My name is Mike and I'm an Alcoholic

[wired247]

Just got back into home brewing. I worked in breweries for years and never really home brewed all that much when I worked there. Mechanics dont work on cars when they get off work. Recently I got back into it. I fabricated a bunch of equipment and I find I brew beer at home just like we made it at work. Step mashes, heat exchangers, filters, force carbonating, Counterpressure bottling etc. I Might have to try this infusion thing sometimes. Sounds barbaric but what the hell.

 

[Soonerbourne]

moderation is the key to success.

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[hopdawg]

Hello Mike from The Dalles. I'm through there every year on motorbike. It's a must to run the old Rowena Hwy and then down to Tygh Valley, Shearer's Bridge Road (216) over to 97.
It'll be great hearing from a pro.
HD

 

[wired247]

Trust me. Ive got more to learn from you than you have to learn from me. Brewing or cellaring on a commercial scale is more akin to working in a chemical plant than it is to home brewing.

I was more involved in the hardware side of things. What I need to do is lay off the technology for a bit. I'm finding myself shopping for PID temperature controllers and cobbling together a collandria.

Vernon BC. I remember going up there 17 years ago and shopping for a used 50 leaf Schenk 60x60 filter press at a brewery . The name escapes me though. Took it down to Pyramid and ran the piss out of that filter for a few years with a hydraulic ram addition. Bought a whole shipping container of .5 micron absolute filters for pennies on the dollar and for at least two years Pyramid Ale was filtered CLEAN !!!

 

[hopdawg]

That would have been Okanagan Springs Brewery. They still make nice beers, I'd call their beers "gateway" craft beers. Nice quality beers but nothing overly adventurous. They were bought a few years ago by Sleemans so they could be considered a small commercial brewery rather than a craft brewery. Still their "1516 Lager" is my favourite commercial made lager.