December/January Tech Meeting: Dec. 29th.

carrisr · Post by **carrisr** » Mon Dec 26, 2011 1:53 pm

Thursday December 29th, 7pm at Lee Paulsen's house.

Sorry for the last minute post on this. Lee Paulsen has offered to host us at his house for a demonstration of his all-electric brewing system. We'll also make this an intro to all-grain brewing for those who are interested in how to get started. I'll bring along some very simple equipment and give a brief run-down of the process. This will be a great opportunity to see two ends of the equipment spectrum and ask any questions you might have.

This is also a followup to the meeting we did on electric brewing that Lee presented previously. This would be a great time to see the setup in action and discuss pro and cons of the many ways of going all electric.

Lee will follow up this post with directions and additional info. We look forward to seeing you there!

carrisr · Post by **carrisr** » Mon Dec 26, 2011 1:55 pm

Oh, I guess I forgot to mention: This is a hands-on demo. Lee will be brewing on his setup during the meeting.

DrPaulsen · Post by **DrPaulsen** » Mon Dec 26, 2011 10:27 pm

My address is as follows. Google will get you here. If you came to pick apples or press cider, it's still the same place.
3601 Otis Rd, SE
Cedar Rapids

I plan to dough-in between 7:00 and 7:30 pm. I'll follow up this post with a listing of the recipe I'll be brewing. Having moved somewhat recently, I only have a hoppy IPA and last year's club RIS on tap, but you're welcome to them.

I intend to treat this as a follow-up to the Brewing with Electricity Tech Meeting we did in January 2011. Please find the slides from that meeting attached, below. I won't have any copies of those slides on hand, but will be glad to answer any questions if you bring them.

In addition to a demo of my HERMS system, I will have a pH meter, DO meter, hop rocket, MLT pump float switch, and a few other toys on hand for folks to play with.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/33275630@N ... 123075865/

If you plan to come, please dress warm. We'll be in the garage with the door shut, but I'd guess it will still only be in the upper 40s.

DrPaulsen · Post by **DrPaulsen** » Mon Dec 26, 2011 10:32 pm

This is the recipe I'll be brewing.

Claire's American Pilsner
2-C Classic American Pilsner
Author: Dr Paulsen
Date: 11/23/2011

Size: 6.0 gal
Efficiency: 75.0%
Attenuation: 75.0%
Calories: 168.56 kcal per 12.0 fl oz

Original Gravity: 1.051 (1.044 - 1.060)
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Terminal Gravity: 1.013 (1.010 - 1.015)
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Color: 3.27 (3.0 - 6.0)
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Alcohol: 4.98% (4.5% - 6.0%)
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Bitterness: 33.7 (25.0 - 40.0)
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Ingredients:
7 lb Cargill IdaPils™
3 lb Yellow Corn (Pregelatinized Flakes)
1 lb Cara-Pils® Malt
8 oz Barley Flaked
4 oz Melanoidin Malt
1 oz Tettnanger (4.7%) - added first wort, boiled 90 min
5.0 g Kettle Minerals - Half Mash Additions - added during boil, boiled 60 min
1 oz Tettnanger (4.7%) - added during boil, boiled 20 min
1 ea Servomyces - added during boil, boiled 20 min
0.5 tsp Wyeast Nutrient - added during boil, boiled 10 min
1 ea Whirlfloc Tablets (Irish moss) - added during boil, boiled 10 min
0.5 oz Tettnanger (4.7%) - added during boil, boiled 10 min
0.5 oz Tettnanger (4.7%) - added during boil, boiled 1 min
1 oz Tettnanger (4.7%) - steeped after boil
0.5 lb Rice Hulls - Hop Rocket
5 mL Clarity Ferm - added dry to primary fermenter
16 ea Oxygen - added dry to primary fermenter
2 ea White Labs WLP833 German Bock Lager

Schedule:
Ambient Air: 80.0 °F
Source Water: 60.0 °F
Elevation: 0.0 m

00:05:00 Dough-In - Liquor: 5.87 gal; Strike: 163.61 °F; Target: 150 °F
00:35:00 Beta rest - Rest: 30 min; Final: 149.8 °F
00:46:35 Mash Step - Heat: 11.6 min; Target: 160.0 °F
01:06:35 Alpha Rest - Rest: 20.0 min; Final: 159.8 °F
01:15:55 Mash Step - Heat: 9.3 min; Target: 168.0 °F
01:35:55 Sparge - Sparge Volume: 3.0 gal; Sparge Temperature: 168 °F; Runoff: 7.6 gal

tony b · Post by **tony b** » Tue Dec 27, 2011 10:01 am

Anyone interested in hooking up for dinner at Parlor City before heading over to Lee's for the Tech Meeting - say around 5:30pm?

quinton · Post by **quinton** » Tue Dec 27, 2011 11:15 am

I will be at Parlor City, but need to catch up with a friend one-on-one before the meeting. I could join the Parlor City fracus at 615 or so.

-MG- · Post by **-MG-** » Tue Dec 27, 2011 11:30 am

I'm looking forward to attending my first meeting! Should be interested to see a fully setup electric system as mine is about half built.

carrisr · Post by **carrisr** » Tue Dec 27, 2011 11:44 am

I can probably make for dinner.

On Tuesday 27 December 2011 10:01:56 am you wrote:

Anyone interested in hooking up for dinner at Parlor City before heading
over to Lee's for the Tech Meeting - say around 5:30pm?

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JimF · Post by **JimF** » Tue Dec 27, 2011 11:55 am

tony b wrote:Anyone interested in hooking up for dinner at Parlor City before heading over to Lee's for the Tech Meeting - say around 5:30pm?

I think I might be able to do that. See you there!

Gjoseph · Post by **Gjoseph** » Thu Dec 29, 2011 10:20 am

John and I will be at Parlor around 5:30.

jdulle · Post by **jdulle** » Thu Dec 29, 2011 10:45 am

Hi everybody first time poster long time troller. I met some of you at the election meeting at LB back in Oct/Nov? Looking forward to the tech meeting tonight see you then.

John

Post by **JimPotts** » Thu Dec 29, 2011 12:18 pm

I'll do Parlor City.

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DrPaulsen · Post by **DrPaulsen** » Thu Dec 29, 2011 2:44 pm

Everyone coming tonight - please use the garage entry between the two main garage doors. I'll put up a sign to reduce confusion.

tony b · Post by **tony b** » Fri Dec 30, 2011 11:17 am

Big THANKS to Dr. Lee for hosting this excellent meeting. Good turn-out, some new faces, too!

DrPaulsen · Post by **DrPaulsen** » Fri Dec 30, 2011 5:03 pm

We must have done something right b/c the CAP was bubbling away within a couple of hours of pitching the yeast this morning.

Hopefully everyone had a good time and learned something. Sorry I couldn't get to everyone's questions. I wasn't expecting more than 4 or 5 people to show up, otherwise I would have done more to prepare.

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