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Nameless Christmas Ale

September 24th, 2008 travis 7 comments

I am still contemplating what the name of this brew is going to be, but I think that I’ll get into that more when I start working on a label. Right now, the plan is to load up on bombers (it’s a great excuse to stop at Galeville and grab a bomber every now and [...]

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Christmas in September

September 19th, 2008 travis 2 comments

For the last few years I have been wanting to brew up a Christmas Spice beer, but I have never been able to fit one in because of my job. I adjusted my schedule so that I will have some time on Sunday to brew up a nice “little” Christmas spice. There will [...]

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Big first harvest, now we dry the hops

September 2nd, 2008 travis 3 comments

About half of the hops are ready to go, so now I get to pick and dry them so that I can see how much I’m going to yield. As anyone that has been into drying herbs or anything knows that I’m going to lose 70-80% of the weight of my harvest as the [...]

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