well it was good
Will put together a great meeting and I want to thank
David Berg of Water Tower
Bob DuVernois of Hops and
Damian McConn of Sherlock's
for taking there time and joining the west side brewers for a few brews and
sharing their vast info with us
Gary
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Just a quick reminder the west-side meeting is tonight at 7 at WTBC. I
have a feeling we'll have a turnout between 1 and 75, with my guess being
closer to 1. Not that it's a problem--I still have enough barleywine and
anniversary ale for Bob, Damian, Will and myself to drown our sorrows!
David Berg
President, Minnesota Craft Brewer's Guild
Head Brewer, Water Tower Brewing Company
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>Subject: extract setup available for sale
>Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 12:15:35 -0600
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>
>Greetings, fellow MN homebrewers-
>
>I wanted to pass on a quick inquiry for your club members:
>
>Last November I purchased an intermediate homebrew kit from a local brewshop
>and began upgrading it on my own by purchasing some books and adding
>additional bottling, fermenting and racking accessories. For reasons beyond
>my control I am now selling my entire setup (sob), which now has a total
>value of $200+. I have brewed a total of two batches (read: underappreciated
>hobby), so the equipment has been kept extremely clean, sanitized and stored
>in a large Rubbermaid container. (For what it's worth, both batches, a nut
>brown ale from Midwest and an imperial stout from Wind River, turned out
>fantastic.) Beginner's luck maybe?
>
>In any case, I would like to pass the kit on at a very reasonable price-- if
>any of you are looking for a gift idea or would like to add to your own
>extract-brewing equipment, please give me a call at (952)249-0191. I am in
>Minnetonka but would be happy to drop by with the equipment at your
>location.
>
>Cheers,
>Nate
--
Michael Valentiner, Minneapolis, Minnesota
mpv(a)yuck.net
Hi,
This was forwarded to me and I thought this would be the best spot to
forward this onto. Kirby was a really great guy to talk to and very
interested in homebrewing. Could someone please send him information on the
local clubs down there.
Thanks,
Susan
: -----Original Message-----
: From: Kirby Richter [mailto:KirbyR@magenic.com]
: Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 11:12 AM
: To: 'dean.gundberg(a)noridian.com'
: Subject: RE: [phc-club] Papazian Article in the Forum
:
:
: Hi Dean:
:
: How are you doing?
:
: In case you havent guessed I've been back in Mpls for the last few weeks.
: Looks like I wont be back up in Fargo for awhile.
:
: Thanks for inviting me to the PHC club meeting. That was lots of fun.
:
: I'm trying to find out about the homebrewing clubs in the twin cities?
Can
: you forward this on to someone who might know about the clubs.
:
: I live in Eden Prairie so would like a club in the south-west area of the
: twin cities.
:
: Thanks
: Kirby
Just as a reminder. On saturday March 23rd, at 1:00pm the March Mashness
best of show will be held. We will be having a special guest. Larry Bell,
from the Kalamazoo Brewing Company, or better known as Bell's Beer, will
emcee the event. He will be staying the weekend and arriving in St. Cloud
on Friday. It will be held in St. Cloud at the Granite City Food & Brewery,
so if you can come up to see the event, or just to see and meet Larry Bell.
Erik Nelson
March Mashness Organizer
You drank all the English Pale Ale, now we need to release another beer.
This Friday, 3/22, from 5-6pm we will release our Red Ale. This time we made
it very caramel sweet and toasty. So come in on Friday from 5-6pm and have a
pint or two for just $.50 per.
Cheers
Mike
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Greetings fellow Beer-lings!
Due to last week's storm, the BJCP class was cancelled...
Therefore - you have a SECOND opportunity to join us for
BELGIAN NIGHT!
You are all welcome to attend BJCP class #9 at Al Boyce's house
this Thursday, March 21, 2002 at 6pm. Call Al at 952-927-8968
for information.
Styles:
18.A. Strong Belgian Ale: Dubbel
18.B. Strong Belgian Ale: Tripel
18.C. Strong Belgian Ale: Belgian Strong Golden Ale
18.D. Strong Belgian Ale: Belgian Strong Dark Ale
19.C. Belgian and French Ale: Biere De Garde
19.D. Belgian and French Ale: Saison
If anyone has any HOME-BREWED examples of these, please consider bringing
them to this class for the edification of all.
Technical topic: Troubleshooting II.
See you then!
- Al Boyce
Here is some general information about NG, Propane, and combustion.
Propane is heavier than air and NG is lighter than air. This is why a house explosion with NG blows up the top floors and a propane gas explosion blows up the basement.
If your house blows up and a propane cylinder is in the basement, you may be disqualified for insurance.
During heavy demand, our gas company switches between NG and propane. Propane is mixed with air so the BTU content is similar and the orificing does not need to be changed. This is usually a daily occurrence (last year) when demand exceeded supply and the country was building Enron.
Carbon Monoxide is very dangerous and is too easy to produce. During initial firing with a cold burner, stock pot, or vessel, the flame condenses and creates large quantities of CO. After warming up, a well balanced flame produces little to no CO but large quantities of C02. Humans and fire requires Oxygen.
Dark accumulations on the bottom of stock pots, kegs, buckets indicates a poor air-gas mixture. Yellow flames indicate a really poor air-gas mixture. Suburb burners are a challenge to adjust and usually operate too rich (CO). Even after removal of the air throttle valve, I ended up filing our the venturi to try to better balance the mixture (lean out).
Cast iron burners with top jets corrode. The best way to clean the jets is with a small drill (same size it was originally drilled with) by moving the drill in and out of the hole by hand. Similar to using a tip cleaner in an Oxy-acetylene torch. After cleaning, make sure the rust is removed by using the generally accepted laws of gravity.
Combustion by-products disrupt overhead combustion. Do not position one burner above another without adequate waste gas diversion. The lower column of hot CO2 will disrupt the top flame and generate significant CO.
Boil overs extinguish flames. Most burners operate without safety shutdowns so if you have a burner that is operating, make sure it remains lit and operate it outside.
Converting a propane burner to NG creates more gas noise due to the larger orifice.
Hope this helps clear the air....... {(:-)}
Rick
