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Many years ago, the winter of 2000 to be exact, I was deep in the jungles of Vietnam sipping a sweet nectar they called “Tiger Beer.” We would ask “toi un Tiger beer, moi lom lom” and they would come back with a cold (for Vietnam standards anyway) Tiger Beer for us. There were [...]
I personally have decided that brewing will always just be a hobby for me, but I know there are many of us out there that have visions of finding a way to brew for a living. Tim Butler of Empire Brewing Company has found a way to pull that off. A long time ago, he [...]
Since the weather was starting to pick up and it seems like we’re finally there (at least until this past weekend when it rained the whole time), its time for a Belgian Wit again! For this brew, I turned back the clock to the very first Belgian Wit I had brewed called “Mulligan Wit” which [...]
Tonight I kegged up my IPA and I have to say, it’s the best IPA I’ve made. To make something good even better, I added two ounces of whole leaf hops that I grew in my back yard into the keg for a nice dry hop.
The picture below is a little comtraption I came up [...]
This weekend, with the help of a newbie, I brewed up an Imperial IPA. I had some UK 2 row left and a crap load of Cascade hops so, whats a man to do? Imperial IPA. Beyond the preset ingreints, I was pretty open to whatever might need to be in the brew. I went [...]
SN Harvest
Aroma – sweet vanilla notes with a floral hops, defiantly a lot of cascade in the nose.
Color – light copper color with an off-white head, the head holds up early and leaves thin lacing.
Mouth feel – Intense carbonation burn on the tongue, it feels like a bottle conditioned brew and it’s been on the [...]
It’s time again! It was a cold brew day (it’s been a cold brew winter) and I did a basic 5 gallon brew. I had the chance to try out a few of my new Christmas toys, a new grain mill and an awesome pH meter. So to begin, I got a recipe from the [...]
Since the holiday season is finally officially over, I am getting back to brewing and a few lose ends. More to come on the brewing, but for now, I was the lucky recipient of a surprise package from Flying Dog Brewing Company. This isn’t a first, I have reviewed Flying Dog per-request by the brewery [...]
That right, the days are getting shorter, the leaves have fallen. It’s time to break out the high octane brew! In this case, it’s my second iteration of Wilford’s Best Oatmeal Stout. This time, I am doing the same volume, but splitting it with my brother-in-law as his first homebrew batch. It was a great [...]
Just a quick update on my hard cider. It finished really tart and dry. In years past when I made hard cider with Nick, we would heat a small amount of the cider before fermentation and add our adjuncts. When we did that, we liked the beer, but it was not exactly what we were [...]
