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Post subject: Re: You Will Drink Good BEER ... And It Will Be Delicious!
Posted: Sat April 23, 2022 11:02 pm
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epilogue wrote:
Mickey wrote:
I disagree. I'm post-haze.
Things have gotten out of hand.
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its really tiresome to see these ¨good guys¨ talking about any political stuff in tv while also being kinda funny and hip and cool....its just...please enough of this shit.
Post subject: Re: You Will Drink Good BEER ... And It Will Be Delicious!
Posted: Sun May 01, 2022 6:34 pm
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epilogue wrote:
Mickey wrote:
epilogue wrote:
Mickey wrote:
I disagree. I'm post-haze.
Things have gotten out of hand.
It's all relative
Things have gotten relatively out of hand.
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VinylGuy wrote:
its really tiresome to see these ¨good guys¨ talking about any political stuff in tv while also being kinda funny and hip and cool....its just...please enough of this shit.
Post subject: Re: You Will Drink Good BEER ... And It Will Be Delicious!
Posted: Sun June 12, 2022 6:15 pm
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Quick draft question if any brewers are up for it.
Sometimes a commercial walk in cooler gets so cold that beer freezes in the draft lines. Would it ever make sense that a certain brewery's 4 kegs are the only ones that freeze on a 35 tap system? Perhaps something about the water ratio the brewery uses or something? Additional info: the kegs are not all in same area in cooler.
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Post subject: Re: You Will Drink Good BEER ... And It Will Be Delicious!
Posted: Sun June 12, 2022 8:20 pm
Future Drummer
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 3:07 pm Posts: 3382
washing machine wrote:
Quick draft question if any brewers are up for it.
Sometimes a commercial walk in cooler gets so cold that beer freezes in the draft lines. Would it ever make sense that a certain brewery's 4 kegs are the only ones that freeze on a 35 tap system? Perhaps something about the water ratio the brewery uses or something? Additional info: the kegs are not all in same area in cooler.
How cold are we talking? There is a high probability the beer was cold crashed before going in to a brite so I'm pretty curious here.
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Post subject: Re: You Will Drink Good BEER ... And It Will Be Delicious!
Posted: Sun June 12, 2022 8:25 pm
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oasisfan35 wrote:
washing machine wrote:
Quick draft question if any brewers are up for it.
Sometimes a commercial walk in cooler gets so cold that beer freezes in the draft lines. Would it ever make sense that a certain brewery's 4 kegs are the only ones that freeze on a 35 tap system? Perhaps something about the water ratio the brewery uses or something? Additional info: the kegs are not all in same area in cooler.
How cold are we talking? There is a high probability the beer was cold crashed before going in to a brite so I'm pretty curious here.
When this happens the door on the walk-in reads 29-30 degrees and the door has been shut for several hours from the previous night's close. Soaking the couplers in hot water will usually thaw the lines pretty quickly, plus going in and out raises the temps to speed up the process. It's just so curious that only one brewery's kegs are affected. I would understand if they are all in the coldest corner of the cooler, but they're spread out.
Can you explain cold crashing?
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Post subject: Re: You Will Drink Good BEER ... And It Will Be Delicious!
Posted: Sun June 12, 2022 8:30 pm
Future Drummer
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 3:07 pm Posts: 3382
washing machine wrote:
oasisfan35 wrote:
washing machine wrote:
Quick draft question if any brewers are up for it.
Sometimes a commercial walk in cooler gets so cold that beer freezes in the draft lines. Would it ever make sense that a certain brewery's 4 kegs are the only ones that freeze on a 35 tap system? Perhaps something about the water ratio the brewery uses or something? Additional info: the kegs are not all in same area in cooler.
How cold are we talking? There is a high probability the beer was cold crashed before going in to a brite so I'm pretty curious here.
When this happens the door on the walk-in reads 29-30 degrees and the door has been shut for several hours from the previous night's close. Soaking the couplers in hot water will usually thaw the lines pretty quickly, plus going in and out raises the temps to speed up the process. It's just so curious that only one brewery's kegs are affected. I would understand if they are all in the coldest corner of the cooler, but they're spread out.
Can you explain cold crashing?
Interesting, heading back to work so I'll give this some thought.
Cold crashing is basically the last step of the fermentation process, bringing the tank and contents down to basically freezing temps (it's alcoholic so won't go solid) catching the existing yeast in suspension and making it easier to either direct transfer to a brite or go through a centrifuge or any other yeast catching process.
We talking a macro brewery or a smaller craft one?
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Post subject: Re: You Will Drink Good BEER ... And It Will Be Delicious!
Posted: Mon June 13, 2022 1:54 am
Future Drummer
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 3:07 pm Posts: 3382
One specific brewery is a bit of a quandary. If they are light beers (lower ABV) they would freeze faster but all are primarily water. That said, 29-30 degrees is simply too cold so won't say I'm surprised.
I assume you're running G-Mix to all the kegs?
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Post subject: Re: You Will Drink Good BEER ... And It Will Be Delicious!
Posted: Mon June 13, 2022 2:41 am
Looks Like a Cat
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 11:28 pm Posts: 14542 Location: Space City
Yes on the mix.
The range in abv on these 4 beers is between 4.5 and 6.8. in ascending order: kolsch, vienna lager, bock, ipa.
One more thing I just thought of -- this is a short draw. (35 tap) system and these four are each high on the product mix, so when we are operating they are more or less constantly flowing through the lines.
This is a fun puzzle.
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Post subject: Re: You Will Drink Good BEER ... And It Will Be Delicious!
Posted: Mon June 13, 2022 12:14 pm
Future Drummer
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 3:07 pm Posts: 3382
Interesting. I suppose with a direct-draw system there are a few more variables at play as far as layout, air-flow, etc. and I hadn't even thought to ask that. Other than a 2-3 tap kegerator my experience is primarily with long-draw systems.
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