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	FORUM ON BEER, HOMEBREWING, AND RELATED ISSUES
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Contents:
  Text for water calculations (Jason Gazeley)
  Flag poles for hops?? ("Doug Moyer")
  Mineral (calcium?) loss during the mash (Fred L Johnson)


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Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 10:47:23 -0600
From: Jason Gazeley <jason.gazeley at gmail.com>
Subject: Text for water calculations

Does anybody have a suggestion for a book with good water calculations?
I specifically want to know how much loss I have from my mash to my boil
kettle so I can properly readjust  the mineral content pre boil.

Cheers,

Jason


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Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 13:25:46 -0400
From: "Doug Moyer" <shyzaboy at yahoo.com>
Subject: Flag poles for hops??

I have planted six hop mounds - in a single line, spaced about five feet 
apart (center to center). I was thinking about putting in two flag poles 
(one at each end) and running a line between the two, with the hop twine 
dropping vertically to each mound. (Advantage: I can use the flag pole 
pulleys to lower the bines and twine for harvest time.)

I don't want to spend much money, but I don't want to go too cheap that they 
don't hold up to the wind.

I won't be flying a flag so that's not a risk. I wouldn't imagine that the 
weight of the hops would be problematic, even in strong winds.

The cheaper 20' models are sectional, with a 2" diameter. Would that be up 
to the task? (Note: while four of the hop mounds have small rhizomes and 
won't produce much for a couple of years, the other two have two HUGE root 
masses from one of my friends, so I expect them to be productive even this 
year...)

Any thoughts from hop growers?

Brew on!
Doug Moyer
Troutville, VA

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Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 22:15:58 -0400
From: Fred L Johnson <FLJohnson52 at nc.rr.com>
Subject: Mineral (calcium?) loss during the mash

There have been a few stray comments lately implying that a  
significant amount of the minerals in the water or added to the mash  
are lost during the mash. I've never read anything definitive about  
this. Can someone enlighten me? If certain ions (calcium?) are lost  
during the mash, can someone give me the mechanism and the extent to  
which this occurs?

Fred L Johnson
Apex, North Carolina, USA



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