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Thanks ... all I can say is THANKS PETE!!! He is the true genius behind that concoction.

Dan

For bottling with force carbonated beer ... I've bottled from the Ventmatic taps on my kegerator. When I do that, I put a tube from the bottom of the tap all the way into the bottle. Then I bleed the pressure way off the keg and shut off the CO2 and fill as slowly as possible keeping foam to a minim...

Perhaps we can have these ready a week from Saturday for the brew day? Is that too soon for you Dan? It'd be pretty tight and the beer would be pretty green ... no chance to bottle condition ... plus I've got the added problem of getting it there. I can make 3/3 no problems ... perhaps even with a ...

Gotta love it Brent ... I'll look forward to your feedback!

Dan

Pics man pics!

Dan

Jared: First welcome to the BC board! Please be sure to keep us posted of your progress. Rezzin's points are very well taken .. especially on the base beer. I would search around and see what others have used as a base beer with blueberries (especially commercial micro breweries) rather than to gues...

Where can I find more details on this comp?
Dan

Count me in .. I'll be racking mine to secondary today.

Brent .. it is an acquired taste!

Dan

Well my vanilla porter won't be entered at it is the wrong category. However, the Brown Porter welcomes all comers ... as long as the club gets an entry off.

Dan

Bad luck ... I guess that is one of the benefits of having one's own crusher.

Any recourse with B3?

Dan

OK ... My Brown Porter is in the fermenter. I'm contemplating bottle aging some of this should BC decide that this'll be the entry. Anyone know how many bottles are required for entry? I'll assume 3 ... just to be safe I'll bottle a 12 pack and that'll allow for some taste testing ... I'll also plan...

Well .. my Brown Porter is in the fermenter ... came in a 1.052 and is sitting nicely at 65 degrees waiting to kick off.

When will we have our taste test Robert?

Dan

Brewing my porter up tomorrow (the weather is FINALLY cooperating ... hopefully it'll be ready in time.

I did take the M.O. down to 6.5 (subtracted 1.5 lbs) and added 1.5 lbs of brown malt.

Will post up results (so to speak) tomorrow late ...

Dan

Gotta love this ... eh Derrin?

http://barleylegal.ca/

Dan

Really? It isn't that far removed from a stout ...

DAn