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Contents:
  Announcing the 6th Annual ABC BrewsCrews Homebrew/Cider/MeadCompetition (jrankert)
  Promash Carbonation Levels of Belgian Witbier (Fred L Johnson)


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Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2012 14:58:38 +0000 (UTC)
From: jrankert at comcast.net
Subject: Announcing the 6th Annual ABC BrewsCrews Homebrew/Cider/MeadCompetition

The 6th Annual ABC BrewsCrews Homebrew/Cider/Mead Competition is coming up
soon. This year judging will be held on June 9, 2012 at Arbor Brewing Company
at the Corner Brewery in Ypsilanti, Michigan. 

Entries will be accepted mid May. 

Details may be found online at: 

http://BrewsCrews.AABG.org 

Judges and stewards will be needed, and information and links for
registering for this one day BJCP sanctioned competition can be found at the
above site. 

Jeff Rankert 

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Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2012 16:04:11 -0400
From: Fred L Johnson <FLJohnson52 at nc.rr.com>
Subject: Promash Carbonation Levels of Belgian Witbier

I am looking for information regarding the recommended carbonation level
ACCORDING TO PROMASH for Belgian styles, especially witbier. I do not use or
have Promash, but I understand that Promash recommends what I believe are
quite low carbonation levels for several Belgian style beers--in the 1.9 to
2.5 volumes of CO2 range. Surely this is not correct. Would someone please
investigate this for me and comment as to how accurate Promash is on this
topic?

Fred L Johnson

Apex, North Carolina, USA

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