From john at johnmasterson.com Mon Nov 17 20:32:24 2008 From: john at johnmasterson.com (John Masterson) Date: Mon Nov 17 20:32:30 2008 Subject: [Brew-list] how's your Wee Heavy? Message-ID: <49223748.6030108@johnmasterson.com> Howdy ya'll, It's been ~5 weeks since Nathan announced the Community Brew style decision: Strong Scotch Ale, aka, "Wee Heavy". Nathan proposed a late November tasting. Mine is in secondary now, so it sounds like I better get to packaging asap. I assume there are others in similar straits. Here's the style details again: http://www.bjcp.org/2008styles/style09.php#1e - JM From michaeljhoffer at gmail.com Mon Nov 17 23:00:12 2008 From: michaeljhoffer at gmail.com (Mike Hoffer) Date: Mon Nov 17 23:00:20 2008 Subject: [Brew-list] how's your Wee Heavy? In-Reply-To: <49223748.6030108@johnmasterson.com> References: <49223748.6030108@johnmasterson.com> Message-ID: Has it been 5 weeks? I'm a bit behind and am hoping for more like middle of Dec. Of course it is dependant on the judges at Big Sky. Nice thing about a Wee heavy, the longer in the secondary, the better. -----Original Message----- From: John Masterson [mailto:john@johnmasterson.com] Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 8:32 PM To: brew list Subject: [Brew-list] how's your Wee Heavy? Howdy ya'll, It's been ~5 weeks since Nathan announced the Community Brew style decision: Strong Scotch Ale, aka, "Wee Heavy". Nathan proposed a late November tasting. Mine is in secondary now, so it sounds like I better get to packaging asap. I assume there are others in similar straits. Here's the style details again: http://www.bjcp.org/2008styles/style09.php#1e - JM _______________________________________________ Brew-list mailing list Brew-list@montanahomebrewers.org http://mailapp.modwest.com/mailman/listinfo/brew-list Hosted by Modwest (http://www.modwest.com) From wruediger at yahoo.com Mon Nov 17 23:59:42 2008 From: wruediger at yahoo.com (Bill Ruediger) Date: Mon Nov 17 23:59:47 2008 Subject: [Brew-list] how's your Wee Heavy? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <001501c9494b$3c2e1e40$6402a8c0@glacier.local> I bottled mine yesterday and it's a wee young. It's hard to brew a big beer that fast. Ye canna change the laws of physics. - Bill -----Original Message----- From: brew-list-bounces@montanahomebrewers.org [mailto:brew-list-bounces@montanahomebrewers.org] On Behalf Of Mike Hoffer Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 10:00 PM To: 'John Masterson'; 'brew list' Subject: RE: [Brew-list] how's your Wee Heavy? Has it been 5 weeks? I'm a bit behind and am hoping for more like middle of Dec. Of course it is dependant on the judges at Big Sky. Nice thing about a Wee heavy, the longer in the secondary, the better. -----Original Message----- From: John Masterson [mailto:john@johnmasterson.com] Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 8:32 PM To: brew list Subject: [Brew-list] how's your Wee Heavy? Howdy ya'll, It's been ~5 weeks since Nathan announced the Community Brew style decision: Strong Scotch Ale, aka, "Wee Heavy". Nathan proposed a late November tasting. Mine is in secondary now, so it sounds like I better get to packaging asap. I assume there are others in similar straits. Here's the style details again: http://www.bjcp.org/2008styles/style09.php#1e - JM _______________________________________________ Brew-list mailing list Brew-list@montanahomebrewers.org http://mailapp.modwest.com/mailman/listinfo/brew-list Hosted by Modwest (http://www.modwest.com) _______________________________________________ Brew-list mailing list Brew-list@montanahomebrewers.org http://mailapp.modwest.com/mailman/listinfo/brew-list Hosted by Modwest (http://www.modwest.com) From neilpatrickmurray at gmail.com Tue Nov 18 11:13:33 2008 From: neilpatrickmurray at gmail.com (Neil Murray) Date: Tue Nov 18 11:13:39 2008 Subject: [Brew-list] how's your Wee Heavy? In-Reply-To: <001501c9494b$3c2e1e40$6402a8c0@glacier.local> References: <001501c9494b$3c2e1e40$6402a8c0@glacier.local> Message-ID: <2f352fb90811181013q7bbe4eeat2086de7f44ce78b4@mail.gmail.com> I have two on tap. One is a bit darker, more smooth. The other is lighter in color and sweeter- probably more on style. Strong Scotch is kind of a big category to work with- and indeed a big beer to make in 5 weeks! Does anyone know the due date? I would be all for a tasting session. Neil On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 11:59 PM, Bill Ruediger wrote: > I bottled mine yesterday and it's a wee young. It's hard to brew a big > beer > that fast. > > Ye canna change the laws of physics. > > - Bill > > > -----Original Message----- > From: brew-list-bounces@montanahomebrewers.org > [mailto:brew-list-bounces@montanahomebrewers.org] On Behalf Of Mike Hoffer > Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 10:00 PM > To: 'John Masterson'; 'brew list' > Subject: RE: [Brew-list] how's your Wee Heavy? > > Has it been 5 weeks? I'm a bit behind and am hoping for more like middle of > Dec. Of course it is dependant on the judges at Big Sky. Nice thing about > a > Wee heavy, the longer in the secondary, the better. > > -----Original Message----- > From: John Masterson [mailto:john@johnmasterson.com] > Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 8:32 PM > To: brew list > Subject: [Brew-list] how's your Wee Heavy? > > Howdy ya'll, > > It's been ~5 weeks since Nathan announced the Community Brew style > decision: Strong Scotch Ale, aka, "Wee Heavy". Nathan proposed a late > November tasting. > > Mine is in secondary now, so it sounds like I better get to packaging asap. > I assume there are others in similar straits. > > Here's the style details again: > http://www.bjcp.org/2008styles/style09.php#1e > > > - JM > > _______________________________________________ > Brew-list mailing list > Brew-list@montanahomebrewers.org > http://mailapp.modwest.com/mailman/listinfo/brew-list > Hosted by Modwest (http://www.modwest.com) > > _______________________________________________ > Brew-list mailing list > Brew-list@montanahomebrewers.org > http://mailapp.modwest.com/mailman/listinfo/brew-list > Hosted by Modwest (http://www.modwest.com) > > _______________________________________________ > Brew-list mailing list > Brew-list@montanahomebrewers.org > http://mailapp.modwest.com/mailman/listinfo/brew-list > Hosted by Modwest (http://www.modwest.com) > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailapp.modwest.com/pipermail/brew-list/attachments/20081118/4793fd77/attachment.html From normjsingley at gmail.com Tue Nov 18 12:17:56 2008 From: normjsingley at gmail.com (normj singley) Date: Tue Nov 18 12:17:59 2008 Subject: [Brew-list] Re: Wee heavy. Message-ID: <5f2003740811181117i5e51867aw9242de7eabc96d76@mail.gmail.com> Well, I intended to make two brews - one a simple, LME brew, and one full grain. I made the LME brew, and it's good to go, and will probably get better aging in the bottles. I never got the full grain one brewed, due to lots of things going on. I will definitely join in a tasting session, though. Depending on how this weekend shapes up, I could brew a full-grain, but that would be pushing it to get it done in time, eh? Norman. On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 12:00 PM, wrote: > Send Brew-list mailing list submissions to > brew-list@montanahomebrewers.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://mailapp.modwest.com/mailman/listinfo/brew-list > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > brew-list-request@montanahomebrewers.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > brew-list-owner@montanahomebrewers.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Brew-list digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. how's your Wee Heavy? (John Masterson) > 2. RE: how's your Wee Heavy? (Mike Hoffer) > 3. RE: how's your Wee Heavy? (Bill Ruediger) > 4. Re: how's your Wee Heavy? (Neil Murray) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:32:24 -0700 > From: John Masterson > Subject: [Brew-list] how's your Wee Heavy? > To: brew list > Message-ID: <49223748.6030108@johnmasterson.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Howdy ya'll, > > It's been ~5 weeks since Nathan announced the Community Brew style > decision: Strong Scotch Ale, aka, "Wee Heavy". Nathan proposed a late > November tasting. > > Mine is in secondary now, so it sounds like I better get to packaging > asap. I assume there are others in similar straits. > > Here's the style details again: > http://www.bjcp.org/2008styles/style09.php#1e > > > - JM > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 23:00:12 -0700 > From: "Mike Hoffer" > Subject: RE: [Brew-list] how's your Wee Heavy? > To: "'John Masterson'" , "'brew list'" > > Message-ID: > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > Has it been 5 weeks? I'm a bit behind and am hoping for more like middle of > Dec. Of course it is dependant on the judges at Big Sky. Nice thing about > a > Wee heavy, the longer in the secondary, the better. > > -----Original Message----- > From: John Masterson [mailto:john@johnmasterson.com] > Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 8:32 PM > To: brew list > Subject: [Brew-list] how's your Wee Heavy? > > Howdy ya'll, > > It's been ~5 weeks since Nathan announced the Community Brew style > decision: Strong Scotch Ale, aka, "Wee Heavy". Nathan proposed a late > November tasting. > > Mine is in secondary now, so it sounds like I better get to packaging asap. > I assume there are others in similar straits. > > Here's the style details again: > http://www.bjcp.org/2008styles/style09.php#1e > > > - JM > > _______________________________________________ > Brew-list mailing list > Brew-list@montanahomebrewers.org > http://mailapp.modwest.com/mailman/listinfo/brew-list > Hosted by Modwest (http://www.modwest.com) > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 22:59:42 -0800 > From: "Bill Ruediger" > Subject: RE: [Brew-list] how's your Wee Heavy? > To: "'Mike Hoffer'" , "'John Masterson'" > , "'brew list'" > > Message-ID: <001501c9494b$3c2e1e40$6402a8c0@glacier.local> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > I bottled mine yesterday and it's a wee young. It's hard to brew a big > beer > that fast. > > Ye canna change the laws of physics. > > - Bill > > > -----Original Message----- > From: brew-list-bounces@montanahomebrewers.org > [mailto:brew-list-bounces@montanahomebrewers.org] On Behalf Of Mike Hoffer > Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 10:00 PM > To: 'John Masterson'; 'brew list' > Subject: RE: [Brew-list] how's your Wee Heavy? > > Has it been 5 weeks? I'm a bit behind and am hoping for more like middle of > Dec. Of course it is dependant on the judges at Big Sky. Nice thing about > a > Wee heavy, the longer in the secondary, the better. > > -----Original Message----- > From: John Masterson [mailto:john@johnmasterson.com] > Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 8:32 PM > To: brew list > Subject: [Brew-list] how's your Wee Heavy? > > Howdy ya'll, > > It's been ~5 weeks since Nathan announced the Community Brew style > decision: Strong Scotch Ale, aka, "Wee Heavy". Nathan proposed a late > November tasting. > > Mine is in secondary now, so it sounds like I better get to packaging asap. > I assume there are others in similar straits. > > Here's the style details again: > http://www.bjcp.org/2008styles/style09.php#1e > > > - JM > > _______________________________________________ > Brew-list mailing list > Brew-list@montanahomebrewers.org > http://mailapp.modwest.com/mailman/listinfo/brew-list > Hosted by Modwest (http://www.modwest.com) > > _______________________________________________ > Brew-list mailing list > Brew-list@montanahomebrewers.org > http://mailapp.modwest.com/mailman/listinfo/brew-list > Hosted by Modwest (http://www.modwest.com) > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:13:33 -0700 > From: "Neil Murray" > Subject: Re: [Brew-list] how's your Wee Heavy? > To: "Bill Ruediger" > Cc: brew list > Message-ID: > <2f352fb90811181013q7bbe4eeat2086de7f44ce78b4@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > I have two on tap. One is a bit darker, more smooth. The other is lighter > in color and sweeter- probably more on style. Strong Scotch is kind of a > big category to work with- and indeed a big beer to make in 5 weeks! > > Does anyone know the due date? I would be all for a tasting session. > > Neil > > On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 11:59 PM, Bill Ruediger > wrote: > > > I bottled mine yesterday and it's a wee young. It's hard to brew a big > > beer > > that fast. > > > > Ye canna change the laws of physics. > > > > - Bill > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: brew-list-bounces@montanahomebrewers.org > > [mailto:brew-list-bounces@montanahomebrewers.org] On Behalf Of Mike > Hoffer > > Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 10:00 PM > > To: 'John Masterson'; 'brew list' > > Subject: RE: [Brew-list] how's your Wee Heavy? > > > > Has it been 5 weeks? I'm a bit behind and am hoping for more like middle > of > > Dec. Of course it is dependant on the judges at Big Sky. Nice thing > about > > a > > Wee heavy, the longer in the secondary, the better. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: John Masterson [mailto:john@johnmasterson.com] > > Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 8:32 PM > > To: brew list > > Subject: [Brew-list] how's your Wee Heavy? > > > > Howdy ya'll, > > > > It's been ~5 weeks since Nathan announced the Community Brew style > > decision: Strong Scotch Ale, aka, "Wee Heavy". 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URL: http://mailapp.modwest.com/pipermail/brew-list/attachments/20081118/c85ca6fe/attachment.htm From michaeljhoffer at gmail.com Tue Nov 18 15:53:51 2008 From: michaeljhoffer at gmail.com (Mike Hoffer) Date: Tue Nov 18 15:54:04 2008 Subject: [Brew-list] how's your Wee Heavy? In-Reply-To: <2f352fb90811181013q7bbe4eeat2086de7f44ce78b4@mail.gmail.com> References: <001501c9494b$3c2e1e40$6402a8c0@glacier.local> <2f352fb90811181013q7bbe4eeat2086de7f44ce78b4@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: I don't think there is a due date for Big Sky judging yet, but I would hope we have the scotch ales available for the x-mas party to taste. Mike _____ From: Neil Murray [mailto:neilpatrickmurray@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 11:14 AM To: Bill Ruediger Cc: Mike Hoffer; John Masterson; brew list Subject: Re: [Brew-list] how's your Wee Heavy? I have two on tap. One is a bit darker, more smooth. The other is lighter in color and sweeter- probably more on style. Strong Scotch is kind of a big category to work with- and indeed a big beer to make in 5 weeks! Does anyone know the due date? I would be all for a tasting session. Neil On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 11:59 PM, Bill Ruediger wrote: I bottled mine yesterday and it's a wee young. It's hard to brew a big beer that fast. Ye canna change the laws of physics. - Bill -----Original Message----- From: brew-list-bounces@montanahomebrewers.org [mailto:brew-list-bounces@montanahomebrewers.org] On Behalf Of Mike Hoffer Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 10:00 PM To: 'John Masterson'; 'brew list' Subject: RE: [Brew-list] how's your Wee Heavy? Has it been 5 weeks? I'm a bit behind and am hoping for more like middle of Dec. Of course it is dependant on the judges at Big Sky. Nice thing about a Wee heavy, the longer in the secondary, the better. -----Original Message----- From: John Masterson [mailto:john@johnmasterson.com] Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 8:32 PM To: brew list Subject: [Brew-list] how's your Wee Heavy? Howdy ya'll, It's been ~5 weeks since Nathan announced the Community Brew style decision: Strong Scotch Ale, aka, "Wee Heavy". Nathan proposed a late November tasting. Mine is in secondary now, so it sounds like I better get to packaging asap. I assume there are others in similar straits. 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URL: http://mailapp.modwest.com/pipermail/brew-list/attachments/20081118/a87b8829/attachment.htm From mlong at bigskybrew.com Tue Nov 18 15:55:22 2008 From: mlong at bigskybrew.com (Matt Long) Date: Tue Nov 18 15:55:28 2008 Subject: [Brew-list] how's your Wee Heavy? In-Reply-To: References: <001501c9494b$3c2e1e40$6402a8c0@glacier.local><2f352fb90811181013q7bbe4eeat2086de7f44ce78b4@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: We're pretty flexible on the date. I would rather wait so we can have as many entries as possible. Matt From: brew-list-bounces@montanahomebrewers.org [mailto:brew-list-bounces@montanahomebrewers.org] On Behalf Of Mike Hoffer Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 3:54 PM To: 'brew list' Subject: RE: [Brew-list] how's your Wee Heavy? I don't think there is a due date for Big Sky judging yet, but I would hope we have the scotch ales available for the x-mas party to taste. Mike ________________________________ From: Neil Murray [mailto:neilpatrickmurray@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 11:14 AM To: Bill Ruediger Cc: Mike Hoffer; John Masterson; brew list Subject: Re: [Brew-list] how's your Wee Heavy? I have two on tap. One is a bit darker, more smooth. The other is lighter in color and sweeter- probably more on style. Strong Scotch is kind of a big category to work with- and indeed a big beer to make in 5 weeks! Does anyone know the due date? I would be all for a tasting session. Neil On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 11:59 PM, Bill Ruediger wrote: I bottled mine yesterday and it's a wee young. It's hard to brew a big beer that fast. Ye canna change the laws of physics. - Bill -----Original Message----- From: brew-list-bounces@montanahomebrewers.org [mailto:brew-list-bounces@montanahomebrewers.org] On Behalf Of Mike Hoffer Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 10:00 PM To: 'John Masterson'; 'brew list' Subject: RE: [Brew-list] how's your Wee Heavy? Has it been 5 weeks? I'm a bit behind and am hoping for more like middle of Dec. Of course it is dependant on the judges at Big Sky. Nice thing about a Wee heavy, the longer in the secondary, the better. -----Original Message----- From: John Masterson [mailto:john@johnmasterson.com] Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 8:32 PM To: brew list Subject: [Brew-list] how's your Wee Heavy? Howdy ya'll, It's been ~5 weeks since Nathan announced the Community Brew style decision: Strong Scotch Ale, aka, "Wee Heavy". Nathan proposed a late November tasting. Mine is in secondary now, so it sounds like I better get to packaging asap. I assume there are others in similar straits. Here's the style details again: http://www.bjcp.org/2008styles/style09.php#1e - JM _______________________________________________ Brew-list mailing list Brew-list@montanahomebrewers.org http://mailapp.modwest.com/mailman/listinfo/brew-list Hosted by Modwest (http://www.modwest.com) _______________________________________________ Brew-list mailing list Brew-list@montanahomebrewers.org http://mailapp.modwest.com/mailman/listinfo/brew-list Hosted by Modwest (http://www.modwest.com) _______________________________________________ Brew-list mailing list Brew-list@montanahomebrewers.org http://mailapp.modwest.com/mailman/listinfo/brew-list Hosted by Modwest (http://www.modwest.com) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailapp.modwest.com/pipermail/brew-list/attachments/20081118/5e714139/attachment.html From john at johnmasterson.com Wed Nov 19 08:14:12 2008 From: john at johnmasterson.com (John Masterson) Date: Wed Nov 19 08:14:20 2008 Subject: [Brew-list] how's your Wee Heavy? In-Reply-To: References: <001501c9494b$3c2e1e40$6402a8c0@glacier.local><2f352fb90811181013q7bbe4eeat2086de7f44ce78b4@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <49242D44.9010608@johnmasterson.com> Matt - agreed. I count 6 Wee Heavies so far. Anyone else have an update? There's over 100 of us on this list, surely some more brews are in progress? - JM Matt Long wrote: > We?re pretty flexible on the date. I would rather wait so we can have > as many entries as possible. > From wine at lolopeak.com Wed Nov 19 11:03:46 2008 From: wine at lolopeak.com (Judy Chapman) Date: Wed Nov 19 11:03:39 2008 Subject: [Brew-list] how's your Wee Heavy? References: <001501c9494b$3c2e1e40$6402a8c0@glacier.local><2f352fb90811181013q7bbe4eeat2086de7f44ce78b4@mail.gmail.com> <49242D44.9010608@johnmasterson.com> Message-ID: When I first heard about this years Community Brew it was called a "Scotch Heavy". According to the BJCP guidlines and several of the recipe books we keep on hand that has an alcohol level of 3.5-4 or 4-4.8%. Now people are talking about "Wee Heavy" and the few recipies I find show an alcohol of 7.3 up to 9.6%. Which of these two styles are we making? Judy Chapman From john at johnmasterson.com Wed Nov 19 11:31:40 2008 From: john at johnmasterson.com (John Masterson) Date: Wed Nov 19 11:31:43 2008 Subject: [Brew-list] how's your Wee Heavy? Message-ID: <2161.192.168.111.21.1227119500.squirrel@webmail.modwest.com> Judy, Strong Scotch Ale is what we're brewing. Here's the topic we voted on: http://www.grupthink.com/topic/12314 Wee Heavy is of course a nickname for the Strong Scotch Ale: http://www.bjcp.org/2008styles/style09.php#1e My OG was 1.100 :) Yum! -JM > When I first heard about this years Community Brew it was called a "Scotch > Heavy". According to the BJCP guidlines and several of the recipe books > we > keep on hand that has an alcohol level of 3.5-4 or 4-4.8%. > > Now people are talking about "Wee Heavy" and the few recipies I find show > an > alcohol of 7.3 up to 9.6%. > > Which of these two styles are we making? > From ssmithblm at gmail.com Wed Nov 19 13:30:44 2008 From: ssmithblm at gmail.com (Steve Smith) Date: Wed Nov 19 13:30:48 2008 Subject: [Brew-list] Re: Brew-list Digest, Vol 44, Issue 3 In-Reply-To: <20081119190020.4455628B352@mailapp0.msomt.modwest.com> References: <20081119190020.4455628B352@mailapp0.msomt.modwest.com> Message-ID: John, I have a Strong Scotch Ale that has been carbing in the bottle for a week now. Although I'm living in Spokane now, I plan to come home (Missoula area) for Christmas vacation from Dec. 23 - Jan 5. Will you be doing the tasting at your Christmas party, and is it by any chance within the same timeframe I'll be there? On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 11:00 AM, wrote: > Send Brew-list mailing list submissions to > brew-list@montanahomebrewers.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://mailapp.modwest.com/mailman/listinfo/brew-list > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > brew-list-request@montanahomebrewers.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > brew-list-owner@montanahomebrewers.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Brew-list digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. RE: how's your Wee Heavy? (Matt Long) > 2. Re: how's your Wee Heavy? (John Masterson) > 3. Re: how's your Wee Heavy? (Judy Chapman) > 4. Re: how's your Wee Heavy? (John Masterson) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:55:22 -0700 > From: "Matt Long" > Subject: RE: [Brew-list] how's your Wee Heavy? > To: "Mike Hoffer" , "brew list" > > Message-ID: > > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > We're pretty flexible on the date. I would rather wait so we can have > as many entries as possible. > > > > Matt > > > > From: brew-list-bounces@montanahomebrewers.org > [mailto:brew-list-bounces@montanahomebrewers.org] On Behalf Of Mike > Hoffer > Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 3:54 PM > To: 'brew list' > Subject: RE: [Brew-list] how's your Wee Heavy? > > > > I don't think there is a due date for Big Sky judging yet, but I would > hope we have the scotch ales available for the x-mas party to taste. > > > > Mike > > > > ________________________________ > > From: Neil Murray [mailto:neilpatrickmurray@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 11:14 AM > To: Bill Ruediger > Cc: Mike Hoffer; John Masterson; brew list > Subject: Re: [Brew-list] how's your Wee Heavy? > > I have two on tap. One is a bit darker, more smooth. The other is > lighter in color and sweeter- probably more on style. Strong Scotch is > kind of a big category to work with- and indeed a big beer to make in 5 > weeks! > > Does anyone know the due date? I would be all for a tasting session. > > Neil > > On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 11:59 PM, Bill Ruediger > wrote: > > I bottled mine yesterday and it's a wee young. It's hard to brew a big > beer > that fast. > > Ye canna change the laws of physics. > > - Bill > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: brew-list-bounces@montanahomebrewers.org > [mailto:brew-list-bounces@montanahomebrewers.org] On Behalf Of Mike > Hoffer > Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 10:00 PM > To: 'John Masterson'; 'brew list' > Subject: RE: [Brew-list] how's your Wee Heavy? > > Has it been 5 weeks? I'm a bit behind and am hoping for more like middle > of > Dec. Of course it is dependant on the judges at Big Sky. Nice thing > about a > Wee heavy, the longer in the secondary, the better. > > -----Original Message----- > From: John Masterson [mailto:john@johnmasterson.com] > Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 8:32 PM > To: brew list > Subject: [Brew-list] how's your Wee Heavy? > > Howdy ya'll, > > It's been ~5 weeks since Nathan announced the Community Brew style > decision: Strong Scotch Ale, aka, "Wee Heavy". Nathan proposed a late > November tasting. > > Mine is in secondary now, so it sounds like I better get to packaging > asap. > I assume there are others in similar straits. > > Here's the style details again: > http://www.bjcp.org/2008styles/style09.php#1e > > > - JM > > _______________________________________________ > Brew-list mailing list > Brew-list@montanahomebrewers.org > http://mailapp.modwest.com/mailman/listinfo/brew-list > Hosted by Modwest (http://www.modwest.com) > > _______________________________________________ > Brew-list mailing list > Brew-list@montanahomebrewers.org > http://mailapp.modwest.com/mailman/listinfo/brew-list > Hosted by Modwest (http://www.modwest.com) > > _______________________________________________ > Brew-list mailing list > Brew-list@montanahomebrewers.org > http://mailapp.modwest.com/mailman/listinfo/brew-list > Hosted by Modwest (http://www.modwest.com) > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://mailapp.modwest.com/pipermail/brew-list/attachments/20081118/5e714139/attachment.htm > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 08:14:12 -0700 > From: John Masterson > Subject: Re: [Brew-list] how's your Wee Heavy? > To: brew list > Message-ID: <49242D44.9010608@johnmasterson.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed > > Matt - agreed. > > I count 6 Wee Heavies so far. Anyone else have an update? > > There's over 100 of us on this list, surely some more brews are in > progress? > > - JM > > Matt Long wrote: > > We're pretty flexible on the date. I would rather wait so we can have > > as many entries as possible. > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:03:46 -0700 > From: "Judy Chapman" > Subject: Re: [Brew-list] how's your Wee Heavy? > To: "ZooCity Zymr List" > Message-ID: > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="Windows-1252"; > reply-type=response > > When I first heard about this years Community Brew it was called a "Scotch > Heavy". According to the BJCP guidlines and several of the recipe books we > keep on hand that has an alcohol level of 3.5-4 or 4-4.8%. > > Now people are talking about "Wee Heavy" and the few recipies I find show > an > alcohol of 7.3 up to 9.6%. > > Which of these two styles are we making? > > Judy Chapman > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:31:40 -0700 (MST) > From: "John Masterson" > Subject: Re: [Brew-list] how's your Wee Heavy? > To: "Judy Chapman" > Cc: ZooCity Zymr List > Message-ID: > <2161.192.168.111.21.1227119500.squirrel@webmail.modwest.com> > Content-Type: text/plain;charset=utf-8 > > Judy, > > Strong Scotch Ale is what we're brewing. > > Here's the topic we voted on: http://www.grupthink.com/topic/12314 > > Wee Heavy is of course a nickname for the Strong Scotch Ale: > http://www.bjcp.org/2008styles/style09.php#1e > > My OG was 1.100 :) > > Yum! > > -JM > > > When I first heard about this years Community Brew it was called a > "Scotch > > Heavy". According to the BJCP guidlines and several of the recipe books > > we > > keep on hand that has an alcohol level of 3.5-4 or 4-4.8%. > > > > Now people are talking about "Wee Heavy" and the few recipies I find show > > an > > alcohol of 7.3 up to 9.6%. > > > > Which of these two styles are we making? > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Brew-list mailing list > Brew-list@montanahomebrewers.org > http://mailapp.modwest.com/mailman/listinfo/brew-list > > > End of Brew-list Digest, Vol 44, Issue 3 > **************************************** > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailapp.modwest.com/pipermail/brew-list/attachments/20081119/2f569e6e/attachment.html From miller_jasper at hotmail.com Wed Nov 19 17:14:39 2008 From: miller_jasper at hotmail.com (Jasper Miller) Date: Wed Nov 19 17:14:50 2008 Subject: FW: [Brew-list] how's your Wee Heavy? In-Reply-To: <2161.192.168.111.21.1227119500.squirrel@webmail.modwest.com> References: <2161.192.168.111.21.1227119500.squirrel@webmail.modwest.com> Message-ID: I'm new to all this, and just put my attempt of Strong Scotch Ale in bottles. I'd be in for a taste session. Jasper > Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:31:40 -0700 > Subject: Re: [Brew-list] how's your Wee Heavy? > From: john@johnmasterson.com > To: wine@lolopeak.com > CC: brew-list@montanahomebrewers.org > > Judy, > > Strong Scotch Ale is what we're brewing. > > Here's the topic we voted on: http://www.grupthink.com/topic/12314 > > Wee Heavy is of course a nickname for the Strong Scotch Ale: > http://www.bjcp.org/2008styles/style09.php#1e > > My OG was 1.100 :) > > Yum! > > -JM > > > When I first heard about this years Community Brew it was called a "Scotch > > Heavy". According to the BJCP guidlines and several of the recipe books > > we > > keep on hand that has an alcohol level of 3.5-4 or 4-4.8%. > > > > Now people are talking about "Wee Heavy" and the few recipies I find show > > an > > alcohol of 7.3 up to 9.6%. > > > > Which of these two styles are we making? > > > > _______________________________________________ > Brew-list mailing list > Brew-list@montanahomebrewers.org > http://mailapp.modwest.com/mailman/listinfo/brew-list > Hosted by Modwest (http://www.modwest.com) _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live Hotmail now works up to 70% faster. http://windowslive.com/Explore/Hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_hotmail_acq_faster_112008 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailapp.modwest.com/pipermail/brew-list/attachments/20081119/a778f5fd/attachment.html From ahri at hotmail.com Wed Nov 19 19:22:02 2008 From: ahri at hotmail.com (ahri cornelius) Date: Wed Nov 19 19:22:04 2008 Subject: [Brew-list] wee heavy Message-ID: my apologies for always being behind the curve, the real problem is that i spend very little time on the internet and so usually am infrequent in checking my email. So, I do have a wee heavy on the way. If we were all to brew them correctly they wouldn't be ready for several months considering low fermentation tempertures and huge gravities. I would hope that due dates are no sooner than the end of december but will have something ready whatever the case. I have had a steady fermentation for the past 96 hours with the peak of it just being reached at 72 hours in. I am trying to ferment as close to 60 degrees as possible. I could not attain such mastery as masterson but i did hit an OG of 1.083 and certainly included a nice 90 minute boil. hope every one else is doing well also. cheers ahri _________________________________________________________________ Color coding for safety: Windows Live Hotmail alerts you to suspicious email. http://windowslive.com/Explore/Hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_hotmail_acq_safety_112008 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailapp.modwest.com/pipermail/brew-list/attachments/20081120/95e106e3/attachment-0001.htm From neilpatrickmurray at gmail.com Wed Nov 26 12:40:32 2008 From: neilpatrickmurray at gmail.com (Neil Murray) Date: Wed Nov 26 12:40:35 2008 Subject: [Brew-list] Borrowing some equipment... Message-ID: <2f352fb90811261140l73b1bccag88b0d3ae209eae98@mail.gmail.com> Hey club, I am staying in town for Thanksgiving and hoping to boil up a few batches. Does anyone have some all grain equipment I could use for a day or two? All I need is a mash tun, kettle, and burner- and I will handsomly repay you with the finished product! Thanks much, and have a great Thanksgiving. Neil -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailapp.modwest.com/pipermail/brew-list/attachments/20081126/77b7d5e2/attachment.htm From Jeff.Piotrowski at mso.umt.edu Sun Nov 30 12:43:38 2008 From: Jeff.Piotrowski at mso.umt.edu (Piotrowski, Jeff) Date: Sun Nov 30 12:43:42 2008 Subject: [Brew-list] Corny keg patch Message-ID: Well I have found a hole in one of my kegs, AFTER I had filled it. Anyone ever had the unfortunate opportunity to patch a hole in a keg? If so, how? cheers jeff From john at johnmasterson.com Sun Nov 30 12:52:53 2008 From: john at johnmasterson.com (John Masterson) Date: Sun Nov 30 12:52:58 2008 Subject: [Brew-list] how's your Wee Heavy? In-Reply-To: <49223748.6030108@johnmasterson.com> References: <49223748.6030108@johnmasterson.com> Message-ID: <4932EF15.1090207@johnmasterson.com> Bottled mine yesterday, despite it still being 1.028 (OG 1.100) ... so I bottled without any priming sugar on the theory it has a little ways to go yet. It's at 9.5%ABV and used Bigsky yeast. I'll be checking for bottlebombs weekly. John Masterson wrote: > Howdy ya'll, > > It's been ~5 weeks since Nathan announced the Community Brew style > decision: Strong Scotch Ale, aka, "Wee Heavy". Nathan proposed a late > November tasting. > > Mine is in secondary now, so it sounds like I better get to packaging > asap. I assume there are others in similar straits. > > Here's the style details again: > http://www.bjcp.org/2008styles/style09.php#1e > From john at johnmasterson.com Sun Nov 30 13:22:30 2008 From: john at johnmasterson.com (John Masterson) Date: Sun Nov 30 13:22:36 2008 Subject: [Brew-list] Batch One Hundred In-Reply-To: <4751CB54.9060902@johnmasterson.com> References: <4751CB54.9060902@johnmasterson.com> Message-ID: <4932F606.1060405@johnmasterson.com> Some might remember the monster barleywine I brewed one year ago, my batch #100 which started at 1.134. I hit it with several kinds of yeast over 6 months, including Belgian Abbey, white wine yeast(!), and finally whitelabs Super-High-Gravity yeast. Bottled it yesterday at 16% ABV. It's delicious, and, I suspect, will get better for years and years. Here it is fermenting: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eRgDJw7uZg And the poem: On Dec 1st, 2007, John Masterson wrote: > > Brewing for years, > Ninety-nine beers, > And now it has come to this. > > Proudly I thundered, > "Batch one hundred!" > A brew session not to be missed. > > - > > An event this propitious, > Calls for methods ambitious, > Something not done in the past. > > A really big beer, > Using five-gallon gear, > Now this should be quite a blast. > > - > > First with the yeast, > To prepare for the feast, > We concoct a one gallon starter. > > The yeast starts to bubble, > Without any trouble, > For homebrew we thank Jimmy Carter!* > > - > > Twenty-four pounds, > I like how that sounds, > A grain bill beyond common reason. > > A syrupy wort, > The color of dirt, > As they say, what the hell, tis the season. > > - > > With time-well spent, > Can I reach twelve percent? > Perhaps, with a right kind of mash. > > Two mashtuns of grains, > Well-chosen yeast strains, > If Moose Drool was pot, this is hash! > > > :) > > > > > > > > > * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homebrewing#Liberalisation:_post_1960 > From michaeljhoffer at gmail.com Sun Nov 30 19:12:40 2008 From: michaeljhoffer at gmail.com (Mike Hoffer) Date: Sun Nov 30 19:12:50 2008 Subject: [Brew-list] Batch One Hundred In-Reply-To: <4932F606.1060405@johnmasterson.com> References: <4751CB54.9060902@johnmasterson.com> <4932F606.1060405@johnmasterson.com> Message-ID: <99D77C20E6334C12AFF1BD599480CCC8@mhnet> My wee heavy came out at the lower end of the style. 1.080. Waiting to the last moment to keg and then bottle for the tasting. -----Original Message----- From: brew-list-bounces@montanahomebrewers.org [mailto:brew-list-bounces@montanahomebrewers.org] On Behalf Of John Masterson Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2008 1:23 PM To: brew list Subject: Re: [Brew-list] Batch One Hundred Some might remember the monster barleywine I brewed one year ago, my batch #100 which started at 1.134. I hit it with several kinds of yeast over 6 months, including Belgian Abbey, white wine yeast(!), and finally whitelabs Super-High-Gravity yeast. Bottled it yesterday at 16% ABV. It's delicious, and, I suspect, will get better for years and years. Here it is fermenting: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eRgDJw7uZg And the poem: On Dec 1st, 2007, John Masterson wrote: > > Brewing for years, > Ninety-nine beers, > And now it has come to this. > > Proudly I thundered, > "Batch one hundred!" > A brew session not to be missed. > > - > > An event this propitious, > Calls for methods ambitious, > Something not done in the past. > > A really big beer, > Using five-gallon gear, > Now this should be quite a blast. > > - > > First with the yeast, > To prepare for the feast, > We concoct a one gallon starter. > > The yeast starts to bubble, > Without any trouble, > For homebrew we thank Jimmy Carter!* > > - > > Twenty-four pounds, > I like how that sounds, > A grain bill beyond common reason. > > A syrupy wort, > The color of dirt, > As they say, what the hell, tis the season. > > - > > With time-well spent, > Can I reach twelve percent? > Perhaps, with a right kind of mash. > > Two mashtuns of grains, > Well-chosen yeast strains, > If Moose Drool was pot, this is hash! > > > :) > > > > > > > > > * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homebrewing#Liberalisation:_post_1960 > _______________________________________________ Brew-list mailing list Brew-list@montanahomebrewers.org http://mailapp.modwest.com/mailman/listinfo/brew-list Hosted by Modwest (http://www.modwest.com) From wruediger at yahoo.com Sun Nov 30 20:56:17 2008 From: wruediger at yahoo.com (Bill Ruediger) Date: Sun Nov 30 20:56:21 2008 Subject: [Brew-list] how's your Wee Heavy? In-Reply-To: <4932EF15.1090207@johnmasterson.com> Message-ID: <002601c95368$c3abf320$4ba8a8c0@glacier.local> I tested mine this week. No SG, but the carbonation is low. Taste is young, yummy and sweet. Perhaps I should crack open another bottle and check SG - Doh. - Bill -----Original Message----- From: brew-list-bounces@montanahomebrewers.org [mailto:brew-list-bounces@montanahomebrewers.org] On Behalf Of John Masterson Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2008 11:53 AM To: brew list Subject: Re: [Brew-list] how's your Wee Heavy? Bottled mine yesterday, despite it still being 1.028 (OG 1.100) ... so I bottled without any priming sugar on the theory it has a little ways to go yet. It's at 9.5%ABV and used Bigsky yeast. I'll be checking for bottlebombs weekly. John Masterson wrote: > Howdy ya'll, > > It's been ~5 weeks since Nathan announced the Community Brew style > decision: Strong Scotch Ale, aka, "Wee Heavy". Nathan proposed a late > November tasting. > > Mine is in secondary now, so it sounds like I better get to packaging > asap. I assume there are others in similar straits. > > Here's the style details again: > http://www.bjcp.org/2008styles/style09.php#1e > _______________________________________________ Brew-list mailing list Brew-list@montanahomebrewers.org http://mailapp.modwest.com/mailman/listinfo/brew-list Hosted by Modwest (http://www.modwest.com)