Lawrence Brewers Guild

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Yup, I meant 2009. sorry, I updated the post.

they are flushing out their 2009 leaf hops. Not a bad deal for people that don't need/want a full pound of hops.

Domestic:
Fuggle, Palisade and Sterling

Imported:
Czech Saaz and German Spalt

edit** changed the year to 2009. guess I don't know what year it is

I'd love to be in on the 2252-PC Rasenmaher Lagerbier, but my chest freezer shot craps on me a few days ago and I now have no way to lager.
Looking into getting a new freezer.

Blktre wrote:No replacement for displacement.

wow, haven't heard that for a while, and never associated to a friggin' propane burner! LOL

but, still a good point. We are Americans after all.

I think Belden also has the SQ14 and he's doing 24 gallon batches on it. I'm sure he'd rather have the 200k btu at this point, but the 55k seems to work fine. I've been looking into upgrading my setup lately, but I need to calculate the cost of the new burners vs the advantage to having them. It's a...

Putting the wraps on a great day despite the early and late rain! Started the day making a rub for some wild boar ribs that we wrapped in 4 lbs of smoked bacon and used the same rub on a store-bought ham. Loaded the smoker in the rain, got things all setup and smoking. Friends came over, drank some ...

A soldering iron using the flat blade/bit should do it. Or you can go with your torch idea and a piece of metal. I wouldn't suggest you put flame directly to the plastic for fear of burning it. I've sealed plastic parts using a soldering iron before with different levels of success. You may want to ...

I would never leave hops in the refrigerator. Vacuum sealer is the only way to go. Remove all the air and freeze them ASAP. I keep my hops vacuum sealed in a - 2° freezer. Hops degrade regardless of how you store them, but the less air and the colder it is, the longer they will last. As far as bag s...

(some more "wobbly" than others) You just keep on poking him with a stick... don't ya? Hey Bill...How about those nice BIG pictures.... :spam1: I'm fine with all the pictures, its the BBS that should take them down to thumbnails. Too bad ours doesn't, right Sean? Right? lol... now who's p...

they made 3 gallon pin locks?

Got a water report in the mail from the RWD, first one I've ever received and I've been here for over 5 years. Alkalinity, total 91.6 Aluminum 0.03 Calcium 47 Chloride 80 Hardness CaC03 160 Magnesium 11 pH 9.1 Potassium 7.1 Sodium 62 Sulfate 110 After looking at Palmer's chart on mash pH ( Linky ) m...

I may as well do this, since I have 2 keg lids that came w/ my pin locks that have no pressure relief valves, I may as well drill them and fit them for blow-off tubes. Besides, I could also use the lid to serve with if I put a valve on it like you did

Welcome to the group Don! Hope to see you at future meetings.

Monette just reminded me, can it cut 12" tiles?