August Tech Meeting

DrPaulsen · Post by **DrPaulsen** » Tue Jul 09, 2013 10:26 pm

The winner of our most recent poll for a Tech Meeting topic was "Yeast Pitching Rates, Starters, & Harvesting". I've prepared material on this topic, along with information on Wort Aeration for an August Tech meeting. The material should appeal to a wide range of experience levels & is focused on the practical rather than the theoretical. If you want to make better beer, this material should help.

As with the last meeting, I can't host, so we need a volunteer. Is anyone willing to host a tech meeting in one of the first two weeks of August? Monday and Thursday work well for me. Preferably this will be a 7-9 pm meeting.

Also, if anyone has specific questions they want to see covered related to fermentation management (pitching rates, temps, O2 levels, etc.) please post them here and I'll do my best to research the question & incorporate some targeted material into the meeting handouts.

DrPaulsen · Post by **DrPaulsen** » Wed Jul 10, 2013 6:40 am

I should also add - if anyone has a suggestion for a public meeting place to hold a Tech Meeting, please put it forward.
On Tuesday, July 9, 2013, DrPaulsen wrote:

The winner of our most recent poll for a Tech Meeting topic was "Yeast Pitching Rates, Starters, & Harvesting". I've prepared material on this topic, along with information on Wort Aeration for an August Tech meeting. The material should appeal to a wide range of experience levels & is focused on the practical rather than the theoretical. If you want to make better beer, this material should help.

As with the last meeting, I can't host, so we need a volunteer. Is anyone willing to host a tech meeting in one of the first two weeks of August? Monday and Thursday work well for me. Preferably this will be a 7-9 pm meeting.

Also, if anyone has specific questions they want to see covered related to fermentation management (pitching rates, temps, O2 levels, etc.) please post them here and I'll do my best to research the question & incorporate some targeted material into the meeting handouts.

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DrPaulsen · Post by **DrPaulsen** » Wed Jul 17, 2013 8:50 am

I've been given permission by local management to host the August Tech Meeting. We'll have to do it in my garage, so please bring a camping chair if you have one. I will print off slides to guide the discussion and will have beer & cider on tap.

Date: 8-August-2013
Time: 7:30 - whenever
Topic: Fermentation Strategies (Pitching Rates, Yeast Starters, Harvesting Yeast, Aeration, & Temp Control)
Location: 3601 Otis Rd SE, Cedar Rapids

DrPaulsen · Post by **DrPaulsen** » Mon Aug 05, 2013 12:02 pm

Reminder - we will be having a Tech Meeting this Thursday. Details are below. I'll provide copies of the discussion material slides for everyone & will have beer on tap. Please bring a chair or be ready to stand the whole time as I only have a couple of chairs & we're meeting in my garage. You're welcome to bring any beer you wish.

DrPaulsen wrote:I've been given permission by local management to host the August Tech Meeting. We'll have to do it in my garage, so please bring a camping chair if you have one. I will print off slides to guide the discussion and will have beer & cider on tap.

Date: 8-August-2013
Time: 7:30 - whenever
Topic: Fermentation Strategies (Pitching Rates, Yeast Starters, Harvesting Yeast, Aeration, & Temp Control)
Location: 3601 Otis Rd SE, Cedar Rapids

DrPaulsen · Post by **DrPaulsen** » Thu Aug 08, 2013 10:56 am

Reminder - Tech Meeting tonight. This should be a good discussion for anyone wanting to make better beer. Probably 90% of the most common flaws I've tasted in homebrew can be traced back to fermentation management.

Date: 8-August-2013
Time: 7:30 - whenever
Topic: Fermentation Strategies (Pitching Rates, Yeast Starters, Harvesting Yeast, Aeration, & Temp Control)
Location: 3601 Otis Rd SE, Cedar Rapids

Jerry J · Post by **Jerry J** » Thu Aug 08, 2013 11:37 am

Have you considered recording the tech meetings? I would gladly pay for a copy. Have two other commitments tonight.

DrPaulsen · Post by **DrPaulsen** » Thu Aug 08, 2013 11:39 am

No, but I have considered re-holding the same meeting if enough folks can't make it to the first one. The material is set up more for a discussion than a lecture so I'm not sure recording it would be effective.

On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 12:37 PM, Jerry J <brew-techmeet@crbeernuts.org (brew-techmeet@crbeernuts.org)> wrote:

Have you considered recording the tech meetings? I would gladly pay for a copy. Have two other commitments tonight.

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JimF · Post by **JimF** » Thu Aug 08, 2013 11:57 am

Lee
I was looking forward to this meeting but since I'm leaving for the GTMW tomorrow, I need to stay home tonight... I would like a (soft) copy of your handouts if possible.
Thanks On Aug 8, 2013 11:56 AM, "DrPaulsen" <brew-techmeet@crbeernuts.org (brew-techmeet@crbeernuts.org)> wrote:

Reminder - Tech Meeting tonight. This should be a good discussion for anyone wanting to make better beer. Probably 90% of the most common flaws I've tasted in homebrew can be traced back to fermentation management.

Date: 8-August-2013
Time: 7:30 - whenever
Topic: Fermentation Strategies (Pitching Rates, Yeast Starters, Harvesting Yeast, Aeration, & Temp Control)
Location: 3601 Otis Rd SE, Cedar Rapids

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DrPaulsen · Post by **DrPaulsen** » Thu Aug 08, 2013 12:22 pm

I plan to distribute a PDF of tonight's slides in the next couple of days.

On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 1:02 PM, JimF <brew-techmeet@crbeernuts.org (brew-techmeet@crbeernuts.org)> wrote:

Lee
I was looking forward to this meeting but since I'm leaving for the GTMW tomorrow, I need to stay home tonight... I would like a (soft) copy of your handouts if possible.
Thanks On Aug 8, 2013 11:56 AM, "DrPaulsen" brew-techmeet@crbeernuts.org (brew-techmeet@crbeernuts.org))> wrote: : Reminder - Tech Meeting tonight. This should be a good discussion for anyone wanting to make better beer. Probably 90% of the most common flaws I've tasted in homebrew can be traced back to fermentation management.

Date: 8-August-2013
Time: 7:30 - whenever
Topic: Fermentation Strategies (Pitching Rates, Yeast Starters, Harvesting Yeast, Aeration, & Temp Control)
Location: 3601 Otis Rd SE, Cedar Rapids

Jim Fuller

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DrPaulsen · Post by **DrPaulsen** » Fri Aug 09, 2013 9:42 am

Thanks to everyone who came out last night for our August Tech Meeting on Fermentation Management. We had a great discussion.

Please find a copy of last night's discussion material attached, below. I know several people couldn't make it so feel free to ask questions about the material either in the forum or at general meeting. If there is enough interest, I'm open to repeating the meeting at some point.

tony b · Post by **tony b** » Fri Aug 09, 2013 9:44 am

Thanks to Lee for hosting and putting on one of our best Tech meetings to date! I think everyone learned something from it.

tony b · Post by **tony b** » Sat Aug 17, 2013 2:08 pm

Had to laugh. Just got my copy of BYO mag and guess what the cover topic is - you guessed it - YEAST!!

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