Beer, Food, Life
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Brewers have it pretty easy. Basically, all we do is create the conditions under which yeast will thrive. Yeast does all the work, we get all the credit. We make sure it’s not too hot or not too cold. We make sure it has enough to eat. And we try to protect it from bad [...]
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I posted most of the details for this recipe in my Belgian Witbier Roundup a few days back, but I really wasn’t feeling very generous in my evaluation and I left out a few minor details that make it more difficult to copy. I only post recipes because they are interesting or excellent. The roundup’s [...]
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I’ve learned brewing mostly from books, the Internet, and Dan, mentor and vendor to Vancouver’s homebrewers. On top of what I’ve read and been told, there are a few things that I do because they make sense to me. One of those things just made sense was leaving freshly bottled beer in a heated area [...]
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The last of my Belgian Wits is now ready so I’d like to do a little roundup of the whole project. I wanted to do at least three large batches and three small batches, but, because the yeast (Wyeast 3944 Belgian Wit) was so slow, I only did 2 large batches and 3 small batches. [...]
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My very limited edition Peated Matsutake Porter (note the Matsutake is also known as Pine Mushroom) came to an abrupt end last night. I only made three bottles worth from Peated Porter leftovers after racking an over-filled primary fermenter to the secondary. String of Setbacks At first I thought the beer was ruined by some [...]
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I finally bottled the last of my Belgian wheat beers. I had planned on doing 6 different beers (I often mash 20% more and then do a mini-batch on the side) but the Wyeast 3944 Belgian Witbier took forever to stop bubbling. In retrospect, I recommend that you use gravity measurements rather than cessation of [...]
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I’m very new to the beer blogging scene, so if this idea is to go anywhere I’ll need to trust the more long-standing beer bloggers to promote the idea if it is to fly. But I think it is a good idea, so it just might. Fermentation Friday is fun because it helps us homebrewers [...]
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Not every beer that I make is a masterpiece, but even the ones that I consider failures are usually quite quaffable. In the interest of making better beer, I decided to try tasting my beers next to some commercial varieties of a similar style. I brewed a clone of Storm’s Highland Scottish Ale mostly because [...]
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I never would have guessed at the horror that could result from such innocent inoculations. Most people live their lives safely: without ever knowing the random terrors that can suddenly infect the unsuspecting. They go through their comfortable, daily drudge: eating, working, loving, hating, drinking beer…without an inkling. But ill events have torn that blissful [...]
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Last weekend I (gasp!) went to the Okanagan Wine Festival. I must, at risk to all my beer-cred, confess to liking wine. I’m not a very knowledgeable wine drinker, but I do appreciate a good quaff. Okanagan Winery, photo courtesy www.thewinefestivals.com Not only did I enjoy the opportunity to taste a lot of different wines [...]
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