Modem Times first anniversary party

So since it's now public info, how do one join the League?

 

Membership in the League of Partygoers & Elegant People was a reward tier in our Kickstarter campaign. As per my previous post, membership was originally designed to last a year, after which I would open it up to new members, similar to how the Reserve Society works. But as I mentioned, I didn't feel that we were able to provide enough in 1 year to make it a good value for the Kickstarter backers. So I've more or less indefinitely extended it until I feel comfortable that those initial backers got their money's worth. At that point, I may re-open it for membership or I may put it on hiatus until I feel confident that we can consistently deliver an awesome experience for the members.

Cheers & thanks,
Jacob McKean
Modern Times Beer

 

Arlight. Now it's clear. Thanks for clarifying and good luck!

 

What kind of shakes do you get after drinking a full pint of cold brewed coffee?

 

Caffeine is substantially less soluble at room temperature than at normal brewing temperatures (195*F - 205*F), although the longer steeping time of cold brew will help get a decent amount of caffeine. All told though, cold brewed coffee will usually have anywhere from 20 - 50% less caffeine than your average cup of coffee, depending on dosage rates (coffee to water ratio) and steeping time.

TL;DR: You'll have to drink a decent amount to get the shakes. Do it. For science.

 

That doesn't seem quite right. Cold brew is definitely a less efficient means of extraction, but that's generally offset by the longer steeping time and amount of coffee used. And if I remember correctly, it's more the flavor that is extracted worse, with the extra caffeine from the extra coffee giving a boost overall. My experience with cold brew definitely goes hand in hand with that, as it seems to be the only coffee where I feel like it's pulsing through my veins.

 

If you brew a cold brew concentrate and drink it straight, then yeah, it will have more caffeine. However, the average cup of cold brew that you'll order from a coffee shop (or make at home with normal dosing and dilution rates) will have less caffeine than hot brewed coffee. You can certainly achieve high caffeine content via concentration, but that's skewing away from the point I made about an average cup.

As far as extraction, pretty much every aspect of coffee is less soluble at room temperature, including the caffeine and I've never seen an article or study argue about that point (although I have seen debate about the end product due to steeping time). If you have a link that disagrees with that, I'd like to read it. Not in the "prove me wrong" way, I'd just love to see it since this topic comes up on various forums (coffee, beer, and general forums) and I've never really seen a definitive answer.

Mine is the opposite, I've found the cold brew can taste quite interesting but at almost any reasonable dilution rate, it doesn't give me the same feeling that hot coffee does. Do you cold brew at home, and if so, what kind of dosing and dilution are you using to get that caffeine rush?

 

“Caffeine is moderately soluble in water at room temperature (2 g/100 mL), but very soluble in boiling water (66 g/100 mL).” – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caffeine#Chemical_properties_and_biosynthesis

 

My anecdotal evidence is consistent with the two statements above. I can down a 22oz bomber of cold brew on a weekend morning and not feel like I've ingested the caffeine from my weekday thermos (maybe 12oz?) of hot joe.

 

Ah, see, all of my experiences with cold brew have been with a concentrate so my thinking might be a bit skewed. It's not normally how I drink my coffee anyway (typically aeropress).

 

If you make ice-brewed coffee (as opposed to cold-brewed), aka the Japanese method, you'll get the same amount of caffeine as a hot cup. Everyone reading this: make coffee this way during the summer. It's delicious and perfect.

 

I'm assuming the houseband, The Deftones, will be playing at this event.


As Ashley Schaeffer said, "I can feel it down in my plums."

 

The problem with basing caffeine levels on solubility is even in cold water, the amount of caffeine in the beans is less than the solubility limit. Your standard cup off coffee has 10-40mg of caffeine per 100ml of coffee.

 

If any kind individual can please please help out....Looking for the tulip and high baller glass for a wedding gift, if anyone got any or know one who would be willing to trade or sell, i have some rares id let go for them? Thanks in advance! Sorry for being that guy

 

By rares do you mean Bourbon County Rare? If so, BM, I could be a kind individual.

 

Phalanax bottles are starting to hit LA/OC. Stearns and Wine Country in Long Beach got em

 

Cup of a Carpenter IPA?

 

Modem Tones, Cup of a Carpenter, and someone had another great name for a beer. Highly suggest someone brews and takes those names quick. Nerds and Indiana Jones junkies would be all over that.

 

On second thought Cup of a Carpenter would have to be an IPA aged on fresh oak

 

Sounds like a job for Avery or Great Divide. They do a bit of work with oaked IPAs.