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The Pub / Re: A bomber is rarely a good deal
« on: May 13, 2013, 04:58:47 am »
I don't even know what the argument is about anymore, but that's fine. I paid for 10 minutes.
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The Pub / Re: Re: Do you hate to be corrected?
« on: May 12, 2013, 12:23:44 pm »So if you say "I'm making a Belgium Ale" I may correct you and tease you a little but if I uase ait makes in all ok.
You misspelled "use"
I've gotten myself in trouble for correcting people, but it's never happened on Facebook. I don't have much sympathy though. You want to post dumb stuff without commentary? Buy a diary.
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Kegging and Bottling / Re: Pin lock VS Ball Lock
« on: May 10, 2013, 09:02:17 pm »
The deal is Coke is still getting rid of pin locks, so they are more available. Quality doesn't matter, when is the last time you saw a homebrewer selling their ball lock kegs?
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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: SN/DFH IPA Glasses
« on: May 10, 2013, 08:58:36 pm »
I find the base too narrow, too unstable for operating under the influence.
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The Pub / Re: Re: A bomber is rarely a good deal
« on: May 10, 2013, 08:56:58 pm »Show me a brewery selling 12ouncers for a better deal than bombers, then you have an article.
Uhhh ... Just about every brewery is selling 12 oz at a better deal than 22 oz. I think you got that backwards.
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Kegging and Bottling / Re: Extending the life of chest freezers question
« on: May 10, 2013, 05:52:21 am »Oh, gotcha. I thought you just sheathed the collar in plywood.Freezers apparently dissipate heat through the outside walls. The plywood holds heat in.My chest freezer is now 9 years old, it runs in my garage which routinely hit 110F in the summer and low 20's in the winter. I didn't insulate the collar, and I even sheathed it in oak plywood, something I since learned is very bad. I keep my temp probe in a sealed, dry, empty water bottle.Why is that bad?
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Equipment and Software / Re: PBW
« on: May 10, 2013, 05:48:29 am »
FWIW, I've always used dish soap and a carboy brush. So its not necessary, but scrubbing is more work.
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All Grain Brewing / Re: REALLY no sparge
« on: May 10, 2013, 05:43:57 am »
Very cool! Thanks for sharing that.
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Yeast and Fermentation / Re: Cleaning Corny and dispense tubing after Berliner Weisse
« on: May 10, 2013, 05:40:16 am »
Lactobacillus is not that resilient a bug, I'm sure you can get them clean. I'd drop them in very hot water (>160F) for half an hour and then put them in Star San.
If you're not aware - there was another thread here saying hot water deactivates StarSan. Not sure if you meant hot water then Star San or mixed with.
If you're not aware - there was another thread here saying hot water deactivates StarSan. Not sure if you meant hot water then Star San or mixed with.
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Equipment and Software / Re: Canner
« on: May 10, 2013, 05:32:19 am »
Besides the cost, the other problem is I don't think anybody sells low run cans. You'd probably have to buy a full pallet. It would be cool though!
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Yeast and Fermentation / Re: Starter: Step Up or Two Separate
« on: May 09, 2013, 02:10:54 pm »
I'm looking at a chart in "Yeast" showing growth achieved from different inoculation rates. The ideal pitch rate (for cell growth in starters) is 50-70 billion cells/L which means a single 100billion cell package needs a 1.5-2L starter for optimum growth. Above that concentration and yield decreases because there are not enough resources for cells to divide. At 100b cells/L you get 50% less growth. At 200b cells (a 1/2L starter) you get 90% less growth. Lower than ideal pitch rates will get you more cells overall, but starter efficiency sufferers. For instance, pitching 25b cells/L means your using twice as much starter but only getting 50% more growth.
So that's all a long way of saying that a multi-step 2 liter starter starting with 2 packages of yeast is not going to grow much initially, and with each step the pitch rate just gets higher, resulting in even less growth for that step. So two starters (or one 4L starter) would be ideal.
So that's all a long way of saying that a multi-step 2 liter starter starting with 2 packages of yeast is not going to grow much initially, and with each step the pitch rate just gets higher, resulting in even less growth for that step. So two starters (or one 4L starter) would be ideal.
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Kegging and Bottling / Re: Sticky taps
« on: May 09, 2013, 09:51:17 am »
It is beer drying on the internal parts that makes it stick. I keep a squirt bottle of sanitizer to rinse taps with - that helps too (and there is no beer going stale in there). Plugs also help.
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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Give this guy some beer
« on: May 08, 2013, 11:33:01 am »
In only drink Busch (preferably camo cans) before 10am ... or coffee stout.
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Homebrew Clubs / Re: Do other clubs have this problem?
« on: May 08, 2013, 06:32:20 am »It generally seems to be that no matter the club size, 20% of the membership do the lions share of the work to keep the club going. Acknowledge the folks who do, do what you can, and plan events that reward those who participate.Those percentages sound about correct - if not high, for brewing and non-brewing activities I'm involved in.
We have around 40 members. 20 show for meetings and about 4-5 people volunteer to do stuff when asked.
As for getting people to rejoin - most people react to reward the best. Plan something early in the year that members must be renewed to participate in - like a spring BBQ or brewery tour. Punishments, like threatening to drop status, doesn't work as well. And if it does, it only works if members care about the threat. So think about it from their perspective - What is the reward for renewing? If there is no reward, then it's always something that they can do "later".
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Kegging and Bottling / Re: Extending the life of chest freezers question
« on: May 07, 2013, 06:37:58 pm »My chest freezer is now 9 years old, it runs in my garage which routinely hit 110F in the summer and low 20's in the winter. I didn't insulate the collar, and I even sheathed it in oak plywood, something I since learned is very bad. I keep my temp probe in a sealed, dry, empty water bottle.Why is that bad?