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Contents:
  bleach and vinegar ("Peter A. Ensminger")
  Charity Beer Tasting in Chicago ("Burke, Elizabeth")
  Temperature Questions (danny)
  CO2 Solubility Formula (Fred L Johnson)
  Mead Day is Here! ("Janis Gross")
  Induction heating? (Dean)


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Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 01:28:51 -0400
From: "Peter A. Ensminger" <ensmingr at twcny.rr.com>
Subject: bleach and vinegar

For cleaning stainless steel in the brewery (kegs, kettles, fittings, 
etc.), it's best to avoid chlorine bleach and chlorine bleach-containing 
products. These can permanently damage your stainless steel by causing 
"pitting".

Try a percarbonate-based cleaner (PBW, oxiclean, B-brite, Straight-A, 
etc.) for cleaning metallic brewery items.

Cheers!
Peter A. Ensminger
Syracuse, NY



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Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 20:02:36 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Burke, Elizabeth" <eburke at cff.org>
Subject: Charity Beer Tasting in Chicago

Come on out a cure what ALES ya!

Cystic Fibrosis Foundation's Inaugural Festiv-Ale: A Celebration in Beer
Tasting

The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation proudly presents the Inaugural
Festiv-Ale:A Celebration in Beer Tasting. This fun-filled tasting
features some of the finest beers in the Midwest and beyond. Samples
from Goose Island BrewPub, Summit Brewery Company, Trumer Brauerei,
Flatlander's Restaurant & Brewery, Coors, Capital Brewery, America's
BrewPub & Walter Payton's Roundhouse, Great Lakes Brewing Company,
Flossmoor Station Brewery, Anheuser-Busch and more!

Thursday, September 6th: Vip Reception from 6-7pm and all access tasting
is from 7-10pm at STATE Restaurant & Cafe, 935 W. Webster, Chicago - $40
pre-event, $50 at the door and $65 for VIP Reception-food and beer
samples are included.

Cystic Fibrosis is a life-threatening genetic disease affecting the
lungs and digestive systems of 30,000 children and adults in the
United States.

Purchase tickets online: grillinois.cff.org/festivale07

Info (312) 236-4491 ext. 114 or eburke at cff.org visit www.cff.org




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Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 15:18:53 -0700 (PDT)
From: danny <nuclear_gerbil at yahoo.com>
Subject: Temperature Questions

After dozens of HBD issues, a handful of books, and
countless hours of reading and dreaming of delicious
homebrew, I have decided to take the plunge and order
a small homebrew kit.

However, I was reading recently - why I didn't notice
this before I don't know - that the optimum
temperature for fermenting ales is somewhere around
68-72 degrees. I live in a small apartment at the
moment in hot and sunny Florida, and the thermostat is
usually set around 78-80. It is my understanding that
fermentation at these temperatures can cause
undesirable esters as well as the production of excess
fusel alcohols, and that fermentation activity
generates enough heat the warm the fermenting beer ~10
degrees higher than ambient air temperatures (making
it effectively 90 degrees?). 

So, I don't want to go out and get all the equipment
only to brew sub-par beer, so I guess my question is
am I going to be ok fermenting ales at ~80 (90?)
degrees? Are there certain styles that I can brew and
focus on that will not be heavily affected? Should I
hold out until I move into a larger place where I can
setup a dedicated brew fridge?

Thanks a lot, everyone! Sorry for the beginner
questions :).

Homebrew Noob,
Danny


       


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Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2007 17:41:10 -0400
From: Fred L Johnson <fljohnson52 at nc.rr.com>
Subject: CO2 Solubility Formula

The following formula is posted on hbd.org and at several other  
locations on
the web. It calculates the pressure required to force carbonate beer
to a specified level of carbonation at a given temperature.

P = -16.6999 - 0.0101059 T + 0.00116512 T^2
+ 0.173354 T V + 4.24267 V - 0.0684226 V^2

where P=pressure, T=temperature of the beer, and V=volumes of CO2
that will dissolve in the beer at T and P.

I have not been able to find a reference to the source of this formula.
Can anyone provide me the source for this formula?
- -- 
Fred L Johnson
Apex, North Carolina, USA 


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Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2007 13:28:06 -0600
From: "Janis Gross" <janis at brewersassociation.org>
Subject: Mead Day is Here!

Hello meadmakers and meadmaker wannabes,

Mead Day is here!!!  

If you are hosting a Mead Day site, be sure to register 
(http://www.beertown.org/apps/mead/mead_reg.aspx ) and then fill in 
the delicious details after your mead adventure so we can get a good 
tally for how many gallons of mead were made.  If you are not hosting 
a site but would like to join in the fun, check the registered 
sites for one near you: 
http://www.beertown.org/apps/mead/meadday_select.aspx

Whether you boil, pasteurize, or don't heat the must; make the Mead 
Day mulled apple cyser recipe 
(http://www.beertown.org/events/meadday/recipe.html), follow a 
different recipe, or make it up as you go, above all, be sure to 
Have a Great Time! 

Mmmmm mead......

Wassail,
	Janis Gross
	AHA Project Coordinator
	janis at brewersassociation.org
	303-447-0816 x134



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Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2007 14:55:19 -0700
From: Dean <dean at deanandadie.net>
Subject: Induction heating?

http://www.richieburnett.co.uk/indheat.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Induction_heating

Does anyone know enough about induction heaters to tell me whether it
would be worth looking at building one of these for my HLT and kettle?
My first question is: can it be done on standard 120V/60Hz power?

Looks like the last time someone visited this subject was in #2722 Mon
25 May 1998, but I think there is more to it than that.

Regards,
- --Dean
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Unscrambler of eggs
[3265.6k, 273.2deg] Apparent Rennerian
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i am become def, the mixer of words

I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul


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