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Contents:
  On beer prices in Germany ("A.J deLange")
  Market pressures - Hops and Grain (okmusketeer)
  Max Ferment Temp ("Rich Lynch")


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Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2007 08:27:00 -0500
From: "A.J deLange" <ajdel at cox.net>
Subject: On beer prices in Germany

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/business/2007/12/06/plietgen.german.beer.cnn 



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Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2007 9:57:43 -0500
From: <okmusketeer at cox.net>
Subject: Market pressures - Hops and Grain

Regarding the Hop/Grain price increases, the Brewing Network just did a
"Sunday session" show (12/2 is the date) and had as guests Ralph Olsen,
President of Hopunion, and Ian Ward, President of Brewers Supply Group.
They both covered all the market pressures, and it was a fascinating show.
http://www.thebrewingnetwork.com/sundayarchive.php


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Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2007 12:45:19 -0500
From: "Rich Lynch" <rlny7575 at gmail.com>
Subject: Max Ferment Temp

In an attempt to make a more flavorful Hefeweizen, I decided to try
fermenting warmer than usual.
Since I don't own a brew belt, I decided to simply push my carboy
tangent to a corner section of baseboard
heaters, crank the thermostat to 70, cover with an insulating mound of
blankets, and call it a night.
Upon waking I found the brew fermenting vigorously and my temperature
to be... what is my temperature?  It's
off the scale of one of those stick on LCD thermometers, meaning 80F
plus !!  I took a "wrist reading"
and I'm guessing the warm glass to be about 90F! My question is:  Can
I safely drink this stuff when it's done?  Will I suffer crushing
headaches or other ailments?  I'm brewing with SafBrew WB-06 - the
new dry wheat beer strain.  I've pulled the fermenter away from the
heater, lowered the thermostat to 65F,
hopefully that lower the carboy to near-normal temps by the time I get
home from work today.  Has Anyone
had a similar experience that turned out ok? Thanks, Rich


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