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Message Travlr P beers 33920 º places 4607 º 09:11 Mon 1/16/2017 https://www.craftbeer.com/craft-beer-muses/coolships-old-new-american-craft-brewing interesting article, but misses the importance of the microorganic milieu of the entire brewery in spontaneous fermentation - it’s not just the coolship. that’s why the coolship-on-a-truck never made sense to me
Message bartlebier beers 4526 º places 177 º 10:45 Mon 1/16/2017 Originally posted by Travlr https://www.craftbeer.com/craft-beer-muses/coolships-old-new-american-craft-brewing interesting article, but misses the importance of the microorganic milieu of the entire brewery in spontaneous fermentation - it’s not just the coolship. that’s why the coolship-on-a-truck never made sense to me Those New Glarus wood beams are still looking very shiny. Maybe someone could catch a few Rue Gheude spiders and bugs and import them in Dany Prignon’s dirty hamper to let them loose in these new polished coolship surroundings? Portable coolship = instant terroir. Bam!
Message cheap P beers 8865 º places 328 º 10:48 Mon 1/16/2017 Originally posted by Travlr https://www.craftbeer.com/craft-beer-muses/coolships-old-new-american-craft-brewing interesting article, but misses the importance of the microorganic milieu of the entire brewery in spontaneous fermentation - it’s not just the coolship. that’s why the coolship-on-a-truck never made sense to me Yep, decent article but what you said.
Message Travlr P beers 33920 º places 4607 º 12:39 Mon 1/16/2017 Originally posted by adnielsen Thanks for sharing, gene!

Message CLevar places 23 º 13:23 Mon 1/16/2017 I think that one goal of a mobile coolship is to see what effect (if any) different locales have on the final product. I agree that more consistency and "house" character can be derived from a stationary coolship and the microbes resident to that brewery (and there are good data to support this), but if exploration is the goal a mobile coolship is perhaps a good option.
Message CLevar places 23 º 13:28 Mon 1/16/2017 Also, "shiny" wood could be due to the ridiculous regulations requiring all wood in a brewery to be sealed- in MN at least it’s just fine to have oak barrels aging beer, but an oak beam must be sealed. ):(
Message Travlr P beers 33920 º places 4607 º 13:39 Mon 1/16/2017 Originally posted by CLevar Also, "shiny" wood could be due to the ridiculous regulations requiring all wood in a brewery to be sealed- in MN at least it’s just fine to have oak barrels aging beer, but an oak beam must be sealed. ):( this is the reason that Cantillon applied for, and received, historic designation as a museum - EU regulations would have forced them to get rid of all the wood in their brewery
Message cheap P beers 8865 º places 328 º 15:20 Mon 1/16/2017 We got a micro brewer in an old Beaver County PA bakery, Beaver Falls, would their basement coolship have an effect on the brew? The place used to be a bakery. Old aged wood studs in the basement? Right above the coolship? Sounds yummy. It probably would be some kind of dough yeast.

Message Travlr P beers 33920 º places 4607 º 18:25 Mon 1/16/2017 Originally posted by cheap We got a micro brewer in an old Beaver County PA bakery, Beaver Falls, would their basement coolship have an effect on the brew? The place used to be a bakery. Old aged wood studs in the basement? Right above the coolship? Sounds yummy. It probably would be some kind of dough yeast. sound great. Free Range brewery here in Charlotte that collaborates with a bakery and uses their sourdough starter to make sour IPAs (aka dry hopped sours, more or less). Very tasty: https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/free-range-i-knead-you/452707/ and https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/free-range-we-knead-each-other/475203/
Message ben4321 P beers 11317 º places 628 º 16:02 Tue 1/17/2017 pretty interesting article, thanks for sharing
Message NobleSquirrel beers 3437 º places 209 º 11:18 Wed 1/18/2017 I think people overvalue the coolship in terms of funky beer. Plenty of German breweries use coolships as a means to cool the beer down prior to producing lagers. As everyone has pointed out, there are way more factors than what’s in the air...