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Congratulations to the Monday Night Brewery Crew

January 28th, 2009 travis 2 comments

 
In case you missed the news, the Monday Night Brewery crew, my barefooted nemesis to the south, had a recent new addition to their family.  I wanted to take this opportunity to congratulate them and wish them all the best.

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Back by popular demand…Samuel L. Jackson!

January 21st, 2009 travis No comments

This was the inspiration for the Samuel L. Jackson we brewed:
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Samuel L. Jackson returns!

January 18th, 2009 travis 8 comments

What better way to celebrate the end of a sub-zero temperature stretch than some early morning cold brewing?  Since we both have some great conditions for lagerning brews, Nick and I decided to revisit our very successful “Samuel L. Jackson” brew that was a slightly stronger version of Sam Adams.  Since we both enjoyed this [...]

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Update on brews and some equipment

January 13th, 2009 travis No comments

Broken tap hammer

 I am not sure if “hammer” is the correct terminology (nor am I sure about any of the terms listed below, but it’s what I call the parts), but the part of the tap faucet that hooks to the tap handle and makes the beer flow broke on one of my taps.  This [...]

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Space Monkey Wit

January 8th, 2009 travis 2 comments

 
 I made a decision about the wit and went with banana extract.  Initially I had visions of using real banana and doing some cool stuff, but with the holidays I was really distracted and just added some extract into the secondary.  I added 1 fl oz of extract to 5 gallons of beer.  The extract [...]

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Happy New Year – Video of bottle cutting

January 1st, 2009 travis No comments

Happy New Year brewers.  Nick pulled off this feat last night with at least 8 of our 12 beers tasted already.  He managed to not only avoid dismemberment, but also open a champagne bottle is a very cool way.
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Enjoy football today.  Cheers.

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