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Waka Waka Waka
I haven’t bought yeast in the past two or three months: instead I’ve been washing the stuff and re-using it. The variety is PAc-Man, which is (maybe at this point was) available at Wyeast.
The strain is well-named: the sound is exactly like Pac-Man when the ghosts have turned blue and the little yellow fella [...]
Quick Beer post
the roasty toasty porter came out delicious, and we’ve been drinking on it for the past week or so. And on Wednesday, I kegged the pale ale that spawned it (pale ales typically go through a week or two of secondary fermentation, while porter does not: thus, beer number three was ready long before [...]
Read More..>>Porter
We tapped the porter last night. It was a little early: not in terms of fermentation (it’s right where it needs to be, 4.5% ABV), but in terms of settling. When you force carbonate, you have to shake the keg vigorously a few times. This moves the molecules around and makes the CO2 absorb [...]
Read More..>>Sunday Homebrewing
I am about to start beer number 3 from the Wyeast 1056 American Ale series, and figured I’d get y’all up to speed.
About 3 weeks ago, I made what I’m calling “The Simcoe Bomb”: this delicious ale was made from 10 pounds of 2-row pilsen malt, 1 pound pf German CaraFoam (gives a nice head), [...]
Beer Update
Thanks to the yeast I used, the ESB (now fully carbonated) went through a bit of a stuck fermentation, or so I thought. I had used Wyeast 1968, London ESB Ale, because, hey, that was the style I brewed up.
What i didn’t know was that the 1968 ferments EXTREMELY quickly. As in, “1.5 days [...]
All Grain IPA
Last night, I finally kegged the ESB I made few weeks back, only to discover my CO2 tank was nearly spent. No matter: there’s enough to keep the beer flowing, and the low carbonation level makes it that much more British (the ESB was originated by the Brits).
This morning we brewed an all-grain IPA. [...]
Home Brew
We’re kegging tonight. It’s the first brew we’ve made in I don’t know how many months. It’s a brown ale with orange peel.
We used a bunch of the nuggets we grew this summer, but i have to admit, they smelled funky. We’ll see how the beer tastes in a few minutes when we get ready [...]
Frog Pond
Tom T. Hall, I Like Beer
For the past few weeks I’ve been posting a Weekend Home Brew Blog series at Booman Tribune.
Come for the beer, stay for the progressive politics!
Palestinian Beer Barred from the US
You can get it in Germany, you can get it in Israel, but you can’t get it in the US. Why?
Because the label says “Brewed in Palestine, and the US doesn’t recognize Palestine as a country.
The maker of Taybeh beer, which is brewed in a mini-brewery owned by a Palestinian family, the Khoury family [...]
Sunday AM Homebrew Blog
As usual, I missed the Saturday homebrew blogs at daily Kos and Balloon Juice, but it’s because I was busy brewing so I guess I have an excuse.
Yesterday afternoon’s brew is titled “Thanksgiving Ale #2″, a pale ale to balance “Thanksgiving Ale #1″, a dark strong ale. I used 6.6 pounds of Northwestern Gold [...]
