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As always, sorry for the lax posting efforts. The summer has been flying by and I haven’t brewed in a while now. Here is a quick update on my hops. This year has been tough on them. As you’ll see in the video the Japanese Beetles had their way with my Centennial Hops. The Cascade [...]
Over the years I have traditionally done a wit or some variation of a good refreshing summer brew. This year I decided to take on a saison, a Belgian farm-house ale that I have enjoyed for years. Like most Belgian style brews, this beer highlights the yeast above all other flavors and is complemented with [...]
Ok, without going into a huge explanation about the last two months, I’ve been really distracted. There have been two big happenings in the past two months that have kept me busy, the first is a new man toy!
Yup its the often criticized Triumph TR7 which I have been working on getting back into operation [...]
I apologize for the letting my posts go this month, March Madness has me going a little crazy because there are still TWO CNY teams in the tourney, SU and the Cinderella story of the year, the Cornell Big Red. With all that said, I am still going to find some time to brew this [...]
With the winter of Upstate New York beginning it’s long decline, it’s time to start thinking about summer beers. I had originally wanted to squeeze a doppelbock into the lager season, but that’s not going to happen this year. It’s probably a good thing though as I have been on a bit of a “big [...]
I know it was a while back, but the Bobby Brown Ale that I brewed before Christmas has been on tap for a few weeks now and I entered a bottle into a club brew competition so I wanted to get my notes down.
Over all, this was a pretty straight forward brew day. Single infusion [...]
A little more than a week ago I received an invitation from Josh Solomon, Director of Sales for US Beverage Net, to visit their offices in downtown Syracuse. Funny thing is I’ve walked by their building for the last 5 years and was finally able to get in and check it out. The building was [...]
This weekend I started a project I’ve been meaning to do for a while. My garage is sheet rocked, but the previous owner never taped and mudded.
So this weekend, I spent a good 16hrs taping and mudding. This week I am going to treat the many water stains and paint. When it’s [...]
It’s been a while since I did this one and the first time I did this as an experiment in “Reiterated Mashing”, but this time with a 20gal mash tun, there was no need to split the mashes. This was a 10 gal batch that I used essentially the same recipe:
Recipe Specifications
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Batch Size: 10.50 gal
Boil [...]
As I mentioned in a previous post, Santa came early for me. In early December my wife had me pick up my 8.8 cubic foot Frigidaire chest freezer from Olum’s. This got me started on my quest to build a proper kegerator, something I’ve been dreaming about for a while now.
One thing to note is that [...]
