Last Friday, minutes before leaving for a beer-judging weekend trip to Oakland, CA, I kegged this year’s Gnarly Barleywine. Even though it has been four years since the first and last time I made this barleywine, I call it “this year’s” barleywine because it is a good enough recipe that I would like to make [...]
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The Bitter has been on tap for about three weeks now and I am five gallons down. Here is a little post about it so far. What I like: Excellent hopping level Turned out drinkable after the giant problems with the previous batches Some problems, and their solutions: Cloudy – I stopped using Irish moss [...]
Friday I emptied 5 gallons of the newest beer into a keg. It’s been under pressure for two days now, and I just put it into the serving fridge. It is slightly under-hopped and a little too malty, but it should be a decent beer. Admittedly, I tasted it warm, in a frozen mug, so [...]
Yesterday, the Sudzers held a brew-in at Beer & Winemakers, a local homebrew shop. It is a chance to get together with club members and show off your brewery. If you have read some of my previous posts you will know that my brewery is in transition from average-homebrew-size to double-homebrew-size. I have the big [...]
