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Contents:
  San Diego County Fair Craft Brewers Competition Winners ("Chad Stevens")
  Fast Fermentations (Bryce van Denderen)
  "Metric" measures (was: British pint vs. American pint, Fluid Ozs) ("Greg 'groggy' Lehey")
  Metric tablespoon? ("Ant Hayes")


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Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2007 20:46:26 -0700
From: "Chad Stevens" <zuvaruvi at cox.net>
Subject: San Diego County Fair Craft Brewers Competition Winners

2007 San Diego County Fair - Craft Brewers Competition Winners

**Special thanks to Colby Chandler, Ballast Point Brewer and President of 
the San Diego Brewers Guild, and Jeff's Stainless Solutions for providing 
the Best of Show trophy.


Best of Show: Ordinary Bitter - Shipyard Brewing Co., Shipyard Export Ale


1. Light Lager - 9 (number of entries in class)
Gold: Munich Helles - Ballast Point Brewing Co., Hot Rail Helles
Silver: Munich Helles - Firestone Walker Brewing Co., Firestone Lager
Bronze: no award.

2. Pilsner - 7
Gold: German Pilsner - Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., Sierra Nevada Summer Fest
Silver: German Pilsner - Lightning Brewery Co., Elemental Pilsner
Bronze: Bohemian Pilsner - Boston Beer Co., Sam Adams Boston Lager

3. European Amber Lager - 3
Gold: Vienna Lager - Huntington Beach Beer Co., Vienna Lager
Silver: Vienna Lager - Boston Beer Co., Sam Adams Light
Bronze: Vienna Lager - Coronado Brew Co., Vienna

4. Dark Lager - 6
Gold: Dark American Lager - Lakefront Brewery Inc., Eastside Dark
Silver:  Munich Dunkel - Consorcio Cervecero de B.C., Tijuana Brewing TJ 
Brown
Bronze: Schwarzbier - Karl Strauss Brewing Co., Black's Beach

5. Bock - 8
Gold: Doppelbock - Boston Beer Co., Sam Adams Double Bock
Silver: Dopplebock - Maui Brewing Co., Red Cock Dopplebock
Bronze: Maibock - Karl Strauss Brewing Co., Maibock
Honorable Mention: Maibock - Full Sail Brewing Co., Full Sail Ltd. 2

6. Light Hybrid Beer - 21
Gold: American Wheat - Widmer Brothers Brewing, Widmer Hefeweizen
Silver: American Wheat - Pyramid Brewing, Hefe Weizen
Bronze: Kolsch - San Diego Brewing Co., Aztec Gold

7. Amber Hybrid Beer - 6
Gold: California Common - Lakefront Brewery Inc., Riverwest Stein
Silver: Northern German Altbier - Alaskan Brewing Co., Alaskan Amber
Bronze: California Common - Skyscraper Brewing Co., Lug Nut Lager

8. English Pale Ale - 17
Gold: Ordinary Bitter - Shipyard Brewing Co., Shipyard Export Ale
Silver: Best Bitter - Shipyard Brewing Co., Chamberlain Pale Ale
Bronze: Extra Special Bitter - Firestone Walker Brewing Co., Double Barrel 
Ale

9. Scottish & Irish Ale - 8
Gold: Strong Scotch Ale - AleSmith Brewing Co., AleSmith Wee Heavy
Silver: Scottish Export 80 Schilling - Left Coast Brewing Co., Left Coast 
Scottish
Bronze: Scottish Heavy 70 Schilling - Oggi's Pizza & Brewing Co., McGarvey's

10. American Ale - 34
Gold: American Pale Ale - Maui Brewing Co., Maui Pale Ale
Silver: American Pale Ale - Firestone Walker Brewing Co., Firestone Pale Ale
Bronze: American Amber Ale - Oggi's Pizza & Brewing Co., Sunset Amber Ale

11. English Brown Ale - 9
Gold: Northern English Brown - Pizza Port, Good Grief Brown
Silver: Northern English Brown Ale - Green Flash Brewing Co., Nut Brown Ale
Bronze: Northern English Brown Ale - San Diego Brewing Co., Old Town Brown

12. Porter - 7
Gold: Baltic Porter - Lightning Brewery, Black Lightning Porter
Silver: Brown Porter - Pugsley Brewing Co., Sea Dog Hazelnut Porter
Bronze: Robust Porter - Firestone Walker Brewing Co., Walker's Reserve

13. Stout - 18
Gold: Russian Imperial Stout - Deschutes Brewery, Abyss Imperial Stout
Silver: American Stout - Left Coast Brewing Co., Left Coast Black Magic 
Stout
Bronze: Sweet Stout - Boston Beer Co., Sam Adams Cream Stout
Honorable Mention: Foreign Extra Stout - Deschutes Brewery, Obsidian Stout

14. India Pale Ale - 35
Gold: Imperial IPA - Pizza Port, Wipeout
Silver: American IPA - Green Flash Brewing Co., West Coast IPA
Bronze: English IPA - Firestone Walker Brewing Co., Nector IPA

15. German Wheat & Rye Beer - 14
Gold: Weissbier - San Pedro Brewing Co., Harbor Hefeweissen
Silver: Weisenbock - Pizza Port, None the Weisser
Bronze: Weissbier - Pizza Port, Warm Waters Wheat

16. Belgian & French Ale - 9
Gold: Witbier - Allagash Brewing, Allagash White
Silver: Witbier - New Belgium Brewing Co., Mothership Wit
Bronze: Saison - Brewery Ommegang, Hennepin Saison

17. Sour Ale - 3
Gold: no award.
Silver: Flanders Brown Ale - New Belgium Brewing Co., La Folie
Bronze: Straight Lambic - Ballast Point Brewing Co., Hout Sour Ale

18. Belgian Strong Ale - 13
Gold: Belgian Dark Strong Ale - Port Brewing Co., Lost Abbey Judgment Day
Silver: Belgian Golden Strong Ale - AleSmith Brewing Co., Horny Devil Ale
Bronze: Belgian Tripel - New Belgium Brewing Co., Tripel Belgian Style Ale
Honorable Mention: Belgian Tripel - Allagash Brewing Co., Allagash Tripel

19. Strong Ale - 8
Gold: American Barleywine - AleSmith Brewing Co., Old Numbskull
Silver: American Barleywine - Stone Brewing Co., Stone Old Guardian 
Barleywine
Bronze: American Barleywine - Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., Big Foot

20. Fruit Beer - 8
Gold: Belgian Ale with Raisins - Port Brewing Co., Lost Abbey Cuvee de Tomme
Silver: American Wheat Ale - Pugsley Brewing LLC., Sea Dog Blueberry Wheat 
Ale.
Bronze: Brown Ale with Raspberry - Lost Coast Brewery, Raspberry Brown

21. Spice/Herb/Vegitable Beer - 7
Gold: Porter with Coconut - Maui Brewing Co., Coconut Porter
Silver: Spiced Belgian Blond Ale - Port Brewing Co., Lost Abbey Red Barn Ale
Bronze: Porter with Chocolate - San Diego Brewing Co., ChocoLatte Porter
Honorable Mention: Ale with Vanilla - Alpine Brewing Co., Willy Vanilly

22. Smoke-Flavored & Wood-Aged Beer - 5
Gold: Other Smoked Beer - Alaskan Brewing Co., Alaskan Smoked Porter
Silver: Wood-Aged Beer - Alpine Brewing Co., Great
Bronze: Wood-Aged Beer - Port Brewing Co., Lost Abbey The Angels Share

23. Specialty Beer - 9
Gold: Organic Imperial Weissen - Schneider Weissbierbrauerei, Schneider 
Edelweisse
Silver: Imperial Porter with Coffee - Ballast Point Brewing Co., Victory at 
Sea
Bronze: Imperial Porter - Port Brewing Co., Port Brewing Old Viscosity

Mead:
Gold: Open Category Mead - Redstone Meadery, Sunshine Nectar
Silver: Semi-sweet Mead - Redstone Meadery, Traditional Mountain Honey Wine
Bronze: Other Fruit Melomel - Redstone Meadery, Black Raspberry Nectar

Cider:
Gold: Fruit Cider - Fox Barrel Cider Co., Fox Barrel Pear Cider
Silver: Common Cider - Wyder's Cider, Wyder's Apple Cider
Bronze: Common Cider - Fox Barrel Cider Co., Fox Barrel Hard Cider 



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Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2007 14:48:20 +1000
From: Bryce van Denderen <bvandenderen at svi.edu.au>
Subject: Fast Fermentations

Hi Guys

A smallish question regarding pitching rates. I recently
 (heroically) performed two separate mashes on the
same day yielding 10 gallons of stout wort (OG 1060)
and 11 gallons of amber ale wort (OG 1050). I pitched
a yeast slurry from a previous batch at a rate of 0.7 litres
for the stout and 0.5 litres for the amber. The strain used
was Wyeast 1056. Aeration was performed with pure
oxygen for approximately 10 minutes as slowly as I
could, and the pitching and fermentation temp was 18oC.
To my surprise both fermentations reached an OG of 1012
after only 36 hours. I have never seen fermentation proceed
so quickly. My question is have I overpitched (probably),
 and what are the expected ramifications to the flavour
profile of these brews??

Cheers
Bryce van Denderen



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Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2007 15:34:59 +0930
From: "Greg 'groggy' Lehey" <grog at lemis.com>
Subject: "Metric" measures (was: British pint vs. American pint, Fluid Ozs)

On Wednesday, 13 June 2007 at 14:16:10 +1000, Mark.Hibberd at csiro.au wrote:
>
> Just to show that even metric isn't standard, in Australia
> 1 metric tablespoon = 20 ml = 4 metric teaspoons (5 ml)
> Every where else, 1 metric tablespoon = 15 ml = 3 teaspoons

What this shows is that tablespoons aren't metric.  Like cups, they're
a particularly useless unit of measure.  I've measure real table
spoons to have between 11 and 17 ml.

I won't rant any longer.  I've done so at length at
http://www.lemis.com/grog/recipes/measures.html.  Note particularly
the "cup", which can vary in size by a factor of 4.

Greg
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Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2007 21:22:24 +0100
From: "Ant Hayes" <anthayes at btinternet.com>
Subject: Metric tablespoon?

Mark Hibberd wrote, 
"Just to show that even metric isn't standard, in Australia 1 metric
tablespoon = 20 ml = 4 metric teaspoons (5 ml) Every where else, 1 metric
tablespoon = 15 ml = 3 teaspoons" 

A "metric tablespoon" makes as much sense as Aussie Rules.  My granny talks
of tablespoons - my generation just use mls.

Ant Hayes



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