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Lots and lots of distractions!

May 24th, 2010 travis 1 comment

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 [...]

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US Beverage Net visit

February 3rd, 2010 travis No comments

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 [...]

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Kinda beer poject

January 19th, 2010 travis No comments

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 [...]

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Friendly brew review

December 27th, 2009 travis 1 comment

Happy holidays!  Santa was good to my hobby this year.  I gained a chest freezer that I turned into a four tap keggerator and a custom built brew tower.  More to come on both of those as well as the 20 gallon Old Ale brew day, but for this post I wanted to share a [...]

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Keggle, not kegel

September 2nd, 2009 travis 2 comments

NOT  
After a party this weekend with some of my neighbors, it was brought to my attention that there are in fact two meanings of the word “keggle.”  Ignorant to the intricacy’s of female anatomy exercises, I have been known to talk about my “Keggles” and how I’ve been working on them for years.  So [...]

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Product testing and Pearl Jam

August 28th, 2009 travis 2 comments

 
So over the winter I was contacted by a representative from Forte Promotions about trying out some of their products and writing about them.  For the last six to eight months I have been looking for the right time and place to give some test runs.  Then the perfect opportunity came; Pearl Jam in Toronto – [...]

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Happy brew mothers day

May 9th, 2009 travis 1 comment

With Mother’s day upon us, many of us need to thank our wives for supporting our wacky habit of homebrewing.  Happy Mother’s Day to my wife for her constant support.  Considering she is not really into the beers that I brew, she finds great party themes that allow me to showcase my beers to my [...]

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Brewing video from the 1930's

April 1st, 2009 travis No comments

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This is a pretty cool video that was posted by Final Gravity.  Great find.  I don’t speak German, but any brew enthusiast should be able to follow this.  It looks like a double decoction on the front end of this, anyone else agree?

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Spring Cleaning with Fermentation Friday

March 26th, 2009 travis 4 comments

With the snow melting and hops starting to sprout, this is a good time to think about brewing beer (I know, it’s always a good time to think about brewing beer).  This month’s Fermentation Friday is hosted by HomeBrewBeer.net and the question is:
“How will you grow or change as a homebrewer this Spring? How will you embrace [...]

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Abby Tasting

March 17th, 2009 travis 2 comments

A while back I brewed a Belgian Abby ale that I called The First Tuesday after the First Monday Abby Ale.  The original was an extract brew that I was really pleased with.  Now that I have a little lag time in between large volume brews, I figured I would try a 5 or 10 [...]

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