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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 [...]
Batch 95
Before a recent Stockton Thunder game, I had the opportunity to enjoy a couple of Steve Altimari’s Black IPAs at Valley Brewing, in Stockton. It was a big ‘ole IPA, bursting with a wonderful grapefruit finish from massive amounts of Amarillo hops, and dark as night. Two of them made me really happy and [...]
Batch 94
Back in 2007, I brewed the best batch of beer I’ve ever brewed – Blue Flame Imperial IPA. It was my first encounter with Summit hops, and was intended to be a clone of Green Flash Imperial IPA. All modesty aside, it was far better than Green Flash’s efforts. Everyone who tasted it, even [...]
Today’s Teach a Friend to Brew Day event was successful in several ways. First and foremost, it was a wonder social event – many good (old) friends, some good (new) friends (I got to meet some local Twitter folks – Hi @AlexisDias !) and many friends of friends. Homebrewing just seems to attract high quality [...]
Saturday, November 7th, is Teach a Friend to Brew Day. The American Homebrewers Association (AHA) Teach a Friend to Homebrew Day is an international event to introduce people to the hobby of homebrewing. For the fifth time, I’ll be inviting friends – and their friends – over to learn how to brew beer. We’ll be [...]
Batch 90
I’ll be brewing with the Citra hops that Ralph Olson, of Hop Union, sent me last week. They are wonderfully aromatic and I can’t wait to see how this brew turns out. At last evening’s Central Valley Brewers Guild gathering, several of the members were drooling over the hops. This recipe will be the [...]
