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An offering for Cincy!! With Poll



Marc,
If all goes well Brett and I migh be bringing a tow vehicle and a smack 
talking high placin GRM car.. it will only have a few hundred HP.. 

hehe..
<SMACK!>

Be there drinkin beer .. no drivin.. 


Duan you think we could get a pre-arranged "take-off" 
hehehe


On Tue, 23 Mar 2004, Marc Getty wrote:

> 
> Just today I bought a kegerator from <http://www.neatbrewingideas.ca>
> and a keg of Paulaner Hefeweizen Wei?bier. Unfortunately there is no
> way I can fit all that into my Mk1 and bring it to Cincy. :-(
> 
> -Marc
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org
> [mailto:scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org] On Behalf Of stetson
> Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 4:32 PM
> To: scirocco list
> Subject: An offering for Cincy!! With Poll
> 
> 
> K then.
> 
> Be warned......LONG post, but it'll probably be worth your while to
> read.
> 
> 
> Been thinking about this since last week. It came on me like a fever
> dream born of some small central american country, and sensability has
> not caught up with enthusiasm and clubbed it like the baby seal it is.
> 
> So after agonizing about things, I've decided to twist the knife stuck
> into the bank account once again (there goes the P&P this
> year,....sigh).
> 
> I was considering that since this would be my first contact in person
> with those other attendees from the list that I might like to have
> something to mollify the negative impression I'm sure I've created w/
> my noise on the list.
> 
> You folks like beer?
> 
> Now....... before you get images of me loading up cases of Busch Light
> into the back of my Roc, (GOD FORBID!!!! It's like using the scircocco
> as a junkyard beater to get MOPAR parts. Sheesh! I will have no truck
> w/ such blasphemy!), let me say that this will not be the case (pun
> intended).
> 
> I was the asst. brewmaster (beer snob) for a reputable and still in
> business microbrewery in my area for it's first 2 1/2 yrs. of
> operation and left with a deep appreciation of many brewed styles
> (well, actually, I already had the appreciation, It's how I got the
> job).
> 
> I am also on good terms with a local brewery and might be able to
> finagle a custom brew for the crew here (but I will have to find out
> if I can weasel into the production schedule).
> 
> <UPDATE EDIT>
> O.K......the production schedule has been checked and there is no room
> at the Inn.
> 
> FARGING BASTIGES!!!  ;^}
> 
> But everyone has priorities, and making a decent buck is winning out
> over a last minute favor request (go figure), so I will have to get
> the nearest style to the poll winner. (see below) </EDIT>
> 
> So I have a few questions for those planning Cincy attendance.
> 
> You folks like a particular style?
> 
> The choices would be:
> 
> Bock/Marzen
> Pale Ale
> I.P.A.
> Stout
> Brown
> Pilsner
> Hefe Weizen/Wheat beer
> 
> Feel free to chime in w/ a style that is not represented and if you
> can get enough folks behind you it will be attempted.
> 
> <UPDATE EDIT>
> Errrr....WOULD have been. Now I'll just have to do a small run at home
> for bottles and will be my choice of flavor since the amounts won't be
> stupendous, just stuporous. I'm thinking Dopple Bock in the bottles to
> emulate the spirit of the Scirocco; something small that has MUCH more
> kick than you would think it should have. </EDIT>
> 
> The polls will be open about 4 days but then closed as serious time
> pressure to get this done in time will be involved. Email me off list
> with something like "Mmmmmmm...... Beer" in the subject line, the word
> BEER being the important part.
> 
> <UPDATE EDIT>
> Time pressure alleviated and schtuff. Deadline is still 4 days from
> post though. </EDIT>
> 
> Would you be adverse to kegs instead of bottles?
> 
> Kegs should last the evening and create much less mess in my opinion
> plus be less expendature on my end. All you need to do is bring your
> favorite imbibing vessel. Plus it's just easier to transport. I can
> afford 2 1/2 barrel (15.5 Gal./58.6L per) kegs worth of such madness.
> 
> Think that's too little/too much? It's all I can afford to give away
> and fit in my Roc so if'n you want more you'll have to step up to the
> plate. The upside of more would be that different styles could be
> represented for different tastes.
> 
> Speaking of which, anybody going to be going through the Rock
> Island/Moline IL area on their way to Cincy and like to help w/
> transport? Rhett?..... Buehler?......Anyone?
> 
> Another question is do any of you intrepid folk have a nice tapper
> system?
> 
> The brewery will lend me a nice CO2 driven one for $75 w/ a $50 dep.
> refund but I'd hope that I wouldn't need to worry about the air/beer
> interaction cause it would be gone too soon (plus the CO2 tank is
> bulky in and of itself. Not sure if it's legal for me to transport
> interstate either). So if anyone has a hand pump air system it would
> be MUCH appreciated.
> 
> This will be free of charge (the beer in kegs. I'm considering a small
> run of bottles of brew for commemerative value but it will be very
> limited and I would have to charge for them, but only for cost on a
> per bottle basis. A man can only afford so much good will).
> 
> <UPDATE EDIT>
> Well since the big toys are unavailable the bottles are still being
> thought about but on a MUCH smaller scale and without industy
> standardization as to little things like bottle size, bottle color,
> logo caps, etc. etc. The kegs are still going to happen, it's just I
> didn't brew them.
> 
> Things being as such, the kegs may be dubbed "A1(one) Ale", "Cracked
> Dash Stout", "Rain Tray Pilsner" or some such silliness and the
> Scirocco moniker will be saved for something w/ a little more personal
> involvement. </EDIT>
> 
> Donations will be MOST GLADLY accepted, but not expected OR necessary
> for enjoyment.
> 
> And lastly, would you folks welcome such an offering?
> 
> >From what I've seen on the list, a few of you have noted enjoyment
> of beer with FLAVOR vs. the pale swill available at any corner "Git
> and Split". Most notable was Anson's recent complaint of corruption by
> the far northern listers coming down, plying us other NA (North
> American NOT naturally aspirated) denizens with their potent
> beverages, and stealing away a most precious commodity of the VW type.
> 
> I dig that type of corruption! (Although I doubt I'll be able to make
> out as handsomely as they!)
> 
> I'm trying to get in touch with the brewmaster of a local brewery to
> see about using the brewery for the deed (at least the tiny test
> kettles made out of old kegs) but he's been out with the flu and so
> this is "pie in the sky" at the moment.
> 
> <UPDATE EDIT>
> Been there, done that. If you haven't the gist by now, start at the
> beginning and pay special attention the potions surrounded by greater
> than/less than symbols. </EDIT>
> 
> <Begin redundancy>
> # If you have something better to do, skip this part. It's mostly
> covered # above. If not, read if you wish, but it's pretty dry. There
> is pertinent # content below this part though.
> 
> Now, as I mentioned this will take a considerable amount of time and
> not a small amount of effort, and I do want to mention that I may not
> be able to get everything necessary for such a offering happening in
> time for me to be able to bring it (the idea struck me like a blot, I
> mean bolt, of lightening yesterday and I'm scrambling to get my ducks
> in a row so this might be possible) soooooo.....
> 
> IF I can't get a custom brew happening I will bring kegs (I think 2
> half barrels is all I can cram in the back of the Lexicar) of the
> closest approximation to the requested style available from above said
> microbrewery.
> 
> This will be my offering to the group as my Scirocco knowledge is far
> down the totem pole and my Roc will be a Scirocco but not much more
> noteworthy than that. Just thought it might be nice to have a Scirocco
> beer to enjoy at a Scirocco event. </redundancy>
> 
> All this being said I do want you to know that this has been cleared
> with our most venerable host Daun off list and has received his
> blessing, or at least compliance, or vote of acceptablility, or
> promise not to turn me in to the authorities for illegal interstate
> transport (Can you say, "Weird Smokey and the Bandit wish fulfilment
> scenario"? I thought you could!).
> 
> So.....any willing test subjects <ahem>, I mean listers in for casting
> a vote?
> 
> Tim
> 
> <begin self authored signiture>
> 
> ".....and you may say to yourself, 'My GOD, what have I done!'"
> 
> Talking Heads "Once in a Lifetime"
> 
> 
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