If you're boiling your yeast starter in your flask, even if you think you can cautiously sift in DME little by little to avoid foam-over, you, my friend, couldn't be more wrong. As soon as you're done cautiously sifting and proud of yourself for doing it, you'll turn around to put your funnel in the sink and just to spite you, the flask will turn in to a Wort Rocket shooting Boiling Wort into the upper reaches of your kitchen.
I think I'd like to get together a lesson plan to teach a class on the history of ales, early ale vs. early beer, and the birth of modern beer. Something along those lines. If it goes well I'd also like to do a class on the history of beer in Chicago, going back to the begininng. How should I go about this. Should I design it for a presentation to the club, or the public, because those would look very different? Because it could be something we offer to help boost recruitment. Maybe hold a semi-public lecture at the Map Room or something if they'd have us (just an example).
I'm not sure if this is the right place for the request - the instructions said to post in the comments section when I signed up but I didn't see one.
This will be my first brew at the club, Feb 23rd from about 9a - 4p. I stopped by once to check it out already. Met some great people and enjoyed the space. I have about 6 or 8 brews under my belt at home so I don't really need any help. Just access.
I've been vindicated (as much as ThrillList is an accurate, definitive, and reliable source)!
I don't know if you will see the page if you follow this link for the Pronunciation of Beers, but I've been saying this whole time that people have been pronouncing "Pliny the Elder" wrong. Now, I've got somethin' to back me up!
It turns out the reason others lose pressure when we are running water is because the entire building shares one 3/4 in water main. Most of our fixtures are either 5/8 in or 3/4 in, which means if we turn them on full blast, there will be pressure loss.
To meet code & be a good neighbor, we have regulators on all of our fixtures. Orginally, they were all 1 GPM, which is tough for our use, so the pot fillers have been replaced with 2.2 GPM and the sink has 1.5 GPM regulators.
I know that makes it longer to fill your pot, but we have to live with it for now.
Do we have anyone going to industry night at Lagunitas? I think it would be wise to be represented there tomorrow if we have a few people there. Please PM me if we have an invite or two.
