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Uncategorized Boards => General => Topic started by: sdixon on November 14, 2011, 05:29:09 PM

Title: Big Tide Brewery (Guest Brewer ;-)
Post by: sdixon on November 14, 2011, 05:29:09 PM

I had a great day on Sunday brewing at Big Tide Brewery. Wendy (Brewmaster) invited my friend Carl and I to brew with her this past Sunday. We started at 6:30am (left Fredericton at 5:00am). She has a 6 hectolitre (~5 barrel) DME system. We brewed a Stout. My first 600 litre batch ;-) This is a picture of me pitching the yeast.

(http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6033/6344858339_8ba94d3f0b.jpg)

Title: Re: Big Tide Brewery (Guest Brewer ;-)
Post by: Richard on November 14, 2011, 05:35:18 PM

Very nice - are those things temperature controlled?

Title: Re: Big Tide Brewery (Guest Brewer ;-)
Post by: sdixon on November 14, 2011, 05:37:52 PM

Yes the are all jacketed.

Title: Re: Big Tide Brewery (Guest Brewer ;-)
Post by: Richard on November 14, 2011, 05:39:46 PM

Sweet.

Title: Re: Big Tide Brewery (Guest Brewer ;-)
Post by: Ian Grant on November 14, 2011, 05:55:44 PM

Jealous

Title: Re: Big Tide Brewery (Guest Brewer ;-)
Post by: Richard on November 14, 2011, 06:04:53 PM

+1

Title: Re: Big Tide Brewery (Guest Brewer ;-)
Post by: Gil Breau on November 14, 2011, 06:20:43 PM

lucky....always wanted to ask her if she did brew days :)

Title: Re: Big Tide Brewery (Guest Brewer ;-)
Post by: sdixon on November 14, 2011, 06:23:50 PM

Yes it was very fun! She basically explained how to use the system and let us do everything from start to finish. Four full size garbage cans of spent grain is heavy! It is much hotter in the brewhouse than one might think.

Title: Re: Big Tide Brewery (Guest Brewer ;-)
Post by: fakr on November 15, 2011, 10:23:41 AM

Very cool!  nice looking setup!  

you metioned it is a DME system...can you explain?  I at first thought she uses nothing but DME, then you metioned spent grain.

Title: Re: Big Tide Brewery (Guest Brewer ;-)
Post by: Kyle on November 15, 2011, 11:24:51 AM

DME is the manufacturer's name for the brewing equipment.

Title: Re: Big Tide Brewery (Guest Brewer ;-)
Post by: fakr on November 15, 2011, 11:38:11 AM

ah jesus....I should have googled it.  I was thinking dry malt extract.

Title: Re: Big Tide Brewery (Guest Brewer ;-)
Post by: sdixon on November 15, 2011, 01:15:34 PM

:-) DME make brewery equipment and they are based in PEI.

http://www.dmebrewing.ca/

Title: Re: Big Tide Brewery (Guest Brewer ;-)
Post by: fakr on November 15, 2011, 01:27:32 PM

yeah, if I remember correctly, one of my dad's friend's sons works for them.  He works with automated controls.  I'll have to get more information from him.

Nice products!

Title: Re: Big Tide Brewery (Guest Brewer ;-)
Post by: sdixon on November 15, 2011, 01:30:08 PM

Yes, both Wendy (Big Tide) and Shawn (Picaroons) have commented that they have a quality product.