http://wortup.com Chronicles of a West Coast nanobrewery Tue, 08 Jun 2010 22:53:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Well, after more than two years of not posting anything I am officially back.  Expect quite a few updates in the coming weeks as I finally resume blogging about brewing and a bit about motorcycling as well.   I doubt anyone still remembers about this page, but I'm going to post ... http://wortup.com/?p=63 In the process of cleaning up the garage a bit, I opened a conditioning chest that I had all but forgotten about.  As it turns out it contained a keg of my peated english ale and a keg of a strong IPA that I brewed last year.  I had wanted ... http://wortup.com/?p=50 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 ... http://wortup.com/?p=49 During my brew day yesterday I did manage to keep the wine moving along.  As you may recall, I have one batch of syrah and 3 batches of zinfandel going.  They have been ready for oak for a couple of months now, but I hadn't found the time to do ... http://wortup.com/?p=48 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. ... http://wortup.com/?p=47 Sorry this blog hasn't had much action lately.   The few times I have had time to brew have been ruined by rain.  I've considered moving the brewing operation indoors, but the reward doesn't justify the risk.  With Laguna Seca coming up in July, I need to get some brews cranked ... http://wortup.com/?p=46 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 ... http://wortup.com/?p=37 Sorry for the lack of posts lately. I've been in Italy with my lovely wife for the past couple of weeks. For those of you who didn't know, I am attempting to make wine for the first time. I purchased some beautiful grapes from a local vineyard and I ... http://wortup.com/?p=29 So I finally set up a beer gas (25% CO2, 75% N2) draught system with a Guinness tap. I'll add some pics later, but in the meantime, here is the video I took while pouring one.  I hope you enjoy watching this as much as I enjoyed making it. Cheers! http://wortup.com/?p=28 Well, I finally have a camera to use, which should make this blog a bit more interesting.  Unfortunately, I ended up kegging the pluot pale and chocolate rye imperial stout rather late on Monday night and the camera doesn't take great night shots.  In a couple of days, when the beers ... http://wortup.com/?p=24