MSUMAIL: Re: [GLLUG] Eureka!
Ian M Walker
walkeri1 at msu.edu
Thu Apr 26 01:37:21 EDT 2007
1) I've played with qbrew a long time ago, and it might be time to give it
another try. I remember it not working that great, but it seems reasonably
robust now.
2) If you start a homebrew mailing list, I know of some people who would
join. Myself, probably my boss, my buddy who I brew with - he's a
biochemest, so it wouldn't hurt to have him for people to throw yeast
questions at :)
3) We use Pacman on our last stout. It turned out good, but it churned out
so much alcohol that it killed itself, so we didn't have any yeast left for
bottle conditioning! The only complaint I have about it is that the beer
wasn't carbonated at all. :)
Ian!
walkeri1 at msu.edu
Adam McDougall writes:
> On Wed, Apr 25, 2007 at 07:54:15PM -0400, Ian M Walker wrote:
>
> I had hit reply earlier, not reply to list. But what I had said was that
> there IS open-source beer:
> http://www.freebeer.org/
> Its a Creative Commons lisense on the recipe. And its caffinated! Guarana is
> one of the ingredients. I have yet to brew it myself, but...
> And yeah, a lot of brewers are very generous with their recipes. One of my
> favorite beers (http://www.shmaltz.com/lennys.html) flat-out lists their
> recipe on their website. Its for their full batch, but if you do the math,
> you can scale it down (but some of the hops are hard to find - I have a
> batch in the basement right now that's based on it).
> But yeah, you can find a lot of recipes that are close, if not pretty
> precise, but even if you find the one that's used, equipment and water
> effect the beer, not to mention the fact that most of us don't have a setup
> quite large enough for brewery-size batches; a sparge volume of 1389 gal,
> and a dry hop of 66lbs... not exactly small.
> Speaking of open-source and beer, it kind of bums me out that I can't find a
> decent beer recipe manager that's open source. I have Beer Alchemy
> (http://www.kentplacesoftware.com/products/BeerAlchemy.html) for my Mac, and
> there's BeerSmith (http://www.beersmith.com/), but... At least BeerSmith
> runs well (enough) in Wine, but you still need to buy a liscense.
> Ian!
> walkeri1 at msu.edu
>
> I'm glad this was brought up. I've tried qbrew and it seems decent.
> Try it out. http://www.usermode.org/code.html
>
> Also seeing as how people that brew are suddenly exposing themselves,
> I decided I should make a mailing list for the topic so interested persons
> can join and collaborate. I brew myself and have a few friends that do,
> and I have 4 packages of rogue pacman yeast in the fridge waiting for an
> opportune moment. I know of 2 MSU faculty that brew in some form as well.
> I will probably setup homebrew at twistoffornot.com with mailman.
>
> My friends and I also have a wiki setup at http://www.attemptedzymurgy.com/.
> I'm partway through documenting my brewing process and equipment, haven't
> worked on it in a while but the beer(s) of interest section is up to date.
> We do a number of beer kits from things beer plus some recipes from elsewhere.
>
> Clay Dowling writes:
> > It's the rare beer that isn't open source. Brewers tend to be pretty
> > generous about sharing information. If Fred Seers of Frankenmuth Brewery
> > shared his Frankenmuth Dark recipe (which he did, I have it), I think it's
> > safe to assume most will. Copying his process and making an identical beer
> > would be next to impossible. His former assistant is head brewer there now
> > and the beer is different. Still good, but definitely a different beer.
> > Clay Adam McDougall wrote:
> >> Only if your beer is Open Source! ps. I would drink the Goat Scrotum (go
> >> ahead and try to take THAT out of context) On Wed, Apr 25, 2007 at
> >> 02:20:16PM -0400, Lachniet, Mark wrote: If you guys wanna get REALLY nutz,
> >> I'll brew up a few 5gal kegs of GLLUG beer
> >> in my basement.. Even the acronym is reminiscent of swilling down beer.
> >> (Gllug
> >> gllug gllug, burph, ahhh) Lemme see, Penguin Porter? Linux
> >> Lager? I make a mean "Goat Scrotum Ale"
> >> but somehow I don't think that will sell well. :)
> >> Mark Lachniet
> >> Technical Director, Security Group
> >> Analysts International
> >> (517) 336-1004 (voice)
> >> (517) 336-1160 (fax)
> >> mailto: mlachniet at analysts.com
> >>
> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >> ------
> >> From: linux-user-bounces at egr.msu.edu on behalf of Clay Dowling
> >> Sent: Wed 4/25/2007 2:22 PM
> >> To: Chick Tower
> >> Cc: linux-user at egr.msu.edu
> >> Subject: Re: [GLLUG] Eureka!
> >> Chick is a genius!
> >> I'll volunteer to do the same for the beer, while providing tech
> >> support.
> >> Clay
> >> Chick Tower wrote:
> >> > I have the solution to a couple of problems, and it's simple. We serve
> >> > Woodchuck Draft Cider on-tap (not bottles!) during the whole of
> >> Penguicon.
> >> >
> >> > A) People not old enough to drink are banned by state law. ("Sorry,
> >> > it's not OUR decision that you can't come in, it's the state's.")
> >> >
> >> > B) I'll be in the computer lounge twenty-four hours a day, so the need
> >> > for staffing is cut in half.
> >> >
> >> > However, let that tap run dry and there'll be hell to pay.
> >> >
> >> Chick
> >> >
> >> >
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