	Dry-Hopped

Yeast:
White Labs WLP001-California Ale

Mash Schedule:

Mash Type:	Full Mash
Schedule Name:	Single Step Infusion (68C/154F) w/Mash-Out

Step Type	Temperature	Duration
Rest at	154 degF	60min
Raise to and Mash Out at	171 degF	10min

BTW converting this html to bbcode was a huge pita so if you like the way it looks feel free to copy my table code and use it as a template for when you post recipes.

Thanks!
Tonyp

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General Homebrew Discussion / Beer Maker Builds a Raspberry Pi Tap List for His Home Brews

« on: February 14, 2013, 06:17:03 PM »

Beer Maker Builds a Raspberry Pi Tap List for His Home Brews

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Commercial Beer Reviews / Re: Brooklyn Brewery Ghost bottles

« on: February 14, 2013, 04:37:07 PM »

very cool phil!

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Commercial Beer Reviews / Founder's Dry-Hopped Pale Ale

« on: February 14, 2013, 04:35:07 PM »

Absolutely fantastic! The hop aroma and flavor are awesome. As soon as you open the bottle you get blasted with a nose-full of cascade. So good it'll make you wanna smack your mama!

Founder's just keeps hitting it out of the park for me, another home run in my opinion.

Highly recommended.

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Equipment and Software / Re: I am not sure where to post this but...

« on: February 10, 2013, 05:56:04 PM »

and if you can get the sizing and placement right it will look like you are reaching into the photo to grab the piece to pour a beer!

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Homebrewer turned pro in LA(Lower Alabama)

« on: February 04, 2013, 09:13:45 AM »

sounds like good karma keith, way to go man!

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Brewin' in the rain

« on: January 30, 2013, 09:10:32 PM »

I brewed in the rain once. Posted about it here. (didn't want to repost it all in thread)

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The Pub / Pliny Documentary

« on: January 26, 2013, 09:49:30 AM »

A short video about Russian River Brewing Company's Pliny the Younger

(and they pronounce it 'pliney' not 'plinny', hah! )

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Yeast and Fermentation / Re: Boiling starters in a flask

« on: December 31, 2012, 10:01:03 AM »

I've always made the starter in a pan & poured the hot wort in to the flask for chilling. The one time I boiled in a flask I received a nasty burn from stupidly swirling the wort while trying to fully dissolve the DME.
Be careful out there!

I did the same exact thing. My wife bought me brewing gloves a few days later and I now boil in a pot.

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Pimp My System / Re: Custom Refrigerated Fermentation Chamber & Beer Cellar Cabinet

« on: December 31, 2012, 09:50:18 AM »

nice job!

I just have one question:
Is there a reason you decided to put the fermenation part up top and not on the bottom? It seems like it would be easier to place and remove full buckets/carboys into the lower section than having to lift them in and out of the top section. Is there a technical reason or just preference?

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Christmas Presents

« on: December 25, 2012, 11:35:28 AM »

I got a personalized wooden beer flight with 4 sample glasses, Yeast by White & Zainasheff and a Glenmorangie Discovery Pack (750ML of orig 10 yr and 3 50ML bottles of the 12 yr range, Lasanta (Sherry finished), Quinta Ruben (Port finished) and Nectar D’Or (Sauternes finish)).

not a bad haul!

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: disposing of yeast cake

« on: November 25, 2012, 11:57:09 AM »

If I don't give it to my wife for the composter, I usually just toss it into the garden.

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The Pub / Re: A changed euge (sorta)

« on: November 21, 2012, 08:52:56 AM »

So sorry for your losses Euge, stay strong brotha!