First State Brewers Blog

OK guys. Did some work tonight and I managed to get our Gallery reinstalled. The installation wasn’t too bad once I understood the requirements. I didn’t bother updating us to Gallery 2 since that requires a database, and I didn’t want to fool with it. Also, I figured recovering to the latest version of Gallery 1 would let us keep all our previously configured users and albums - which it did.

Formatting was a royal PITA - I had to redo all of the “tweaks” I did a few years ago to incorporate the header, sidebar, footer, and standard CSS styles for the site, which essentially means figuring it out all over again. I killed those brain cells off a few drained cornies ago… but we’re 95% of the way there.

We’ve got tons of new stuff we can add “free” through GoDaddy. There are a few BLOG add-ons, but I’m not sure that we want to move it. This one works great. We also now have up to 10 MySQL databases - I guess at some point I’ll have to learn MySQL syntax and how to access it via PHP… fun… :-
This weekend I’m brewing a clone of Dogfish Head’s Indian Brown Ale from the September 2005 issue of Brew Your Own… should be good. I’m excited about it, and already have a 3 quart yeast starter of WLP005 British Ale fermented out and in the fridge downstairs in preparation for Saturday.

Brad Jolicoeur emailed me this link to a nice beer dispensing product! Check out the cool video!

Turbo… Stout?!

Yes, it’s true. TurboTap works with nitrogenated stouts, too.

The same technology used to pour perfect lagers also works for pouring nitrogenated stouts (like Murphy’s®) at lightening-fast speeds. As always, seeing is believing, so take a moment to view an uncut video clip that demonstrates stouts powered by TurboTap. You’ll witness a sub-two second pour followed by the customary “cascading” of the tiny nitrogen bubbles. These bubbles settle to form the signature creamy collar that stout drinkers crave.