Hi lovely fermentation people,
In case you hadn't heard this yet, the landlord will have some people
working on the skylights in Counter Culture Labs on Tuesday.
This means that all valuable equipment and breakables (like your kombucha
cultures!) need to move away from underneath the skylights, so they don't
get destroyed by falling debris- preferably by this evening!
Furniture that can take a dent or two - like filing cabinets and desks -
can presumably stay in place. I believe the workers will be putting down
some tarps to catch antything that does come down. I believe no debris is
*supposed* to fall down, but you know how that works...
They will be working on the two skylights in CCL on Tuesday, the two in the
middle of the space on Wednesday, and the two in Sudo Room on Thursday. So
unless you don't mind shifting things around from day to day, you might
want to avoid all of those...
Thanks!
Patrik
Five people met Monday early evening 7/7 at SuDo Room. We agreed to meet
weekly, Monday evenings, 5pm @ SuDo Room, 4799 Shattuck (OMNI Space),
Temescal District, North Oakland, SW Corner of 48th & Shattuck. For those
not yet aware, this is now where SuDo Room and other collectives are
collaborating. SuDo is in a much bigger room.
We agreed to work on fermentation projects. For now we are using the Sudo
Lists Biohackers mailman email list service. Meeting notes follow....
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Subject: open source fermentation
From: "Alex Alekseyenko" <alex.alekseyenko(a)gmail.com>
Date: Mon, July 7, 2014 9:39 pm
To: francisco(a)tucanvinegars.com
"Rikke Rasmussen" <rikke.c.rasmussen(a)gmail.com>
stan(a)ana.com, "Francesco Capodieci" <fgcapo(a)gmail.com>
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Our first goal is to set up a 5 gallon bucket and produce a delicious
beverage, monitoring the temperature the whole time
We can split this project into two parts:
- wetware
- electronics/software
Frank and I will handle the electronics and software (i.e. collecting,
storing, transmitting the data)
What do we need to get the physical setup going? I suspect between us we
probably have all the resources we need
Last Monday after the meeting one of the locking file cabinets was moved
against the wall and the brews were placed on top. On Monday this cabinet
was reconditioned with the help of Sean. Four additional keys were made
with one given to Sean. Ihave the master key and three copies.. Labels
were placed on some of the drawers. Food Not Bombs asked for use of one
drawer. One drawer remains to be allocated.
There is at least one more locking cabinet that needs reconditioning and
keys. Two other file cabinets don't presently have locks. These will be
moved next to each other.
Some of the SuDo brewers expressed a desire to make beer in September. We
will be bringing more equipment and sorting through what is already in the
closet. Locally made beer will help give more buzz to the Fermentation
Station.
The name "Fermentation Station" gets a positive reaction from people at
other hacker spaces.
The bottled Kombucha at NoiseBridge was much appreciated and much talked
about. The last bottles in the fridge were consumed Friday evening.
In July I had no difficulty subscribing to the biohackers mailing list.
Posts from non subscribers are being accep subscription or other uses.
Stan
Please include the "biohacking" list when sending out these notices. It
is ok to cc people in addition. New participants should subscribe.
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Subject: Fermentation Station Meeting Notes
From: "Jesse Meade" <ms_meade(a)yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, August 27, 2014 7:06 pm
To: "psifi57(a)gmail.com" <psifi57(a)gmail.com>
"francisco(a)tucanvinegars.com" <francisco(a)tucanvinegars.com>
"rikke.c.rasmussen(a)gmail.com" <rikke.c.rasmussen(a)gmail.com>
"pliable_protest(a)gmail.com" <pliable_protest(a)gmail.com>
"stan(a)ana.com" <stan(a)ana.com>
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Fermentation
Station Meeting Note
Thanks
for coming to the meeting August 25th. I'm very inspired
by this group. We have long and short term plans. I look forward to
seeing this expand.
These
are the notes.
* continuous process for efficient production of goods
* should we ever consider licensure?
* want to use temperature sensor to monitor changes in the brew
* importance of labeling dates and types of brews
* imagine a possible cleaning station and protocol. Iodine cleaning
solution is 12.5
* Counter Culture Labs is supportive
* send our meeting notes to bio-hackers website so all people have open
access to read about or collective
* should we have an informational wiki and/or binder. This might include
meeting notes, recipes, experiments, wish list... ect.
* Potential partnership with Noisebridge
* Call for the following: bottle washer for long neck recycled beer
bottles, Fermentation Station logo, new florescent tubes for closet
space, shelving, one gallon glass jars, bulk tea.
* Near future we will be donation based
* Mid September goal: Two five gallon buckets produced weekly
* Possibilities for refrigeration
* can we move to the down stairs kitchen?
