El Cerrito will have its own brewpubb in mid-August. Located on San Pablo Avenue next to the historic El Cerrito Theatre and a block from BART. We're looking forward to checking it out!
http://www.bayareacraftbeer.com/beer-news/new-brewpub-opening-in-the-east-bay/
Friday, August 5, 2011
Saturday, July 16, 2011
Keg Line Length Balancing
Here's a great article found at http://www.beersmith.com/blog/2011/07/14/keg-line-length-balancing-the-science-of-draft-beer/
Keg Line Length Balancing – The Science of Draft Beer
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So how does one design a draft beer system to maintain proper balance at the tap? The pressure drop depends on resistance in the beer line. Beer lines have two types of resistance – one due to elevation change (i.e. the keg being higher or lower than the tap), and a second due to the beer lines themselves which generate friction as the beer flows through the lines.
Lets look at resistance first to keep things simple. Here are some sample resistance ratings for various popular beer lines:
3/16″ ID vinyl tubing = 3 psi/ft
1/4″ ID vinyl tubing = 0.85 psi/ft
3/16″ ID Polyethylene tubing = 2.2 psi/ft
1/4″ ID Polyethylene tubing = 0.5 psi/ft
3/8″ OD Stainless tubing = 0.2 psi/ft
5/16″ OD Stainless tubing = 0.5 psi/ft
1/4″ OD Stainless tubing = 2 psi/ft
Keg Line Length Balancing – The Science of Draft Beer
...
So how does one design a draft beer system to maintain proper balance at the tap? The pressure drop depends on resistance in the beer line. Beer lines have two types of resistance – one due to elevation change (i.e. the keg being higher or lower than the tap), and a second due to the beer lines themselves which generate friction as the beer flows through the lines.
Lets look at resistance first to keep things simple. Here are some sample resistance ratings for various popular beer lines:
3/16″ ID vinyl tubing = 3 psi/ft
1/4″ ID vinyl tubing = 0.85 psi/ft
3/16″ ID Polyethylene tubing = 2.2 psi/ft
1/4″ ID Polyethylene tubing = 0.5 psi/ft
3/8″ OD Stainless tubing = 0.2 psi/ft
5/16″ OD Stainless tubing = 0.5 psi/ft
1/4″ OD Stainless tubing = 2 psi/ft
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Oyster BBQ April 23rd
Because the last Sun in Apr is Easter, Chuck the Czech can't make it that day ... so we're happenin' on Sat the 23rd instead - same time & place. $12/ea for Malt & 1 guest; $15/guest thereafter; kids under 12 & non-oyster eaters $6.
Bring beer, drinking vessels, an appetizer/salad/dessert, and your own flatware & plates if you want to be really eco-friendly. We'll have plates/napkins/flatware.
Contact Mark Kornmann to reserve - We'll collect at the door.
Bring beer, drinking vessels, an appetizer/salad/dessert, and your own flatware & plates if you want to be really eco-friendly. We'll have plates/napkins/flatware.
Contact Mark Kornmann to reserve - We'll collect at the door.
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Oregon back
An annoying vestige of prohibition killed the Oregon homebrewing buzz last year when it was discovered that taking homebrew outside of your own home was illegal.
Home brewers and amateur winemakers throughout Oregon should lift a glass to the Oregon Senate this week, which unanimously endorsed a bill that would rewrite state law to allow homemade beer and wine to be transported and consumed outside the makers’ homes.
http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/opinion/25935704-47/brewers-state-beer-homemade-oregon.csp
Home brewers and amateur winemakers throughout Oregon should lift a glass to the Oregon Senate this week, which unanimously endorsed a bill that would rewrite state law to allow homemade beer and wine to be transported and consumed outside the makers’ homes.
http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/opinion/25935704-47/brewers-state-beer-homemade-oregon.csp
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Exoplanetary Zymurgical Experimentation Underway
What will humans think of next? Assuring ample tasty beer for astronauts, of course.
Astronauts4Hire, a nonprofit space research corporation, will conduct the tests on an Australian beer that has been brewed specifically for easy drinking in microgravity environments.
http://www.mnn.com/food/beer/stories/space-beer-headed-for-zero-gravity-bar
Astronauts4Hire, a nonprofit space research corporation, will conduct the tests on an Australian beer that has been brewed specifically for easy drinking in microgravity environments.
http://www.mnn.com/food/beer/stories/space-beer-headed-for-zero-gravity-bar
Friday, September 24, 2010
New Napa Homebrew Comp
The Napa Bungbrewers have announced a new homebrew competition. It will be held at the Calistoga Inn on February 12, 2011. Paul Keefer will be the Head Judge for the competition.
There will updates and details posted at their website starting in October. http://www.bungbrewers.com/
There will updates and details posted at their website starting in October. http://www.bungbrewers.com/
Monday, September 13, 2010
The 32nd Annual California State Homebrew Competition
Bryan Gros writes: The 32nd Annual California State Homebrew Competition will take place on Saturday, November 6, 2010 at Stern Grove in San Francisco. We hope you will consider entering the competition. Please see the attached files, or the website for all of the details. We have reorganized the categories this year.
http://www.nchfinfo.org/state-comp
http://www.nchfinfo.org/state-comp
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