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	FORUM ON BEER, HOMEBREWING, AND RELATED ISSUES
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Contents:
  Re: Popcorn (Alan Semok)
  beer and calories (bill keiser)
  Patenting Yeast Strains? (Alexandre Enkerli)


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Date: Tue, 04 Aug 2009 01:28:07 -0400
From: Alan Semok <asemok at mac.com>
Subject: Re: Popcorn


On Mon, 03 Aug 2009 20:00:37 -0400, stencil <etcs.ret at verizon.net>  
wrote:

> Is there any experience with the use of popcorn, in pound
> quantities, as the maize contribution in a CAP or CACA?
> Does the flavor carry over into the finished brew?
> Could I achieve the same flavor effects by toasting grits?
> Are the popping oils successfully trapped by the grain bed
> during the sparge?


Use a hot air popper (not popping oil) and you are good to go.   
Popcorn works quite well  for beer...I've used it a number of times  
for one of my Pale Ale formulas, and it's a  great contribution.
Go for it.
Just don't pop in oil.


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Date: Tue, 04 Aug 2009 06:40:31 -0400
From: bill keiser <bk2 at sharpstick.org>
Subject: beer and calories

 In the interest of not developing (or reversing) a beer gut, I am 
looking for information on the specs on beers. And some recipes or means 
of modifying existing ones that are not as fattening, but still palatable.
 When calories are stated for beer and wines, does that include the 
caloric value of the alcohol itself, or just the sugars in it? If the 
former, are alcohol calories fattening?
bill keiser


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Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2009 10:21:49 -0400
From: Alexandre Enkerli <enkerli at gmail.com>
Subject: Patenting Yeast Strains?

This Wired piece on reviving yeast from old amber has made it to our
brewclub mailing-list:
http://is.gd/22dPT

An interesting passage:
' Cano is delighted with the burgeoning success of Fossil Fuels ale.
It'll earn him a little bit of money, and every pint or bottle sold
could kick off a conversation about his momentous discovery 14 years
ago. His only worry is that the unfiltered nature of this beer means
that some of his yeast will invariably settle to the bottom of the
glass or bottle, and an unscrupulous brewer could collect that and use
it in another beer. The microbiologist has applied for a patent on his
strains and has sequenced the genomes so he can tell if someone else
has stolen it. "I am the keeper of the family jewels," Cano says. He
isn't about to let them fall into the wrong hands.'

Can he get a patent on this strain? If so, what does it mean for the
brewing industry?

In the past, I asked a seemingly naive question about protection of
yeast strains through legal measures. I seem to remember it was during
a "fortnight of yeast" but the only thing I can find in the archives
is a general question about legal issues surrounding yeast (in #4468).

If someone has information about the application of patent law (or any
other "intellectual property" law) with regards to yeast strains, I'd
be interested.

Cheers!

Ale-X in Laval
ARC [888km, 62.5]
http://blog.informalethnographer.com/


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