Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Homebrew Digest #5952 (August 29, 2012)

HOMEBREW Digest #5952 Wed 29 August 2012


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Contents:
Re: Molasses (asemok)
Re: Molasses as an adjunct (Thomas Maszerowski)
Re: Molasses as an adjunct (Thomas Maszerowski)


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Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2012 01:21:00 -0400
From: asemok at mac.com
Subject: Re: Molasses

On Tue, 28 Aug 2012 22:14:22 +0000 robin.griller at gmail.com wrote:

>

> ...I put a six pack away and forgot about it until I stumbled on the
bottles ~

> three years later. After all that mellowing, it had turned into a
delightful

> beer!

Congrats on that discovery. Something similar happened to me close to 15
years ago and I re-thought my brewing schedule as a result. Now I make sure
that I _always_ have some 1 or 2 year old ales in cornies or in secondaries.
There are indeed instances where "fresh" does not always mean "better".

A well aged brew can be a treat in its own right, but can also be great for
occasional blending into newer brews too, in the glass, much like the
historical practice of blending stock old ales into new brews.

cheers,

AL

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Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2012 17:48:30 -0400
From: Thomas Maszerowski <tommasz at frontiernet.net>
Subject: Re: Molasses as an adjunct

I'm planning to use Cluster hops, since they were one of the earlier hop
varieties cultivated here. I've never had beer with spruce tips, I'd hesitate
to use an ingredient like that without having tried it before. I've used
molasses but not in one of my own recipes so I know what to expect with that.
>

>

> Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2012 06:22:14 -0400 (EDT)

> From: "Darrell G. Leavitt" <leavitdg at plattsburgh.edu>

> Subject: Molasses as an adjunct

>

> Not sure about the molasses as an adjunct, but I could not resist asking,

> since it is a Colonial Ale, if you are going to use Blue Spruce Tips?

>

> Now that I have asked I realize that the time has passed for getting them

> fresh. Never the less, next spring could be the time. For the first time

> this year I put them in a Black Saison, and the tast was very interesting,

> with the spruce way in the background.

>

> Darrell

>

Tom Maszerowski

tommasz at frontiernet.net

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Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2012 17:53:27 -0400
From: Thomas Maszerowski <tommasz at frontiernet.net>
Subject: Re: Molasses as an adjunct

It's really looking like the 1 cup/5 gal. batch rule is a good one. Colonial
brewers may have used more but they pretty much had to.

>

> Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2012 11:56:08 -0400

> From: Joseph M Labeck Jr <jmlabeck at joesjokearchive.ws>

> Subject: Molasses in beer

>

> I had to reply to this. Molasses is one of my favorite brewing

> ingredients. I love they way it interacts with all the different roasted

> malts. I know everyone's tastes are different, so I don't pretend to be

> the final word. I feel a little goes a long way. I use 1/3-1/2 cup per

> 4-gallon batch.

>

> As the old saying goes. You can always add more, but you can't take it
out.

>

> My Brewing Blog - http://youmakewhat.blogspot.com

>

Tom Maszerowski

tommasz at frontiernet.net

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Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Homebrew Digest #5951 (August 28, 2012)

HOMEBREW Digest #5951 Tue 28 August 2012


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Contents:
Re: Rhubarb ? (Dana Edgell)
Molasses in beer (Joseph M Labeck Jr)
Molasses (robin.griller)


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Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2012 08:36:28 -0400
From: Dana Edgell <dedg at lle.rochester.edu>
Subject: Re: Rhubarb ?


I made a rhubarb beer that I really liked. When I brought it to a club
meeting some said it was the "best fruit beer they ever tasted" and
others didn't like the rhubarb flavor at all.

I used a flanders red base recipe and added 6 lbs of chopped up and
frozen rhubarb pieces at the end of the boil to blanch them.

I split the batch and did half with US-05 yeast. This is what I brought
to the club meeting. Nice and tart. In fact I would make the base beer a
little more malty next time to balance better.

The other half of the batch I used Roselare blend yeast to make a really
sour beer. Haven't tasted it yet but it is about time to do so. I will
get back to you about how that turned out.

Dana Edgell


> Date: Tue, 29 May 2012 11:03:54 -0400 (EDT)
> From: "Darrell G. Leavitt" <leavitdg at plattsburgh.edu>
> Subject: Rhubarb ?
>
> Have any of you guys ever used rhubarb in a brew?
> I was thinking of puting some into a Wit, but just at
> the very end, and wonder if this will be seen as a
> friendly gesture by the yeast?
>
> Darrell
> [544.9 miles, 68.9]Apparent Rennerian
>
>


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Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2012 11:56:08 -0400
From: Joseph M Labeck Jr <jmlabeck at joesjokearchive.ws>
Subject: Molasses in beer

I had to reply to this. Molasses is one of my favorite brewing
ingredients. I love they way it interacts with all the different roasted
malts. I know everyone's tastes are different, so I don't pretend to be
the final word. I feel a little goes a long way. I use 1/3-1/2 cup per
4-gallon batch.

As the old saying goes. You can always add more, but you can't take it out.

My Brewing Blog - http://youmakewhat.blogspot.com

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Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2012 22:14:22 +0000
From: robin.griller at gmail.com
Subject: Molasses

I once brewed a David Miller recipe for Old Ale that called for over a lb of
molasses. It was quite overpowering though most of it got drunk nonetheless.

I put a six pack away and forgot about it until I stumbled on the bottles ~
three years later. After all that mellowing, it had turned into a delightful
beer!

Robin

Sent on the TELUS Mobility network with BlackBerry

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Monday, August 27, 2012

Homebrew Digest #5950 (August 27, 2012)

HOMEBREW Digest #5950 Mon 27 August 2012


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Molasses as an adjunct ("Darrell G. Leavitt")
Molasses as an adjunct (Joe Dunne)


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Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2012 06:22:14 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Darrell G. Leavitt" <leavitdg at plattsburgh.edu>
Subject: Molasses as an adjunct

Not sure about the molasses as an adjunct, but I could not resist asking,
since it is a Colonial Ale, if you are going to use Blue Spruce Tips?

Now that I have asked I realize that the time has passed for getting them
fresh. Never the less, next spring could be the time. For the first time
this year I put them in a Black Saison, and the tast was very interesting,
with the spruce way in the background.

Darrell




------------------------------

Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2012 09:53:00 -0500
From: Joe Dunne <jrdunne at hotmail.com>
Subject: Molasses as an adjunct

Tom:

The flavor contribution and amount depends on the type of molasses.

If you use blackstrap, the flavor can be strong with smaller amounts of
molasses.

If you use Barbados molasses (which is arguably not molasses) the flavor
contribution is less.

I regularly use 8 oz. of Barbados in a stout and you can taste the molasses
flavor but it is

not overpowering.

Joe Dunne, Sr.

Chicago - North Side

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Saturday, August 25, 2012

Homebrew Digest #5949 (August 25, 2012)

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Molasses as an adjunct (Thomas Maszerowski)


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Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2012 09:39:34 -0400
From: Thomas Maszerowski <tommasz at frontiernet.net>
Subject: Molasses as an adjunct

I'm updating my Pumpkin Pale Ale recipe to go even more Colonial with the
addition of molasses, which was a commonly used adjunct in the Colonial era.
The question I have is: how much can I before the strong molasses taste
overwhelms everything else? I've seen some rules of thumb that say less than
1 cup per 5 gallon batch but I'm sure early brewers used more than that. This
is for a pale ale, well-hopped but not in IPA territory. Thanks.

Tom Maszerowski

tommasz at frontiernet.net

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Homebrew Digest #5948 (August 24, 2012)

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Re: Recipe formulations with sugar (Fred L Johnson)


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Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2012 06:54:43 -0400
From: Fred L Johnson <FLJohnson52 at nc.rr.com>
Subject: Re: Recipe formulations with sugar

Thanks, Stephen, for your post to the Homebrew Digest. The way your
microbrewery expresses the sugar addition is the way I would have expected.
It is the most straightforward way of controlling the outcome and implies
that one would add sugar in variable amounts depending on what the grist
yielded that particular day.

I'm sort of curious about when the sugar addition is performed. Does your
microbrewery add it to the copper at the beginning of the boil?

Fred L Johnson

Apex, North Carolina, USA

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Thursday, August 23, 2012

Homebrew Digest #5947 (August 23, 2012)

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Contents:
RE: Recipe databases (Ryan Kearn)
Re: Recipe formulations from sugar (Stephen George)
New York State corporation franchise tax and personal income tax guidance: Beer Production Credit (Pete Calinski)


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Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2012 17:00:09 +1000
From: Ryan Kearn <halfpintbrew at gmail.com>
Subject: RE: Recipe databases

Hi Keith,

I was just looking at the new version of Beersmith (v2.1) and in the
features it talks about their new recipe sharing.

You can check it out at: http://beersmithrecipes.com/help

I have not signed up for the service or bought the software yet. Still on
the trial.

Hope it helps.

- ------------------------------

Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 16:09:06 -0400
From: Lemcke Keith <klemcke at siebelinstitute.com>
Subject: Recipe databases

I am looking for web sites that feature beer recipes, especially ones that
allow for keyword searches based on ingredients. Any assistance is greatly
appreciated. Thanks very much!

Keith Lemcke

------------------------------

Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2012 10:23:54 +0100
From: Stephen George <sageorge at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Recipe formulations from sugar

Our UK micro uses extract potential as the yardstick for sugar additions.
Our additions are always <10% of total extract as calculated on an LDK
basis. We use a value of 383 litre-degrees per kilo for sugar. This is
done outside of the standard grist extract efficiency calculation since you
would assume 100% efficiency for sugar additions. Our sugar additions are
in the copper.

------------------------------

Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2012 11:11:14 -0400
From: Pete Calinski <pete.calinski at gmail.com>
Subject: New York State corporation franchise tax and personal income tax guidance: Beer Production Credit

Time to get brewing!!!

This is no joke a $70,000 credit for the first 500,000 gallons of beer ...

> Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2012 14:02:58 -0400
> From: Subscription.Service at TAX.NY.GOV
> Subject: Multi Tax - New York State corporation franchise tax and personal income tax guidance: Beer
Production Credit
> To: MULTITAX-L at TAX.NY.GOV
>
> The following item has been recently posted to our Web site.
>
> Memos/Corporation Tax, Income Tax:
>
> TSB-M-12 (8)C, (7)I, Beer Production Credit
>
> This document provides information on the beer production credit enacted
> by Chapter 109 of the Laws of 2012.
>
> To view the entire document please click on the link below:
> http://www.tax.ny.gov/pdf/memos/multitax/m12_8c_7i.pdf
End of HOMEBREW Digest #5947, 08/23/12
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Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Homebrew Digest #5946 (August 22, 2012)

HOMEBREW Digest #5946 Wed 22 August 2012


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Contents:
Re: Recipe formulations from sugar (Fred L Johnson)
Sugar in English beers ("Geoff Cooper")
Re rhubarb (robin.griller)
Percent Sugar (Andrew J deLange)
Re: Rhubarb ? (TARogue)
Recipe databases (Lemcke Keith)
The flow has been staunched... (Patrick Babcock)


* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
* Beer is our obsession and we're late for therapy! *
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

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Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 07:00:00 -0400
From: Fred L Johnson <FLJohnson52 at nc.rr.com>
Subject: Re: Recipe formulations from sugar

Bob Sheck says: If I recall, percentages of a recipe are measured by weight.

I agree that ordinarily one expresses percentages of the grist based on
weight, but that would not necessarily mean that this is or should be used
for adjuncts that are added directly to the kettle and are 100% available.
That is precisely why I ask the question about what do professional brewers
mean when they make such statements as I gave before. I suppose we should
always ask if/when we hear these kinds of statements.

I also seriously doubt that software programs worth their salt would assume
the same efficiency for such kettle adjuncts as for the grist. If they did,
their results would always be inaccurate when sugar is added to the kettle.

Fred L Johnson

Apex, North Carolina, USA

------------------------------

Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 12:13:10 +0100
From: "Geoff Cooper" <geoff at thecoopers.name>
Subject: Sugar in English beers


> From: Fred L Johnson <FLJohnson52 at nc.rr.com>
> Subject: Recipe formulations with sugar
>
> .... I've heard English brewers use expressions like, "...and we
> use about 10% sugar to keep the beer a little drier." Do they mean that
10%
> of the gravity of the wort is from the sugar, or ...

The answer is 'depends' ( isn't it always?). Generally smaller brewers refer
to proportion of grist weight but some of (I can't say all as I only have a
sample of 1) the larger brewers quote by extract. For example (some time ago
now) when I spoke to Fullers I was told as a proportion by grist weight but
a recipe I got from Courage gave sugar as a proportion of extract. I try to
remember to ask but if I don't know I assume that the sugar is a proportion
by grist weight.

I have also noticed a move away from using as much sugar: in the case of
Fullers, they stopped using sugar in their bitter recipes some years ago
(ie. Chiswick, Pride and ESB).

Regards
Geoff



------------------------------

Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 15:14:07 +0000
From: robin.griller at gmail.com
Subject: Re rhubarb

I've never used Rhubarb, but in my country wine making days I recall reading
about having to process rhubarb prior to use in wine making, so I would
suggest reading a good wine making book on the use of rhubarb.

If you can't find anything let me know and I'll dig out the books I used.

Cheers,

Robin

Sent on the TELUS Mobility network with BlackBerry

------------------------------

Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 14:36:38 -0400
From: Andrew J deLange <ajdel at cox.net>
Subject: Percent Sugar

Supposing they meant it in terms of extract: 10 pounds of sugar plus 90
pounds extract ~ 10% sugar
Suppose they get 80% efficiency (to use a round number): 10 pounds of
sugar plus 125 lbs of grain ~ 7.4% sugar. Is that too far off to be
considered 'about' 10%?

------------------------------

Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 12:47:16 -0700 (PDT)
From: TARogue <tarogue at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Rhubarb ?

On Tue, 29 May 2012, "Darrell G. Leavitt" asked:

>

> Have any of you guys ever used rhubarb in a brew?

> I was thinking of puting some into a Wit, but just at

> the very end, and wonder if this will be seen as a

> friendly gesture by the yeast?

I did a 10-gallon batch of Rhubarb Wheat. I used frozen rhubarb rather than
boiled since the flavor of rhubarb is already so light that boiling it would
pretty much kill it all. I added it straight into secondary, in mesh bags
without any sterilization. It came out fantastic. Just a light extra tartness
with a bit of rhubarb tang at the end. A great lawn-mower beer.

- --

-Tom

http://www.facebook.com/Out.Haus

http://www.facebook.com/tarogue

http://twitter.com/originaltarogue

------------------------------

Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 16:09:06 -0400
From: Lemcke Keith <klemcke at siebelinstitute.com>
Subject: Recipe databases

I am looking for web sites that feature beer recipes, especially ones that
allow for keyword searches based on ingredients. Any assistance is greatly
appreciated. Thanks very much!

Keith Lemcke

------------------------------

Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 17:06:38 -0400
From: Patrick Babcock <patrick.babcock at gmail.com>
Subject: The flow has been staunched...

Greetings, Beerlings! Take me to your lager...

Well, the flow of issue 5943 is now staunched. My apologies to those
who received, ahem... ...four mailings. My rewrite of that routine
which should have allowed more targeted re-mailings was a clear and
dismal failure. Rather than prolong the pain, I patched it back to its
former level and set it to the task of sending that issue out to the
entire list one more time - only about half of you should have
received the multiple copies. Sorry for that - I've that one script on
my list for a total rewrite.

Also, the HBD now appears to be running cleanly on its failover
server, and a donated replacement server is on the way. My plan is to
hold off on moving the HBD from the failover until I have a working
environment for it under Ubuntu and PostFix. I will, however, increase
the frequency of backups done on the server to the NAS I recently
donated to the cause....

Hopefully, things will remain uneventful in the interim.

- --
See ya!
Pat Babcock
HBD Chief of Janitorial Services

------------------------------
End of HOMEBREW Digest #5946, 08/22/12
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HOMEBREW Digest #5943 Sat 18 August 2012


FORUM ON BEER, HOMEBREWING, AND RELATED ISSUES
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Contents:
Recipe formulations with sugar (Fred L Johnson)


* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
* Beer is our obsession and we're late for therapy! *
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

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per year. If less than half of those currently directly
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Financial Projection as of 16 August 2012
*** Condition: Critical ***
501(c)3 automatically revoked; New Forrm 1023 filed
25 June 2012 for retroactive reinstatement.
See Site News on http://hbd.org for details and progress.
Projected 2012 Budget $3191.79
Expended against projection $2152.45
Unplanned expenditures $ 101.95
Projected Excess/(Shortfall) ($ 534.39)

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Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2012 12:20:40 -0400
From: Fred L Johnson <FLJohnson52 at nc.rr.com>
Subject: Recipe formulations with sugar

I've been wondering how professionals consider their recipes when added
sugar to the boil. I've heard English brewers use expressions like, "...and
we use about 10% sugar to keep the beer a little drier." Do they mean that
10% of the gravity of the wort is from the sugar, or do they mean that 10% of
the total weight of the recipe is sugar (i.e., 90% grist weight plus 10%
sugar)?

Fred L Johnson

Apex, North Carolina, USA

------------------------------
End of HOMEBREW Digest #5943, 08/18/12
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Subject: Homebrew Digest #5943 REISSUED
HOMEBREW Digest #5942 Tue 26 June 2012


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Contents:
Fwd: The Home Brew Digest, Inc. Update (Patrick Babcock)


* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
* Beer is our obsession and we're late for therapy! *
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

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Financial Projection as of 25 June 2012
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25 June 2012 for retroactive reinstatement.
See Site News on http://hbd.org for details and progress.
Projected 2012 Budget $3191.79
Expended against projection $1572.72
Unplanned expenditures $ 101.95
Projected Excess/(Shortfall) ($ 389.19)

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Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2012 11:19:01 -0400
From: Patrick Babcock <patrick.babcock at gmail.com>
Subject: Fwd: The Home Brew Digest, Inc. Update

Greetings, Beerlings! Take me to your lager...

Since traffic to the list is low (ok: abysmal), I thought I would
take this opportunity to provide some updates regarding the HBD as a "going
concern".

First, a bit of history regarding the corporation. In 2007, the HBD
incorporated in the State of Michigan as a not-for-profit corporation, and
remains in good standing. When we incorporated as a NFP, and requested our
federal EIN, we should have been entered into the IRS not-for-profit
database. For some reason, we were not. Because of this, when the pension
act was passed in 2008 (the act added a filing requirement for ultra-small
not-for-profit organizations such as ours), we were not notified of the new
requirement and, therefor, did not fulfill the required filings for
requisite three years following 2008 - however, this did not precipitate
notice of automatic revocation of our status either, as the law requires.
When we discovered this in 2011, I contacted the IRS regarding our status,
and that is when the error in our record was discovered. I was assured that
within 90 days of that March call, our record would be corrected, we could
file our 990N, and all would be right with the world. Of course, that never
happened. After the requisite 90 days (100, actually), an attempt to file
our 990N failed again, and another call was made to the IRS. This time, I
was told we'd have action within 30 days. 30 days later, notice was
received that our 501(c)3 status was automatically revoked for non-filing.
I guess they finally fixed our record...

In any case, we have been asked several times over the years to file an IRS
Form 1023 in order that certain organizations could provide us with grants.
After a couple of years asking for a volunteer to complete the Form 1023
for the HBD, and after the face-splash of cold water provided by the IRS
regarding our 990N, I took it upon myself to complete this task. Though
the paperwork claims to require only hours to complete, it took much closer
to a year, what with finding meaningful instructions, suitable examples,
amending corporate documents to fit the IRS requirements via board
meetings, getting over the IRS form-induced anxiety, and finally, after
finally having a package ready for submission, discovering that the IRS
issued a notice which changed the forms without updating the form revision
date or, for that matter, the forms themselves. Sigh. To shorten this down
to its salient points, our Form 10223 was submitted under Notice 2011-43 on
25 June 2012. Assuming we dotted all the i's and crossed all the t's
properly, and assuming the IRS agent reviewing our case sees fit, we should
have our 501(c)3 status retroactively reinstated. This will hopefully occur
before the end of the year, but I understand there is a significant backlog
of similar Form 1023s, and the end of this year is the expiration of Notice
2011-43, so I suspect that backlog is about to grow huge. Note, too, that
approval and issuance of a letter of recognition of exemption is not the
guaranteed conclusion to this epoch. All in all, this is good: having an
official IRS Recognition of Exemption will open additional avenues of
funding and equipment to the HBD. Something we probably should have gone
after much, much earlier, but, unfortunately or otherwise, as a 100%
volunteer organization, we haven't the luxury of the time to spend freely
on such things. Having such recognition will also ensure that
any donation to the HBD is deductible for tax purposes as well. Cross your
fingers for us!

In preparation for receipt of this letter, the HBD.ORG website has been
reconfigured to provide for the complete public disclosure of records
required by the IRS for holders of such official recognition. As far as
finances, we pretty much always were in good shape, with our ledger on
public display at all times. You can now also review the HBD's corporate
documents and filings, including the newly executed Form 1023.

In terms of the HBD itself, we intend to expand our content relative to the
other realms stated in our purpose statement - though home brewed beer will
always be our primary interest, some of the other lists that the HBD has
hosted regarding fermented foodstuffs have generated content that should be
summarized and published in a more easily researched format than the
related list archives. We will continue to offer these side email lists on
the subjects of other fermented foodstuffs - those available now can be
seen at http://hbd.org/mailman/listinfo - and will host new lists for
pursuit of information on other fermented foodstuffs, as well as
for targeted experiments and activities. We are also investigating an
update/upgrade to the popular Brews & Views Bulletin Board to "modernize"
its approach to presenting information, though we will likely delay any
action here until we have received results of our Form 1023 for no better
reason than we may have access to donated, professional software once
officially recognized.

Financially, the HBD has enough cash on hand to cover expenses through the
start of October, at which point, it goes onto "life support" - ie, on my
whole dime. If you still value the HBD, donations are still appreciated
but, again, I fully understand if you prefer to wait until the HBD's
501(c)3 status is officially sorted out. In any case, and as always, I
will carry the HBD as long as it remains rational for me to do so.

All the best!

Patrick G. Babcock
President - The Home Brew Digest, Inc.

------------------------------
End of HOMEBREW Digest #5942, 06/26/12
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Subject: Homebrew Digest #5942 REISSUED
HOMEBREW Digest #5941 Wed 30 May 2012


FORUM ON BEER, HOMEBREWING, AND RELATED ISSUES
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Contents:
Rhubarb ? ("Darrell G. Leavitt")
BBC News - Falling stout bubbles explained (Pete Calinski)


* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
* Beer is our obsession and we're late for therapy! *
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

NOTE: With the economy as it is, the HBD is struggling to
meet its meager operating expenses of approximately $3500
per year. If less than half of those currently directly
subscribed to the HBD sent in a mere $5.00, the HBD would
be able to easily meet its annual expenses, with room to
spare for next year. Please consider it.

Financial Projection as of 22 May 2012
*** Condition: Guarded ***
501(c)3 revoked in process of retroactive reinstatement.
See Site News on http://hbd.org for details and progress.
Projected 2012 Budget $3191.79
Expended against projection $1321.78
Unplanned expenditures $ 101.95
Projected Excess/(Shortfall) ($ 694.19)

As always, donors and donations are publicly acknowledged
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Date: Tue, 29 May 2012 11:03:54 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Darrell G. Leavitt" <leavitdg at plattsburgh.edu>
Subject: Rhubarb ?

Have any of you guys ever used rhubarb in a brew?
I was thinking of puting some into a Wit, but just at
the very end, and wonder if this will be seen as a
friendly gesture by the yeast?

Darrell
[544.9 miles, 68.9]Apparent Rennerian



------------------------------

Date: Wed, 30 May 2012 10:59:30 -0400
From: Pete Calinski <pete.calinski at gmail.com>
Subject: BBC News - Falling stout bubbles explained

Well, now that the toughest problem is solved, can we go on to the Unified
Theory?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18247680


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End of HOMEBREW Digest #5941, 05/30/12
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Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Homebrew Digest #5945 (August 21, 2012)

HOMEBREW Digest #5945 Tue 21 August 2012


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Contents:
Re: Recipe formulations with sugar (Randy Ricchi)
RE: Recipe formulations with sugar- (Bob Sheck)


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* Beer is our obsession and we're late for therapy! *
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

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Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2012 10:26:32 -0400
From: Randy Ricchi <rricchi at houghton.k12.mi.us>
Subject: Re: Recipe formulations with sugar

I don't know how the Brits do it, but for the sake of "easy", I just
go with 10% by weight, such as: 9# grain, 1# sugar = 10% sugar. I use
Promash, and I supposed I could check, but I just assume it uses the
same efficiency of extract for the sugar as for the grain, so my actual
efficiency would seem higher than predicted since I'd actually get 100%
efficiency on the sugar. I've been doing it this way for quite awhile so
it doesn't matter to me, I know what I'll get on recipes using sugar.


> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2012 12:20:40 -0400
> From: Fred L Johnson<FLJohnson52 at nc.rr.com>
> Subject: Recipe formulations with sugar
>
> I've been wondering how professionals consider their recipes when added
> sugar to the boil. I've heard English brewers use expressions like, "...and
> we use about 10% sugar to keep the beer a little drier." Do they mean that
> 10% of the gravity of the wort is from the sugar, or do they mean that 10% of
> the total weight of the recipe is sugar (i.e., 90% grist weight plus 10%
> sugar)?
>
> Fred L Johnson


------------------------------

Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2012 21:31:55 -0400
From: Bob Sheck <bobsheck at gmail.com>
Subject: RE: Recipe formulations with sugar-

To answer Fred L Johnson's post RE: Recipe formulations with sugar-

If I recall, percentages of a recipe are measured by weight.

--
Bob Sheck // Down East Alers // Greenville, NC

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End of HOMEBREW Digest #5945, 08/21/12
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HOMEBREW Digest #5943 Sat 18 August 2012


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Contents:
Recipe formulations with sugar (Fred L Johnson)


* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
* Beer is our obsession and we're late for therapy! *
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

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Financial Projection as of 16 August 2012
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25 June 2012 for retroactive reinstatement.
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Projected 2012 Budget $3191.79
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Unplanned expenditures $ 101.95
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Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2012 12:20:40 -0400
From: Fred L Johnson <FLJohnson52 at nc.rr.com>
Subject: Recipe formulations with sugar

I've been wondering how professionals consider their recipes when added
sugar to the boil. I've heard English brewers use expressions like, "...and
we use about 10% sugar to keep the beer a little drier." Do they mean that
10% of the gravity of the wort is from the sugar, or do they mean that 10% of
the total weight of the recipe is sugar (i.e., 90% grist weight plus 10%
sugar)?

Fred L Johnson

Apex, North Carolina, USA

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End of HOMEBREW Digest #5943, 08/18/12
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Subject: Homebrew Digest #5943 REISSUED
HOMEBREW Digest #5942 Tue 26 June 2012


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Contents:
Fwd: The Home Brew Digest, Inc. Update (Patrick Babcock)


* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
* Beer is our obsession and we're late for therapy! *
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

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Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2012 11:19:01 -0400
From: Patrick Babcock <patrick.babcock at gmail.com>
Subject: Fwd: The Home Brew Digest, Inc. Update

Greetings, Beerlings! Take me to your lager...

Since traffic to the list is low (ok: abysmal), I thought I would
take this opportunity to provide some updates regarding the HBD as a "going
concern".

First, a bit of history regarding the corporation. In 2007, the HBD
incorporated in the State of Michigan as a not-for-profit corporation, and
remains in good standing. When we incorporated as a NFP, and requested our
federal EIN, we should have been entered into the IRS not-for-profit
database. For some reason, we were not. Because of this, when the pension
act was passed in 2008 (the act added a filing requirement for ultra-small
not-for-profit organizations such as ours), we were not notified of the new
requirement and, therefor, did not fulfill the required filings for
requisite three years following 2008 - however, this did not precipitate
notice of automatic revocation of our status either, as the law requires.
When we discovered this in 2011, I contacted the IRS regarding our status,
and that is when the error in our record was discovered. I was assured that
within 90 days of that March call, our record would be corrected, we could
file our 990N, and all would be right with the world. Of course, that never
happened. After the requisite 90 days (100, actually), an attempt to file
our 990N failed again, and another call was made to the IRS. This time, I
was told we'd have action within 30 days. 30 days later, notice was
received that our 501(c)3 status was automatically revoked for non-filing.
I guess they finally fixed our record...

In any case, we have been asked several times over the years to file an IRS
Form 1023 in order that certain organizations could provide us with grants.
After a couple of years asking for a volunteer to complete the Form 1023
for the HBD, and after the face-splash of cold water provided by the IRS
regarding our 990N, I took it upon myself to complete this task. Though
the paperwork claims to require only hours to complete, it took much closer
to a year, what with finding meaningful instructions, suitable examples,
amending corporate documents to fit the IRS requirements via board
meetings, getting over the IRS form-induced anxiety, and finally, after
finally having a package ready for submission, discovering that the IRS
issued a notice which changed the forms without updating the form revision
date or, for that matter, the forms themselves. Sigh. To shorten this down
to its salient points, our Form 10223 was submitted under Notice 2011-43 on
25 June 2012. Assuming we dotted all the i's and crossed all the t's
properly, and assuming the IRS agent reviewing our case sees fit, we should
have our 501(c)3 status retroactively reinstated. This will hopefully occur
before the end of the year, but I understand there is a significant backlog
of similar Form 1023s, and the end of this year is the expiration of Notice
2011-43, so I suspect that backlog is about to grow huge. Note, too, that
approval and issuance of a letter of recognition of exemption is not the
guaranteed conclusion to this epoch. All in all, this is good: having an
official IRS Recognition of Exemption will open additional avenues of
funding and equipment to the HBD. Something we probably should have gone
after much, much earlier, but, unfortunately or otherwise, as a 100%
volunteer organization, we haven't the luxury of the time to spend freely
on such things. Having such recognition will also ensure that
any donation to the HBD is deductible for tax purposes as well. Cross your
fingers for us!

In preparation for receipt of this letter, the HBD.ORG website has been
reconfigured to provide for the complete public disclosure of records
required by the IRS for holders of such official recognition. As far as
finances, we pretty much always were in good shape, with our ledger on
public display at all times. You can now also review the HBD's corporate
documents and filings, including the newly executed Form 1023.

In terms of the HBD itself, we intend to expand our content relative to the
other realms stated in our purpose statement - though home brewed beer will
always be our primary interest, some of the other lists that the HBD has
hosted regarding fermented foodstuffs have generated content that should be
summarized and published in a more easily researched format than the
related list archives. We will continue to offer these side email lists on
the subjects of other fermented foodstuffs - those available now can be
seen at http://hbd.org/mailman/listinfo - and will host new lists for
pursuit of information on other fermented foodstuffs, as well as
for targeted experiments and activities. We are also investigating an
update/upgrade to the popular Brews & Views Bulletin Board to "modernize"
its approach to presenting information, though we will likely delay any
action here until we have received results of our Form 1023 for no better
reason than we may have access to donated, professional software once
officially recognized.

Financially, the HBD has enough cash on hand to cover expenses through the
start of October, at which point, it goes onto "life support" - ie, on my
whole dime. If you still value the HBD, donations are still appreciated
but, again, I fully understand if you prefer to wait until the HBD's
501(c)3 status is officially sorted out. In any case, and as always, I
will carry the HBD as long as it remains rational for me to do so.

All the best!

Patrick G. Babcock
President - The Home Brew Digest, Inc.

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End of HOMEBREW Digest #5942, 06/26/12
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Subject: Homebrew Digest #5942 REISSUED
HOMEBREW Digest #5941 Wed 30 May 2012


FORUM ON BEER, HOMEBREWING, AND RELATED ISSUES
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***************************************************************


Contents:
Rhubarb ? ("Darrell G. Leavitt")
BBC News - Falling stout bubbles explained (Pete Calinski)


* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
* Beer is our obsession and we're late for therapy! *
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

NOTE: With the economy as it is, the HBD is struggling to
meet its meager operating expenses of approximately $3500
per year. If less than half of those currently directly
subscribed to the HBD sent in a mere $5.00, the HBD would
be able to easily meet its annual expenses, with room to
spare for next year. Please consider it.

Financial Projection as of 22 May 2012
*** Condition: Guarded ***
501(c)3 revoked in process of retroactive reinstatement.
See Site News on http://hbd.org for details and progress.
Projected 2012 Budget $3191.79
Expended against projection $1321.78
Unplanned expenditures $ 101.95
Projected Excess/(Shortfall) ($ 694.19)

As always, donors and donations are publicly acknowledged
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Spencer Thomas, and Bill Pierce


----------------------------------------------------------------------


Date: Tue, 29 May 2012 11:03:54 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Darrell G. Leavitt" <leavitdg at plattsburgh.edu>
Subject: Rhubarb ?

Have any of you guys ever used rhubarb in a brew?
I was thinking of puting some into a Wit, but just at
the very end, and wonder if this will be seen as a
friendly gesture by the yeast?

Darrell
[544.9 miles, 68.9]Apparent Rennerian



------------------------------

Date: Wed, 30 May 2012 10:59:30 -0400
From: Pete Calinski <pete.calinski at gmail.com>
Subject: BBC News - Falling stout bubbles explained

Well, now that the toughest problem is solved, can we go on to the Unified
Theory?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18247680


------------------------------
End of HOMEBREW Digest #5941, 05/30/12
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Subject: Homebrew Digest #5941 REISSUED