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New Brewpub coming to the East Bay El Cerrito will have its own brewpubb in mid-August. Located on San Pablo Avenue next to the historic El Cerrito Theatre and a block from BART. We're looking forward to checking it out!
http://www.bayareacraftbeer.com/beer-news/new-brewpub-opening-in-the-east-bay/
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Keg Line Length Balancing Here's a great article found at http://www.beersmith.com/blog/2011/07/14/keg-line-length-balancing-the-science-of-draft-beer/
Keg Line Length Balancing ? The Science of Draft Beer
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So how does one design a draft beer system to maintain proper balance at the tap? The pressure drop depends on resistance in the beer line. Beer lines have two types of resistance ? one due to elevation change (i.e. the keg being higher or lower than the tap), and a second due to the beer lines themselves which generate friction as the beer flows through the lines.
Lets look at resistance first to keep...
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Oyster BBQ April 23rd Because the last Sun in Apr is Easter, Chuck the Czech can't make it that day ... so we're happenin' on Sat the 23rd instead - same time & place. $12/ea for Malt & 1 guest; $15/guest thereafter; kids under 12 & non-oyster eaters $6.
Bring beer, drinking vessels, an appetizer/salad/dessert, and your own flatware & plates if you want to be really eco-friendly. We'll have plates/napkins/flatware.
Contact Mark Kornmann to reserve - We'll collect at the door.
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Oregon back An annoying vestige of prohibition killed the Oregon homebrewing buzz last year when it was discovered that taking homebrew outside of your own home was illegal.
Home brewers and amateur winemakers throughout Oregon should lift a glass to the Oregon Senate this week, which unanimously endorsed a bill that would rewrite state law to allow homemade beer and wine to be transported and consumed outside the makers? homes.
http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/opinion/25935704-47/brewers-state-beer-homemade-oregon.csp
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Exoplanetary Zymurgical Experimentation Underway What will humans think of next? Assuring ample tasty beer for astronauts, of course.
Astronauts4Hire, a nonprofit space research corporation, will conduct the tests on an Australian beer that has been brewed specifically for easy drinking in microgravity environments.
http://www.mnn.com/food/beer/stories/space-beer-headed-for-zero-gravity-bar
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