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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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The State of the Flocculation

February 25th, 2009 travis 3 comments

Madam Hops patch, Vice Keggle, distinguished bloggers, fellow brewers:
Three years have passed since I first addressed you in this blog.  In that time, the state of flocculation has been tested by hops shortages, increases in the cost of grain, and the relentless attacks by those who seek to do brewing harm.  In the face of these trials, I [...]

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Thoughts and prayers for Western New York

February 13th, 2009 travis No comments

Today’s tragedy is a reminder about how precious life is.  Thoughts and prayers are going out to the people in Western New York.

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Abbey review for "A Good Beer Blog"

February 10th, 2009 travis No comments

I am a guest contributor for “A Good Beer Blog” on my spare time.  Here is a post I wrote for Alan:
http://beerblog.genx40.com/archive/2009/february/travisprobestwo

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Fermentation Friday errr Tuesday!

February 3rd, 2009 travis No comments

Ted mentioned that he would like to participate in more Fermentation Fridays and even host one for his New Year Resolution and I will have to join him with resolving to being more diligent with my Fermentation Friday posts.  This week’s host was Lootcorp 3.0 and they provide a great wrap up for everyone.  As always, [...]

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