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The Little Abbotsford Craftbrewery
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This was just posted on the Craftbrewer digest. Some of you who have bought Powell's malts may be in a position to participate:
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 09:04:30 +1000
From: "Graham L Sanders" <[email protected]>
Subject: [Oz Craftbrewing] Powell's Malt Experiment
To: <[email protected]>
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G'Day All
Firstly please pass this on to other digests if you can. I need as much
involvement as possible.
With the continuing saga of Powell's malt (Some say its ok, some say its
not) - I always wonder if the problem is to do with consistancy from batch
to batch.
Now doing the radio program http://radio.craftbrewer.org ,it does allow me
some perks, as I do get to talk to some very interesting fellows in the beer
business, and that includes some serious researchers. It was during a talk
with one such fellow that this topic came up. Well some wheeling and dealing
later, and suddenly we (Australian craftbrewers), will have access to some
very expensive laboratory equipment.
I have managed to arrange for a little experiment, where the leading malt
researcher in this country is prepared to do A FULL analysis of a malt for
us. That includes the concentration of all the enzymes, protein conversion
etc, and give that to us. This is an extremely rare treat, and no better
subject to test this than Powells Malt.
Simply put, I can organise to get Powells malt tested and determine if the
performance issues is due to malting, or the brewers method, and more
importantly, where the fault lies.
So what do I need.
1. 20 brewers arround the country who have used Powells malt, and still have
some in stock.
2. these brewers will need to mail only 20 grams to Tasmania. Should be
under $1.00 postage.
3. your normal brewing efficiency with other malts and what you are getting
with Powells malt.
This is a rare opportunity. Can the word be passed arround quickly, as I
need 20 samples. That not only includes people who are getting poor
performance, but also those who are getting excellent performance.
If people can contact me at either
craftbrewer at bigpond dot com
or
grahamsanders at rawnet dot com dot au
By Monday that would be great. Please pass this arround to other brewers who
have used this malt.
Once this experiment is done, others may well be in the pipeline. Contact me
if you have any questions.
Shout
Graham L Sanders
ed: spelling
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 09:04:30 +1000
From: "Graham L Sanders" <[email protected]>
Subject: [Oz Craftbrewing] Powell's Malt Experiment
To: <[email protected]>
Message-ID: <000d01c6a6d0$b4413ae0$0100a8c0@graham>
Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
reply-type=original
G'Day All
Firstly please pass this on to other digests if you can. I need as much
involvement as possible.
With the continuing saga of Powell's malt (Some say its ok, some say its
not) - I always wonder if the problem is to do with consistancy from batch
to batch.
Now doing the radio program http://radio.craftbrewer.org ,it does allow me
some perks, as I do get to talk to some very interesting fellows in the beer
business, and that includes some serious researchers. It was during a talk
with one such fellow that this topic came up. Well some wheeling and dealing
later, and suddenly we (Australian craftbrewers), will have access to some
very expensive laboratory equipment.
I have managed to arrange for a little experiment, where the leading malt
researcher in this country is prepared to do A FULL analysis of a malt for
us. That includes the concentration of all the enzymes, protein conversion
etc, and give that to us. This is an extremely rare treat, and no better
subject to test this than Powells Malt.
Simply put, I can organise to get Powells malt tested and determine if the
performance issues is due to malting, or the brewers method, and more
importantly, where the fault lies.
So what do I need.
1. 20 brewers arround the country who have used Powells malt, and still have
some in stock.
2. these brewers will need to mail only 20 grams to Tasmania. Should be
under $1.00 postage.
3. your normal brewing efficiency with other malts and what you are getting
with Powells malt.
This is a rare opportunity. Can the word be passed arround quickly, as I
need 20 samples. That not only includes people who are getting poor
performance, but also those who are getting excellent performance.
If people can contact me at either
craftbrewer at bigpond dot com
or
grahamsanders at rawnet dot com dot au
By Monday that would be great. Please pass this arround to other brewers who
have used this malt.
Once this experiment is done, others may well be in the pipeline. Contact me
if you have any questions.
Shout
Graham L Sanders
ed: spelling
I need some malt soon 
