Brewing Schedule...

Steve Killen steven.f.killen at gmail.com
Fri Mar 16 14:49:47 EDT 2012


Hokay, so brewing this weekend: Rachel, I'm broke again, so the supply run
will need to occur with you. My tax refund is taking its sweet time :-\

Some chance of rain all weekend, but Sunday is looking somewhat better in
that regard. When were you planning to brew? I can be there either way.

On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 4:25 PM, Steve Killen <steven.f.killen at gmail.com>wrote:

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> On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 11:03 AM, Rachel Brown <rdbrown2057 at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> No worries Sebastian- more fun for me!
>>
>> Steve- why is the number of calories on here? :P
>> also what would adding the saaz later do?
>
>
> Because it's part of the program? IDEK.
>
> This chart will help you understand how hop bitterness works:
>
> http://www.brewsupplies.com/hop_characteristics.htm
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> Bitterness is a function of time, so if hops are added later in the boil,
> they contribute less bitterness.
>
>
>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 1:28 AM, Sebastian Fernandez Giraldo <
>> sfernan at ncsu.edu> wrote:
>>
>>> Sorry sorry sorry. I have a project due next Monday and a test next
>>> Thursday so I will not be able to do this weekend so Rachel feel free to
>>> rock it. Sorry I'm laming out ;_; Anyone down for Friday 23rd?
>>>
>>> Sebastian.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 9:22 PM, Steve Killen <steven.f.killen at gmail.com
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 9:14 PM, Rachel Brown <rdbrown2057 at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> what theoretical tweaks were you considering?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Bringing the hops down a bit, mostly--something like 32 instead of 40
>>>> IBU. Moving the Saaz to 20 minutes and cutting half an ounce off of it is
>>>> one approach. On the other hand, the high hoppiness will mean a better
>>>> balanced beer 6-8 months down the road. It's a question of what your
>>>> drinking window is, I guess.
>>>>
>>>> I keep meaning to try to convert it to as close to all-grain as
>>>> possible, too. The 1.5lbs DME is there just to up the body a bit depending
>>>> on our wort's SG; 1.070 is the general target.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> also Clinton says Sebastian has dibs.  i am fine with that, but i
>>>>> havent heard (on here) from him regarding whether or not he wants to claim
>>>>> those dibs
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> No sweat; I was just commenting on it since it was topical :) Yeah,
>>>> Sebastian claimed a spot for this weekend a couple of weeks ago when we
>>>> were bottling, IIRC.
>>>>
>>>> Sebastian, I would like for you to confirm the ingredients for me
>>>> sometime before the weekend, and I'll pick it up for you en route to
>>>> Evergreen. Alternately, I can head down there the morning of and we can
>>>> make an educational field trip!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 7:40 PM, Steve Killen <
>>>>> steven.f.killen at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I don't think the world has enough saison, personally. And we need to
>>>>>> be sure to give it time to age. So +1 from me :)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I am not under the gun this weekend as I was last weekend; I can join
>>>>>> you without any reservation.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Rach, I uploaded the HTML version to the wiki for your ease of use. I
>>>>>> am inclined to tweak it now that we've brewed it a few times, but it's your
>>>>>> call, brewmaster!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 11:03 AM, Rachel Brown <rdbrown2057 at gmail.com
>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hey guys
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> High off of my success with the mead, I was thinking about brewing
>>>>>>> Luna Moth this weekend, but i have decided not to brew on a day following
>>>>>>> party party.  ie either we party party fri then I hit up the brew store sat
>>>>>>> and then brew sun, or do brew store->brew->partyparty all on Saturday.  If
>>>>>>> this would be too much saison-esque beer thats cool, but i wont be able to
>>>>>>> brew again until april 21st.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -Rachel
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 2:06 AM, Clinton Ebadi <
>>>>>>> clinton at unknownlamer.org> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> This previous weekend both Bt and Luke levelled up in brewing a bit
>>>>>>>> (hey, being under beersaged might have /some/ advantages) and now
>>>>>>>> ... two fermenters are empty folks! We gotta get 'em filled.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I'll yield to our new brewers since I have about 5 cases of homebrew
>>>>>>>> available in a couple of weeks but ... for any gaps I'm ready to
>>>>>>>> brew
>>>>>>>> (in this order):
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>  1. Nowruz #4 (this time with a bit of rye thrown in for kicks)
>>>>>>>>  2. Cernunnos #4 (this time using Witbier yeast for kicks)
>>>>>>>>  3. JWheatz (slightly rebalanced; ferments fast and goes down easy)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hazily, I have the following vague notions of a recipe and intent to
>>>>>>>> brew depending on what the future supply holds:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>  * Thoth
>>>>>>>>  * Haus Rules (using the ARTISINAL American HEIRLOOM 6-row barley
>>>>>>>>               from Asheville and lots and lots of flaked maize and
>>>>>>>>               a dose of hops and 8.8% abv bebbe)
>>>>>>>>  * Sorghum Belgian Tripel
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> So then, who is brewing this weekend? I nominate (curse?) Sebastian.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>                       No seed of hope nor ray of light,
>>>>>>>>                    Scant succour from the blighted epoch.
>>>>>>>>                         Rise like Socrates and fight;
>>>>>>>>                    Take hate's chalice laced with hemlock.
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>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Rachel Brown
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Resource Developer and Americorps VISTA
>>>>>>> Rockingham District Partners in Ministry
>>>>>>> rdbrown2057 at gmail.com
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>>>>>>> Cell: (419) 306-5167
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>>>>>>
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>>>>>> | elvestinkle @ twitter
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>>>>> --
>>>>> Rachel Brown
>>>>>
>>>>> Resource Developer and Americorps VISTA
>>>>> Rockingham District Partners in Ministry
>>>>> rdbrown2057 at gmail.com
>>>>> Office: (910) 268-4688
>>>>> Cell: (419) 306-5167
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>>>> | elvestinkle @ twitter
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>> --
>> Rachel Brown
>>
>> Resource Developer and Americorps VISTA
>> Rockingham District Partners in Ministry
>> rdbrown2057 at gmail.com
>> Office: (910) 268-4688
>> Cell: (419) 306-5167
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> Steven F. Killen <steven.f.killen at gmail.com>
> | elvestinkle @ twitter
> | pursuing.calefaction.org
>
> Etsi provectus in sententiis sis
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>



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| elvestinkle @ twitter
| pursuing.calefaction.org

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