Thieves steal beer aging on a sunken ship

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  1. woemad

    woemad Grand Pooh-Bah (5,145) Jun 8, 2003 Washington
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  2. BBThunderbolt

    BBThunderbolt Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,282) Sep 24, 2007 Kiribati
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    Gee, never saw that coming.
     
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  3. slander

    slander Pooh-Bah (2,324) Nov 5, 2001 New York
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    “If they stole it for their own consumption, they’re going to have to throw it away,” said Mr. Vincent. “It was a lukewarm, gasless liquor that would be very difficult to drink.”

    "I was planning to put the barrels in my cooler and dispense through gas", said whoever reasonably did this.
     
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  4. billandsuz

    billandsuz Pooh-Bah (2,023) Sep 1, 2004 New York
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    Part of me feels bad for these brewers.

    Part of me wants to say to them, "this barrel aging, I am not so sure it means what you think it means".
     
  5. JackHorzempa

    JackHorzempa Grand Pooh-Bah (3,181) Dec 15, 2005 Pennsylvania
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    Well Mr. Whoever must have a good sized cooler to accommodate a 50+ gallon wood barrel but I suppose where there is a will there is a way.

    Salud!
     
  6. JackHorzempa

    JackHorzempa Grand Pooh-Bah (3,181) Dec 15, 2005 Pennsylvania
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    I see what you did there! :stuck_out_tongue:

    Cheers
     
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  7. billandsuz

    billandsuz Pooh-Bah (2,023) Sep 1, 2004 New York
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    Sure.
    NCJOHB, Papazian, He details his method of temperature control in a swimming pool. Puts the carboy in the deep end and the airlock is attached with a long hose. Rather ingenious.
     
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  8. JackHorzempa

    JackHorzempa Grand Pooh-Bah (3,181) Dec 15, 2005 Pennsylvania
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    Bill,

    When I first started reading the article my initial thought was temperature (i.e., a continuous, steady temperature for barrel aging) but as I got further into the article:

    “Previous experiments had involved shallower depths, so they wanted to test beers made under greater pressure.”

    Do you have any ideas here as regards the influences that greater hydrostatic pressure would have on aging beer in wood barrels?

    Cheers!
     
  9. billandsuz

    billandsuz Pooh-Bah (2,023) Sep 1, 2004 New York
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    Yeah.
    My idea. If you want to ferment under pressure apply argon or nitrogen at the desired pressure and voila. Not exactly sure how the outside pressure on the barrel has much effect on the inside pressure on the liquid. It's not like the inside of a submarine is a high pressure environment. That's the point of a submarine right? This is just some stupid shit.
     
  10. jesskidden

    jesskidden Grand Pooh-Bah (3,071) Aug 10, 2005 New Jersey
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  11. JackHorzempa

    JackHorzempa Grand Pooh-Bah (3,181) Dec 15, 2005 Pennsylvania
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    Me neither, I figured I would ask.
    Well, a submarine is made out of thick metal and is pressurized commensurate with permitting the sailors to live. A wooden barrel may 'behave' differently from a submarine.

    Cheers!
     
  12. slander

    slander Pooh-Bah (2,324) Nov 5, 2001 New York
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    I meant 'a walk in' cooler, but I've seen 96 gallon garbage toters repurposed for fitting kegs...
     
  13. JackHorzempa

    JackHorzempa Grand Pooh-Bah (3,181) Dec 15, 2005 Pennsylvania
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    Well, that would certainly work here.

    Cheers!
     
  14. zac16125

    zac16125 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,358) Jan 26, 2010 South Carolina
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    I think we can all agree that the real victims here are all the reasonable beer consumers who were subjected to this ridiculous gimmick, amiright?!?!
     
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