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	FORUM ON BEER, HOMEBREWING, AND RELATED ISSUES
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Contents:
  Re: Coffee stout ("Bill Pierce")
  RE: Mashtun Insulation ("Ryan Thomas")
  Re: Mashtun Insulation (Mike Schwartz)


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Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2013 22:58:42 -0400
From: "Bill Pierce" <BillPierce at aol.com>
Subject: Re: Coffee stout

I concur entirely with Michael Thompson's endorsement of Nathan Watkins's
cold steeping coffee method from Zymurgy.  In fact, you might try this for
your morning cup sometime as an experiment.  Heat the cold coffee in the
microwave (I know; it's heresy to coffee purists).  Of course there is no
need to heat the coffee for addition to beer.

 

One thing I might add is that for beer it's best to use coffee beans with a
medium roast.  Darker roasts such as French roast and espresso, for example,
as well as most of Charbucks (er, Starbucks) varieties, tend to bring out
the coffee oils that can cause a sheen on the surface of the beer and reduce
the head.  For the same reason, Watkins recommends a coarser grind; fine
grinds again tend to bring out the oils.

 

Brew on!

 

Bill Pierce

Cellar Door Homebrewery

Burlington, Ontario

 

 


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Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2013 21:53:47 -0600
From: "Ryan Thomas" <ryanthomasai at gmail.com>
Subject: RE: Mashtun Insulation 

Mike Morton asks about mash tun insulation.  I've had good results with
something similar to Reflectix, which is essentially bubble wrap with Mylar
on both sides.  Wrap it around your mash tun and secure with some tape.
Easy on and off if you are going to be direct firing the mash tun as a
kettle in a BIAB setup.

I've don't directly heat my mash from the outside, so I've been considering
a nanotech paint-on insulation.  It's a bit pricey, but seems like it would
do the trick.

http://www.nansulate.com/nansulate_translucent_GP.htm

Cheers,
Ryan


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Date: Fri, 02 Aug 2013 07:41:06 -0500
From: Mike Schwartz <mjs at seadogboats.com>
Subject: Re: Mashtun Insulation

Mike Morton asked about Mash Tun insulation.  I've never worked with the
denim material but have seen fiberglass that's completely sealed in plastic
sleeves to ease installation.  I use closed cell foam like the sleeping pads
they sell at sporting goods stores for camping or exercise pads.  Works
great, very easy to work with, and reasonably inexpensive.

Mike Schwartz

Beer Barons of Milwaukee

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Born to brew, forced to work...

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