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Since this is my first time using my glass carboy, I figured I would make a short video of the fermentation happening.
Today was one of those waining beautiful days in Upstate so spending my morning in the driveway brewing beer was perfect. This was another one of my solo brews as Nick has cashed out and Bryan is helping to control the deer population. My pump is still not up and working just yet, so hopefully [...]
It’s been a few weeks and I’m starting to go a little light on my brews so it’s time to get my act together and start brewing! My pale ale is on it’s last legs so I am going to replace it with an IPA, a style I can’t seem to go wrong with. As [...]
Tonight I racked over my still unnamed IPA and added the Willamette dry hops to both carboys. I had a taste and was really pleased with the flavor. This is going to be a great IPA. There were a few things about the brew day that I forgot to outline:
Step mashed – I used a [...]
…It felt good to be out of the snow. While we are still unsure about the name of this IPA, for now it’s a poe-boy because we used our free hops from Red Hook for it! It’s a great tour if you get the chance and you’re in Portsmouth, I recommend it.
As you can see [...]
Finally, we are going to brew this weekend! Because Nick and I are so low on brew and because I was able to come across some free high alpha acid hops while on brew tour, we are making an American IPA. I picked up the grains last night and I am going to be rocking [...]
As many of you know, I have been at war with the guys at Monday Night Brewery (or MNB as they are now officially called) and like all wars, it hasn’t been pretty. I would like to begin by putting to rest the rumor that Bryan Adams is a member of Hezbollah. While his lyrics [...]
So we went ahead and brewed this weekend to get ourselves back on track. This was again the Celebration Ale clone in exchange for wine bottles. The recipe is the same as in the previous post,except that we decided to replace the Amarillo hops with Cascade out of the pound we picked up. So when [...]
Well the weekend is upon us and it’s time to brew. We’re currently looking for an extra set of hands because the doc says I can’t lift anything greater than 20lbs. If you’re in the area and want to come by to join us, shoot me an email so I can give you directions.
This weekend [...]
Well I wish I could say that the beer lived up to the name, but alas, nothing ever does.
The IPA is all hops and no malt flavor. It’s kind of sad, even my wife commented on how light it was.
The good news is that I know what went wrong. Remember, this predates my understanding of [...]
