Brewers near dubois pa. ?

[jester5120]

Time to start getting a plan together for national homebrew day. Anyone wanna join me and psnydez86? if you don't feel like brewing that day you're more than welcome to bring us beers

 

[nicktoney]

Ok, Ok, Im here im here. I probably have nothing to do that weekend. Sooooo.... BTW. Haags feed store in troutville is now starting to sell homebrew supplies...

 

[jester5120]

Ok, Ok, Im here im here. I probably have nothing to do that weekend. Sooooo.... BTW. Haags feed store in troutville is now starting to sell homebrew supplies...

Really? what kind of stuff do they have?

 

[Bearclaw215]

I should be free for homebrew day. Ill have to see if i have any free fermentors by then and get around to making something fun. Keep me posted if guys are planning anything

 

[ShootersBrewCrew]

I'm in slippery rock... Not too far away


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[rwyant]

I live just down the hill from Haags, if anyone ants to get together and swap some homebrew PM me. I have been hoping to learn from some hands on experience.

 

[jester5120]

I live just down the hill from Haags, if anyone ants to get together and swap some homebrew PM me. I have been hoping to learn from some hands on experience.

we definitely want to swap homebrews. that's the best part.

 

[psnydez86]

I live just down the hill from Haags, if anyone ants to get together and swap some homebrew PM me. I have been hoping to learn from some hands on experience.

Very cool. Jester and I are always hanging out and doing joint brew days together. We are both in Dubois. We'd be happy to share our beers and try yours. The first Saturday in May we will be doing another big brew day with a few others. Location is still unknown but I might see if haags would be willing to host? Cheers
Pat


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[rwyant]

That sounds great, I'll have to see if I'm working that day, but if not I'll definitely get a hold of you guys. You know what kind of stuff haags is selling?

 

[psnydez86]

I stopped there the other day. They have brewers best extract kits/buckets/equipment. They have a pretty decent selection of basic grains. Minimal hop selection so far and a decent selection of WL yeast vials. I talked to Keith and he said he can order in anything we want basically.


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[dwoods]

How come I never seen this thread before. I live on Highland st in DuBois.

 

[psnydez86]

No ****. How long ya been brewing!??


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[dwoods]

About 4 years. Just brewed a hefeweizen and an Irish red yesterday.

 

[psnydez86]

That's cool. Me and jester5120 have been brewing together for a little over a year. Have another fiend in Dubois we got going all grain too that isn't on here. I'm having a little party on the 4th. Got 3 beers on tap. Pm me if you wanna swap some homebrew that day. Mike will be there.


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[dwoods]

The only thing I have is an Irish stout on nitro right now. Just to let you know I'll have blue berries by the middle of July if any one wants to make something with them. Also by the end of September I should have a lot of apples and pears.

 

[psnydez86]

That's pretty bad ass that you have a nitro setup. You should brew up a wee heavy. I hear those are nice on nitro.


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[BeaverTail_Brewing]

What's up guys? I live in Clarion. How often do you guys get together to brew?

 

[psnydez86]

Probably 1 or 2 times a month. We get together for bottle shares more frequently tho.


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[ShootersBrewCrew]

The only thing I have is an Irish stout on nitro right now. Just to let you know I'll have blue berries by the middle of July if any one wants to make something with them. Also by the end of September I should have a lot of apples and pears.

Do you still have apples?


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[dwoods]

I do,This weekend I'm going to pick them.

 

[soapy45]

Just so you guys know, Haags is becoming a regular stop for me on Saturday mornings. Dad & I are getting some really good results when we mill grain on Saturday and make beer on Sunday.
I've got a question about second runnings. I recently started a winter brown ale with an OG of 1.082. Is there something else (like a lower gravity brown) that I could have made with the spent grain??


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[Bearclaw215]

What's the grain bill look like?

 

[jester5120]

Just so you guys know, Haags is becoming a regular stop for me on Saturday mornings. Dad & I are getting some really good results when we mill grain on Saturday and make beer on Sunday.
I've got a question about second runnings. I recently started a winter brown ale with an OG of 1.082. Is there something else (like a lower gravity brown) that I could have made with the spent grain??


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Yep. Its referred to as partigyle brewing. You basically just run a second charge of water through

 

[soapy45]

Bearclaw, it was coastarine's American Winter Brown Ale recipe I found on this website. Here's the grain bill:
15 lbs 2 row
1 lb. Caramel 60 (substituted for crystal)
2 oz. chocolate
2 oz. black patent


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[Bearclaw215]

That's pretty close to a brown. In my experience cara/crystal are the same just different malters.
Id just get some extra grain to mash in to increase the og of your runnings maybe some victory and special roast. I forget how much % wise is normally recommended to add but goggle should net some quick results. Get below 1.010 and you start to get tannin extraction

 

[psnydez86]

Haags feed store is having a homebrew day on April 18, 2015. Keith will be demo brewing All grain, extract and BIAB. I'm gonna try and make it to do some yeast starter demonstrations as well.

If anyone is interested pm me or call Haags feed store and ask for Keith.


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[dwoods]

I should of posted this last year when I got it. This is my Ward Labs report for Du Bois tap water. I ran the sample through a basic charcoal filter to remove chlorine.

pH 7.1
Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) Est, ppm 77
Sodium, Na 17
Potassium, K < 1
Calcium, Ca 3
Magnesium, Mg 1
Total Hardness, CaCO3 12
Nitrate, NO3-N 0.4 (SAFE)
Sulfate, SO4-S 3
Chloride, Cl 19
Carbonate, CO3 < 1
Bicarbonate, HCO3 21
Total Alkalinity, CaCO3 17
Total Phosphorus, P 0.66
Total Iron, Fe < 0.01
"<" - Not Detected / Below Detection Limit

 

[psnydez86]

Nice. I'm thinking about getting my water in treasure lake tested for reference. I know my ph is similar to the Dubois water so I generally always add lactic acid/sauer malt to beers without roasted/Carmel malts.


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[Sparticus06]

Hey guys. So glad I found this forum. I am friends with soapy45 and have been brewing with him for about a year or so now. I am always looking for new people to brew with though and talk shop. I have made several kits with some good success. Beginning of this summer I made my first lager from scratch. I wanted a campfire beer, and boy did I get one with this. We called it Mutt Lager (cause of all the different grains I used). If yall are still getting together every now and then to brew, shoot me a message.

 

[psnydez86]

Where ya from Spartacus?


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