[COHO] All Grain Barrel Filling Brew

[brett thomas]

Just wanted to give everyone an update on our inter club barrel brew.  I have an order in with Tom for the 200 + lbs of grain that we'll be using.  I have 22 lbs of specialty Panela unrefined sugar coming in from Austin Homebrew Supply, along with three pounds of Nugget, Summit, and Amarillo hops from Freshops.  The beer will be a strong, dark, American ale that comes in around 1.090 OG. Roughly 50 gallons in all.  Gary Wirt has offered up his massive cellar to store this barrel brew.  Several of you have expressed interest in doing this brew together as a group, which sounds great to me.  I had hoped to get this going on the weekend of January 26-27, so please let me know if that works for you.  I've been collecting info from various club members as to the grain pound capacity of their mashtuns, and the efficiency of the brew systems.  This will allow me to calculate the proper recipe for everyone's individual systems.  Here's a quick list of possible participating brewers - 

Myself
Brian and Geoff Marlowe
Tim Howe
Gary Wirt
Ryan Gibson
Bill Herrick
Jason Quade
Evan Clark?
Kris Cate?
BBQ Tom?

We'll need lots of burners , blow off tubes, and at least 9-10 carboys.  I'd be more than happy to host this massive undertaking at my place, on the aforementioned weekend.  I'd like to shore up the details at next weeks meeting if possible.  I think it would be pretty neat to get so many people together brewing at one time.  Please share your thoughts on this subject, and I'll see you all at the meeting next week!

BT
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