Sunday, March 14, 2010

Homebrew Digest #5668 (March 14, 2010)

HOMEBREW Digest #5668 Sun 14 March 2010


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Contents:
Stuck Fermentation (Frank Russo)
2010 Coconut Cup Results (Scott Graham)


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Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2010 10:09:59 -0800 (PST)
From: Frank Russo <fjrusso at yahoo.com>
Subject: Stuck Fermentation

Who can tell me the reason for stuck fermentation?
e.g Belgian Tripel, SG 1.065 after 3 weeks 1.030. Yeast Wyeast 1388.

Racked to secondary and poured 3 gals apple juice on the yeast cakes.
Fermentation running just like it should. So temperature is not an issue.
So what is?

Suggestions for how to restart it?

Regards,
Frank J. Russo


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Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 13:12:58 -0400 (EDT)
From: Scott Graham <grahams at cs.fiu.edu>
Subject: 2010 Coconut Cup Results

The 2010 Coconut Cup was another rousing success thanks to everyone's
support.

Special thanks go to our out of town judges--Steve Piatz (from
Minnesota!), Sean Gregg (SAAZ), Andy Rodusky (PBD), Paul Blatz (PBD),
Patrick Fossett (PBD), Don Russ (PBD), Herb Boardman (FLAB), Greg
Flynn (FLAB), and Marshall Silk (FLAB)--as well as our out of town
stewards Squeke O'Connor (PBD) and Steve Nelson (FLAB). Many thanks to the
dedicated MASH members who assisted with the judging, stewarding, and
logistics.

Additional thanks go to our Sponsors, the Titanic Brewery & Restaurant,
Gordon Biersch, Wyeast, White Labs, Sierra Nevada, Boston Beer Company,
and Brew Your Own magazine.

The results of the 2010 Coconut Cup are posted at
http://www.miami-homebrew.org/coco-cup/CocoCup10_Results.html

Congratulations to the winners and to the winning club, the Miami Area
Society of Homebrewers (MASH). We'll have the Cup engraved soon and it
will return to its permanent home above the bar at the Titanic Brewery &
Restaurant in Coral Gables.

We hope that you'll enter your brews in next year's Coconut Cup!

Scott Graham
Coconut Cup Judge Coordinator
MASH President
[1159.9, 169.3] Apparent Rennerian


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