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Scottish Fest Revisited

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Thanks again to all that made Scottish Fest a success. I’d like to also thank our new tasters Hanna Gross and Bob Reynolds. We had some great entries this round, and the competition was steep with plenty of samples to go around. Some of my favorite brews were entered into this category and it was good to see they were validated by the scores of this blind tasting. Congratulations to Michael Mustin aka Mikey aka Swamp Foot for taking home the pot with Tyranena Sheep Shagger Scotch Ale. If you happen to bump into him in the near future, make sure to ask him about his childhood in the hills of Anderson. Make sure to “Like” CosIT Photography on Facebook or drop by his webpage . Great photos as always. Cheers!

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Behind The Scenes at the Brewer’s Cup

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I got the opportunity to help sort out all of the entries for The Brewer’s Cup Competition today! What a great experience. I had no idea how much work went into making this event happen. Literally hundreds, if not thousands of beers were submitted to Sun King Brewery. Each entry was numbered and entered into an Excel spreadsheet to keep them all straight. The stewards had cases of beer lined up like the opening text sequence in Star Wars. As a matter of fact, the beer you see in these pictures was really just the tip of the iceberg. Judging will take place at the Indiana State Fairgrounds on July 6-7, 2012. See you there 🙂

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War of the Wheats Revisited

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Thanks again for making War of the Wheats one of our best tastings to date. 16 brews, 3 of which were homebrew entries, walked home with our winner Malina Sandman (O’Fallon’s Wheach Peach Wheat). That’s two times in a row the Sandman’s have sweeped our tastings. We’ve streamlined the process and didn’t have a problem keeping everyone’s glasses full. I’d like to give a shout out to our wonderful hosts Matt and Natalie for welcoming us into their new home. I’d also like to acknowledge BIMP’s new faces Brian, Gary, and Lance. Chris Wiggins (CosIT Photography) took some fantastic photos which can be found here. I’ll be posting next month’s event information soon.

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Carbonation Chart for you home keggers

Forced carbonation saves days of waiting in comparison to natural carbonation. Using the table below you can calculate exactly how much CO2 to “force” into your kegged beer. To use the chart, find your target volume of CO2 using the “CO2 Saturation by Style” chart. Once you have your target, locate the temperature you will be serving at and read across to the correct volume of CO2 and match it up with a PSI.

For example, I just brewed a stout that I want to carbonate to 2 volumes of CO2. My keezer stays at a comfortable 43 degrees (a little too cold for stout serving, but I also have a couple wheat beers in there now). Using the chart I can find 1.99 Volumes of CO2 at 43 degrees gives me a pressure setting of 8 PSI (pounds per square inch).

If I set my regulator at 8 PSI and wait 10 – 14 days I should end up with a perfectly carbonated stout.

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Hopschart.com Makes Bitter Better!

This is AWESOME! If you are a homebrewer creating your own recipes, or just someone looking for something unique to hang on your wall, hopschart.com created an aesthetic poster sized hops chart. You can compare individual hops based off of flavors like citrus, spice, floral, herbal, etc. This would be a great tool for someone fine tuning their brew. Thanks to contributor zacjackson for the link.