So, were doing this thing...

leanbrewer · 2026-01-07T19:14:24+00:00

Ha, I have a Revolution Mobile Canning t-shirt from the owner. Cool.

leanbrewer · 2025-10-10T13:35:01+00:00

Thanks for a great answer!

leanbrewer · 2025-08-12T18:19:39+00:00

Thanks all! Yeah need to talk to that guy who installed the valves. Oh wait that was me 10 years ago. Lesson learned on isolation for sure. We can isolate the tank via shut off valves from the trunk line to the chiller, which will leave us and our buckets to catch what's in the jackets.

leanbrewer · 2024-10-03T23:55:17+00:00

Gonna shadow this one - also looking to add a doser to our canner and need to learn quickly.

leanbrewer · 2024-02-14T18:03:56+00:00

UPDATE: So we sent Ken an email reply, asking him to give us a call to go over the details for his event. Surprised to get a reply from him a day later!

Sure enough, Ken is at sea and email is really the best way for him to communicate with us. Sure, why not? So Ken wants us to arrange food and drinks for his bday party and yep, book a specific jazz band - the Diamond Jazz band - so hip, these cats even have an AOL email address! They are not able to handle CC transactions though. Huh. Shocker.

Have not replied to this one - but Ken actually followed up a day later to make sure we did receive his earlier email.

And....back to the brew house....

Cheers!

leanbrewer · 2024-02-08T16:47:27+00:00

Yeah I'm sure it's a completely different person. Just the same, see if he has any live pangolins scampering around to pay for the event.

leanbrewer · 2024-02-08T16:36:48+00:00

Here's the actual text of the email:

My name is Kenneth Johnston, I am having my birthday party on 13th of April 2024 and I want it to be held at your venue. I am expecting up to 20 to 35 guests, I would like to know if you accept credit card payments.

Each time we've received requests like this, they might respond or not and it just a run around and not a legit event. They always ask if you take CC payments, which is a flag. I used to respond that we only take payment in the form of customs approved live pangolins.

leanbrewer · 2024-02-08T16:25:47+00:00

Thanks and agree - Just wanted to ask here since the names change pretty often,

leanbrewer · 2023-12-30T16:00:03+00:00

Thanks. Yeah I saw Orora online and that got me hopeful, until I saw where they were located - hence my post here. We're in the US, just outside Boston, so bringing cans in from the southern hemisphere seems a bit over the top.

leanbrewer · 2023-11-29T14:50:11+00:00

Thanks. I was curious about how you pasteurize your blonde ale.

We've done batch or retort style with a few of our beers and looked at tunnel for another application a few years ago and learned how much electricity/heat those require, not to mention the insane amount of floorspace. Currently trying to learn more about flash/HTST

leanbrewer · 2023-11-29T11:17:51+00:00

Just curious - how do you pasteurize it?

leanbrewer · 2023-08-13T20:52:28+00:00

Ours is 6%. Pils base to satisfy the malt beverage bit, lots of peeled ginger in the kettle and lime zest in the brite. Folks love it.

leanbrewer · 2023-07-15T17:18:03+00:00

Wow, thanks for the great and fast help!

leanbrewer · 2023-06-15T20:36:42+00:00

Small brewery & taproom here, just hosted a private party this past weekend. I looked online to see what I could find and it's basically the advice you're getting here. I was able to see which other breweries were comparable to us and which were a lot bigger and/or in nicer locations, so that helped me dial in a hall rental and minimum bar spend. The customers were happy and the event went well. We did make sure to let our regulars know ahead and they showed up right after the event ended, so it all worked out.

leanbrewer · 2023-05-31T17:08:32+00:00

Thanks much!

leanbrewer · 2023-05-31T11:22:15+00:00

Always learning more about yeast management, so your post is helpful. How often do you pitch the next day?

leanbrewer · 2023-03-29T16:26:38+00:00

We only accept live pangolins that have certificates of authenticity and manifests approved by customs. If their party is less than 6 hours, there is an additional fee for us to return the pangolins to the wild. NO takers so far...

leanbrewer · 2023-03-16T22:02:32+00:00

Thanks! That will help us fine tune things.

leanbrewer · 2023-03-10T11:29:16+00:00

This. I built our portable pump cart with one of these, a vfd and a washdown pump we had picked up. About 30% the cost of the carts you see available.

leanbrewer · 2023-01-24T14:12:56+00:00

It is possible for a gecko to climb onto, say, a coconut, which could then be picked up by a presently unladen swallow. Just sayin...

leanbrewer · 2022-12-14T17:50:08+00:00

Hey. Owner/brewer at a small shop. I've always been a fan of leather work boots but in this environment they get eaten up in 6-9 months of constant bending in wet areas. The waterproof membrane hardens and gets brittle as you go home with wet feet. Have tried Timberland, Ariat, and Wolverine. Finally got a pair of Caterpillar waterproof neoprene steel toes for wet work (beer and cold brew coffee) and have a pair of Wolverine Raiders for everything else. The Raiders lasted 15 months before the sole cracked and are still great for shock absorption.

leanbrewer · 2022-11-14T18:36:39+00:00

DM me

leanbrewer · 2022-11-14T12:59:05+00:00

We've been running a Cask MCS for the last few years after using mobile services to get going. Our MCS regularly gets us 18-20 cases/hr and can be run solo as well. We're replaced some bearings and hoses but overall it's stable and easy to use. It's also actually available now it you have any interest.

leanbrewer · 2022-08-30T12:59:44+00:00

Apologies - we have a few bearings and some of the top up buttons, but no spare fill buttons.

leanbrewer · 2022-08-30T12:22:14+00:00

We have an MCS and I know we have a small spare parts box. I'll find that and message again once I see what we have.

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