Due to the storm this past weekend I was unable to brew. As I need to get a couple more beers on tap in time for St. Patty’s Day, I was forced to brew on Monday night. Fortunately, I have decent lighting on the back deck. The brew session went exceedingly well, […]

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What better way to spend Presidents Day than to exercise a right that was granted by Jimmy Carter; the right to brew beer at home. Having just returned from the Belgian Beer Festival at Max’s Taphouse in Baltimore, I was looking forward to brewing one of my tripel recipes. Logic, however, got the […]

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I had planned to brew a nice Belgian Tripel on Sunday.  As it turns out, I was lacking a number of specialty malts that I thought I had on hand.  To make matters worse, some of the whole hops that I had in the fridge were bad, due to my inability to find time to […]

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While brewing this weekend, I took some time to tidy up my garage a bit.  In the process of doing so, I came across some fruit juice that I had purchased awhile back to make a cider.  Given that I recently acquired a few 2.5 gallon soda kegs I figured I may as well brew […]

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Saturday’s second brew was one that I have been meaning to brew for quite some time now. The goal: to modify my standard imperial stout recipe slightly to make it darker and just a bit more complex. The changes: use a bit more black patent, a tiny bit more chocolate malt, and a […]

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In an effort to recover from the 50+ gallons consumed at the USGP in Laguna Seca, I brewed two batches this weekend. Unfortunately, I didn’t have access to a camera at the time so I don’t have pics. The first of two batches brewed was a Pluot Pale Ale.
Pluot Pale Ale
Having picked-up some […]

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