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Monthly Archives: September 2011
Sediment Free Alternative to Priming Sugar Bottling for Your Homebrew
I hate bottling my homebrew. Mostly because I am particularly undermotivated when it comes to things that could be more easily done by a machine or lesser, mind-controlled, humanoid like a tea bagger or something. Because of this I haven’t bottled anything in a couple years and just simply dump my beer into a soda [...]
Posted in Beer, Instructional Tagged BierMuncher Bottle Filler, bottling, homebrew, homebrewtalk.com, priming sugar Leave a comment
Jake Burton Has Cancer
It appears Jake Burton has testicular cancer. If you follow this link you’ll read his rather stoic and inspiring letter to his employees. I think it says a lot about the guy and, clearly, it says just as much about the culture he has created at Burton Snowboards over the years. It will be 20 [...]
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Michael Ruhlman in Chicago
Michael Rulhman’s book “Ratio” is one of the best things that’s ever happened to my cooking. It is typically my first reference when approaching a new dish and has helped me understand how I might someday develop my own voice with cooking more than any other book or experience I’ve come across to date. But [...]
Posted in Event, Instructional, Recipes Tagged Anthony Bourdain, Butcher & Larder, Charcuterie, Chicago, Michael Ruhlman, No Reservations, Ruhlman's 20 Leave a comment
Experimenting with Fenugreek to Replace Maple Syrup
I wrote about using fenugreek in homebrew to replace maple syrup last year about this time. I’m finally getting around to trying this out. I had hoped initially that a cold steep would be my answer for extracting the maple flavors and tastes from the fenugreek. Several experiments with that have proven that unhelpful. Instead [...]
“Prohibition” October 2nd, 3rd, 4th on PBS
Ken Burns has a new 3-part series on the chilling horrors of prohibition just in time to kick-off the Halloween season. Tune in to see what happens when humanity rolls over to have it’s belly rubbed by joyless sods.
When I’m dead, you must braise me
I’ve had a longstanding agreement with the 4-bar degenerates in my life that, upon my death, they will slow cook my better cuts serving using my carcass as the serving station, Old Country Buffet style. Further, my wife and friends have been clearly instructed to have a moog rendition of “Send in the Clowns” sent [...]
Posted in Beer, Event, Health, Instructional, Recipes Tagged Braising, Jim Cornelison, Meat, spaetzle Leave a comment
Speidel Braumeister, a 1-piece, enclosed brew system?
Hiya. Don’t worry, I still love you even though we don’t hang out as much anymore. Really, I do. And don’t be so insecure, it’s making you seem fat. Or maybe it’s the other way around. Either way, knock it off. While I’ve been traveling the finer end of the seasonal shifts and enjoying these [...]
Posted in Beer, Gear, Instructional, Review Tagged BrauBushka, freebord, morebeer.com, Speidel Braumeister Leave a comment
Veal Tongue Tacos
It’s been a while, I know. I’ve been living a life. Or burning one down. Or stumbling on the head of those two opposing excuses, really. This is the 4th year I won’t be going to Burning Man. It’s crazy, I’ve been not going almost half as many years as I attended. And what’s crazier, [...]
Posted in Event, Grilling, Instructional, Pyro, Recipes Tagged Burning Man, Gepperth's Meat Market, Mr. Worthington, Veal Tongue Leave a comment