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Anybody from the Elmira/Corning area?

Discussion in 'North East Homebrew Forum' started by TimBHoW, Apr 22, 2012.

 

  1. #1
    TimBHoW

    Member

    Posted Apr 22, 2012
    Hey just wondering if anyone is in the Elmira or Corning area out there. I am located in Elmira and know a couple home brewers but was wondering if anyone else was around. Post here if you are!
     
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    theonetrueruss

    Senior Member

    Posted Apr 22, 2012
    nope
     
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    oldbucket

    Well-Known Member

    Posted May 28, 2012
    I am from Horseheads.
     
  4. #4
    TimBHoW

    Member

    Posted May 30, 2012
    Cool. What kind of beer do you usually brew? Do you get your supplies locally or mail order?
     
  5. #5
    oldbucket

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Jun 10, 2012
    I brew just about anything. I am currently using mini ash kits from horseheads brewing but I am in the process of putting together an automated ebrew system.
     
  6. #6
    Mparsons327

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Jun 10, 2012
    I'm from elmira as well! Brew 5 gallon all grain.
     
  7. #7
    chiefsr

    New Member

    Posted Jun 11, 2012
    Corning. 10 gallon HERMS, but still run some extract from time to time. Most supplies come from Austin Homebrew, beerfittings.com, Morebeer, Sunset Hydro in Horseheads and Stuart Martin in Elmira.
     
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    Mparsons327

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Jun 17, 2012
    Any of you guys interested in meeting up and brewing?
     
  9. #9
    oldbucket

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Jun 18, 2012
    I would be interested in getting together. Current plans are to brew up 10 gallons minimash kit of ipa to age in a barrel and then brewing on hold until new system is set up. Name is Mike Buck....email is [email protected]
     
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    Mparsons327

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Jul 4, 2012
    Did you get that thing brewed yet? I would gladly come give you a hand. What type of system are you getting together?
     
  11. #11
    oldbucket

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Jul 4, 2012
    New system will be either 2 or 3 kettle rims system with a bcs contoller. It will be an e-brew...parts are slowly rolling in.
     
  12. #12
    Mparsons327

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Jul 4, 2012
    Oh how I envy you! I have been contemplating an electric system just don't have the extra coin.....
     
  13. #13
    YoSoySauce

    Member

    Posted Dec 23, 2012
    Corning, NY here. How'd that IPA turn out? I'm making the switch from extract to all-grain this weekend and I'm looking to stink the house up with hops. Anyone want to get together for a brew?
     
  14. #14
    oldbucket

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Dec 23, 2012
    After the holidays possibly...
     
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    Mparsons327

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Dec 23, 2012
    When are you brewing?
     
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    FermentNEthinG

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Dec 23, 2012
    YoSoySauce! Pleasure meeting you today bro! We will get this brew thing kicked off as soon as Santa leaves town. Get that mash tun ready for some big brews ahead!
     
  17. #17
    YoSoySauce

    Member

    Posted Dec 24, 2012
    Great to meet you, FermentNEthinG. Looking forward to some killer brews. I ran outta time today due to technical difficulties and didn't get to brew, but I should be around the 28th through the 6th. Anyone up for brewing then?
     
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    Mparsons327

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Dec 24, 2012
    Sounds like we are getting a lot of local interest. Time to start a club?
     
  19. #19
    oldbucket

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Dec 25, 2012
    Count me in for a brew and a club!
     
  20. #20
    YoSoySauce

    Member

    Posted Dec 27, 2012
    I'm up for a club. For "agenda" items, I'm thinking we could

    1) each bring a homebrew or two to taste, critique, offer tips, etc. I'll see if I can find a judging template.

    2) Decide on something to brew together for the next meeting. Once a style and a recipe are decided on, during the meeting, for the following meeting, we have the next host gather ingredients and split the costs when brewing.

    3) discuss setups, trends, beer events, etc.

    I can host in Corning. I have a small upper-floor apartment with my girlfriend. I understand there's a mix of teachers and property owners on this thread, and I'm a teacher as well. That means there are no "school nights," at least for me, until January 6th. How's a week from right now? That's Thursday, January 3, at 4 PM?

    Anyone who's interested, let everyone know on this thread and I'll PM you my address. If another date works better, feel free to suggest that, too.
     
  21. #21
    oldbucket

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Dec 28, 2012
    I am in. I am rebuilding system and will gladly host when system is up and running.
     
  22. #22
    oldbucket

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Dec 28, 2012
    I am in. Sorry for the double post.
     
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    Mparsons327

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Dec 28, 2012
    I am in as well. Would it be possible to push the time back to 5? I work till 4ish.

    Eric from sunlight supply is interested in a club as well and said something about the possibility of hosting at the shop. I am in the process of getting ready for a move so I can't host a meeting until after we are in the new house.
     
  24. #24
    FermentNEthinG

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Dec 30, 2012
    Heya guys. Great to finally see a little push on getting something started around here. Tuesdays and Thursdays are no good since I have HVAC class those nights. Be done in February though! Any of the other nights I can schedule up and host a little something at the shop, Sunset Hydro and Home Brew. Sunlight supply is one our wholesalers MParsons!

    Cheers fellas!
     
  25. #25
    Mparsons327

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Dec 30, 2012
    Hahahaha sorry about that Eric!
     
  26. #26
    YoSoySauce

    Member

    Posted Dec 30, 2012
    Looks like we have myself, MParsons, oldbucket, and a possible TimBHow for Thursday at 5. Eric, that's a bummer you can't make it, but hopefully we'll catch up next time.

    I'm thinking of retrying a chipotle ale that night. I had one that turned out a little strange, so I'm going to try it again in a 5-gallon batch using all grain and extracting oil from peppers instead of dumping powder in. Sound like fun?
     
  27. #27
    FermentNEthinG

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Dec 31, 2012
    Sounds almost as odd as my chili cheese lambic! Equipped with extra cheesy fuggles and chili peppers....needless to say it came out like hot sweat from a million gym socks... No bueno!
     
  28. #28
    YoSoySauce

    Member

    Posted Jan 9, 2013
    Our meeting went well last Thursday. Oldbucket, along with his son, "Youngbucket" and I were in attendance. We swapped a few homebrews, and Oldbucket's Imperial IPA was a highlight. Oldbucket, can we have the recipe?

    Oldbucket also talked about a cool new 1-tier, all-electric rig he was putting together to complement the kickass barroom project he's also involved in.

    We brewed an all-grain oatmeal stout using BIAB, following this recipe: http://www.homebrewtalk.com/f68/smooth-oatmeal-stout-50756/

    ...substituting UK Fuggle hops and Nottingham Ale yeast, due to availability.

    The OG was very low (1.019) possibly due to low mash temp? Although I aimed for a mash temp of 156, temped the strike water and used the same temp for sparge water using this online calculator http://www.brew365.com/mash_sparge_water_calculator.php, I didn't temp the mash, so it may have been off.

    I've read that efficiency can suffer when using BIAB. Either way, the resulting wort was pleasingly clear. Does anyone have ideas for improving efficiency using BIAB?

    I'm interested in seeing how it turns out, though. The crap coming out of the airlock (I put 5+ gallons in a 5 gallon bucket) tastes good. Most of my brews are way too sweet, and I've never had a "light" stout before. It might turn out to be a dark, bitter session beer. If the mash temp was low, I'm hoping that we got mostly fermentable sugars out of it, so the product will be dry and have at least a little ethanol kick.

    In the meantime, today, I racked my first AG IPA (combining a couple of recipes) to secondary and, while doing some reading, discovered that I had dry hopped too early. It turns out you're not supposed to add hops when you pitch yeast. If you want to dry hop, you should do so during secondary. According to "The Internet," when your airlock smells nice and flowery during primary, it's because you're losing all of your aroma from the hops. Folks also say that if you dry hop too long/too early, you risk getting a rotted vegetable taste. I didn't taste any veggies when I sampled, so hopefully I should be alright. I added more hops, put the airlock on, and into the closet it went.

    I'm looking forward to a next meeting. For a next brew, a couple of things were mentioned. FermentNEthinG had talked about a lambic, which sounds bitter, fruity, complex, and intriguing. I'm also thinking it would be enlightening to try to isolate and get to know hops flavors/aromas by brewing a neutral ale, separating into 1-gallon carboys, and adding different finishing hops to each.

    Who wants to host?
     
  29. #29
    oldbucket

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Jan 9, 2013
    Posting not working
     
  30. #30
    oldbucket

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Jan 9, 2013
    Anyone interested in gathering Saturday for a tasting and sharing? Not ready to brew but always ready to taste. We could do a horizontal or explore some hops. Who is available?
     
  31. #31
    YoSoySauce

    Member

    Posted Jan 9, 2013
    I'm in. What time?

    And what's a horizontal?
     
  32. #32
    Mparsons327

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Jan 9, 2013
    Depending on the time Saturday I might be able to make it.
     
  33. #33
    Mparsons327

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Jan 9, 2013
    Not sure what a horizontal is but a vertical is when you taste different vintages of the same beer.
     
  34. #34
    oldbucket

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Jan 10, 2013
    A horizontal is a tasting of the same type of beer from different breweries. What time would work for people?
     
  35. #35
    YoSoySauce

    Member

    Posted Jan 11, 2013
    Earlier is better than later. In the 5 o'clock range is perfect.
     
  36. #36
    Mparsons327

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Jan 16, 2013
    I'm free this weekend if anyone wants to get together and swap beers or do some tasting?
     
  37. #37
    oldbucket

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Jan 16, 2013
    Could host Sunday....
     
  38. #38
    Mparsons327

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Jan 17, 2013
    I could get together anytime before 5.
     
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    oldbucket

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Jan 17, 2013
    I am good after 1 pm. I have tv available to watch nfl if desired.
     
  40. #40
    YoSoySauce

    Member

    Posted Jan 17, 2013
    I'm in. NFL is always good, too. What time?
     
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