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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 [...]
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 [...]
…and on the porch is this white, unassuming package. My daughter said she had a delivery coming, so I assumed that it was her package. But no, it was a package from Hop Union! Here’s the back story…
Back in June, Stephen and I went to the 2009 National Homebrewers Conference in Oakland. I attended a [...]
Batch 89
Time to brew this year’s Oktoberfest. I haven’t brewed a Marzen for several years, but Brenda has been asking for it. If all goes well, it should be ready for the Brenda’s staff’s end of October TGIF. I didn’t have any Tettnangers, so I had to sub in some Saaz in the last five [...]
I brewed Sunday. I winged it. It felt good.
Usually I spend several days getting ready for a brew session, but Sunday I played it by ear. Saturday, I went and saw Paul Thorn at the Sonora Blue Festival. He kicked ass! We saw him in an hour-long workshop, where it’s just Paul and an acoustic [...]
