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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Conference pointers
« on: February 14, 2013, 04:38:02 PM »I don't know, but three days seems more like IronMan than a 'little marathon'
Sunday morning
Awesome. Mind if I steal that for my avatar?
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Awesome. Mind if I steal that for my avatar?
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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: The Mad Fermentationist's Top 10 Myths
« on: February 06, 2013, 05:17:26 PM »How about the big one? Home brewing saves money.
This needs moderated before our wives/girlfriends see it!
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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: The Mad Fermentationist's Top 10 Myths
« on: February 06, 2013, 01:49:01 PM »Two weeks ago I had the last bottle of an old ale I brewed in 2006, how many people still have beers they kegged more than six years ago?
I still have a keg of 2007 Barleywine with about a gallon left in it. I really need to bottle the leftovers but I keep putting it off. Maybe I'll bottle the rest up and submit some to NHC this year.
I doubt many people have beers that old in kegs. I think my next oldest is probably from 2009
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Events / Re: NHC 2013 Hotel?
« on: February 06, 2013, 09:26:07 AM »I received a confirmation from the housing bureau when I booked my room yesterday. When those reservations are loaded into the hotels system, will a separate confirmation from the hotel be sent?
I'm not sure on this but I put my marriott rewards number in and after registering I was able to see the reservation when I logged into my account on their main website
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Equipment and Software / Re: All things jockey box
« on: January 29, 2013, 09:53:45 AM »
I'd say stainless coils are better for 1-2 taps but more than that the cold plate is the way to go, you just can't fit that many coils in a box. The coils are lighter and they give more contact with the ice. The cold plates are just stainless tubing in an aluminum plate so you don't have to worry about your beer touching aluminum.
It is optimal to cover the coils completely with ice, especially if you are serving constantly at a busy festival.
The cold plates I have are essentially (IIRC) 18' of 3/8" tubing per line. So you can calculate the PSI required from the tubing type/size. Of course it varies a little every time, on my boxes I usually start at 25psi and if it isn't pouring properly go up till it does.
Personally I would check ebay and craigslist for a while before buying new. I picked up a whole 2 port coldplate setup for $75 on craigslist once and then later found a six pass cold plate on ebay for about the same price.
It is optimal to cover the coils completely with ice, especially if you are serving constantly at a busy festival.
The cold plates I have are essentially (IIRC) 18' of 3/8" tubing per line. So you can calculate the PSI required from the tubing type/size. Of course it varies a little every time, on my boxes I usually start at 25psi and if it isn't pouring properly go up till it does.
Personally I would check ebay and craigslist for a while before buying new. I picked up a whole 2 port coldplate setup for $75 on craigslist once and then later found a six pass cold plate on ebay for about the same price.
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Events / Re: NHC 2013 Registraton Question
« on: January 26, 2013, 11:31:33 AM »
I'm sure someone more in the know will confirm, but I had heard noon MST
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Homebrew Competitions / Re: NHC Competition question...
« on: January 25, 2013, 09:06:51 AM »That was a great idea putting out the left over bottles. Are you the first to do that or does that happen every year?
Having the scoresheets available was pretty awesome too. I'm sure it is a pretty massive undertaking to get them ready by that time, but think of the postage savings!
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Homebrew Competitions / Re: NHC Competition question...
« on: January 24, 2013, 03:25:45 PM »Boo to the coin flip. If the other 6 tiebreakers can't determine a winner then we should have tie.
I think the coin flip only happens after the steel cage to the death match. If by some chance both entrants come out of the cage alive then it is down to a coin flip.
or maybe step 6 was paper rock scissors and step 5 was the steel cage match.
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Homebrew Competitions / Re: NHC Competition question...
« on: January 24, 2013, 02:19:31 PM »
I love the 2 bottle requirement, though I'm sure anyone running the cellar might not agree with me.
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Kegging and Bottling / Re: Corny converted to Sanke
« on: January 22, 2013, 04:09:12 PM »
I've seen tons of them over the years, but this is the first time I've seen a 3 gallon one. gsandel is right, if you already have a large collection of cornys or could get them cheap (back in the day when they were $5-15 each) it is far cheaper to get someone to close up the old posts and add a sanke coupler than buying used sanke kegs.
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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: BJCP Tasting Exam: Wow! That was hard!
« on: January 22, 2013, 09:59:07 AM »
Congrats on taking the exam, that is a big step!
There isn't anything stopping you from retaking the tasting before you get your results back.
Judge at any comp you can find
Put together a study/tasting group
Judge any beer you can find and try to do it in the time limit
There isn't anything stopping you from retaking the tasting before you get your results back.
Judge at any comp you can find
Put together a study/tasting group
Judge any beer you can find and try to do it in the time limit
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Events / Re: NHC Hospitality suite & Club Night -- How much beer????
« on: January 08, 2013, 10:50:14 PM »It will be as quick or quicker, as the NHC has not been on the east coast for a while and there are more people in driving distance.
If it takes longer I will buy you a beer during club night.
Sounds like a plan
Regardless I'll try to catch up with you there or next time I'm back in Michigan.
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Wood/Casks / Re: Barrel Stand
« on: January 08, 2013, 10:47:23 PM »
I'd love to see some more pics of home built stands. I need to build some up and had bookmarked my favorite design but maybe someone has a better idea.
Here is the site I was going to copy from: http://www.vinesugar.com/blog/entry/331
I really like having them individually on casters to be able to move around. The 15 gallon ones aren't bad to lift with some help but would be really nice just to be able to wheel them around.
Here is the site I was going to copy from: http://www.vinesugar.com/blog/entry/331
I really like having them individually on casters to be able to move around. The 15 gallon ones aren't bad to lift with some help but would be really nice just to be able to wheel them around.
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Events / Re: NHC Hospitality suite & Club Night -- How much beer????
« on: January 08, 2013, 09:18:39 PM »
I was able to get a club night only ticket last year. I had a situation where I had to sell my full ticket and only at the last minute found out I was able to go out for club night.
I'm sure this year will sell out but I can't imagine it will be as quick. I thought I heard there are going to be something like 500 extra tickets available.
I'm sure this year will sell out but I can't imagine it will be as quick. I thought I heard there are going to be something like 500 extra tickets available.
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Equipment and Software / Re: butterfly vs. ball
« on: January 08, 2013, 05:55:01 PM »
butterfly on the cold side, ball on the hot side. Especially if you use whole leaf hops (especially a massive wet/fresh hop beer) without a screen/bags.