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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: What's Brewing this Weekend - 5/18 edition?
« on: May 18, 2013, 09:52:01 AM »
Mild tomorrow. Got to transfer some meads too 
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All Grain Brewing / Re: Grains on hand
« on: May 13, 2013, 11:34:08 AM »
60 & 80L crystal, 1-2# roast barley, 1-2# chocolate, 5#+ Munich, 5-6# wheat.
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Beer Travel / Re: New York City
« on: May 13, 2013, 11:30:26 AM »
You'll be close to St. Andrews on W 46th. Good beer, scotch line up. food resonable.
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Kegging and Bottling / Re: Pin lock VS Ball Lock
« on: May 10, 2013, 06:05:12 PM »
The 2.5/3 gal ones are almost 3x the cost of a 5. Get mainly 5'ves and 1 or 2 smaller ones. I typically use the smaller ones for barleywines and high gravity beers.
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Kegging and Bottling / Re: Handle on 20 LB CO2
« on: May 10, 2013, 06:02:29 PM »
Airgas here only does swaps, so hydro is not a problem. $18 for 5# fill, $22 for a 20#
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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: New brew pot suggestions
« on: April 19, 2013, 08:14:56 AM »
Sight glass on hot liquor tank, yes. On boil kettle no.
Get something big enough to do 10 gal batches.
Get something big enough to do 10 gal batches.
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Events / Re: NHC 2013 Entry Problems - Possible Solutions?
« on: March 07, 2013, 07:37:22 PM »I understand Darwin18's point about it being the NHC and not the AHAC but let's be really clear here. The competition is run by the AHA so it is their competition afterall. The final round is judged at the conference and the awards are announced at the end. I understand that judge proximity is the main reason why it is coupled with the conference. In any case, AHA is national in scope so a huge competition open their membership is still National in scope. Even if they limited 100% of entries to AHA members, they don't need to rename it.
I do think that priority for initial entry should be given to two groups of people, not necessarily in any preferred order. The first is for those already registered with a conference pass. I could see the first day entry process doing a quick lookup to see if the entrant's AHA number is associated with a conference registration. All that I ask is that if someone is willing to plunk $2K down to attend the conference, they should have ONE shot at an entry. Otherwise, banquet is already a total let down.
Registration could go like this:
-AHA Member? Yes (1) No (2)
-Conference Attendee Yes (A) No (B)
- First Region Preference
-Second Region Preferenc
-How many entries would you like to register (dropdown with any number up to 30) This would just be used for statistics gathering.
Day 1: 1A gets dibs on 1 entry into their 1st pref region
Day 2: 1B gets dibs on 1 entry """"
Day 3: Compare remaining entry spots to individuals who wanted to enter but still have not and determine if a lottery needs to be enacted to fill remaining spots in any region.
Though it sounds quite socialist, I find it much more in the spirit of the purpose of the comp and conference to have more people with single entries than some with 15 or 10 and many with none at all.
Just thinking of my own club, I know of one person who got all 15 entries in. I'm sure that's really lucky but there were a few others who wanted to get 1-3 entries in who never made it. Even in this small pool of people I personally know, I'd much rather each of them got 2-3 in or yes, even just one.
Yes, unfortunately the situation makes Ninkasi way more about entry persistence or luck any absolute brewing prowess. The severe entry caps will negate the Ninkasi but I think it's way more important for people to be psyched about the possibility for ONE medal than a few with their eyes on Ninkasi. It just doesn't work in this system nor any system that can be imagined in the future.
Got to agree here. Would add if necessary, beers need to have placed in prior sanctioned competitions.
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Events / Re: Club Night Booth Logistics
« on: March 07, 2013, 07:31:41 PM »
Bobby,
Try contacting Ron Price. I thbink he is the lead on club night.
Looking forward to seeing my old WHALES Buddies in June!
MT (Big Johnson)
Try contacting Ron Price. I thbink he is the lead on club night.
Looking forward to seeing my old WHALES Buddies in June!
MT (Big Johnson)
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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: What's Brewing This Weekend - 3/2 Edition
« on: March 01, 2013, 08:11:36 AM »
That coconut porter recipe in Zymurgy is lookin' pretty good.
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Equipment and Software / Re: Oxygen aeration with tank
« on: February 19, 2013, 02:33:39 PM »
I have the .5 More Beer with the flare fitting. Store the stone in sanitizer when not in use. Attach it to a short piece of tubing and about 2 ft of old racking cane for stability.
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Equipment and Software / Re: Where to get specialized faucet adapters
« on: January 31, 2013, 03:18:41 PM »There are three standard 1/2" threads 1/2-13, 1/2-20, 1/2-28. I am wondering whether you may really have a metric thread on your faucet, which would be a real PITA to get an adapter for (at least at a normal store).IIRC, those are bolt thread pitches, not plumbing.
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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: I literally cannot wait any longer to try this
« on: January 30, 2013, 05:57:47 PM »
If bottle conditioning, I'd always do one in a clear bottle to check.
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Equipment and Software / Re: Philmill
« on: January 08, 2013, 01:50:04 PM »
Nix the Corona. too fine of grind/crush. I've got a Schmidling for over 10 yrs now. very satisfied.
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Kegging and Bottling / Re: co2 tank filling
« on: December 31, 2012, 09:37:06 PM »I like my AirGas place. What I like best is they don't fill the tank, they trade it out for a full one. This insures that the tank is within DOT testing and no waiting. I think I paid $13-$14 for my last fill/tank.
Same here with Airgas