New Brunswick Craft Brewers Association
Uncategorized Boards => General => Topic started by: Kyle on February 19, 2011, 10:59:20 AM
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In conjunction with Fredericton Foodies, I'm going to host a brew session and presentation. I will go the partial boil, LME with steeping grains route so that there is essentially no setup cost for people to get into the hobby.
They will host the event and pay for the supplies
So... anyone want to help?
I'll post updates here once I know specifics.
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When is it Id like to help Im sure with enough notice Ill be able to get up to freddy to help out
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I'll do up a handout that gives some basic brewing info and advertises the FCBA.
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it will be in about a month, I'll talk about it at the meeting and then suggest dates to NBCHG. Any and all ads for it need to be vetted by me first, to comply with a series of laws here concerning liquor advertising and homebrewing.
technically I'll be making wort. The yeast will get added at home
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Sure, I'd be happy to help.
B
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Count me in.
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It will be the evening of March 8th, at the Community Kitchen at the Regent st Sobeys. For simplicity sake, I will do extract with steeping grains. I'll also bring some spent grain and a bread recipe for people to make on their own.
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When it comes to transporting homebrew couldn't we technically get away with a public brew demonstration with pitching the yeast? Its still nothing more then sugar water for the first few hours after the yeast is pitched, and even once they start to wake up they undergo aerobic metabolism first before switching to anaerobic fermentation and producing any alcohol. There would be no alcohol at that point, and therefor its not illegal to move it around. Just sayin.
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Should give a demonstration on bottling also !!!
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Oh yes, bottling, basic sanitation, all the stuff that is required to get up and running.
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So I'm going to do a basic brew that should be cheap and easy for people to make, require little maturation time, and be BMC friendly.
Here is the recipe I am thinking of going with, any suggestions / critiques before I order ingredients?
Brown Ale:
5# LME
1/2# Crystal 60 steeping grain
1oz Chocolate malt steeping grain
Boil = 60 minutes
1.25oz Saaz @45min
.75oz Saaz @1min
So4 yeast
10days in primary, then 2 weeks in bottle.
1tsp priming sugar (dextrose) per 12 oz bottle.
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I rather doubt that Brown Ale is BMC-friendly...
... I think you should do your hefe, mit extrakt :P
Seriously though it'd simple as hell and all you'd need a very similar amount of extract. The foodies would also go batshit for something they can add their homegrown fruits to.
Just my $0.02 -- I think hefe is a less acquired taste than brown ale.
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Also for the priming sugar; don't tell newbies about the teaspoon method. I tried it once and it drove me nuts how bad the quality control was. As much as I hate them, this would be a good place for priming-drops.
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good point on the priming drops.
I think the yeasty taste of the hefe is farther from BMC than a brown ale, but your idea that adding fruit for **cough** the sake of Art, is a good one. Maybe a raspberry pale ale?
good hops for that would probably be cascade and saaz... and about 4.5 - 5%abv?
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Nah not for the sake of art; for the sake of making the grow/buy-local foodies happy. I rather doubt any of them are growing hops or grain (yet) so something which would benefit from the addition of other homegrown garden foodstuffs would suit their ethos.
A raspberry pale ale does sound like a good idea, though... It's just that I've never known _anyone_ not like a nice crisp wheat-beer. I equate "BMC drinker" with someone who is primarily biased towards low-flavour or predominantly fruity beers, and an american wheat beer would generally fit that category. Once you get into pale ale territory you're perhaps straying once again towards the realm of "too much flavour" :P
Ultimately man it's your call; regardless of what is brewed some will like it and some won't. C'est la vie.
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ya, the first wheat beer I tried during my BMC days went straight down the drain... hated it. Of course, I am more "educated" now in my beer palate.
I've ordered the ingredients for a pale ale, along with the carbonation drops.
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I would suggest using whole leaf hops if anyone has some whole leaf Cascade that way they will be able to see what they are going to be growing !!!
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don't worry, I do. Picked locally too.
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Nice the Picaroons ones ?
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yep. In addition to brewing with them, I'll pass samples around for people to munch on.
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even once they start to wake up they undergo aerobic metabolism first before switching to anaerobic fermentation and producing any alcohol.
(guess who's been reading)
So Thomas; what of the Crabtree effect? Wouldn't that cause yeast to start producing (some) alcohol immediately after "waking up", in the presence of beer-wort sugar concentrations?
Genuine question as I couldn't find any data as to the likely volumes of alcohol produced via such a pathway.
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I'm not going to take the chance. I'll add the yeast at home..
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So, I'll be doing the demonstration March 8th at 6pm, we have the community kitchen at the Sobeys at the bottom of Regent street booked for three hours, which will be lots of time. I'll bring the brewing stuff.
Thomas is planning to stop by, and probably Dave. Thats enough FCBA people there, I'd say.
Guess what, NG has not yet delivered the ingredients, so I will be making some wort tomorrow. Apparently 2.5 weeks was insufficient time for NG.
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So this is happening tomorrow????
Guess what, NG has not yet delivered the ingredients, so I will be making some wort tomorrow. Apparently 2.5 weeks was insufficient time for NG.
Did you go through the NG in Freddy??? NG in burnside can ship via bus(next day delivery) or canada post. Just an idea.
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Call them up + tell them you no longer want it. That is bloody ridiculous.
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The NG order came just in time, the brew demonstration went very well, and about 15 people came.
The handout I gave everyone very clearly descirbes the brewing process and promotes FCBA.
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Sorry I didn't make it Kyle, I managed to strain a muscle in my neck this morning and spent the afternoon at the hospital. The worst thing is I have a 2 liter starter cold crashing that will be ready to use tomorrow, but I can't even turn my head let alone lift a carboy full of wort.
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Thats okay Thomas, sorry to hear of your injuries, hope you didn't have to wait forever to be seen in the hospital.
can't lift a carboy... you do have a beer drinking roommate, maybe he can do it.
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Excellent job btw Kyle. Hopefully we'll see some new faces round here!
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Just an FYI that I had a few phone calls yesterday asking if I knew anything about a brewing demo. It would appear word is getting around.
B
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From who? I like the viral marketing angle going on here :D
In other news we're apparently the third link for "Craft Brewing" on Google Canada. Not bad, eh? :P