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	FORUM ON BEER, HOMEBREWING, AND RELATED ISSUES
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Contents:
  Re: Culturing Yeast (Kevin Gray)
  16th Boston Homebrew Competition: Call for Judges (Eric Wooten)


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Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 10:20:23 -0500
From: Kevin Gray <kevin.gray at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Culturing Yeast

A question for the larger group. A friend recently gave me a six pack
of Malta, which is a malt beverage made by Goya that is essentially
malt syrup and a little bit of hops. I know some folks have used this
to step up yeast cultures, but has anyone used it to built up a
starter from the dregs of a commercial beer? I'm thinking I can
sanitize both the beer I'm culturing from and the malta bottle, then
just pour the malta into the source bottle. Anyone tried this? Am I
naive in thinking this will work?

Kevin


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Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 10:26:10 -0500
From: Eric Wooten <ecwooten at gmail.com>
Subject: 16th Boston Homebrew Competition: Call for Judges

It is with great pleasure that the Boston Wort Processors present the 16th
Annual Boston Homebrew Competition. This competition attracts entries from many
of the best brewers in New England and across the country. The competition will
be held at Communispace Headquarters, located at:
Arsenal On The Charles; 100 Talcott Avenue Watertown, MA 02472,
and features breakfast, lunch, and free parking for all participating
judges and stewards.

The competition will take place on Saturday, February 26, 2011. Judging begins
promptly at 9am, continues through an afternoon session, and is immediately
followed by the Best of Show judging and presentation of awards for winning
brewers on site. Judges are encouraged to come for the whole day, but welcome to
participate in either session.

If you've judged this competition before, we would sincerely appreciate your
help again. If you haven't judged this contest before, this has historically
been a high quality, well entered competition in which you'll be joined by many
talented and experienced beer judges and enthusiasts. You can register to judge
or steward at:
http://www.wort.org/boston-homebrew-competition/bhc-judge-registration.html

This is a BJCP Sanctioned event and we will be judging all 28 BJCP 2008 Styles
for this competition. As in past years, the BHC will serve as the Northeast
Region Qualifying Event for the Masters Championship of Amateur Brewing.

For more information please visit the competition website at
http://www.wort.org/boston-homebrew-competition.html
or email Judge Coordinator Eric Wooten at ecwooten at gmail.com.

Thank you for your support, and we look forward to seeing you on the 26th,
Eric Wooten 16th BHC Judging Coordinator
ecwooten at gmail.com


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