So it could be a few things. I assume they meant wyeast4184 which is the sweet mead strain - which has a relatively low alcohol tolerance 11% vs K1-V1116 (or Wyeast 4632) which is 18%. So that right there could be it. Did they do staggered nutrient/oxygenation or just once at the beginning? Did...
As I mentioned last night, our friend Natalie from Founders is running a beer spelling bee shenanigans type event as part of AC Beer Week. Because they are trying to get as many contestants as possible to make this a great event, she offered to pay for BL members if they were to participate. See...
We have all been waiting and the day is finally here, Cross Keys Brewing will be opening next week. As this is will be the culmination of a lot of work from our beloved first club President Evan Fritz we will be relocating our March 2018 to Williamstown, NJ for some early access to the brewery...
Well....I've been talking about doing this for a few years and we finally did it!
We have developed a discount program for dues paying club members. At the February meeting all paid members will have a brand new credit card style member card with your name on it and everything. This can be used...
As one of our new discount partners - information will be posted shortly - Earth Bread & Brewery wanted me to pass along the information for their homebrew competition. Application is found attached.
I batch sparge and am really happy with it....yes you lose a little efficiency, but a) in a 5 gal batch 2-3% is maybe a 0.5-1 lb more grain... b) over time as you perfect your batch sparge, you can get pretty close to fly sparge.
execution is more important that sparge method. doing a crappy...
My friends who own haymaker meadery in PA are doing a mead day event.
So the event details are all on Haymakers Facebook page but we will be releasing 2 new meads, Coco-Calypso (our award winning pineapple mead aged in rum barrels, but this one has coconut as well) and Melow, a traditional...
Hey BLers
We're as patriotic as the next club, but we aren't going to make you come out to a meeting on July 4.
Instead we will shake things up and change the meeting to the FOLLOWING Tuesday July 11
Also a change - the meeting will be located at our good friends Village Idiot Brewing.
To...
JUNE MEETING: Everyone in light of this awesome event at Brickwall supporting Brett's Family - we are going to forgo our Tuesday meeting. We will still make some announcements but this is just a day to celebrate our club members and support our friend...
just a heads up, places like SJW fill with industrial grade O2, not medical grade. Personally, I don't care, but if you are more finicky.
It's the same deal as CO2, just means there is ALLOWED to be trace amounts of oils.
pressure drop across the tap should be minimized. higher pressure drop through the tap results in more velocity - more turbulence in the beer. This higher energy will cause a bigger dip in instantaneous pressure and can go below the pressure needed to keep the CO2 in solution. by the time the...
Hey Everyone,
I wanted to remind you all about tonight's Aleiens Popin meeting at Neshaminy Creek Brewing Co. Doors open at 6pm and we'll start the meeting at 7pm. Everyone can have a few minutes for their clubs announcements. The round panel discussion with NCBC brewers and owners will...
As I have mentioned over the past few meetings, we will be joining forces with Philly Homebrew Club and Aleiens, along with Tonewood Brewery to celebrate Learn to Homebrew day! Details below and on the facebook event (https://www.facebook.com/events/725670837583458/)
We'll have the jockey box...