It’s getting cold here in Weedwolf’s Shitcago. In fact, today the lake front was shut down and manned by Escalades. I saw snow fall from the sky. I pulled the long underwear from my lingerie drawer. All this means that my previous method of cooling our wort with a displacement chiller spitting upwards of 75 [...]
Monthly Archives: November 2011
Closed System Wort Chiller for the Homebrew
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Pan Fried Bone Marrow
It would really hurt to put hot, liquid marrow into a syringe and shoot it into your arm or eyeball so Michael Ruhlman has this satisfactory alternative for using bone marrow to activate your pleasure centers: “To cook the marrow, roll them in flour till they’re completely coated and sauté them in canola oil over [...]
Gordon Strong’s Technique for Force Carbonating Homebrew
It’s the 11th hour and I need to get this beer carbed up for Thanksgiving. I’ve basically got about 20 hours to get this stuff to a decent level of gas. So I’m going to force carb them. Force carbonating is a black art, elusive and highly subjective in it’s execution. I’ve tried several techniques, [...]
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Put Thanksgiving In My Face & Then Leave Me Alone.
Our country of fat fucks are about to hit their annual apex of indulgence and I couldn’t be happier. You see, I fancy my self a fairly learned sensualist. Certainly, at times, my adventures slant nearer towards escapes than escapades, but I’m comfortable with my batting average. And what kind of sensualist demands perfection anyway? [...]
Posted in Beer, Event, Instructional, Recipes Tagged Aleister Crowley, Brewing Network, Homebrewing, Lemmy, Maggie Thatcher, Michael Rulhman, Thanksgiving, white labs Leave a comment
A Mash/Boil Screen Has Made Homebrewing Much Easier
I’ve slowly come to realize while building our brew system that the tools and techniques compiled to create our beer are as much a part of us and our creation as the finished beverage that comes out of it. And, like every good work of art, this one, too, will never be finished. Transcended, maybe [...]
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Remember, Remember the 5th of November
As much as I like turtles, I like history even more. So, in honor of tomorrow’s celebration of Guy Fawkes’ Night, where apparently a large demonstration is being planned on the steps of Parliament, I thought I’d post a little historical note on the beloved terrorist. In 1604 Fawkes became involved with a small group [...]
Posted in Event, Instructional, Pyro Tagged Alan Moore, Guy Fawkes, NOvember, Occupy Wall Street, Parliament, V for Vendetta, Wikipedia 3 Comments