While the brew master is away the minions must work and occasionally make important decisions. This past weekend I took Brian’s usual spot as captain of our brew team and brewed a couple fresh batches of IPA. As usual there was some good, some bad and some real weird. The good and the bad were [...]
Monthly Archives: May 2010
American Ale Yeast – 1272
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Michigan Craft Beer Night @ Bavarian Lodge
This Wednesday, May 19th, the Bavarian Lodge will be celebrating Chicago Craft Beer Week with what they are calling Michigan Craft Beer Night. I’m not sure I follow the logic on that one, but I do like their line up of beers on draught: Founders KBS Founders Breakfast Stout Founders Imperial Stout Founders Double Trouble [...]
Show Your Support for Craft Beer Week
American Craft Beer Week is May 17-23 this year and it looks like the lovable trouble makers over at Half Acre will be hosting a party for it on the 22nd. If you’re looking for other ways to show your support for American Craft Beer Week besides drinking great American craft beer and attending one [...]
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DIY Backyard Fire Pit
It’s 70* and sunny right now in Chicago which means, among other wonderful things, it is officially time to melt your face on some fires. Too bad some fucking scrapper hopped our fence and stole the copper bowl from our fire pit last summer. Thanks dick. Fortunately though, Instructables has published a nice piece on [...]
Put ‘em under glass
There’s a craft beer event, Beer Under Glass, at The Garfield Park Conservatory here in Chicago tomorrow night, Thursday the 13th. Unfortunately it appears to be sold out. That sort of thing never stops us here at OA, in fact it ups the ante, requiring resourcefulness, a keen mind and occasionally brute force and stupidity. [...]
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A Hymn to Ninkasi
Borne of the flowing water, Tenderly cared for by the Ninhursag, Borne of the flowing water, Tenderly cared for by the Ninhursag, Having founded your town by the sacred lake, She finished its great walls for you, Ninkasi, having founded your town by the sacred lake, She finished it’s walls for you, Your father is [...]
Building Our Keggle
Matt and I have been pretty blessed to have access to an industrial kitchen. It’s made the processing of learning and improving our homebrewing incredibly comfortable. So comfortable, in fact, that I can’t believe anybody actually brews in their kitchens at home. Besides trashing your kitchen, 95% of kitchens just aren’t equipped with decent enough [...]
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