Brewcommune

I went to one of them a few years ago; I have not been back. It wasn't bad, just nothing special and the drive home wasn't one to look forward to.

work...sunday? Is that an indication of how the new job is going?

It may end up as later brew if I wait until Sunday to set up my mill so there's a good chance I'll still be brewing.

Uh, that was at 6:00 in the morning Brad.

And you can't be drunk at 6am? What's a porter for if you aren't drinking it for breakfast?

Welcome!

I wish Hollingshead would stay open late enough for me to visit more often or for that matter, hold a BC meeting there.

You guys make it sound like consistency is a bad thing or removes the creativity of the brewer and I think that is ridiculous. The control over brewing is not lost, in fact, it becomes more accurate (in theory - subject to its execution).

I am thinking that I want to automate the system...

Yeah, I want to add the self cleaning function to mine.

Mmmmm... Special B! Tim I would recommend 1.5 ounces at 30 another 1.5 ounces at 10 and finish with 2 ounces at knockout. That or consider taking that 340 minute addition and throwing 2 ounces in your mash and shift the other 2 ounces closer to the finish. Are you trying to confuse me here? Looks g...

Well you could send me one if you want. I just drank my last Sam Adams Holiday Porter last night.

Ok, you win.

I grabbed this recipe off of the Brew Magic Forum and I'll probably brew it on Sunday- 11 gal batch 23 lbs pale ale malt 1 lb Crystal 40 1 lb Special B 1 lb pale chocolate malt Mash in and recirculate at 150 for 1 hour with 1.25 qts/lb (8.125 gallons for this one) on a .050" crush. R/O water fo...

I'll be brewing batch #3 on Sunday.

Ok Dan, I sampled mine last night and it's not something I would want to enter, so please send yours in.

Brad, brewing is great fun, but I wouldn't rate it over sex. Do you blame him?

After spending the last week sick and mostly in bed, I didn't get mine kegged. I'll try to get it kegged tonight and sample it and will let you know if it's up for the challenge.

While reporters tend to paraphrase and miss parts of the story, you guys got a pretty good write-up. Crongrats!

My guess is that the brutus is plenty stable.

My system is not nearly as stout looking as his but holds 3 kegs and 250lbs of water (31 gals.) without issue.