Does anyone know anything about anyone brining in grapes from California? Or
the availabiltiy of local wine grapes?
I'm interested in making some wine from fresh grapes if anyone has any info.
Next Tuesday 9th at the BJCP class we will be choosing the club only
competition beer. If you have one bring it. It is also mead night next
week so if you are not a part of the BJCP class you can still come as
long as you bring $5 and some mead. We start at 6pm and here is the
address:
Well we are getting down to crunch time. The first BJCP class of the
fall season will start at 6pm on Sept 2nd. Its going to be held at Pete
and Kleins place in Hopkins.
The address is:
701 Oak Park Ln
#11
Hopkins, MN 55343-8386
http://maps.yahoo.com/maps_result?ed=PKFFTup_0Tp9ieM7yJOrSj7PpAPV6XFH0wk
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Best Regards,
Kristen England
PhD Candidate
Univ of Minnesota
Department of Pharmacology
Medical School
6-120 Jackson Hall
321 Church St. S.E.
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Ah, how I love the Phil's Floating False Bottom.
Jim, I ran into the same this before. I put my system together (a 5
gallon Gott cooler and a PFFB) and it did just that; started to float to
the top. When this happened I was running my siphon tube up the inside of
the mash tun and out the top. Not the most ideal, but it worked. What I
did to fix that was to get a device from www.HopTech.com They sold a
device to go through the spigot portion of the cooler. I don't know if
they still sell them now (corporate system won't let me look). This worked
great and solved the floating issue.
If you're not using a mash tun that can be converted like that, try
weighing it down with a bunch of clean marbles. Either in a bag or loose
depending on the size and shape of the mash tun.
If you secure the PFFB to the bottom of the mash tun, you want it removable
so that you can clean it.
Good luck,
Jeff
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I tried my hand at my first all grain brew over the weekend. While this
was a very interesting experience compared to extract kits, I ran into one
issue and looking for advice.
When it came time to sparge, I found out the phalse bottom (plastic) had
floated and grain plugged up the outlet hose to the brew kettle. This is
where strainers come in handy. Would hate to pour this out in the garden.
Any ideas on how to anchor this down ??
Thanks in advance!
Jim Voosen
Stillwater, Mn
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Hi MN Craft beer fans,
I'd like to thank all that sent in their "2 cents" about why they like MN made craft beer. You folks said some very valid and touching things...so here is what we came up with. I know I said two winners, each getting a pair of tickets. But.....I found three good ones. The best one will recieve a pair, and the other two will each recieve one ticket. They are listed in that order...
"Local, Local, Local...keep the dollars in the neighborhood. If I want the best bread, I walk over to Turtle Bread. The best truck, I by a Ford F150 made in St. Paul. A bottle of wine, Stillwater's Northern Vinyards....any number of brews made with "sky blue waters" is fine by me.
Steve Daly
"I like Minnesota Craft Brewed Beer because it's hard to drive home from England after a couple of beers"........Chris Eidem
"I like MN craft beer because you don't need to work up a sweat from lawnmowing in order to enjoy your beer".........Paul Dienart
If these are your quotes contact me, if not buy your tickets at 612.338.3807 or www.mncraftbrew.org
See you Sat.
Mike
The first year it was 52, the second 96. It looks like we'll finally get
the 72 degree weather I always promise!
On Wed, 3 Sep 2003 08:58:56 -0500 "Rick Larson" <rick(a)mnbrewers.com>
writes:
> I hope everyone got tickets for this Saturday's Autumn
> Brew Review. Weather forcast looks great.
>
> If not, you can order them at www.mncraftbrew.org
>
> I'll be there wearing my bowling shirt.
>
> rick
>
>
>
>
David Berg
Head Brewer, Bandana Brewery
President, Minnesota Craft Brewer's Guild
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See you there Rick! It's definitely a bowling shirt event!
- Al
PS - Anyone who can, bring a cornie full of your local city's tap water.
Susan Ruud will be manning the AHA booth, dispensing water samples for
people to taste. If it is a warm as it was LAST year, it will be VERY
popular! Remember to label your keg with your name.
"Rick Larson"
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I hope everyone got tickets for this Saturday's Autumn
Brew Review. Weather forcast looks great.
If not, you can order them at www.mncraftbrew.org
I'll be there wearing my bowling shirt.
rick
I hope everyone got tickets for this Saturday's Autumn
Brew Review. Weather forcast looks great.
If not, you can order them at www.mncraftbrew.org
I'll be there wearing my bowling shirt.
rick
I am going to do a Belgian Honey Blonde and a German Alt this week some time
and have a couple questions.
My Belgian Honey Blonde calls for 1# of honey and 1# of Belgian Candi Sugar,
but does not say when to add either...
any ideas on when to add these? I was thinking of adding the Candi Sugar at
the beginning of the 60
min boil and the honey after the end of boil, letting the heat drop a
little, & cooking another 15 min. Any Ideas??
FYI -
Picked up a fresh pumpkin in Prescott and the farmer said all the pumpkins,
melons, squash are ready already. Way early this year. He is afraid
if we get a lot of rain now that there might not be any good pumpkins for
Halloween...cause the stems are so dry they will rot quick.
So ya better pick some up and keep them in a cool spot where air can flow
around and they should keep till Halloween.
Also the melons are real good now...
Hey has anyone ever done a Melon Beer?? Musk would be good I bet!!
Thanks,
Brian Hatcher
FYI - Going to trying this one soon too
PUMPKIN ALE
Based on Thomas Jefferson's recipe. What a treat! The use of pumpkin, &
spices in this makes it a flavorful experience. The recipe has been around a
long time. Taste it and see why.
Recipe price excludes Gypsum, Irish Moss, Pumpkin, & Spices.
6.6 lbs. Gold Malt Extract (Northwestern)
5 lbs. Fresh Pie Pumpkin Meat (7 lbs. pumpkin yields 5 lbs. meat)
1œ lbs. Pale Grain (cracked)
1 lb. British Crystal Grain (cracked)
2 oz. Willamette Hops
4 each 1/8" x 1/4" pieces Ginger (chopped)
œ tsp. Ground Cinnamon
1/8 tsp. Nutmeg
1 tsp. Gypsum
1 tsp. Irish Moss
1 pkg. Wyeast Liquid Yeast - British Ale (I will probably use White Labs
002 or 005 instead)
Rinse pumpkin, leave skin on & cut into large sections. Bake in 350°F oven
for 1 hour 15 min. or until caramelized on outside. Remove skin & crush
meat. Place pumpkin, gypsum, & grains into a pot. Add 1œ. gal. water. Mash
at 150°F for 1 hour. Strain into a bucket & sparge with 1 gal. 170°F water.
Return to boil & add malt & 1 oz. Willamette. Boil for one hour. At 30
minute mark, add Irish Moss. At 50 minute mark, add remaining oz.
Willamette. At 55 minute mark, add spices. Remove from heat & steep 5 min.
Pour through strainer into carboy with enough cold water to make 5 gal.
Pitch yeast when temperature is 80°F or below. After rapid fermentation is
complete, rack to another carboy & allow to finish. This beer must be racked
once due to excessive trub. Bottle when fermentation is complete. This beer
benefits from extended aging.
Yields 5 gal.
Brian C. Hatcher, C.P.I.M.
Master Scheduler
XIOtech Corporation
6455 Flying Cloud Drive
Eden Prairie, MN. 55344-3305
Office 952-983-2466
Fax 952-983-2488
E-Mail Brian_Hatcher(a)XIOtech.com
Hey All,
Hope your Labor Day was good (and labor free). This Thursday, 9/4 we will release the last wheat beer of the season...Smokehaus Hefe. This was made with barley that was smoked over a beechwood fire. The smoked character is mild and smooth, which makes for a great beer on cooler evenings. Stop over to the Mpls. Town Hall Brewery this Thursday and try the taste made famous in Bamberg, Germany for just $1 per pint from 5-6pm
Cheers,
Mike
A couple of el-cheapo solutions I have used successfully:
1. Use copper & brass fittings to connect the phloating FB to the bulkhead. I
used a brass 1/2" mpt x 3/8" compression elbow threaded into the FB on one end
and copper tubing going to the bulkhead (also w/ comp fitting). Some bending of
the copper tubing was required. Additional adjustment (loosening) of the FB on
the threaded fitting can be done to snug it up against the bottom of the tun.
2. Dump the FB & build a slotted CPVC manifold. This worked great with a plain
old bucket. I used the "high-temp" spigot (not the bottling type) commonly sold
at local HBS shops. I found all the necessary CPVC fittings and tubing (1/2")
at Menards.
3. Dump the FB & build a slotted copper manifold. A little trickier than #2,
but much shinier and therefore more gratifying. Soldering not necessary.
Options 2 & 3 worked much, much better for me than the old phil's phloater with
respect to runoff clarity, efficiency and general PITA factor. Hope this helps.
allan.boyce@usbank.com@thebarn.com on 09/02/2003 12:42:41 PM
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Subject: Re: 1st All Grain Brew
I started out with my 10-gal Gott and the spigot replacement that Jeff is
recommending, and I've never had the floating problem. The website is
blocked from my corp location too, but I checked on them a couple months
ago and Hoptech was still selling them.
Another device that can do the trick is the Phil's Phloating Snake. Get
some 1" food grade tubing and cut it large enough so that it makes a loop
large enough to go around the inner circumference of your cooler. Fill it
with bb's, and glue some food-grade rubber corks in each end with some
food-grade silicone caulk.
When you brew, put in your Phalse Bottom, then put the snake on top of it
to keep the Phloater from Phloating.
- Al
jdcotton(a)mmm.com
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09/02/2003 11:32
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Ah, how I love the Phil's Floating False Bottom.
Jim, I ran into the same this before. I put my system together (a 5
gallon Gott cooler and a PFFB) and it did just that; started to float to
the top. When this happened I was running my siphon tube up the inside of
the mash tun and out the top. Not the most ideal, but it worked. What I
did to fix that was to get a device from www.HopTech.com They sold a
device to go through the spigot portion of the cooler. I don't know if
they still sell them now (corporate system won't let me look). This worked
great and solved the floating issue.
If you're not using a mash tun that can be converted like that, try
weighing it down with a bunch of clean marbles. Either in a bag or loose
depending on the size and shape of the mash tun.
If you secure the PFFB to the bottom of the mash tun, you want it removable
so that you can clean it.
Good luck,
Jeff
jvoosen(a)usfamily.n
et To: mba(a)thebarn.com
Sent by: cc:
mba-bounce@thebarn Subject: 1st All Grain Brew
.com
09/02/2003 10:24
AM
I tried my hand at my first all grain brew over the weekend. While this
was a very interesting experience compared to extract kits, I ran into one
issue and looking for advice.
When it came time to sparge, I found out the phalse bottom (plastic) had
floated and grain plugged up the outlet hose to the brew kettle. This is
where strainers come in handy. Would hate to pour this out in the garden.
Any ideas on how to anchor this down ??
Thanks in advance!
Jim Voosen
Stillwater, Mn
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