20 Sep
2007
20 Sep
'07
1:25 p.m.
Rick Oftel wrote:
Jim, It sounds like the water program is a go. I
completely agree with you regarding the carbon filtering.
From previous experience, the club cooler is more than adequate and the event usually has
an ice truck on site. The only negative is the water becomes charged in a few hours and
to get any flow out of the cooler requires about 20 psig. It would be great if someone
could bring an alternate gas like nitrogen or clean compressed air.
Rick
Sounds like a job for a scuba tank.
-----Original Message-----
From: mba-bounce(a)thebarn.com [mailto:mba-bounce@thebarn.com] On Behalf Of Jim L.
Ellingson
Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 10:48 AM
To: John Longballa
Cc: mba(a)thebarn.com; mnbrewers(a)yahoogroups.com
Subject: TC Area Water Tour at ABR?
Greetings,
Any chance re-doing the Metro Water Tour from a few
years back. Mpls vs St. Paul vs. assorted suburban tap waters?
Very nice if you could run it through the charcoal filter.
Double bonus points if you bring a copy of the water analysis
for your keg.
If you bring the water down on Friday, you may be able to
put it in the reefer trailer for overnight chilling. check
w/ our hosts on that. bergbrew(a)juno.com
Cheers,
Jim
On Wed, Sep 19, 2007 at 04:38:25PM -0500, John Longballa wrote:
The MN Craft Brewers Guild has asked the MHBA to
have a table at the Autumn
Brew Review on Saturday, August 29th. In light of all that the professional
brewing community has done for the club, we said, "sure, we'll help!"
They would like us to provide kegs of water for the crowd. We will also
have club info at the table, info about Teach a Friend to Homebrew Day, and
the fantastic teaching board produced by Gera.
Question #1 = who will volunteer to bring a keg or two of tap water? Label
the keg, drop it at the table, then pick it up before you head home.
Question #2 = can whoever has the club jockey box bring that? I'm certain
that the Guild will have some ice available that day. We can run the kegs
through that.
Question #3 = who would like free admission to the ABR? I have two tickets
for volunteers who can set up the table and watch it for parts of the day.
You can enter early, I believe, and participate in the early drinking. But
the two people need to be in charge of the table and kegs and take them away
at the end. I need these two people to organize this process. You're on
the spot, but you get in free! :-)
I'm fairly certain that other MHBA members in attendance would probably be
willing to relieve the table volunteers periodically. Worst case
scenario-you spend ½ the day manning the table and the other volunteer takes
the other ½.
Thanks much,
John