Re: [SPHBC] Science Museum Grant

Two thoughts - We should copy Monster Garage with a Minnesota twist - a brewery on a snowmobile. Or just a keg on a sled. At any demo, just having a pot of boiling wort doesn't impress many people. They're not going to hang around to watch someone add hops later or pour it into a carboy. If we also had a fermenter bubbling away, that may interest some more folks. Cheers! Rick Oftel wrote: Sorry for sticking my neck out again but that's what computers are so good for. The St.Paul system is a very large system that makes a very large batch of beer. Good bad or indifferent, it is very large and intimidating to many beginning brewers and it is owned by the St. Paul club. The reason I suggested a smaller and foldable system built into or around a trailer was honestly because it is smaller and foldable and it doesn't require 10 fermenters per batch. I was envisioning a converted keg system powered primarily by gravity and propane that would be capable of operating at a beer festival for an entire day and producing maybe 3 or 4 batches in an 8 hour period and would always have something "happening." Mostfolks that watch a demonstration are captivated for 10 minutes, stick around for 20 or 30, and disappear after a few samples or when the talking stops. Anyhow, it was an idea that I thought worth sharing. It would take a bunch of engineering to do it correctly and some ingenuity to collapse it down for storage. Rick ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Fletty" <fletty(a)umn.edu>[1] To: "St. Paul Homebrewers Club - Public Mailing List" <Sphbc(a)sphbc.org>[2]; <mba(a)thebarn.com>[3]; <mnbrewers(a)yahoogroups.com>[4] Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2004 02:41 PM Subject: Re: [SPHBC] Science Museum Grant The big brew system requires a pick up truck and can't just be towed. Atruly mobile system would be cool. The big brew system could use a few improvements, in my opinion. ----- Original Message ----- From: <aboyce(a)mn.rr.com>[5] To: <Sphbc(a)sphbc.org>[6]; <mba(a)thebarn.com>[7]; <mnbrewers(a)yahoogroups.com>[8] Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2004 2:38 PM Subject: Re: [SPHBC] Science Museum Grant Other than the volume, it sounds exactly like the 50-gallong mobile brewery trailer that the St.Paul club already has. -Al Original Message: ----------------- From: Ric Heins ric(a)usgo.net[9] Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 12:26:13 -0500 To: Sphbc(a)sphbc.org[10], mba(a)thebarn.com[11], mnbrewers(a)yahoogroups.com[12] Subject: Re: [SPHBC] Science Museum Grant I love the idea of a functional mobile brewery/exhibit. I don't know if we could accomplish it within the 1200-1600 budget, but perhaps with the right combination of donated/scavengedstuff... From: "Rick Oftel" <mnbrewing(a)earthlink.net>[13] Reply-To: "Rick Oftel" <mnbrewing(a)earthlink.net>[14] Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 18:31:21 -0500 To: "St. Paul Homebrewers Club - Public Mailing List" <Sphbc(a)sphbc.org>[15], <mba(a)thebarn.com>[16], <mnbrewers(a)yahoogroups.com>[17]Subject: Re: [SPHBC] Science Museum Grant How about designing and producing a mobile brewery in a small trailer? Make it available to brewers and demonstrators and able to brew about 15-20 gallon batches? No fermentation - just grain crush, mash, hot liquor, boil, and cool. Just add water, grain, and propane. Design it to fold into a three tiergravity system with adequate protection from elements and wind. Rick ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Longballa" <jlongb(a)ties2.net>[18] To: <mba(a)thebarn.com>[19]; "St. Paul Homebrewers Club - Public Mailing List" <Sphbc(a)sphbc.org>[20]; <mnbrewers(a)yahoogroups.com>[21] Sent: Monday, October 11, 2004 04:53 PM Subject: [SPHBC] Science Museum Grant Fellow Brewers and Beer Lovers-- As it now stands, both the Minnesota Homebrewers Association and the Saint Paul Homebrewers Club will be participating in an exciting and rewarding grant opportunity sponsored by the National Science Foundation and administered by the Minnesota Science Museum. Tomorrow afternoon, the representatives from the two clubs (who have most graciously and generously volunteered a great deal of their time to this project!) will meet with ChrisBurda, the woman at the Museum who is in charge of the program. Their task tomorrow and during an afternoon workshop on Wednesday is to brainstorm project ideas for the grant money. At the moment, the two clubs are participating separately, but are pooling their monies into one project. The grant provides for each club to get $600 toward a club project, preferably one with a science bent to it. If you have ideas, please e-mail them to me, or to one of the wonderful folks who are shouldering the burden of the work. Basically, anything goes, as long as it can be done for $1200 (or $1600, should the two clubs each pony up $200, which is the earnest amount that is asked for if the clubs do not wish to each donate five hours of service time (not a big deal--next year's Teach a Friend Day could probably count--the Museum is very flexible on how the hours are used)). One idea that has surfaced is for a beautiful brewing process display that could be erected whenever we were demonstrating homebrewing, such as at the Renaissance. With $1200 and the Museum's amazing exhibits crew, that could turn out extremely well! So, please put on your thinking caps, drum up some ideas for cool club projects, then e-mail those ideas to me, or to: Gera Exire La Tour at gera_latour(a)hotmail.com[22] Doug Hoverson at dhoverson(a)cadets.com[23] Kris England at engla008(a)umn.edu[24] Curt Stock at CHS(a)barr.com[25] Jesse Stremchaat stremcha(a)csp.edu[26] These folks have stepped up and will attend the workshops, but there will be plenty of opportunities for us all to pitch in and help make the most of this $1200 project. Thanks for sending them yourideas. 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