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Day 3 at NHC and I’m still alive! Today I attended the following sessions:
Commercial Hop Production and Sales and Its Effect on Homebrewers with Ralph Olson (of Hop Union)
The Equipment Geek with Kent Fletcher
Maintaining Ideal Yeast Health: Nutrients Yeast Need with Dr. Tobias Fischborn (of Lallemand, Inc.)
Yeast: Build Your Own Library with Maribeth Raines
Yeast: Ask [...]
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 [...]
Last minute decision – time to brew an IPA! I recently found a clone recipe for Bell’s Two Hearted IPA and I’d like to give it a shot. I did mix it up a bit, by juggling the crystal malts and adding some corn sugar to dry out the ale. I’ll also be using White [...]
I brewed a big ‘ole barleywine on Valentines Day this year (isn’t that romantic:).
It was the biggest beer I’ve ever brewed and came in at OG 1.134! It was like syrup when I put it in the fermentor. Obviously I was worried about the yeast’s ability to chew through the wort, but I made a huge [...]
Yesterday, we dropped off Brenda’s car in Livermore, grabbed a rental (a Pontiac G5 – ugg!) and headed off to Concord. After a quick stop at MoreBeer to get a variety of stuff – most notably four vials of White Labs Pacific Ale yeast (thankfully White Labs has decided to make this yeast available [...]
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 [...]
