Who is brewing on Long Island?

[joeg13]

Is anybody going to the Brewers East End Revival (BEER) homebrew club tomorrow? I'm finally making it to a meeting

I'm hoping to make it. This will be my first BEER meeting.

 

[virtualbrew]

Been looking for a club, send me the info...

 

[jpsmithny]

No, I don't. (Though I am pretty new) A nanobrewer told me to filter it in summer, when there is more chlorine in it. But a homebrewing water engineer for SCWA told me that chlorine is very volatile, and evaporates at 80f. Apparently it also evaporates from standing water pretty quickly. Some HME recipes specify filling the top off water while boiling. I believe this is to let the chlorine evaporate. I made a grain batch that was too strong, so I tried mixing some tapwater in half the bottles. Those didn't carb well, I believe because the chlorine weakened the yeast. Had I boiled the water first, I think it would have worked.
We have excellent tap water on LI. You can access the water report for your local well on the SCWA website.

I've used the LI tap water for years with no discernible negative effects.

The filtered water tastes a little cleaner but I've never had a bad batch either way.

 

[virtualbrew]

I never had a bad batch, once you get to a boil it should be fine...

 

[ShadyBrewer]

The website for the BEER club meeting is http://beerhbc.org/. They meet the third Monday of the month. Tonight is going to be my first meeting

 

[joeg13]

The website for the BEER club meeting is http://beerhbc.org/. They meet the third Monday of the month. Tonight is going to be my first meeting

Sounds like parental responsibilities is going to derail my plans to go again. Kids first ya know. Hopefully I'll get to meet you guys next month.

 

[ShadyBrewer]

Yeah, I hear ya. I've been trying to get to a meeting for like 6 months now. It's tough to get out for a whole night when you have a baby at home. It's also tough to squeeze in a brew session

 

[davygoat2]

My water (in East Northport) is very soft. I used the B'run Water software to balance my water for an English bitter, only to find that all I had to do is add a small amount of gypsum. The beer turned out great, with a nice balance of malt and hops.

As my next two brews will be an American ale and an American IPA, I'm going to use the same water profile.

I leave my water out overnight, and don't bother with tablets for Chlorine; no problems so far.

I'm curious, We have the water report from suffolk county water: But I would like to brew from the pipe that flows under the road in Cold Spring Harbor, ashes of the Clam Bar are the spot on the map.
Any Thoughts? I'm boiling and cooling before using at the moment

 

[lhommedieu]

I'm curious, We have the water report from suffolk county water: But I would like to brew from the pipe that flows under the road in Cold Spring Harbor, ashes of the Clam Bar are the spot on the map.
Any Thoughts? I'm boiling and cooling before using at the moment

The water should be fine, but you could always send it out for analysis of you're interested.

 

[JohnSand]

You can also buy a well water test kit. It won't give exact numbers, but safe ranges.

 

[JohnSand]

I plan to attend the LI Nano Cask Festival tomorrow, right here in Rocky Point. Anyone else going?

 

[bigmike99]

Went last year. Great event overall. I was there on the earlier side and it was really overcrowded after the first 30 min. I can't stand for too long after recent surgery so I think I'm going to pass on it this year.
I really wanted to grab a few growlers so if anyone is going and we can work something out I'd owe you one. I think barrage was bringing citralicious and mustache a porter.

 

[JohnSand]

Mike, you can PM me your #, I guess I'll just send mine. I plan and hope to go today, but I've been sick all week. It may not be wise for me either. Even If I get the growlers, I don't know that we should be in contact, my whole house has been sick.

 

[bigmike99]

Thanks John. Pm'd you.

 

[virtualbrew]

Where can I buy grain for a good price on LI

 

[JohnSand]

It's a pretty big island, Virtual. I've been in Karp's, Arbor Wine, and Brewtopia, and noticed variations in the prices. But I'm working through a 50lb bag of two row, for which I think I paid $55 at Brewtopia.

 

[virtualbrew]

Thanks josh, finishing up my keggle and mash tun.

 

[eric19312]

Where can I buy grain for a good price on LI

As JohnSand said it's a big island and can't see driving 30 miles to save $0.10 a pound on grain...

In my area (Suffolk County) for bulk grain purchasing

Karps has good pricing and stocks about 8 different types of 50-55lb sacks.
Brewtopia will order almost anything for you and you can pick up at the store.
Hoptron is set up for selling by the ounce.

 

[poobaca]

wondering if anybody knows the ph of suffolk countys tap water? Im in selden, tryed searching for the water report, but didnt see anything about ph.

 

[JohnSand]

I found 7.2ph for your area. On SCWA.com , water quality reports, local community, Selden, part way down the page is ph.

http://65.36.213.246/dwqr2013/pdfs/Distribution Area 15.pdf

Try that.

 

[poobaca]

Cool, thanks for that link. I usually use strait tap water, but thinking about tinkering my water chemistry a bit for the next batch.

 

[JohnSand]

Let us know what you do. I also use straight tap water.

 

[poobaca]

Will do. Had Mikellers beer hop breakfast yesterday and was inspired to do a black IPA with coffee. It was a great beer, tasted like a stout, but had a finish like a IPA. I was gonna use some gypsum as I heard it can help make IPAs more bitter.

 

[eric19312]

wondering if anybody knows the ph of suffolk countys tap water? Im in selden, tryed searching for the water report, but didnt see anything about ph.

Here's your water page:
http://65.36.213.246/dwqr2013/pdfs/Distribution%20Area%2015.pdf

Your average pH is 7.2

 

[bigmike99]

Anyone going to Southampton for te release and won't use their full limits or is bringing someone who won't please let me know. Looks like I'm stuck at the house.


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[virtualbrew]

I am looking for a home brew club, who meets in massapequa area. Any ideas?


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[nilswhite]

Anyone in Brooklyn? Just moved from LA and looking for some brewing buddies!

 

[virtualbrew]

I'm in Nassau county


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[khugs21]

Anyone going to Southampton for te release and won't use their full limits or is bringing someone who won't please let me know. Looks like I'm stuck at the house.


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what and when is this release?

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[bigmike99]

Check out their site for details. Publick.com.


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