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Contents:
  RE: Beer Tripping in Napa (Jeffrey Byers)
  Gluten Free beer, what to expect? (Kevin Pratt)
  E.T. Barnette Homebrew Competition (stihlerunits)
  Neat program ("Michael O'Donnell")
  Re: Gluten-Free Beer ("Dennis O'Brien")
  Re: baker's yeast (Jeff Adelsberger)
  better bottling procedure? (Matt)


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Date: Mon, 01 May 2006 06:19:19 -0500
From: Jeffrey Byers <jbyers at yakfarm.net>
Subject: RE: Beer Tripping in Napa

Phil,

Maybe a little out of the way but
Russian River Brewing company
in Santa Rosa is worth a trip.
If you are a hophead then their
Pliny the Elder is the beer for you.

http://www.russianriverbrewing.com

regards,
jefe


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Date: Mon, 1 May 2006 08:59:52 -0700 (PDT)
From: Kevin Pratt <oh2bontv at yahoo.com>
Subject: Gluten Free beer, what to expect?

Gluten free beer has seemed to gather enough attention
that I saw some in a recent competition.  I admit,
that I'm curious enough to make one or two, myself.

So, I wonder what the expectations should be for
making this.  What will be the head retention,
texture, mouthfeel and aftertaste of a properly made
version?  How much carbonation is appropriate?  Should
it be very light in color, or should I toast or roast
some of the grain for color and character?

How well do these beers take to hopping?  I would
expect these beers to be light in body, so is hop
astringence a factor?

Kev.




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Date: Mon, 01 May 2006 10:52:53 -0700
From: stihlerunits at mosquitobytes.com
Subject: E.T. Barnette Homebrew Competition

Announcing the 9th Annual E.T. Barnette Homebrew Competition!

This is a BJCP sanctioned competition.

The grand prize for Best of Show is $500!!!

Great prizes and custom medals will also be awarded to the 1st, 2nd and
3rd place winners of each of the seven judged categories.

The seven categories that will be judged are: Pilsner (2A-C) English
Pale Ale (8A-C), American Ale (10A-C), Porter (12A-C), Stout (13A-F),
IPA (14A-C) and Fruit/Spice/Herb/Vegetable Beer (20 & 21A).

Entries will be accepted: June 26 - July 12, 2006

Entry fees: Submit three 12-16 oz brown or green crown capped bottles
and a check or money order for $5.00 in U.S. funds per entry.

Judging: Judging will take place on Saturday, July 15th.

Location: Fox, Alaska (a small mining community ~10 miles north of
Fairbanks)

More information as well as Entry and Bottle ID forms may be found at
the following URL:
http://www.mosquitobytes.com/Den/Beer/Events/Events.html

Should you have any questions or are interesting in judging contact
Scott Stihler at (907) 474-2138 or stihlerunits at mosquitobytes.com.
Please note that both the e-mail address and URL have changed from what
they have been in the past.

Please forward this message to anybody you know that might be interested
in either entering this competition or helping out with the judging.

Cheers,

Scott Stihler
Fairbanks, Alaska





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Date: Mon, 01 May 2006 13:10:08 -0700
From: "Michael O'Donnell" <odonnell at msi.ucsb.edu>
Subject: Neat program

Google has just released another of their nifty free software programs, 
this one with some uses around the home brewery:
http://sketchup.google.com/
it is a simple-to-use drawing program with 3-D component libraries.  I'm 
wasting time right now laying out my dream HERMs.

cheers,
Mike
Santa Barbara, CA



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Date: Mon, 1 May 2006 14:18:50 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Dennis O'Brien" <denniso76021 at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Gluten-Free Beer

Derric wrote:

Have you seen these pages?
   http://www.glutenfreebrewer.com/default.htm
   (in his "grain FAQ" he gives a source for white
    sorghum - Twin Valley Mills).
He has another page about a commercial beer:
   http://www.bardsbeer.com/
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Derric, 
Thanks for the info!  I had not yet seen these.  

>From the glutenfreebrewer.com site, I now have good
sources for two important GFB grains:

Buckwheat - I e-mailed to
http://www.thebirkettmills.com/ and they sell
Buckwheat grain in 50 lb. bags for $22.00 per bag,
plus shipping.

Sorghum - I have not heard back from them, but the
glutenfreebrewer.com site states Twin Valley Mills
has it at around $13 for a 5 gallon bucket (40-50lbs).

Now if I can find a good source of Millet cheaper than
what I can find on Amazon, I should have the bases
covered.

Interestingly, the www.bardsbeer.com has a link for
buying gluten-free malts, but that part of their
business is apparently currently under construction. 
Perhaps in the near future.

Dennis O'Brien
Trophy Club, TX




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Date: Mon, 1 May 2006 17:55:02 -0700 (PDT)
From: Jeff Adelsberger <fuzzydodads at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: baker's yeast

No baker's yeast does quite well at fridge temps. It
works slower but is definately not dormant.

This is actually the proper way to make pizza crusts,
as you get smaller , more uniform bubbles of co2.



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Date: Wed, 3 May 2006 13:08:51 -0700 (PDT)
From: Matt <baumssl27 at yahoo.com>
Subject: better bottling procedure?

Here's a simple idea that may reduce both effort and the potential for
infection and oxidation during bottling:

If, like some people, you sanitize your bottles in the oven, why not
put priming sugar into the bottles *before* you sanitize them?  This
way you can bottle directly from your fermenter without having to stir
anything into it.  No transfer to a bottling bucket/carboy.  No priming
sugar solution.  The danger of infection/oxidation (and the amount of
stuff you have to do) is reduced.

I haven't tried this yet, but I did bake a bottle with some sucrose in
it at 350F (melted sugar, no good) and at 300F (unmelted sugar, good). 


Any thoughts?

Matt




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