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Contents:
  Re:  Unclear Beer ("LANCE HARBISON")
  Celebrewtion 2008--Call for Entries and Judges (Jim Larsen)
  2008 South Shore Brewoff - competition announcement ("jeff_ri")
  lending library (Michael Stumpf)


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Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 18:16:47 -0500
From: "LANCE HARBISON" <harbison65 at verizon.net>
Subject: Re:  Unclear Beer

On Feb. 12 Darrell wrote:
>The moral of this story is, I believe, to get more out of the area under 
>the
>false bottom, but not to get greedy, in that this can result in un-clear 
>beer!
>I would rather have clear beer at a lower level of efficiency.

Darrell thinks that being greedy results in un-clear beer.  I do not believe 
this.  Due to my false bottom being 1/8" holes on 3/16" centers my sparging 
carries a lot of husks and flour into the boiler.  I use irish moss and even 
my hefe-weizens will clear.  IMO it does not matter how much is left under 
the FB.  In a perfect world it might, but here on earth it doesn't.  Due to 
the diminishing ability of sparge water to dissolve sugar as the sparge 
progresses the only point in measuring the exact amount in sparge water is 
to waste time in waiting for it to drain.  I always sparge until I collect 
enough wort in the boiler to give me my final desired volume.  My tun 
remains fairly full of sparge water when I unload it.

Lance Harbison 




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Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 16:47:40 -0800
From: Jim Larsen <jal7 at comcast.net>
Subject: Celebrewtion 2008--Call for Entries and Judges



Gold Country Brewers Association Invite you to enter the
2008 Celebrewtion Homebrew Competition, Potluck and Chili Cookoff.

Entries due March 3, 2008 at
Folsom Brewmeister
802 Reading Street
Folsom, CA  95630

Entry fee is $7.00

Make checks payable to Gold Country Brewers

The competition will be held March 8th at
Casa de Gerdsen, aka Rube Goldberg Brewing Co.
7679 Northeast Circle
Citrus Heights, CA

Chili should be delivered the day of the competition.

See http://goldcountrybrewers.org for registration information.

Jim Larsen
Garten Brauerei
Elk Grove, CA 



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Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2008 10:57:46 -0500
From: "jeff_ri" <jeff_ri at cox.net>
Subject: 2008 South Shore Brewoff - competition announcement


The 2008 South Shore Brewoff is the 13th annual homebrew competition 
organized by the South Shore Brew Club. The competition is organized to 
provide entrants with a high level of evaluation and valuable feedback on 
their brewing efforts. Whether you are a novice or a seasoned brewer, we 
welcome your participation.

The competition will be held in Mansfield, MA on April 12th, 2008.  The 
entry deadline is March 28th, 2008.

All entry information is on the club webpage at: 
http://www.southshorebrewclub.org/

Geoffrey McNally (judge coordinator)
Kevin Farrell (competition organizer)




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Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2008 11:07:32 -0600
From: Michael Stumpf <mjstumpf at pobox.com>
Subject: lending library

Is there a lending library?  I'd like to check out some of the past 
issues of zymurgy and brew your own, but they simply aren't available 
anywhere at any price.  Nothing specific, I'd just like to browse to 
look for useful nuggets. 

Actually there was one specific thing - an old issue of zymurgy that 
apparently did a careful comparison of burner efficiency and delivered 
heat.  I'd rather learn from someone else than blow $50 on propane and 
$300 on burner heads to reproduce the experiment.




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