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Leon Can Still Belt Out the Tunes!

July 18th, 2008 Mark Ranes No comments

The Leon Russell show at the State Theater was great!  Leon came out, leaning on a cane, and then proceeded to play one song after another, with no break, for just under two hours.  His voice is as clean as it was 30 years ago!  My friend Brad had as good a time as I [...]

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Wit is Kegged!

July 17th, 2008 Mark Ranes No comments

The Blue Moons Belgian Wit is kegged up and carbonating.  It had an original gravity of 1.058 and finished at a respectable final gravity of 1.008.  This makes it a 6.6% ABV ale.  I really like this batch the best of all the wits I’ve brewed.  I scaled back on the corriander and it is [...]

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Wit is Still Working!

June 30th, 2008 Mark Ranes No comments

Wow!  After eight days, the Belgian wit is still very actively fermenting.  You can still see trub bopping around inside the carboys at high speed.  It also still has a very creamy krausen head bubbling away.  I’m really surprised.
The Two Hearted Ale is also still going well.  It, too, has a large bubbly krausen head [...]

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Wit Went Well!

June 23rd, 2008 Mark Ranes No comments

Today’s Blue Moons Belgian Wit brew day was uneventful.  When I brew alone, I tend to be on my game and as a rule, the brew sessions go well.  Of course, it is much more fun brewing with others, but I enjoy solitary brewing, too.  I got up early to try and beat the heat, [...]

Blue Moons Wit on Deck

June 22nd, 2008 Mark Ranes 2 comments

The Blue Moons Wit I always have on tap blew a couple weeks back, so it is time to brew some more!  This evening I measured and filtered my brewing water and milled the grains.  I’ll be getting up kind of early tomorrow morning in hopes of beating the afternoon heat.  This time I’ll be [...]

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