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Post by Bob McGill on Jun 18, 2007 14:38:02 GMT -5
Get your entrees ready for Lunar Ron-des-Brew The site is www.mashtronauts.com. We have a tentative carrier, but if someone is going to Houston on June 30th, that would relieve him. If he goes, I will travel with him and buy supplies for the beer Doug, Mark, Dave, and I plan on brewing in August. Doug will post a drop-off site. If I go, I can also pick up supplies for the other team, and the lager yeast Dave & Mark want to use. Let's have a good showing at this sister club's event. Doug: I am available to help Saturday and we can make juice afterwards. I have burners, pots, but not the juice extractor. |
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Post by Bob McGill on Jun 23, 2007 15:23:02 GMT -5
Doug is willing to carry your entrees to Houston. I will go with him and purchase supplies for our brew. If Mark & Dave want a lager yeast, give me you first and second choice and we will pick them up (I'll select the latest). If anyone else needs ingredients, we can pick them up.
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Post by BeanoMan on Jun 24, 2007 14:34:18 GMT -5
Let's have 3 dropoff points. My house in Nederland, John Cotton's in Beaumont and Dave's shop (club freezer) in Orange/Bridge City. I will pick up the entry's from John on Friday, from Dave on Fri or Sat morning. Highly recommended: use a sandwich ziplocks and rubberband for each beer for Labels and checks. The refrig may cause condensation and get them wet otherwise. Bob, where did we stay last year. I thought it was okay. Can anyone else recommend a place there?? Might want to think about making a hotel reservation. Didn't talk to Dave this weekend. I called and Margaret says he has been helping Johnny. Johnny is going through some tough rehab from an accident a couple weeks ago. To Johnny. Anything I or the club can do let me know.
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Post by Bob McGill on Jun 24, 2007 18:01:23 GMT -5
Doug: I will pick up entrees left at Dave's shop early Friday afternoon. You can also drop off entrees at my house in Orange. I am home most of the time (tennis Wed morning at the courts you will pass a few blocks from my house. If I am not home, leave them in front of the driveway side back door. I will get them with-in an hour unless I have to take Carol again to the hospital (she's currently in Memorial-Baptist as a result of a low immune system from chemo-thearpy).
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Post by Bob McGill on Jun 26, 2007 19:35:35 GMT -5
Dave has volunteered to take entrees to Houston Saturday. Dave may protest, but I suggest anyone entering give Dave a buck per entry to cover his cost (gas + a meal away).
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Post by Bob McGill on Jun 26, 2007 21:17:17 GMT -5
At the last brew-in, Doug & I brewed a 1.088 sg beer. I took the finial runnings, and am convinced we could have got a 1.10 sg if we had used them. This means we should all get 5 gallons of a 1.05 sg beer each. If you want higher, I have corn sager to boost it. I would like at least a 40% wheat beer, but will compromise.
I will crush some of the grains, and will bring my roller mill for the other members to crush. The main thing I will be interested in is that the sparge pH is correct so that we can sparge thoroughly. I will bring my pH meter and acids to adjust. I will also bring additional equipment to boil down the finial runnings.
The hops should be Nobel hops, & I have them (German, Tetanger).
I will pick up the base grain this week-end. They can be American or Belgium lager malt (I prefer the later but it will cost you an additional $1:00).
Initial guess is that the cost (exclusive of yeast) will be less than $15:00 per person.
Since Dave & Mark want to brew a lager, the wheat yeast that I have already purchased will not be of use. Let me know what lager yeast you want and I will purchase them Saturday at DeFalgos. Please give me an alternative in the event the yeast is old or not available.
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