We took the wort for 3 Sheeps Rebel Kent and added 8 different hops exactly the same way between 8 batches to due the great smash experiment. Grant came and talked to us about their beers.
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Meeting Podcast – Clone Kits vs Commercial
In this home brew meeting we compared home brew shop kits, both extract and all grain of each, and compared them to the commercial beers they are supposed to clone.
Meeting Slides – Dave Campbell – Gadget Night 2014
Dave gave us another entertaining look at the world of scrounging, jury rigging, designing, and building just about every brewing gadget you could think of!
Meeting Podcast – Nick Olson – Artisanal Imports
Nick joined us to talk about the 8 beers we sampled from their portfolio. St. Feuillien Saison, St. Feuillien Grand Cru, Urthel Hop-It, La Trappe Dubbel, La Trappe Oak Aged Quadrupel (very rare), Bosteels Tripel Karmeliet, Bockor Cuvee de Jacobins Rouge, and Brouwerij Lupus Wolf 7.
Meeting Podcast – Shawn Coombs – Rushmore Meadery
Shawn, who is starting Rushmore Meadery, started making mead 20 years ago after joining the Urban Knaves of Grain. He joined us to talk about mead making techniques and tell us a little more about himself and his meadery. We tried several of his meads as well as a few other commercial examples.
Meeting Podcst – Lydia Marks – Great Lakes Brewing Company
Lydia from GLB talked to us about their brewery and beers. There’s a little buzz in the background on this.
Meeting Podcast – Mike Schwartz – Beer Barons
Brief discussion about calibration of hydrometers, refractometers, and thermometers.
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Meeting Podcast and Slides – Bruce Buerger – Beer Barons
Bruce leads us through how, why, and when to cask our beer rather than standard kegging or bottling.
Meeting Podcast – Marina Miller – UWM Graduate School
Marina and a group from UWM did a Masters Thesis on this topic. They interviewed several Barons as part of the research. She presented the results at our meeting.