u/Clawhammer_Supply — reddlx

I Buried a Keg... And it's Awesome.

I did a tour of the Stiegl brewery in Austria this winter and they spent a fair amount of time talking about burying fermenters like the Georgians and Egyptians did thousands of years ago. I also did a trip to London to drink cask beer a few years back and fell in love with that beer style. All of this got me thinking, why not combine the two and make an English Golden Cask Ale in my own underground fermenter. Guys, this is the way. I 100% recommend doing it if you have some yard to spare.

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u/Clawhammer_Supply — 6 days ago

▲ 8 r/Homebrewing

One of my favorite things about this hobby is that homebrewers are genuinely creative people. They love iterating, experimenting, and making things "their own." I personally really enjoy seeing home brewery names, clever beer names, cool DIY label designs, etc.

With that in mind, we're about to start producing our new touchscreen homebrew beer controller with fully 3D printed cases, and I'd really love to find a way for folks to add their own flair. Like, what if you could customize the case itself? Add your own logo, tweak the design, make it truly yours. Since the cases are 3D printed, that's theoretically possible if we released the CAD files.

However, there's a catch. The cases have very specific material requirements: high temp tolerance and fire resistance. The filament we landed on is fire resistant polycarbonate, which is not something most hobbyist printers can run, and it's not cheap. So even if we released the files, most people couldn't print them at home anyway. You'd probably need to send them out to a print shop.

Long story short, I'm having a hard time convincing the team that releasing the CAD files is a good idea...

So I'll just throw it out there: is this stuff something that would even interest you? Would you want access to the files knowing the material constraints involved?

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u/Clawhammer_Supply — 8 days ago

▲ 115 r/Homebrewing

I had the opportunity to speak at the Craft Brewers Conference this year with Martin from The Homebrew Challenge / Brulosophy and Charlie from Golden Hive Mead. https://imgur.com/a/ymmBBmv

We also cruised the expo and got invited to an event jointly hosted by White Labs Yeast, Escarpment Yeast and Lallemand where we met a brewer from Budweiser Budvar in the Czech Republic. If you're not in the know, Budvar is the original Budweiser that American Budweiser lifted its name from.

Anyway, we had a super interesting conversation about how Budweiser Budvar makes lager beer. A few things stood out: First, they see hot side aeration as a good thing due to the color and flavor compounds it adds to the beer. Second, they do a double decoction mash which also serves as a step mash. Third, they lager their beer for a full 90 days.

Folks have been brewing beer in this particular town since 1265, so I suppose they've picked up a thing or two about how to brew beer over the years! Speaking of, ya know how Budweiser America's slogan is "King of Beers?" Well, you might not be surprised to learn that they used to call beer from Budvar, "The Beer of Kings" ....which they meant literally!

u/Clawhammer_Supply — 16 days ago