[Tastebridge] brew beer at Noisebridge!

Fri Mar 2 10:15:04 UTC 2012

Ohhh guys, you are not making my life exactly easy. I have just found out that I have quite a pretty high chance to find a job in Japan and teach English for a year, putting on a side every month $1500 or so which considering my 2500 eu depth would be not bad. However I was planning to come back to SF  Bay area and start a major project on probiotics starting this summer. And now you are starting such a great project in Noisebridge which would be a homebase of my activities. Life is full of decisions ...

One way or other best of luck and post, post, post!

Sincerely, 

Frantisek Algoldor Apfelbeck

biotechnologist&kvasir and hacker

http://www.frantisekapfelbeck.org

"There is no way to peace, peace is the way." Ghandi

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 From: Tony Longshanks LeTigre <anthonyletigre at gmail.com>
To: David Stainton <dstainton415 at gmail.com> 
Cc: tastebridge tastebridge <tastebridge at lists.noisebridge.net> 
Sent: Friday, March 2, 2012 6:35 PM
Subject: Re: [Tastebridge] brew beer at Noisebridge!

I want to be in on this. I said it before but now I'll step up to the plate. I'm too committed to take on the instigator / emcee role, but will participate in a support capacity. Yerba matte beer sounds like a winner.

Tony

On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 6:14 PM, David Stainton <dstainton415 at gmail.com> wrote:

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>Greetings Tastebridgers!
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>I recently quit my job so now I've got plenty of time to make sure
>Noisebridge starts a kick ass homebrew collective!
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>Firstly, let it be known that I have zero experience with partial mash or full grain beer brewing. I'd like to learn but I want to make it clear that my priority is to use medicinal botanicals in our brews instead of hops! 
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>We've got some empty glass carboys already.
>There is a largish stock pot. Does it have a lid? Is it stainless steal?
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>Here's what we need to get started:
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>- malt extract: preferably a mix of different types to give it nice flavors
>- laboratory ale yeasts
>- bungs and air locks
>- auto siphone/racking cane
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>Nice to have:
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>- hoses (these make great airlocks if used with a bucket of water as an overflow reservoir)
>- a sanitizing agent/detergent (although small amounts of diluted bleach will work)
>- a metal strainer (for straining herbal decoctions into the wort)
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>When dealing with a stock pot with 5-gallons of sticky sweet beer wort I prefer to siphon it into the carboy instead of pouring it into a funnel. It's much cleaner!
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>A couple of the glass carboys have a very wide opening.
>I wonder if we could find bungs that will fit.
>I didn't measure when I was there last: could someone post the measurements?
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>I propose firstly we make a Yerba matte beer!
>I will buy the matte.
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>Cheers,
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>David
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>On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 5:52 PM, Adam Engelhart <adam at tellumo.net> wrote:
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>Sorry if I've fallen out of touch, but I can't recall seeing much
>>about this recently--is this still a thing, or have I missed the boat,
>>or what?
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>>Thanks!
>>
>>--Adam
>>
>>
>>On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 9:02 PM, Adam Engelhart <adam at tellumo.net> wrote:
>>> I'm pretty wide open--do you want to try to gather together a critical
>>> mass of aspiring brewers and set up a time for a meeting?
>>>
>>> My phone number is 415 418 4094, just so you have it. Thanks!
>>>
>>> --Adam
>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 3:31 PM, David Stainton <dstainton415 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Cool!
>>>> When should we make beer?
>>>>
>>>> David
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 2:40 PM, Adam Engelhart <adam at tellumo.net> wrote:
>>>>> I'd love to join in on this.
>>>>>
>>>>> --Adam
>>>>>
>>
>>> On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 11:59 AM, John Adams <jna at retina.net> wrote:
>>>>>> I have so much beer making stuff it isn't funny, and all of it is no longer
>>>>>> in use. Let me know if you need to borrow/buy it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I've got bottle cappers, glass carboys, one plastic primary fermenter,
>>>>>> hoses, airlocks...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -j
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 5:44 PM, David Stainton <dstainton415 at gmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I get this on again off again desire to brew beer at Noisebridge.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I just recently brought a small setup to a friend's house in Oakland
>>>>>>> and we brewed a Lemon Balm ginger ale ~ 7% alcohol potential... it was
>>>>>>> fun!
>>>>>>> Technically we made a braggot since the sugar source is half honey
>>>>>>> half barley malt extract...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The Lemon Balm is a vasodilator which I hear would make
>>>>>>> this beer fuck us up even more... in a good way.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> We have multiple glass carboys... but I wonder if we have an auto
>>>>>>> siphon, hose, bungs, airlocks, strainer, big ass stock pot etc.
>>>>>>> I will soon try to look around to see if we have this stuff.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Does anyone on this list want to help out?
>>>>>>> I've talked to multiple people at Noisebridge who said they're
>>>>>>> interested but they don't read the mailing lists.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> David
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