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New Tap Handles!!!

October 16th, 2011 travis No comments

So my wife and I have now officially been married for 5 years.  The 5th anniversary was the “wood” anniversary and my wife got me these AWESOME custom tap handles.  As if its not cool enough to get tap handles for an anniversary, she did it the right way.  By that I mean she found [...]

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Back to the land of the raising sun part 2

August 1st, 2011 travis 1 comment

All these years and it was like being greeted by and old friend.  Not overbearing, not offensive or questioning, just pure comfort.  I have to admit, I didn’t know what to expect, would there be a funk or something off?  Maybe it would lack backbone and leave me wanting more.  None of the above.  It’s [...]

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My Harvest versus Sierra Nevada Harvest

February 22nd, 2011 travis No comments

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 [...]

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Doppelbock

February 15th, 2011 travis No comments

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 [...]

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Wilford is BACK!

November 22nd, 2010 travis 1 comment

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 [...]

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Stout in Jamaica

October 15th, 2010 travis No comments

On a recent vacation, I was lucky enough to try a Caribbean secret, the dark beer!  Often times on a vacation to a warm climate, you’re stuck drinking yellow fizz or some umbrella garnished fruity concoction.  While I personally subscribe to the “when in Rome” theory of drinking, it’s always nice to learn a little [...]

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March Madness has me a little distracted

March 25th, 2010 travis 4 comments

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 [...]

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Brown ale notes and some feed back

February 12th, 2010 travis No comments

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 [...]

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Kaffir Lime Imperial Lager Round 2

January 9th, 2010 travis No comments

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 [...]

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Please update your RSS!!!

November 20th, 2009 travis No comments

If you made it here (assuming your a returning reader) you’ll notice that this is a new design.  We’ll it’s actually whole new website.  I made the plunge from WordPress.com (free hosted solution) to WordPress.org (I host the new website) so my RSS Feed location changed to:
http://cnybrew.com/?feed=rss2
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