I put our Porter on gas Thursday night and I’m happy to say that this is probably our most satisfying success to date. There’s plenty of chocolate, coffee and tangy burnt notes in this black beauty. Here’s the recipe we used: 9.01 lb 2-Row Brewers Malt 1.0 lb Munich Malt 1.0 lb Crystal Malt 60°L [...]
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Sour Mashing for Added Complexity to Homebrew
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Brewing Season is Upon Us
Before I left for Belgium we brewed what would be our first and final beer for the summer of 2010, a delicious and successful Saison. When I returned from my trip I learned that we had lost our sweet brewing space. Fortunately, we’ve got another lined up, it’s just not quite as cherry (or close) [...]
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Transferring from a Sankey to a Corney Keg
We had a big weekend this weekend. We finished construction on our first keggle in effort to expand our brewing system (I’ll post about that later). I got a chance to try some AMAZING beers – Dogfish Head 120 Minute, Jolly Pumpkin’s Lambicus Dexterious, Hansen’s Oudbietje Lambic among others. We brewed our first Saison ever. [...]