18 Oct
2004
18 Oct
'04
10:41 p.m.
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."
Most folks 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>
To: "St. Paul Homebrewers Club - Public Mailing List" <Sphbc(a)sphbc.org>;
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Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2004 02:41 PM
Subject: Re: [SPHBC] Science Museum Grant
pooling
who
the
will
$8.99/mo! ------
The big brew system requires a pick up truck and
can't just be towed.
A truly 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>
To: <Sphbc(a)sphbc.org>; <mba(a)thebarn.com>; <mnbrewers(a)yahoogroups.com>
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:
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From: Ric Heins ric(a)usgo.net
Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 12:26:13 -0500
To: Sphbc(a)sphbc.org, mba(a)thebarn.com, mnbrewers(a)yahoogroups.com
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/scavenged stuff...
a
From: "Rick Oftel"
<mnbrewing(a)earthlink.net>
Reply-To: "Rick Oftel" <mnbrewing(a)earthlink.net>
Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 18:31:21 -0500
To: "St. Paul Homebrewers Club - Public Mailing List" <Sphbc(a)sphbc.org>,
<mba(a)thebarn.com>, <mnbrewers(a)yahoogroups.com>
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 > three tier gravity system with adequate
protection from elements and
wind.
>
> Rick
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Longballa" <jlongb(a)ties2.net>
> To: <mba(a)thebarn.com>; "St. Paul Homebrewers Club - Public Mailing
List"
> <Sphbc(a)sphbc.org>; <mnbrewers(a)yahoogroups.com>
> 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
Chris Burda, 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 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 > 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 > 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
> Doug Hoverson at dhoverson(a)cadets.com
> Kris England at engla008(a)umn.edu
> Curt Stock at CHS(a)barr.com
> Jesse Stremcha at stremcha(a)csp.edu
>
> These folks have stepped up and will attend the workshops, but there be
--
plenty of opportunities for us all to pitch in
and help make the most of
this $1200 project. Thanks for sending them your ideas.
Thanks,
John
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