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Woohoo! Santa brought the Lazy Brewer a new Therminator!
I’ve been an immersion chiller kinda brewer since I first starting brewing. I’ve always liked the fact that by using an immersion chiller, most of the cold break stays in my brew kettle. I also have really enjoyed the 15 seconds it takes to spray off my [...]
Tonight I finally kegged up the Czar’s Pride Russian Imperial Stout and Mordicai’s Imperial Red Flare Ale. The RIS started at OG 1.084 and ended at FG 1.020, for an 8.6% ABV. It’s not as big as I was hoping for, but the hydrometer jar sample tasted roasty and sweet – with a big alcohol [...]
Last Friday’s Simcoe IPA brew day was uneventful. This was batch 72, and I spent at least a little time thinking about how to make batch 100 a special brew. The OG came in a little low at 1.064, and with a full six ounces of Simcoe hops in the brew, I’m expecting a very [...]
I read a simple, yet very cool tip on a beer blog recently (I don’t remember which blog or I’d give it credit:) that makes creating yeast starters a breeze.
My personal feeling is that DME is the most vile stuff on earth. As soon as it comes in contact with any moisture (like in the [...]
I want one. What else is there to say…
I had three different batches to keg up today – twenty gallons total. There were 10 gallons of Colona (a clone of Corona Mexican Lager:), 5 gallons of Blue Flame Imperial IPA, and 5 gallons of Mark’s Big Foot Barleywine. Originally I hadn’t planned on kegging the Lazy Barleywine, but I took a [...]
