What is 'Calgon'?
Antony Lord
Recently I have seen a recipe for setting up a mash for brewig which
reads 'we have one more ingredient to add before we are done setting the
mash : Calgon, which has materials in it that the yeast greatly favours,
and that will ultimately improve the sugar conversion to alcohol....
Calgon does not affect the taste of your final product.' (extract The Good
Booze Recipe and Cookbook" James C. Krohn - Paladin Press)
I am not familiar with this 'Calgon'. Is this a brand name or is it
generic to the product. What are the 'materials' greatly favoured by the
yeast? Are there alternatives / other brands? Availibility / cost?
Your input is most appreciated to me here at the newsgroup or via e-mail.
Cheers! (*chink* sound of glass)
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| Antony Lord | The University of Western Australia |
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Steven J. Novosel
>
> Recently I have seen a recipe for setting up a mash for brewig which
> reads 'we have one more ingredient to add before we are done setting the
> mash : Calgon, which has materials in it that the yeast greatly favours,
> and that will ultimately improve the sugar conversion to alcohol....
> Calgon does not affect the taste of your final product.' (extract The Good
> Booze Recipe and Cookbook" James C. Krohn - Paladin Press)
>
> I am not familiar with this 'Calgon'. Is this a brand name or is it
> generic to the product. What are the 'materials' greatly favoured by the
> yeast? Are there alternatives / other brands? Availibility / cost?
>
> Your input is most appreciated to me here at the newsgroup or via e-mail.
>
> Cheers! (*chink* sound of glass)
The only 'Calgon' I am familiar with is a type of bath-additive
that used to be advertised for in the 80's here in the states (at least
I haven't seen it since the 80's).
Somehow I don't think it's the same product.
-Steve
(nov...@math.ttu.edu)
Ernest T Rees
: In article <3jeq45$o...@styx.uwa.edu.au>,
: Antony Lord <macg...@tartarus.uwa.edu.au> wrote:
: >
: >
: >I am not familiar with this 'Calgon'. Is this a brand name or is it
: >yeast? Are there alternatives / other brands? Availibility / cost?
: >
: >Your input is most appreciated to me here at the newsgroup or via e-mail.
: Calgon is a laundry product in the USA that softens water to make detergent
: more effective. I've never played with the powder, but I couldn't imagine that
: it is a food grade chemical... I'd stick with other forms of softened H2O.
Actually Calgon is the name of a chemical company. They make a variety of
things under the Calgon name such as automatic dishwasher detergent and
bath oil. Perhaps the recipe calls for Calgon something-or-other and the
specific product name got lost.
Ken Papai
Calgon is some sort of bath oil or bubbles you put in your bath
water for those who do not shower. Why would you put this in
your homebrew? Oil & beer do not mix. Skim zee oil out.
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Ken Papai, Marin County, California
kpa...@rahul.net
Kirk Nelson
>
>
>Calgon is some sort of bath oil or bubbles you put in your bath
>water for those who do not shower. Why would you put this in
>your homebrew? Oil & beer do not mix. Skim zee oil out.
Wasn't Calgon the brand that used to have the commercial with the
line "ancient Chinese secret?" I remember "Calgon, take me away"
as well. Good God, I must have watched more TV as a kid than I
realized. Anyway, it doesn't seem like something you'd want in
your beer.
Kirk
P.S. Thanks for all the Celis pronunciation tips, I don't think I'll
ever forget it now.
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Christopher David Holst
>generic to the product. What are the 'materials' greatly favoured by the
>yeast? Are there alternatives / other brands? Availibility / cost?
>
>Your input is most appreciated to me here at the newsgroup or via e-mail.
more effective. I've never played with the powder, but I couldn't imagine that
it is a food grade chemical... I'd stick with other forms of softened H2O.
cdh
Carl Lau
Calgon is also a water softener that can be used in washing machines for
washing clothes. It is readily available in the detergent section of
most major supermarkets.
--
Carl S. Lau <ag...@lafn.org>
Iain G Liddell
counteract the effects of hard water.
The only connection I can make between this product and beer is thus:
1. I don't use Calgon.
2. Occasionally my washing machine needs a de-coke.
3. When that's the case, I go to the launderette.
4. The wash takes 35 minutes.
5. There's a Fuller's pub across the road from the launderette ...
Iain
jac
the only 'Calgon' I know of is a bath soap/crystals -- for soaking/relaxing in
a hot tub.
Would be interested to know more about this!
In article <3jeq45$o...@styx.uwa.edu.au> macg...@tartarus.uwa.edu.au (Antony
Lord) writes:>From: macg...@tartarus.uwa.edu.au (Antony Lord)
>Subject: What is 'Calgon'?
>Date: 6 Mar 1995 11:02:29 GMT
O'Hara Shun Ping 293-4594
: Iain.L...@brunel.ac.uk (Iain G Liddell) writes:
: >Hmmm. In the UK, Calgon is what some folks put in their washing machine to
: >counteract the effects of hard water.
: Isn't one of the special things about Pilseners the soft water used to
: make them? Perhaps if one were trying to brew a Pilsener outside of
: Pilsen, one would use some sort of water-softener to get the desired
: effect.
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: Robert Eikel rei...@husc.harvard.edu
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Calgon also makes reagents for metal processing! :-)
Ray Dunn
>Robert Eikel (rei...@scunix4.harvard.edu) wrote:
>: Iain.L...@brunel.ac.uk (Iain G Liddell) writes:
>: >Hmmm. In the UK, Calgon is what some folks put in their washing machine to
>: >counteract the effects of hard water.
>
>: Isn't one of the special things about Pilseners the soft water used to
>: make them? Perhaps if one were trying to brew a Pilsener outside of
>: Pilsen, one would use some sort of water-softener to get the desired
>: effect.
Calgon is also a brand of dishwasher detergent!
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Aaron Pantazo
Calgon-Vestal is a company that makes various chemicals. They now make
soaps and cleaning supplies for hospitals and various other places...They
do not make the water treatment chemicals anymore but they name may still
be used because they sold that part of the company off a few years
ago...I am an employee of Calgon, that is how I know.
Aaron
Jeff J. St.Onge
GAMMON, JOHN R.
Ancient Chinese secret, eh?
John G.
Chris Farthing
Clag-gone is a patent device for wiping winnits/dangleberries of you arse,
as advertized in 'Viz'
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