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Calibrating Thermometers
Whether your measuring strike water, mash, or sparge water temperatures, hitting and maintaining your target is a critical piece of creating a great home brew. But how do you know know if your thermometer is reading correctly? Are you really mashing at 152, or is more like 148, or 156? All these mash temps have … Continue reading
FLOPS Meeting Minutes – February 21st, 2013
FLOPS Meeting Minutes – February 21st, 2013 OPENING TOAST – Tony Canova Here’s to those old drinking days and the haze of it all which I shall never forget though I really can’t recall OFFICER REPORTS Treasurer – Shaun Servoss We have money. Hop Scheduler – Brad Schmidt Saddlebock Competition: Congrats to … Continue reading
Saddlebock Picks a Winner
Springdale’s own Saddelbock Brewery hosted a recipe competition on February 2nd (Groundhogs Day) to determine the breweries recipe for their new IPA offering. Proceeds from the contest’s $3.00 entry fee were donated to the Single Parent Scholarship fund. Eleven FLOPS brewers went head-to -head at US Pizza and Saddelbock’s owner, Steve Rehbock, declared a clear … Continue reading
FLOPS Monthly Meeting – January 2013
FLOPS Monthly Meeting – January 2013 Opening Toast – Kyle Gibson He that buys land buys many stones. He that buys flesh buys many bones. He that buys eggs buys many shells, But he that buys good beer buys nothing else. Officer Reports Treasurer – Shaun Servoss Account balance is a little under … Continue reading
Wee Heavy Project Update
A group met at Andy’s house on 1/20 to brew the pilot batch of Dr John’s #200 brew- Wee Heavy. This is the recipe that won a Silver certificate in the first round of the 1999 AHA national home brew competition. Given continued interest, the goal is to brew a big batch to age in … Continue reading
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Add Recipes
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DIY Stir Plate
In January’s meeting we learned just how easy it is to build a stir plate out of spare computer parts. This is a great tool to aid in achieving proper yeast pitching rates when you’re making a beer >1.060 OG.
AHA/BJCP Sanctioned Competitions
