Ok, so I finally got to the end of the two-week alcohol extraction of fenugreek seeds that I found digging four pages deep into a google search on fenugreek and maple syrup alternatives. The experiment was successful though I did need to make some adjustments. I wound up using twice the amount of vodka as [...]
Monthly Archives: October 2011
Yeast Reference Guide
I like this page over at winning-homebrew.com that describes the yeasts and then tells the brewery source of them. It’s nice. It’s not as nice as those posters that wYeast and White Labs have been giving away at events recently, but it’s nice.
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Finch’s Giving Yeast to Homebrewers This Friday 10/14
Between 5p-7p this Friday, October 14th the nice folks at Finch’s Beer Company will be giving out their American Ale yeast that was used to make their Blonde Ale. Bring a sanitized container to carry your yeast in! View Larger Map
More Homebrewing with Fenugreek
My water extraction experiments were vaguely successful last week, but didn’t yield anything I felt would be worth jamming up a whole batch of homebrew on. With the water extraction I found that the whole seed, untoasted and cold steeped for a day, offered the best results. I put 1 tblspn in 4oz of water. [...]
Posted in Beer, Health, Recipes Tagged breast milk, extraction, fenugreek, Homebrewing, Outsider's Almanac Leave a comment
Fuck Me, Pay You
Cuz I can get 4 of these bad mammy jammies for what I’d pay for 1 of those wicked Kratwerk sweaters. Sweater blog!