Little Talks - Ray Daniels - Against The Grain Sunday Jan 25th, 6PM

[markc]

Apologies for the no show lads, got tied with family, should have posted!

Markl

[Rossa]

Whatever about the numbers it was a very enjoyable evening. Looking forward to the next one.

[DEMPSEY]

He was a very affable man indeed. Enjoyed the night

[Hingo]

Also, if you put your name on a list, turn up. Otherwise, don't put your name on the list.

My bad from my side, I was hoping to even go for the couple of hour but  have had a bit going on. Moving house next week (which only came about after I signed my name down) and the weekend turned out to be very busy packing etc. . which I thought wouldn't have taken as long.. Also wouldn't have went down well if I told herself, "Just off to the pub"

Didn't realize there would be that many out


Sounds like it was a good night all the same!

[DEMPSEY]

I like his reminder about yeast pitching. As so many things are going on at brew day with trying to get all the numbers right and liquid quantities correct brewers often forget to do some maths on the amount of yeast cells that are in 1 packet of yeast and so underpitch  .

[molc]

I like his reminder about yeast pitching. As so many things are going on at brew day with trying to get all the numbers right and liquid quantities correct brewers often forget to do some maths on the amount of yeast cells that are in 1 packet of yeast and so underpitch  .

All his points on yeast were very interesting, especially the stress he put on how profound effect it has on your beer. I also found it interesting he also said to go to secondary once initial fermentation is finished, quite forcefully. There's so many varying opinions on how to do things online that it's nice to get some tips from a respected, reputable source.
Def. going to make a few process changes as a result of the talk and he was a lovely man to talk with to boot.

[Dr Jacoby]

He gave some really good advice on making starters but I thought his advice to only use yeast from secondary to be a little off the mark. The standard advice is to use the yeast in primary because it contains a good mix of flocculent and non-flocculent yeast. Obviously you have the issue of washing this yeast to get rid of trub but I'd rather do this than limit my re-pitch to yeast that is still in suspension after primary. Interesting discussion though!   

[IrishBeerSnob]

Hey guys sounds like you had a blast
In my defence i did say tbc, but i should have come on yesterday when it was apparent i'd not be able to make it.

[Rossa]

Hey guys sounds like you had a blast
In my defence i did say tbc, but i should have come on yesterday when it was apparent i'd not be able to make it.

I got the answer to your questions anyway...more or less.

[IrishBeerSnob]

Cheers Rossa.

[pob]

Big thanks to Rossa & James for organising the talk, really enjoyed it, I will try to get to any future ones.

To get people committed in the future, I wouldn't be adverse to a reasonable cover charge of ~€5, certainly would cover the finger food & glass/pint of beer and you're more likely to get attendance.

[Andrew]

I couldn't make the Sunday (family time) but I met with Ray on Monday. He went through the whole cert program and then 4 of us went off to the 108 and chatted further. I don't know if Ray mentioned it but it looks like he will be back July/August (the next time a Brewdog exam is due) and is prepared run another exam here if there are numbers. I was going to see if anyone was interested in a study group, we get together once a month and go over the course materials.

[jawalemon]

Big thanks to Rossa & James for organising the talk, really enjoyed it, I will try to get to any future ones.

To get people committed in the future, I wouldn't be adverse to a reasonable cover charge of ~€5, certainly would cover the finger food & glass/pint of beer and you're more likely to get attendance.

Was the food and drink not put on by the bar?

[DEMPSEY]

Club paid for the beer.

[Rossa]

Food was supplied.