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1.The Session #37: When To Drink The Good Stuff (www.lugwrenchbrewing.com)
Welcome to The Session – a collaboration of bloggers writing on a common beer-related topic. For March, Greg Norris over at The Ferm chose “The Display Shelf: When To Drink The Good Stuff” as the collective topic to explore. You can read more about Bee...
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2.Sour Solera Beer Barrel (www.themadfermentationist.com)
The past two weekends have been my most productive as a homebrewer, at least from a volume standpoint. My friend Nathan (whose basement houses the two "group" barrels that I have posted about repeatedly in the past) suggested that we get a third ...
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3.IBU Bitterness Ranges By Beer Style Chart (www.lugwrenchbrewing.com)
Below is the second Style Chart in the series, which visually compares IBU bitterness for each of the BJCP Beer Styles. As mentioned in the first Style Chart posting, this project started out as a simple impulse while reading the BJCP guidelines, but t...
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4.Brew-In-A-Bag Brewing: Something Worth Trying (www.lugwrenchbrewing.com)
Why is it that there never seems to be enough time in a given day/week to get done what we really want to accomplish. The overburdened days have an effect on all aspects of life, including our hobby of home brewing. Whether its family obligations, work...
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5.Ice Ice Baby (www.brainardbrewing.com)
Once again Brew Dog has done it. They’ve gone and raised the ire of all wings of the beer and political communities. Not complacent to be second best, it’s time to make the world’s strongest beer… again!
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6.Blurring The Line Between Beer And Wine (www.lugwrenchbrewing.com)
It seems that the end of the year and beginning anew always sparks the insipient trend of “Top of the Year” lists. Some are quite enjoyable to read (Time’s Best Inventions, Metacritic’s Top Video Games), while others just give me w...
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7.Questioning the Wisdom (www.brainardbrewing.com)
Maybe I have become too confident. Maybe it’s boredom… I just don’t know what inspired me to try to copy a beer that I don’t even really like all that much. I mean Anchor’s Our Special Ale is a true American classic, released on...
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8.Double Sour Brewday (madfermentationist.blogspot.com)
Two days after the bottle dregs from Cable Car and Deviation were pitched into the small starter I started to see faint signs of life. I was pretty excited because with such old/sour beers there is no telling what if any micro...
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9.Black Stone Stout version 2 – Brew day (www.brewingexperiment.com)
If you remember on one of my previous posts, I said that I was going to improve on my Black Stone stout. It’s still fairly cool outside and an oatmeal stout pairs perfect with some spicy chili on those cool nights. Some of the feedback I had on...
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10.Miracle Fruit Sour Beer Tasting (madfermentationist.blogspot.com)
I was reading an article in the New York Times back in May about miracle fruit, a berry that has the ability to trick taste buds into interpreting sour as sweet, when I immediately thought "should be interesting with a sour beer." If eating this berry ...
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11.Malt Conditioning (www.brewersfriend.com)
I find that the longer I brew, the more involved I become in the process and the mechanics of every detail. Learning new techniques and testing them on your own is part of the joy of having a hobby as vast as home brewing. Some new processes or techn...
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12.Hot tamale! (www.brewcookpairjoy.com)
When I saw the tamales article in the last December/January issue of Fine Cooking, my first thought was, “Okay, I have to try this.” I’ve always loved tamales, and the sheer length of the directions intrigued me.
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13.The Great Pumpkin Ale Experiment (www.brewcookpairjoy.com)
Every fall, the moment that pumpkins become available at the local farmers market, Tim and I brew a pumpkin ale. We’ve made it for a few years in a row now, and each time, we’ve put the pumpkin in the mash since this seems to be the most co...
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14.Beer Peace (www.brainardbrewing.com)
How many brands? How few owners? Who knows? Who cares?
There has been a lot going around about how two “breweries” own over 200 beer brands, comprising a vast majority of the American beer market. As a result, there are a lot of “Bud sucks” kind of rem... -
15.What Kind of Beer is That? (www.brainardbrewing.com)
I pull a half-pint of my latest monster – a 10% ABV beer, pale in color, with a moderately high bitterness and lots of late hops. A huge nose of Amarillo and Centennial hits me right away – floral citrus notes assault me like Coltrane’s Sun Ship. Then ...
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16.Kelly’s Bait Gobbler (www.brewingexperiment.com)
Well, didn’t I pick a great day to brew? It was warm outside, but very humid and rainy… Would the weather stop the Loopy Trout Brewery from firing up…. heck no! This batch is for my good friend Michael. Anyway, when picking out wh...
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17.Big Bad Summary (republicbrewpub.blogspot.com)
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18.Brew Day #16 — Boris the Spider Chai Oatmeal Stout (www.bathtubbrewery.com)
I am a child of rock n’ roll. Not like, child of Led Zepplin groupies, but more like child of a dad that played Led Zepplin and other classic rock on the way to and from church Sunday mornings. How many 5-year-olds have a classic rock radio stati...
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19.Black Stone (Oatmeal Stout) – Brew day (www.brewingexperiment.com)
I’m a little behind on my posting….
Well, it was a very busy day at the Loopy Trout Brewery. I was ready to get going on my second all-grain batch. This time, I am brewing up an oatmeal stout. It’s gonna start getting cooler out an... -
20.Being all three stooges (homebrewandchemistry.blogspot.com)
Have you ever felt like all Three Stooges at the same time. I do sometimes.Yesterday, I was reconnecting my kegerator after having defrosted and cleaned it. Here's a description of the system (it's pretty standard, really):One red plastic tube goes fro...
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21.Take A Homebrew To Work Day (backyardbrewer.blogspot.com)
I was half way through my work day and just happen to be in close proximity to Seabright Brewery. It was a warm clear day and I was a little hungry and needed a break. I walked through the restaurant and headed directly to the patio area and had a seat...
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22.The basics of marketing a brewery: name and logo (mondaynightbrewery.com)
Recently we’ve been writing a column for a new online beer magazine, Beer Connoisseur. I’ve even got to the point where I spell “Connoisseur” correctly on the first try. A couple weeks ago we ran an article about the basics of m...
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23.Know When To Stop Talking About Beer (backyardbrewer.blogspot.com)
It was a casual gathering at a friend of a friends house and I didn't know many of the people in the room. I padded over to a couple that seemed open to new conversation. They introduced themselves and I, me and then I immediately forgot their names.
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24.Famous Beer Quotes (www.beersmith.com)
Here’s a list of some beer quotes from around the world – I hope you enjoy!
The problem with the world is that everyone is a few drinks behind - Humphrey Bogart
Always do sober what you said you would do drunk. That will teach...
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25.Dad's Resolved Witbier (blog.homebrewbeer.net)
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