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Remnants of Joel

Apr 2, 2008   //   by Jonathan   //   Blog, Building a pilot brewery  //  8 Comments

I mentioned yesterday that Monday’s brewing went smoothly because of the absence of Joel. That’s not ENTIRELY true.

Brewing 3/31/08See that picture? Those are random boards of wood. Those boards were supposed to be part of our temperature-controlled fermentation chamber, which would have been exceedingly useful when fermenting our Drafty Kilt. Unfortunately, our “operations” guy wasn’t able to complete the box in time. We didn’t think it would matter, but it did. Because while the conical fermenter technically fits inside the chamber as-is, it does NOT fit when you add an airlock. Or even a blow-off tube. So to sum up, this is why you never send a Joel to complete any task of any kind.

P.S. It’s not personal, Joel. It’s just… oh never mind, you probably aren’t reading this anyway…

P.P.S. If ever you clicked on a “Joel” link, today is the day to do it.

Drafty Kilt, back on track

Apr 1, 2008   //   by Jonathan   //   Blog, Brewing  //  No Comments

Brewing 3/31/08

We brewed our Drafty Kilt Scotch Ale last night (yes, the one that Joel froze and thus rendered undrinkable). Good news though. Joel cut out early, ensuring a perfect brew night. Our target gravity was 1.089. We ended up at 1.090. So yeah, you could say we’re pretty good.

As an aside, we really need to invest in a new shirt for Jeff. Maybe something like this?

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