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Contents:
  Saison Yeast (leavitdg)
  Irish Moss ("David Houseman")
  23rd Annual Heart of the Valley Homebrew and Microbrew Festival: (Analysis Laboratory)
  link of the week - alcohol grows brain (Bob Devine)
  "What Goes Around..." (Alexandre Enkerli)
  Beer makes you smarter (jhandy)
  Filtering barleywine ("Mark Arneson")


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Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2005 06:14:48 -0400
From: leavitdg at plattsburgh.edu
Subject: Saison Yeast

Anyone have experience with the Saison yeast-WLP 565 ?  I have used this one 4 
times now, and each time I have found that the gravity going into the secondary 
is high...1.019 the first time, 1.021 the second, and so on.  The first time it 
was only 7 days in primary, temps were good, but it really slowed in 
fermentation, second time 11 days, same scenario.

So far I have tasted the first brew, and it is fine, on the light side, but 
this is how it was intended for the first use, no starter, etc.

With time it has cleared and such, but I wonder if I am not feeding it 
something that it wants?

Brewing all-grain.

Happy Brewing!

Darrell


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Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2005 08:04:11 -0400
From: "David Houseman" <david.houseman at verizon.net>
Subject: Irish Moss

Besides affecting the resulting clarity of beer, this additional aid in
separating hot break material from the work will help in the stability of
the beer over time.  So even an opaque stout will benefit form the use of
IM, IMHO.

David Houseman



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Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2005 07:57:24 -0700
From: Analysis Laboratory <analabor at peak.org>
Subject: 23rd Annual Heart of the Valley Homebrew and Microbrew Festival:

WHERE:  Benton County Fairgrounds, 110 SW 53rd Street, Corvallis Oregon

WHEN and WHAT:

Homebrew Competition:
Friday, May 20, 7-10pm:  Novice Judge Training & 1st Session Judging
Saturday, May 21, 9am-3pm: 2nd Session & BOS Homebrew Judging
Homebrew Competition Entry Deadline: 4/16/2005 - 5/7/2005
Awards Ceremony: 5/21/2005, 2 pm

A BJCP/AHA registered competition in all 28 Beer, Cider, & Mead Categories
A 2005 MCAB (Master Championship of Amateur Brewing) Qualifier
Homebrew Competition Entry Fee: $6 per entry, requires 3- 12 oz. bottles

Microbrew Festival:
Saturday, May 21, 3 pm- 9 pm
Featuring 25+ Microbrews, Food Booths, Brewing Information, Beer Gear 
Raffle, and More!
Live Music by The Carolines, Jackstraw, Jaycob Van Auken, and Cicada
Admission:  $8 per adult, includes a souvenir pint glass and 2 tastes.  
        Additional tastes $1.00 each

For more information, visit www.hotv.org/fest2005 or call or email Joel 
at  Corvallis Brewing Supply, 541-758-1674, joel at brewbeer.cc


Homebrew Competition Entry Deadline: 4/16/2005 - 5/7/2005
Awards Ceremony: 5/21/2005, 2 pm
Sanctioned by: AHA/BJCP
Contact: Joel E. Rea
Phone: 541.758.1674
Fax: 541.754.6656
Email: joel at brewbeer.cc
Web: http://www.hotv.org/2005fest



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Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2005 13:29:26 -0600
From: Bob Devine <bob.devine at worldnet.att.net>
Subject: link of the week - alcohol grows brain

The reports of brain damage from alcohol have been
told and re-told.  As a scare story it works on kids.
The story got turned around in the "culling the weakest
brain cells from the herd" theory.

Here's a study that found it promotes the growth
of new nerve cells if used over a long time.

http://www.scienceblog.com/cms/node/7694
(BTW, "ataractic" = "tending to tranquilize")

Raise a beer to science!

Bob Devine
Riverton, UT


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Date: Sun, 1 May 2005 07:49:13 -0500
From: Alexandre Enkerli <aenkerli at indiana.edu>
Subject: "What Goes Around..."

Had fascinating discussions with "the brewer at the end of the 
universe" (have to have some Hitchhiker's references...), Jeff Renner, 
and he imparted words of wisdom on the virtue of carefree giving. 
Similar to what we in cultural anthropology call "generalized 
reciprocity," the principle that when someone offers somebody else a 
beer, that person will in turn offer a beer to someone else and so on, 
until everyone is enjoying beer together. It really is what makes the 
world tick, or at least one of the things, as carefree giving is 
typically what parents do with their children.
Of course, the principle is stronger with knowledge as it isn't lost by 
being given. "Give a man a homebrew, and he'll ask for more. Teach a 
friend to homebrew, and he'll get other people to homebrew."

Cheers!

AleX in Ann Arbor, MI
[0,0] Apparent Rennerian



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Date: Sun, 01 May 2005 14:02:58 -0700
From: jhandy <j.handy at comcast.net>
Subject: Beer makes you smarter

OK, in case you missed this. Evidence that beer doesn't make you fat, 
fights cancer and makes you smarter, The trifecta of good living.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/04/29/booze_makes_you_clever/

Jhandy



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Date: Sun, 1 May 2005 21:55:37 -0400
From: "Mark Arneson" <marneson at email.com>
Subject: Filtering barleywine

Hello all, 

My question is about filtering.  I just purchased a filter for my IPA's
and Pilsners (I haven't tried it yet).

My last brew was a Bigfoot Barleywine clone and It's been in the
secondary for three weeks now.
Next week, I'm planning on transferring to a keg and I'm wondering if I
should filter a Barleywine.

Any experience or ideas?

Thanks
Mark Arneson
Atlanta, GA
marneson at email.com



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