BADBaxter

Clown in host

I saw this a while ago...

I did not think that it was possible.

Well Boys and Girls...

Will be brewing a dopplebock next weekend. PM me if you are interested in this process and want to come over. The mash will be a tripple decoction and the whole process is labor intensive and time comsuming. (Most breweries stopped using this traditional method...) About 9 - 10 hours overall. Fun because it is warm beeing around the decoction/boil pot, folks can come and go... Food available... and Ryan & Ray's IPA will (Hopefully) be drinkable by then!

I will post the grain bill after I figure it out!

Brewery

About mead... Let me know... I have 4 gallons of honey ready to go!

Andy... I have a Porter (50% wheat, chocolate and brown malts) that a good friend brewed going on nitro in two weeks... also a Imperial Stout .. All for my other clubs Christmas party.. Ahh S(censored)!

I'll let you know if there is any leftovers (drinking)

Wow... when the lights came on...

WOW... Do corals eat shrimp?:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

Wow Holly...

You have a clown that likes to bite!

Mine would always find that web between the fingers... the one spot that it could put into it's mouth!

swim up... snap... blood making the fish hungry...

To bad they did not survive the move from Colorado... or else I would be cursing also.

Alright...

I thought that I would not mix hobbies..... (but my refractometer works for both:) )

Yes. I have a nice little brewery.. can make up to 50 gallons a batch... only problem is I have to use my conicals and all of the carboys!

I usually only do 11 gallon batches, that way I can have 5 or 6 styles on tap at a time. Get bored drinking all the same stuff. Have 5 taps on the fridge... one nitro and 4 CO2.

I make mead (Honey and water... fermented) it is not that sour battery acid stuff.. that is probably a Lambic you are speaking of (Ronjr?). Yes... I have a firkin... a 11 gallon barrel that is now a Lambic barrel. Infected with all of the nasty sour bugs from Belgium... Also known as controlled spoilage!

I also do wine. This year we crushed a ton of grapes... primary fermentation is done and now time for the malolactic fermentation. will probably barrel it next month. Last year and this year we did Sryah or the Aussie spell it Shiraz, which is the wine that Nyles tasted.

I belong to a brew club "The Heart of the Valley Homebrewers". We put on a homebrew competition and microbrewery festival each year. Next year is our 25th year! We like to throw a big party! live bands... food... 43 Kegs of beer... all to raise money for the local food share and OSU scholarship fund... Plus... nobody was arrested!

I teach a BJCP (Beer Judging Certification Program) class. The class prepare the students to pass the national test and become a beer judge. Really... It is pretty hard... Did you know that there are 28 different sytles of beer and mead? some of those styles have 5 or 6 subcatagories. A lot of information to learn.

Sorry to ramble... I enjoy that hobby while enjoying this habby! in other words...

Drink a beer and watch the tank!

Bill

Oh! I am setting up a brew session like what I did for R-3 and Reefin'. I think that Palani and mbeef61 want to brew also. Let me know who is interested.

Yes.... having 4 gallons of water surge the tank randomly about once a minute... it was nice.

Very noisy in the living room.

Might just be the thing for the classroom though.

I have thought a lot about doing a CL...

However...

CL are far more expensive to install, maintain and in their energy consumption than good PH's

for example...

Use 2000gph for the circulation and $0.10 per Kwatt.

A good CL pump alone cost ~$200-$300 and uses 2-300Watts of energy, an OM 4way is $340 plus the cost of drilling, plumbing, bulkheads and ball valves easily pushes the $800 price. It can be done for less... Will cost you ~$21.00 a month to operate.

Tunze 6000 streams with controller cost ~$800, produces 3600gph and only use 36watts of electricity. Will cost you $2.60 a month to operate. Produces more flow that the CL. Will run for 3 days on my battery backup.

In case of a power outage... I would still be fine.

JMO

Bill

Thinking about doing an open loop system for my sump return....

Yes... THANKS a bunch McBrides and FantaSeas!

Had a great time and the store is looking great.

Thanks again

I don't even own photoshop...

If I did the photos would be flawleess....

Ya man...

Second that thought...

Being the Beaver are my Alma Mata....

I was posting this pic (getting better with the camera:)) and saw this!

What happened... did the shrooms mate?

How would that only effect the pie shaped portion?

Are these the parents: (OK bad photo:()

Just curious.

So OldBrownies...

You are saying that the 10K lights doubled your growth?

Mike...

Save a leather for me

It is amazing... they still have the bright color... other heads are fine...

Looks like you ate acid or something...

Yep...

I use a little piece of plastic pipe, about 1" high and 1 1/2" diameter.

Just place the 'rings' around the piece on the substrate.

Hope that helps.

Yaa... the first time mine did that.. I thought it was melting/coming apart.. dying is the word

illccsd,

I would trade or pay for the O.R.A. sps and the orange monticap w/purple polyps...

thanks,

Stuff available

Have a lot of shrooms, blue green w/stripes, green w/ patches, green w/spots a couple of large pieces of hydnophora and a 1" x 2" piece of tan w/green edges plate coral. The camera I just bought last month. Trying to figure out how to shoot through glass! The photos are bad, sorry. the colors just didn't come out. Hope I learn something at the meeting!

Tank left:

Shrooms:

Hydnophora:

Green Plate:

Hey... I would take a piece or two. I'm in Corvallis.

I'm trying to fidure out how to post photos... currently wadeing thruogh photobucket.

I'll take a frag of the green w/acro. the messaner says that I am not a member? ohwell. thanks,

see you at the meeeting.

I would be interested...

I only have ricordia shrooms (red, green stripe, green patches, green spotted, blue) at this time and a couple huge frags of hydnophora, about 3 inches multiple brances.

I would split your circuit at the tank...

I split the circuit into 2 gfci circuits... one for the lights, one for the pumps.

I have had trouble with a gfci tripping when the saltcreep on the sump light built up...

I also use a titanium grounding probe connected to the grounds at the gfci

,

Jansen,

I bought it from a person on RC. I think for the price... wasn't a very good deal... not to mention that I had to completly re-plumb it to make it stop leaking... Flooded the floor twice... lol I even tested in a tub before setting it up under the tank..

Works great now...

Answered your PM,

Hey!

I'll buy the 250 ballast!

Would you sell one?

Thanks,