“If you are just starting out making funky beers, making a beer that is palatable will be considered a success.” – Vinnie Cilurzo, Russian River Brewing. [ppt]
Category Archives: Beer
Fermenting: “GnomeMower” – Biére de Garde
After a three batches of beers with 6+ month fermentation timelines ( “Marley was Dead“, “Out Like a Lion” , “Sour Suburbanite” ) I wanted something with a slightly, faster turnaround. And – less, um, experimental. So, I pulled together this Biére de Garde Golden Strong Ale. Simple and straight-forward ingredient list. “GnomeMower” Bier de …
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Fermenting: “Sour Suburbanite” – A Bitter Lambic
“Sour Suburbanite” Lambic recipe 6# Northern Brewer Organic Light Malt Extract 1# Maris Otter 2# Special B 1# Belgian Light Candi Sugar @ 15 2oz. Galena @ 60min 2oz. Galena @ 30min 2oz. Norther Brewer @ 5min WYeast’s Lambic Blend Original Gravity: 1050 Update 22 May 20100 Bottled today. Final Gravity 1004. Pre-carbonation tasting notes: …
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Fermenting: “Marley was Dead” Barleywine
“Marley was dead: to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that. The register of his burial was signed by the clergyman, the clerk, the undertaker, and the chief mourner. Scrooge signed it: and Scrooge’s name was good upon ‘Change, for anything he chose to put his hand to. Old Marley was as dead …
Babãr
Even before the Abbey Cyser experiment I’ve been intrigued with the idea of a bragot/bracket/bragawd/bragaut [1] – a mead with a beer base. Over the weekend, I tried a bottle of Brasserie Lefebvre’s Babãr. Amazing and balanced. The honey had a presence, the ale had a presence. And despite their distinctive flavors – neither overpowered …
Fermenting: “Out Like a Lion” Ginger Maibock
20-some inches of snow fell on Saturday. I don’t know exactly how much – because the temperature promptly dropped below 10°F and – I decided to stay indoors. And brew up some beer for spring. “Out Like a Lion” Ginger Maibock Recipe 10 lbs Pilsen Light Liquid Malt Extra 2 lbs CaraMunich II 2 oz …
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Fermenting: Abbey Cyser
Abbey Cyser Recipe 4 Gallons of Apple Cider from Hy’s Cider Mill purchased from Whole Foods in St. Paul 2.5 pounds of honey from Pine Tree Apple Orchard 1 package of WYeast Trappist High Gravity 3787 According to the package, the yeast like it between 70-75°F. To accommodate it, I combined the cider and honey …
Ongoing Homebrew Beer Idea List
Here’s my ongoing list of homebrew beer ideas that seem like interesting explorations. If you know of existing beers or recipes that explore some of the ideas below – leave a comment. Thanks. A non-Stout coffee Beer- Most compelling combination thus far: Monsooned Maibock Basic Brewing ‘brewing w/ coffee’ podcast mentions the monsooned malabar. An …
First Crack 121. Drink Beer from a Cat’s Butt: Tasting of Mikkeller’s Beer Geek Brunch
Now that Surly’s Coffee Bender has become the pinnacle of Coffee Stouts I’m on a quest for interesting and unique coffee beers. I picked up bottle of Mikkeller’s Beer Geek Brunch – an oatmeal stout with civet coffee. After the civet coffee review with Sam Buchanan how could I not take this beer home. 10.9% …
Dog-Eared
Some quick reviews of the handful of books I savored during my recent trip in Mexico. The End of Prosperity: How Higher Taxes Will Doom the Economy–If We Let It Happen I found this month’s Economics book club selection (my first Kindle purchase) an extra-ordinarily frustrating read mainly due to the Fox News-esque partisanship. Despite …