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Beer goes better with Poker
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Down Time
December is a busy month for me. Im heading to Mexico next week for a wedding, and then after I return we have christmas, hannukah, new car shopping, christmas shiopping, the list goes on and on… Posting will be a little light for the rest of the month, although if I get a brewday in […]
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Cerveza!
In honor of my upcoming trip to mexico, I decided to brew a mexican Lager. Recipe Type: All Grain Yeast: WPL940 (Mexi Lager) Yeast Starter: No Batch Size (Gallons): 11 Original Gravity: 1.053 Final Gravity: 1.010 IBU: 15.3 Boiling Time (Minutes): 60 Color: 3.3 SRM Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): 7 Days 52 Deg Additional Fermentation: Lower temp 5 Deg/day till 32 Deg […]
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Bottling from a Keg
There are lots of posts on the web about how to fill bottles from a keg of beer. The most popular gear heady way to do it is to buy a counter pressure bottle filler or use a beer gun. The beer gun seems a little easy to use. However, I only bottle the occasional 6-pack […]
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Teach a Friend to Brew
As my contribution in teaching a friend to homebrew, I invited my friend Lyle over for the Brown Porter brew session. With some passing flurries in the morning and colder temperatures rolling through, it didn’t look like great homebrewing weather. In the afternoon, the clouds broke a little bit and the winds were tolerable…so the brew was a […]
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Palisade Hops?
Here’s a new hop variety that may be one to try: Palisade Hops. I found that there is little official information and varying forum and personal accounts. Here is a culmination of what I read plus a large employment of my own editorial power. Origin: USA. It is bred and trademarked by Yakima Chief Ranches. From other sources, it […]
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Good, Bad, and Ugly
It’s been awhile since I wrote a whinny, “my beer might suck” post, so I thought I was due. But first the good. I received a concoction from Northern Brewer, a “Hopshot” that was essentially hop syrup that constituted 50 IBU’s. Part of deal for receiving the hopshot was to use it as a bittering […]
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Winter Ales
The inevitable is happening in Alaska, the dark times are on their way. Winters in Alaska can downright suck, and the cold winds are already starting to blow and its only a matter of time before the real snow arrives as well. When Old Man Winter rears his ugly head, it’s nice to have some […]
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My First Dubbel
This one is pretty much straight outa Brewing Classic Styles, with appropriate hop substitutions (JZ uses Tettnang, I used Tradition), and I substituted 1 pound of wheat for pilsner. I’m still trying to work my way through that damn bag of wheat malt that has the occasional kernel of roasted malt in it, so this […]
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Small Batch IPA Hops Test
I really have wanted to do this for a while. I went out and found a real generic APA recipe, and then broke it down into one gallon increments. I did 3 one gallons batchs, identical in every way except for the hops. I want to taste the difference is different hops under identical conditions. […]
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