Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Friday, June 19, 2009
Anheuser-Busch program on MSNBC
Just an FYI:
There was a program about Anheuser-Busch that aired on June 18, 2009. For those who missed it, here's the link.
http://www.cnbc.com/id/25348737/
and what another blogger's reaction
http://drinksnews.blogspot.com/2008/07/cnbc-presents-american-originals.html
There was a program about Anheuser-Busch that aired on June 18, 2009. For those who missed it, here's the link.
http://www.cnbc.com/id/25348737/
and what another blogger's reaction
http://drinksnews.blogspot.com/2008/07/cnbc-presents-american-originals.html
Monday, June 15, 2009
Final preparations for 6/20
I heard back from AB today and I finally have an update regarding where to go at their facility:
"The address of the brewery is 700 Schrock Rd., Columbus, OH 43229 and the entrance you will use is at the intersection of Schrock Rd. and Busch Blvd. Once you pull into the entrance, turn right and head to the gate. At the gate, state that you're here for the Marion Homebrewers Tour and they'll let you in. You can park anywhere in the parking lot and I'll meet you in front of the small building on the North side of the lot. Please have all of the participants wear close-toed shoes and bring a ball cap for head covering. I'll provide safety glasses and earplugs. "
Closed-toed shoes and a ball cap. I will bring some hairnets from my work in case some don't want to wear a ball cap, but this is a food/beverage manufacturing plant - there are certain rules that have to be obeyed. This means no sandals, flip flops or any other footwear that does not entirely cover your feet. He didn't state this, but it is also best practice to remove all jewelry (watches, rings with stones, earrings, bracelets) with the exception of a plain wedding band, and to move anything you may have on your person into your pockets (cell phone on your belt, etc.).
The AB tour starts at 9:00 am. The GB tour will start whenever we can get there, but I have let him know that it *should* be around 11:30.
If you are riding with me, I'm leaving my house by 8am. If you're not there by 8, you're on your own. Hopefully we can leave a bit before 8.
Now onto the brewing! :D It should be a great day for brewing with temperatures in the 80's. Although there's a 30-40% chance of rain and some possible scattered thunderstorms (as of right now), there should be room for everyone in the garage. It's looking like the end product of Saturday's brew day could end up being as much as 40 gallons of beer!!!
My wife and I are providing burgers and chips, John is bringing some sausages, Ned is bringing buns, and Lowell will bring some ice to keep surplus kegs cold for us in the garage while we brew - he may also be doing up some brats. Anyone want to volunteer to bring some other picnic fare such as potato/macaroni salad, baked beans, etc. (or any other favorite dishes for that matter)? Lunch will probably be ready between 2:30 and 3:00, after we get back and get a couple of batches mashed in.
Remember, we will begin tasting the Siebel Institute Sensory Training Kit on Saturday. Bring $20 to participate, and pickup a 6 pack of your favorite yellow fizzy beer to dilute the samples in. Everyone will get a 3 or 4 oz pour of each of the 8 samples that we will be tasting, which equals roughly 2 beers. If there is time, we will be reviewing BJCP categories 9 and 10, so feel free to bring some commercial styles of these if you would like.
I want to stress that if you plan on drinking you need to have a ride lined up or stop drinking early enough that you can drive home when you need to leave. Be responsible, and if someone suggests to you that you may want to slow down if you're going to be driving home, please listen. We're all grown ups - the beer is provided free by many people but none of them are responsible for you and your actions... only you are. (Man, that sounded like one of those "The More You Know" commercials lol)
Lastly, I posted a poll regarding the beers that will be on tap - you can vote for 2 beers. Please vote in the poll if you haven't done so already. Update - I'm going to try to get the Brown and the Rye carbed up and bottled off and have the IPA and the Mild on tap, that way we can have all 4. :D
p.s. - as a token of thanks, it might not be a bad idea for each of us to bring a couple of brews to give to the guys at AB and GB who were gracious enough to make these tours possible.
"The address of the brewery is 700 Schrock Rd., Columbus, OH 43229 and the entrance you will use is at the intersection of Schrock Rd. and Busch Blvd. Once you pull into the entrance, turn right and head to the gate. At the gate, state that you're here for the Marion Homebrewers Tour and they'll let you in. You can park anywhere in the parking lot and I'll meet you in front of the small building on the North side of the lot. Please have all of the participants wear close-toed shoes and bring a ball cap for head covering. I'll provide safety glasses and earplugs. "
Closed-toed shoes and a ball cap. I will bring some hairnets from my work in case some don't want to wear a ball cap, but this is a food/beverage manufacturing plant - there are certain rules that have to be obeyed. This means no sandals, flip flops or any other footwear that does not entirely cover your feet. He didn't state this, but it is also best practice to remove all jewelry (watches, rings with stones, earrings, bracelets) with the exception of a plain wedding band, and to move anything you may have on your person into your pockets (cell phone on your belt, etc.).
The AB tour starts at 9:00 am. The GB tour will start whenever we can get there, but I have let him know that it *should* be around 11:30.
If you are riding with me, I'm leaving my house by 8am. If you're not there by 8, you're on your own. Hopefully we can leave a bit before 8.
Now onto the brewing! :D It should be a great day for brewing with temperatures in the 80's. Although there's a 30-40% chance of rain and some possible scattered thunderstorms (as of right now), there should be room for everyone in the garage. It's looking like the end product of Saturday's brew day could end up being as much as 40 gallons of beer!!!
My wife and I are providing burgers and chips, John is bringing some sausages, Ned is bringing buns, and Lowell will bring some ice to keep surplus kegs cold for us in the garage while we brew - he may also be doing up some brats. Anyone want to volunteer to bring some other picnic fare such as potato/macaroni salad, baked beans, etc. (or any other favorite dishes for that matter)? Lunch will probably be ready between 2:30 and 3:00, after we get back and get a couple of batches mashed in.
Remember, we will begin tasting the Siebel Institute Sensory Training Kit on Saturday. Bring $20 to participate, and pickup a 6 pack of your favorite yellow fizzy beer to dilute the samples in. Everyone will get a 3 or 4 oz pour of each of the 8 samples that we will be tasting, which equals roughly 2 beers. If there is time, we will be reviewing BJCP categories 9 and 10, so feel free to bring some commercial styles of these if you would like.
I want to stress that if you plan on drinking you need to have a ride lined up or stop drinking early enough that you can drive home when you need to leave. Be responsible, and if someone suggests to you that you may want to slow down if you're going to be driving home, please listen. We're all grown ups - the beer is provided free by many people but none of them are responsible for you and your actions... only you are. (Man, that sounded like one of those "The More You Know" commercials lol)
Lastly, I posted a poll regarding the beers that will be on tap - you can vote for 2 beers. Please vote in the poll if you haven't done so already. Update - I'm going to try to get the Brown and the Rye carbed up and bottled off and have the IPA and the Mild on tap, that way we can have all 4. :D
p.s. - as a token of thanks, it might not be a bad idea for each of us to bring a couple of brews to give to the guys at AB and GB who were gracious enough to make these tours possible.
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Let's talk brew day recipe
I want to brew a light German style beer for our brew day. I've also been experimenting with toasting my own grains, so I'd like to incorporate that into this beer. Please critique and add input.
11 gallons:
16# Pils
2 # Vienna
1 # Vienna lightly toasted (275* for 30 min)
1 oz. Northern Brewer @ 60
.5 oz Hells/Hers @ 15
.5 Willamette @ 5
Pitch w/ 2 packets Nottingham and ferment low @ 60 for two weeks.
Looking forward to our brew day together.
Questions, comments....fire away.
11 gallons:
16# Pils
2 # Vienna
1 # Vienna lightly toasted (275* for 30 min)
1 oz. Northern Brewer @ 60
.5 oz Hells/Hers @ 15
.5 Willamette @ 5
Pitch w/ 2 packets Nottingham and ferment low @ 60 for two weeks.
Looking forward to our brew day together.
Questions, comments....fire away.
Tours are full.
Here is the final list. If you or your spouse is not on this list that's because I didn't hear back from you. If your spouse wants to come but isn't on the list, please let me know and I'll get with AB and see if we can add 1 or 2 but he had prevously told me 15. Adding people to the GB tour will not be an issue.
Two new club members will be joining us on the tours - Bill and Jason (and his wife). Welcome, Bill and Jason!
Kyle/Emily
Lowell
John/Jeni
Brett/Beth
Ned
Tony/Alice
Rod
Chad/Eva
Jason & wife
Aaron
Two new club members will be joining us on the tours - Bill and Jason (and his wife). Welcome, Bill and Jason!
Kyle/Emily
Lowell
John/Jeni
Brett/Beth
Ned
Tony/Alice
Rod
Chad/Eva
Jason & wife
Aaron
Monday, June 1, 2009
Equipment needed for 6/20
Both John and Aaron will be bringing kegs of beer with them to the group brew day on 6/20. I only have one 5# CO2 tank, so we will need a way to push beer out of their kegs. If anyone has a CO2 tank that they can bring with either a dual manifold or a single manifold and a splitter it would be greatly appreciated.
FWIW, I will be brewing my annual IIPA, Hopacles '09, on 6/20. If you've never seen 30 oz of hops go into a 5g batch of beer before, you won't want to miss it. :D
John, you really need to add a post here now and then, I don't want to be the only MALTZ member that contributes to the blog! :) If anyone else has something that they want to contribute regularly, please let me know and I'll add you to the list of authorized posters to the blog.
FWIW, I will be brewing my annual IIPA, Hopacles '09, on 6/20. If you've never seen 30 oz of hops go into a 5g batch of beer before, you won't want to miss it. :D
John, you really need to add a post here now and then, I don't want to be the only MALTZ member that contributes to the blog! :) If anyone else has something that they want to contribute regularly, please let me know and I'll add you to the list of authorized posters to the blog.
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