Tag Archives: Beer Advocate

Cracklin + Deschutes Abyss = Demonic Flavor Speedball of the Thrill Titans!!!

By brian | Published: January 12, 2011

Something happened last night that may rightfully change the world and it’s coarse forever. Perhaps the closest I’ve ever witnessed to the philosopher’s gold being created, two flavors came together and wedded themselves upon my tongue, in the church of my nervous system, consummating their union in the eternal tract of every singing neuron of [...]

Posted in Beer, Event, Instructional, Recipes, Review | Also tagged backwoodshome.com, Chicago, Cracklin, Darklord, Darkness, Deschutes Abyss, E.T., Imperial Stout, Michael Jackson, New Hampshire, Pork, Porter, Sephir Yetzirah, White Birch Brewery | 2 Comments

BeerAdvocate Bar Crawl, December 26th

By brian | Published: December 20, 2010

First off… that Half Acre party on Saturday was the bee’s knees. Amazing beer – like Double Daisy Cutter, Barrel Aged Mad Cow, Flossmore’s Sleigh Ride (insane) to name just a few – great, great food from Urban Belly (the smoked beef stew was nutty) and a whole mess of good-natured beer loving maniacs. It [...]

Posted in Beer, Event, Review | Also tagged Acre Restaurant, Chicago, Chicago Bar Crawl, Flossmore, Half Acre, Left Hand, Mucca Pazza, On Photon, Revolution, Stone, Urban Belly | 1 Comment

Brisket Rub

By brian | Published: August 6, 2010

We’re prepping to smoke a 12lb brisket tomorrow. I went looking for my copy of Beer Advocate, where I pulled the rub recipe from, to freshen up my addled mind. I couldn’t find it. This made me annoyed with me. Why can’t I put stuff back where it’s supposed to go? Seriously, this would make [...]

Posted in Grilling, Instructional, Recipes, Smoking | Also tagged Brisket | 2 Comments

Support Cruelty, Eat Veal Cheeks!

By brian | Published: July 10, 2010

Last weekend was remarkable, one for the record books. Friday I got up at 6 in the morning and dawn patrolled with Trevor. We came home around 9:30am and toured through several New Glarus brews in honor of his *cough* 43rd birthday. We hit the Enigma, the Old English Porter, the Two Women Lager and [...]

Posted in Beer, Event, Instructional, Recipes, Review | Also tagged 4th of july, Chicago, dark horse brewery, fireside lounge, Half Acre, macallan, New Glarus, paulina meat market, pequod's, veal cheeks, winnemac park | Leave a comment

A Hymn to Ninkasi

By brian | Published: May 5, 2010

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 [...]

Posted in Beer, Instructional | Also tagged Ninkasi, Sumeria, Wikipedia | Leave a comment

Lambrucha, a Lambic & Kombucha Blend

By brian | Published: April 14, 2010

I’ve been seeing bottle of Lambrucha around at several Chicago beer stores. Each time I see it, I pick it up, show it to my wife and chuckle a bit. My vague curiosity giving way to the low ABV (3.5%) and the vast selection of less gimicky seeming and more delicious beers available. But after [...]

Posted in Beer, Review | Also tagged katherine sacks, kombucha, Lambic, Lambrucha | Leave a comment

“Beer Wars” Now Available on Netflix

By brian | Published: February 17, 2010

Anat Baron’s “Beer Wars” is finally available to stream on Netflix. “Beer Wars” attempts to give the general consumer an insider’s look into the politics and pitfalls of the beer industry. With a couple of case studies, the most interesting being Sam Calagione and Dogfish Head, Baron shows the sysophisian struggle of the passionate craft [...]

Posted in Beer, Review | Also tagged Anat Baron, Beer Wars, Dogfish Head, Netflix, Sam Calagione | Leave a comment

More Perils for the Boneheaded in the Land of Home Brewing

By brian | Published: February 14, 2010

So we bottled what may be our best (3rd) batch of an IPA yesterday. The whole process went incredibly smooth from sparge to bottling. We were so happy with ourselves that we felt a celebratory beer was in order. We put the beer in the back of Matt’s car and headed over to the Small [...]

Posted in Beer, Event, Instructional, Review | Also tagged Bockor Sour Ale, Buffalo Chicken Spring Rolls, Chicago, Half Acre Baume, home, Homebrewing, Rogue Dead Guy Whiskey, Small Bar, Surly Furious, Tyranena Dirty Ol' Man, Victory Prima Pils | Leave a comment

Mr. Malty Yeast Pitching Rate Calculator

By brian | Published: January 14, 2010

We attempted to brew a Marzen a couple weeks ago. Everything seemed to go very well: we had a decent starch conversion, we sparged with 8 gallons of water that boiled down to a gorgeous brown/burgundy of 5.5 gallons of sweet liquor, and seemed to be ready to have a successful lager on our hands. [...]

Posted in Beer, Gear, Instructional | Also tagged Ale-luminati, Cubs, Lager, Marzen, Mr. Malty Pitching Calculator, White Labs Yeast | Leave a comment

I’ll Make My Own Bloody Beer

By brian | Published: October 21, 2009

What is it about this time of year that makes me want to put a shotgun in my mouth? Granted, we’ve had a few days break from the collapse of summer that happened a few weeks ago eliminating overnight both sun and heat. But still, the change was drastic, even by Chicago’s standards. And now [...]

Posted in Beer | Also tagged Babar, brew and grow, BYO.com, Chicago, homebrewheaven.com, The Complete Joy of Home Brewing | 1 Comment

Tag Archives: Beer Advocate

Cracklin + Deschutes Abyss = Demonic Flavor Speedball of the Thrill Titans!!!

BeerAdvocate Bar Crawl, December 26th

Brisket Rub

Support Cruelty, Eat Veal Cheeks!

A Hymn to Ninkasi

Lambrucha, a Lambic & Kombucha Blend

“Beer Wars” Now Available on Netflix

More Perils for the Boneheaded in the Land of Home Brewing

Mr. Malty Yeast Pitching Rate Calculator

I’ll Make My Own Bloody Beer

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