OMG NEED MOAR!
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Just found this post by someone on homebrewtalk.com
20 things worth knowing about beer. I think Camel Beer will be my first attempt at an ancient style.
Hit the link for the full cartoon. http://theoatmeal.com/comics/beer
National Homebrew Day
And since I’ll be at a Cubs game that day and seeing Quasi that night, I’m going to push it back until Sunday. I’ve got two excellent brews planned. Hit the jump for a detailed description of my Lark About Stout and The Seven Seas of Rye Ale.
Half Acre Brewery Tour
My allegiance to Half Acre Beer Company is growing day by day. Their recent small batch release of Ginger Twin, as well as their other limited release bombers I’ve picked up (Magnus Schwartz Beer, Baumé Chocolate Rye Stout) keep my taste buds excited while I wait for the next batches of my own beer to be ready. So, living only five blocks from the brewery, if figured it was about time to take their tour and see just what goes on inside.
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Half Acre’s Ginger Twin
Last night, while my girlfriend was enjoying 2nd row floor seats at the Bulls vs Blazers game, I thought I should finish up my kegerator. And to do so, I needed some ammunition to get me through the evening. The decision was made to send a force up to Jewel to retrieve the Red Baron’s secret plans, then apprehend the Ginger Twin from Half Acre’s headquarters. The critical mission was successful, and our soldiers came home and celebrated.
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Goose Island Trivia Question
Yesterday afternoon, Goose Island’s Facebook profile posted a status update, “Trivia Question: What is the difference between a Stout and a Porter? First person to answer correctly wins 2 tickets to tonight’s Beer Academy!” Read the rest of this post »
A Bitter Heart
It’s been exactly a year now that I decided I wanted to brew for myself. One year ago, Valentine’s Day weekend 2009, my girlfriend and I, along with two close friends, headed up to Milwaukee for a couple days of brewery tours and good times. At the Lakefront Brewery tour, the grizzly old giant of a tour guide, who harnessed both a belt AND suspenders, with his hands on my shoulders says to the group, “One day, you could be just like me,” or something similar. After we returned home from our group getaway of guzzling romance, I became infatuated with a new love, whom I’ve just barely met–home brewing. Read the rest of this post »
All Your Yeasties Are Belong To Us
Creating a yeast starter for brewing
In preparation for my brew day tomorrow, I decided it was about time I started making a yeast starter for my beers. Essentially, a yeast starter is a mini brew that helps the yeast to get going before pitched into the final wort. There are a few major benefits to making a yeast starter. Read the rest of this post »
Blowin’ and driftin’…hope my kegerator isn’t delayed!
So the snow is upon us, threatening to dump a foot on us today. And unfortunately, I don’t have the luxury of taking a snow day and brewing up a batch. Damn you public transportation! But, on a high note, soup is on the menu. One of my favorites. I absolutely love this woman’s blog, and have been reading it and following her recipes for quite some time. Creamy Tomato Basil Soup.
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Maaad Irish Red
Wit’ St. Patrick’s day nigh, I thought I’d brew sometin’ in the spirit o’ the ‘oliday. Nay, it’wernt goin ta be a stout, but radder an Irish Red. I have na’ brewed one of dese yet, and thoght it’wood be a good experience wit’ color and flavor charact’ristics.
Hold on….*hits self with shillelagh a few times*…..Alright that’s better. Read the rest of this post »
2009: The Year in ReBrew
The year is coming to a close, and despite how busy it is right now, I wanted to take some time to reflect on what is now the best hobby I have ever started. I enjoy homebrewing first and foremost because the rewards are well worth it. My favorite thing about cracking open a newly released homebrew is doing so with a friend, watching their amazement that what I make can be as good, and in some cases better, than what the great microbreweries of the world produce. Read the rest of this post »