For your info.
Mike Moranz, President
Minnesota Home Brewers Association
-----Original Message-----
From: Lisa Ryan [mailto:lisaryan@mninter.net]
Sent: Monday, October 15, 2001 8:52 PM
To: info(a)mnbrewers.com
Subject: Beer brewing supplies for sale
Dear MN Brewers,
Do you have a forum/ad space for those of us wanting to sell beer brewing
supplies. I have a complete set-up for sale, all in excellent if not new
condition, $400 retail, asking $125.00 includes:
4 mini kegs - never used
2 mini keg taps - never used
2 5gal glass carboys - new rubber fittings w) handles
2 Fermentation cocks
2 5gal brewing buckets
1 copper wort chiller - used once
1 new Bottle capper
1 bottle tree for 45 bottles
2 bottle brushes
1 balling thermometer
1 bottle washer, (brass attach to spigot)
1 24" wort stirring spoon
30+ assorted bottles (champagne, groelsch, brown, green)
1 plastic funnel
Complete Joy of Homebrewing - excellent
Winners Circle (AHA) 10 years of Award winning recipes - new
Please let me know. Thanks
Lisa Ryan - lisaryan(a)mninter.net <mailto:lisaryan@mninter.net>
Sure do. Forwarding...
On Mon, 15 Oct 2001, Lisa Ryan wrote:
> Dear MN Brewers,
>
> Do you have a forum/ad space for those of us wanting to sell beer brewing supplies. I have a complete set-up for sale, all in excellent if not new condition, $400 retail, asking $125.00 includes:
>
> 4 mini kegs - never used
> 2 mini keg taps - never used
> 2 5gal glass carboys - new rubber fittings w) handles
> 2 Fermentation cocks
> 2 5gal brewing buckets
> 1 copper wort chiller - used once
> 1 new Bottle capper
> 1 bottle tree for 45 bottles
> 2 bottle brushes
> 1 balling thermometer
> 1 bottle washer, (brass attach to spigot)
> 1 24" wort stirring spoon
> 30+ assorted bottles (champagne, groelsch, brown, green)
> 1 plastic funnel
> Complete Joy of Homebrewing - excellent
> Winners Circle (AHA) 10 years of Award winning recipes - new
>
> Please let me know. Thanks
> Lisa Ryan - lisaryan(a)mninter.net
>
FYI.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2001 20:52:19 -0500
From: Lisa Ryan <lisaryan(a)mninter.net>
To: info(a)mnbrewers.com
Subject: Beer brewing supplies for sale
Dear MN Brewers,
Do you have a forum/ad space for those of us wanting to sell beer brewing supplies. I have a complete set-up for sale, all in excellent if not new condition, $400 retail, asking $125.00 includes:
4 mini kegs - never used
2 mini keg taps - never used
2 5gal glass carboys - new rubber fittings w) handles
2 Fermentation cocks
2 5gal brewing buckets
1 copper wort chiller - used once
1 new Bottle capper
1 bottle tree for 45 bottles
2 bottle brushes
1 balling thermometer
1 bottle washer, (brass attach to spigot)
1 24" wort stirring spoon
30+ assorted bottles (champagne, groelsch, brown, green)
1 plastic funnel
Complete Joy of Homebrewing - excellent
Winners Circle (AHA) 10 years of Award winning recipes - new
Please let me know. Thanks
Lisa Ryan - lisaryan(a)mninter.net
Rick Oftel writes:
>
> I prefer using whole cone hops since I boil with a false bottom and
> use the hops as a filter helper. My last batch was an English style
> and I just hate buying a pounds of leaf hops to only use a few ounces.
> My wife also has strong opinions about hop storage in the kitchen
> freezer!
>
> All hops used were pellets and I wanted to keep them out of the
> fermenters.
>
> Using the outlet pump, the bitter wort was recirculated back into the
> kettle and through a modified SS siphon tube. The tube caused a nice
> vortex which developed a large pile of hops in the center.
>
> After a few minutes, energized the counterflow system and almost all
> hop residue remained in the kettle. Only about 3 quarts of bitter
> wort was wasted.
>
> Guess I still like the big cones but may need to consider the storage
> capabilities and varieties of pellet hops.
>
> Always something brewing
>
Like Rick, I use a false bottom in the kettle to filter the wort.
Yesterday's batch was a little overboard on the whole hops. I was
using 5.2% Willamette in a barley wine - 1.3 pounds of whole hops makes
a real big filter bed in the kettle. I think I lost around a gallon of
wort to the wet hops left behind in the kettle.
--
Steve Piatz
I prefer using whole cone hops since I boil with a false bottom and use the hops as a filter helper. My last batch was an English style and I just hate buying a pounds of leaf hops to only use a few ounces. My wife also has strong opinions about hop storage in the kitchen freezer!
All hops used were pellets and I wanted to keep them out of the fermenters.
Using the outlet pump, the bitter wort was recirculated back into the kettle and through a modified SS siphon tube. The tube caused a nice vortex which developed a large pile of hops in the center.
After a few minutes, energized the counterflow system and almost all hop residue remained in the kettle. Only about 3 quarts of bitter wort was wasted.
Guess I still like the big cones but may need to consider the storage capabilities and varieties of pellet hops.
Always something brewing
Rick Oftel
dion "the man" fortier asks:
> could anyone give me a recipe low in hop bitterness
> mabey in a lager style but it dose not matter. I do
> have 40# of belgian pale malt and some assorted
> specialty grains and cascade,willamette,northern
> brewer hops going on 6 months old in my freezer.
I brewed the following last month using the same hops.
Both NB and Cascades were pellets, Willamette were whole hops.
My brewery doesn't really like pellets so the Willamettes
were used more for hop filtering than any thing.
If you want to try some stop by:
Keep the Neighboor Happy Ale
Weight Fermentable Extract Lovibond O.G. Color %
------------------------------------------------------------------------
34.00 2-row Malt 0.035 1.6 0.046 2.3
5.00 Belgian CaraVienne 0.030 21.6 0.006 4.0
2.00 Belgian Wheat Malt 0.039 1.7 0.003 0.2
------------------------------------------------------------------------
41.00 [ Grains ] **0.029 **4.7 0.055 6.4
------------------------------------------------------------------------
0.00 Rock Candi 0.040 1.0 0.000 0.0
------------------------------------------------------------------------
**5.7 1.055 6.4
Weight Hop Alpha Time Util IBU
------------------------------------------------------------------------
2.00 Northern Brewer 7.9% 45 26.9% 14.5
7.00 Willamette 4.4% 30 15.3% 16.1
8.00 Cascade 6.1% 11 8.0% 13.3
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total Boiling Time: 90 min 44.0
Amount Unit Ingredient
------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 quart Local English style yeast slurry
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mashin Water: 13.63 gal 54.53 qt Mashin: 100 deg 15 min
Lost in Grains: 5.12 gal 20.50 qt Protien: 122 deg 20 min
Sparge Water: 16.49+gal 65.97+qt Starch: 158 deg 25 min
Added to Boil: 0.00 gal 0.00 qt Mashout: 170 deg 10 min
----------------------------------------
Start of Boil: 25.00 gal 100.00 qt O.G.: 1.055 13.8 degP
Lost in Boil: 3.75 gal 15.00 qt F.G.: 1.014 3.5 degP
---------------------------------------- Alcohol: 4.4% by weight
End of Boil: 21.25 gal 85.00 qt 5.5% by volume
Added to Fermenter: 0.00 gal 0.00 qt Calories: 185.60 per 12 oz.
---------------------------------------- Cost: $0.17 per 12 oz.
Batch Size: 21.25 gal 85.00 qt Brewed: 9sep01
Lost in Break: 0.50 gal 2.00 qt Racked: 16sep01
---------------------------------------- Bottled: 16sep01
Adjusted Size: 20.75 gal 83.00 qt Points/#: 28.03 28.03
degL: 4.7
degEBC: 11.1
============================= Parameters ===============================
Extract Efficiency: 83% Mash Stiffness: 1.33 qts/lb
Color Multiplier: 125% Grain Absorption: 0.50 qts/lb
Hop Utilization: 100% Evaporation Rate: 10.00 %/hour
Coriander Ratio: 0.75 g/l Curacao Ratio: 0.33 g/l
Hop Util Table: 1
======================== Special Instructions ==========================
wort boiled for 30 minutes before first hop addition
Irish moss was added 10 minutes before knockout
final hop addition was added at knockout, not at 11 minutes
======================== Comments ===================================
It's easy to stay in Dusseldorf and visit Cologne as a commuter. It's
about equivalent to commuting between Flossmoor and Downtown Chicago,
except the train service is even better. There are regular trains every
20 minutes, that take about 50 minutes, and once an hour there is a
non-stop "ICE" bullet train that makes the trip in a frighteningly fast
25 minutes, with whole suburbs flying past in a blurr. The last train is
around midnight for the trip home after your Kolsch pub crawl.
The most fun part about German trains is the precision of their
schedules. It's part of the national psyche. I once was waiting for one
with Steve Hamburg that had a 20 minute delay, and the incessant deeply
heartfelt apologies broadcast over the PA were amusing.
--Roger
On Fri, 12 Oct 2001, Al Korzonas wrote:
>Ray writes:
>>Cologne: no recommendations although there is a tourist office across the
>>street from the Dom that can help you find a room and quite a number of
>>hotels around the downtown area where the breweries and their outlets are
>>concentrated.
>
>I stayed in Koeln the last time I was in the Duesseldorf/Koeln area
>and I recommend... you stay in Duesseldorf. Koeln is certainly worth
>a visit (especially Peters and Malzmuelle breweries, which have their
>own tasting rooms/restaurants), but Koeln is primarily a business city
>and thus rooms cost three times what they cost in Duesseldorf!!!
>
>Oh, and Todd... please take copious notes on the Koelsch and see if
>you can't come up with a way to characterise the style... I've tried
>and although a light pops on in my head when I taste a homebrew or
>US commercial beer that's close, I'm still not happy with my written
>definition of the style. Perhaps you can do better.
>
>Im Prosit
>
>Al.
>
Earlier this week we stopped in at the De Bierkoning in Amsterdam.
Much to my surprize I found they had a new Hansson's Lambic variety.
Hansson's now makes a strawberry lambic in addition to the gueuze and
kriek. The proprietor said he just received them a couple of weeks
ago. In addition, they have a new label and are using the high grade
corks (like Boon) and wire cages. Now maybe the bottles will store a
little better - I have had several of the old bottles blow the corks or
leak while sitting in my basement
Unfortunately, the De Ryk minikeg on the counter was just for display.
If it would have been available I would have found a way to fit it into
the suitcase.
While passing through Antwerp, I had Westmalle doubel on tap with
lunch. Some of the best head retention I have ever seen on a Trappist
beer - there was still a little foam left when we finished the meal and
the beer.
--
Steve Piatz piatz(a)cray.com
Cray Inc. 651-605-9049
1340 Mendota Heights Road
Mendota Heights, MN 55120
My problems were with UPS. The time they destroyed my entries for the
second round of the AHA Nationals resulted in my insurance claim being
better than any of the prizes in the competition.
I suspect package shipment is going to be even more difficult as a
result of the September 11 events.
Michael Valentiner writes:
>
> On Oct. 1, I sent 2 entries with FedEx to Fargo for their Hoppy
> Holloween competition. Tracking indicates the package got as far as
> the Mpls/StP airport, but no trace of package has been found since
> then and they're still looking. I think they figured out it was beer
> and drank them. Dave Trautman with the PHC says he never got them.
>
> Good thing for them they're not in the package delivery business.
> Oops, what a minute ... they are! I seem to remember Steve Piatz
> having a similar experience, but I don't remember if it was FedEx.
> --
>
> Michael Valentiner
> Adobe Systems Inc.
>
--
Steve Piatz piatz(a)cray.com
Cray Inc. 651-605-9049
1340 Mendota Heights Road
Mendota Heights, MN 55120
On Oct. 1, I sent 2 entries with FedEx to Fargo for their Hoppy
Holloween competition. Tracking indicates the package got as far as
the Mpls/StP airport, but no trace of package has been found since
then and they're still looking. I think they figured out it was beer
and drank them. Dave Trautman with the PHC says he never got them.
Good thing for them they're not in the package delivery business.
Oops, what a minute ... they are! I seem to remember Steve Piatz
having a similar experience, but I don't remember if it was FedEx.
--
Michael Valentiner
Adobe Systems Inc.
