Welcome to August and another BlowOff is around the corner. Please send in your submissions by Thursday Night so I can get it sent off Friday. The August...
All, Tomorrow is National Mead Day! Wahooo. That makes today National Mead Day Eve. I don't know of any place in town that serves mead much less mead on...
I know there's a brewpub right next to the train station in Whitefish but I've never tasted their beers. There's also a brewery about 40 miles west of...
Mike, The Beer Mapping Project is the best resource for finding brewpubs / breweries while traveling. You will find them at http://beermapping.com/. If you...
Mike, Out of curiosity, I did a quick web search and came up with the following brewery. http://www.blackstarbeer.com/welcome.htm If you check it out and find...
This just in from Al Boyce. _____ From: mnbrewers@yahoogroups.com [mailto:mnbrewers@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Al Boyce Sent: Monday, August 06, 2007 7:34...
www.rennfestbeercup.com has all the info. Entries are now being accepted for Byggvir's Big Beer Cup at the Minnesota Renaissance Festival! The beer, mead, and...
Going to the Autumn Brew Review on Saturday and watching the Vikings beat the Packers on Sunday= The perfect weekend. Skol Autumn Brew Review 2007 August 5th,...
Vince, I understand that the Autumn Brew Review is a dependably great event. However, can one really count on the Vikings? To win?? Curious Packer minds,...
I have a friend who just bought a house. The previous owners left an old fridge in the porch (they said it still runs fine). My friend would like to see it...
I am thinking about having two kegs cut apart, and then welded together to allow me to brew a full 15 gallon batch (without dilution later). Apparently, since...
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Wayne Theuer
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Aug 20, 2007 8:29 pm
Hi Carl, I have knowledge of this sort. It isn't that hard of a project. GTAW is the correct process if you are not going to use a heat sink backer. If you...
Wayne: I'm not it a big hurry. Actually, if I could get it done by the end of the year, it would probably be fine. I'm working on the 22nd Century Brewery,...
Hey all, I have a stout that seems to have fizzled. It was in very active fermentation for a very short period of time. Then it seemed to stall out. It's...
HI Tony, As long as you are using a santizing solution other than bleach you should not need to worry about that. I use iodophore and never worry about...
Tony, Just by logic, since your yeast was active for a while, I doubt you killed. Rest easy. You said it's in the primary. Sometimes racking to a secondary...
... From: Gera Exire La Tour [mailto:gera_latour@...] Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2007 10:05 AM To: sphbc@googlegroups.com; mnbrewers@yahoogroups.com;...
It was an extract brew and it was supposed to have an OG of 1.042 but it did come in a little high. I didn't come out of the brew with a full five gallons. I...
Hi Tony, That gravity shouldn't have been a problem - I was thinking more like 1.080 or higher. London Ale yeast should attenuate well. Did you add steeping...
I've only do extract and had some that seemed real quick but ended in the correct range. I'd 'shake the hell out of it', make sure it's at the right...
I oxygenated it by shaking it originally. This has worked fine in the past. I'll try shaking it a few times throughout the next week and check it again. ...
My only comment would concern your original yeast starter. Did you simply dump in an inflated Wyeast " smack pac" or did you build the yeast into a larger...
I just used the smack pack which has typically worked fine in the past. This beer wasn't any higher gravity than any of the others I've done. I'm going to...
Hi Tony, I suspect that the lactose is the culprit. This is unfermentable sugar for the yeast and so will remain in the finished beer and typically used in a...
Susan, You're probably right. It is a sweet stout I was attempting. I've just gotten so used to my beers finishing with a lower FG that I wanted to make sure...
