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Events / Re: 2010 BJCP Board Elections: North, Northeast, Mountain/Northwest
« on: May 10, 2010, 02:25:54 PM »
Bump - vote!!!
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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Well that's a first!
« on: May 08, 2010, 06:20:03 PM »
I once held a Belgian tasting (back before we really had any good selection in the state) and had made two beers that day. Woke up in a cold sweat the next morning worrying I had forgotten to pitch the yeast only to find they were happily fermenting away. Two lessons learned - don't drink too much before pitching yeast, you don't have to drink every beer in your possession at one sitting 
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Homebrew Clubs / Re: Augusta, GA?
« on: May 07, 2010, 04:15:56 AM »
Dunno about Augusta, but there is a club in Columbia. Ask them, they might know...
http://www.palmettostatebrewers.com/
http://www.palmettostatebrewers.com/
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Events / Re: BJCP Dinner at NHC?
« on: May 03, 2010, 04:28:05 AM »
Registration is open. I don't believe one could make both events unless they cut one short (or skip the educational portion of the BJCP program).
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Kegging and Bottling / Re: Difference Between Soda and Beer CO2 Regulators
« on: May 03, 2010, 03:59:41 AM »
10 psi at 32F is 2.7 volumes of CO2. 2.7 would be a bit high for some styles, but 32F would be a bit cold as well. I run my temp at ~45F and 10psi for ~2.1 volumes which is a nice amount for a myriad of styles.
Bottom line, change the low pressure gauge on the regulator to a 0-60
Bottom line, change the low pressure gauge on the regulator to a 0-60
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Events / Re: 2010 BJCP Board Elections: Northeast
« on: May 01, 2010, 12:37:30 PM »
Elections are now open for those in the Northeast region. Please cast your vote before the election ends on May 15.
http://www.bjcp.org/electioncenter.php
http://www.bjcp.org/electioncenter.php
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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Electronic Competition Returns
« on: April 27, 2010, 04:04:55 AM »
Our IT guy has setup our competition website to allow an entrants info to be retained and they can come back next year and login again. Dunno how that works, but I suppose then files could be saved for the entrant. Our problem would be we have no way to scan and PDF the files in a timely manner, my scanner at home is ~15 sec per page and is a page at a time meaning ~1min per entry and with 300-400 entries no one has the patience for that. My wife has a copier/scanner at work which would do the job, but as a homebrew club we couldn't afford it
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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: From Hobby to Career...Why not pursue a dream?
« on: April 21, 2010, 05:46:42 PM »
IIRC Highland Brewing Co in Asheville, NC went 10 years before they finally saw the black. 10 YEARS!
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All Grain Brewing / Re: Light Munich Malt
« on: April 20, 2010, 04:58:46 PM »
Not all light Munich are the same. Who's light Munich and what is the Lovibond rating?
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All Grain Brewing / Re: The Ideal Batch Sparge
« on: April 20, 2010, 01:15:19 PM »My experience echoes everyone else's. 2 equal runoffs _may_ have a very slight advantage in efficiency, but it's not a big deal.
2 equal runoffs (1 drain, sparge, drain again) is how most everyone performs a batch sparge. 3 runoffs (drainings of the tun) is what could potentially incur a slight boost in efficiency.
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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Is the NHC for rich people?
« on: April 18, 2010, 05:14:09 PM »
Denny - my suggestion would be to take a look at a cap on how many entries per person and see if that would change so no area ends up with a cap. IMO, 25 entries from one brewer is a gracious plenty.
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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Is the NHC for rich people?
« on: April 18, 2010, 12:22:52 PM »
I don't speak for anyone with the AHA, but as someone who has been involved with the NHC regionals before I'm fairly confident the cap is to allow the comp to finish in time. When we held in in NC I judged on 5 or 6 different days to work our way through the 600+ entries. 750 would be a nightmare and would not be something we could confidently achieve. I think a note went out the South (in GA) was going to judge 3 days in a row to pull it off this year...
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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Is the NHC for rich people?
« on: April 18, 2010, 11:38:54 AM »Less than 10 per region
Astounding math skills!
Amazing isn't it, works out to exactly the number of fingers I have
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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Is the NHC for rich people?
« on: April 18, 2010, 10:00:09 AM »
Less than 10 per region