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While I’m not much for fruity ales, I have been intrigued by the stories of 21st Amendment’s Watermelon Wheat ale. It was the buzz beer of several beer festivals a couple years back and 21st Amendment has made its name in the craft brewing business on its accolades. It is also interesting that [...]
Steve showed up ready to brew (but not ready to drink – he had an encounter last evening with the Blue Flame IPA he recently brewed) this morning and we had an uneventful brew session. Things just kind of played out like they should, with no issues. We mashed in right on target [...]
I slept in until 9:15 a.m. (woohoo!), and walked around in a daze for fifteen minutes. At 9:30, I lit the brew sculpture burners, made a pot of coffee, and pulled my feeder wort out of the fridge to warm up a bit. After a quick shower, I heated the feeder wort, and [...]
It’s time to brew an English Bitter, in honor of my next door neighbor, John. John is probably the biggest fan of my beers, after Stephen, and never fails to sing the praises of the beer in his hand. John is very English and is always teaching me new phrases I can use [...]
The Teach a Friend to Brew Day IPA is currently chilling (as I am with a Summit IPA:). The brew session went well once I quit chasing the temperature of the mash. I always wig out when the mash temp is not where I expect it to be once I mash in – always forgetting that I [...]
Jeez – just a little more than 48 hours later, the Belgian Strong Golden is all but done! The airlock is only bubbling about once every 30 seconds and there’s a huge yeast cake on the bottom of the carboy. Tomorrow morning I’ll give the carboy a swirl (yea, I’m a swirler:) to [...]
