The Mad Fermentationist has posted a detailed description of his process for cloning the infamous Pliny the Younger. His hop schedule is staggering, especially in light of the story I posted yesterday about the Hop shortage we’re going to see this year. I was also very surprised by how simple his grain bill is, but [...]
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In Depth Description of Pliny the Elder Clone
Posted in Beer, Instructional, Recipes, Review Also tagged Brew & Grow, Don Russell, Garrett Oliver, Mad Fermentationist, Pliny the Younger, Russian River Brewery, San Diego Union-Tribune Leave a comment
Lillie’s Q Offering Full Pig
Chef Charlie McKenna from Lillie’s Q – my favorite bbq restaurant in the city – is now offering a full pig for groups of 6-8. He’ll prepare it, serve it and discuss preparation with his guests. You need to give the restaurant 48 hours notice. If you get over there in the next week you [...]
Posted in Beer, Event, Grilling, Smoking Also tagged Bell's Hopslam, Charlie McKenna, Chicago, Lillie's Q, Pork, Steve Dolinsky Leave a comment
The Bavarian Lodge is like a Strip Club for your Taste Buds!!
Take heed dear glutton there is even but a refuge for thee amongst the beige bulging bastions of the western suburbs! My wife and I took the brave venture into the western suburbs this weekend to knock some glasses with my folks. Determined to find a dining experience that didn’t make me want to gouge [...]
IPA Glazed Nuts
I pulled this recipe from part of another recipe in issue #33 of BeerAdvocate. It’s super easy and real effective. 1 cup raw nuts 1 cup powdered sugar 1 tsp salt 2 tsp IPA Whisk the sugar, salt and IPA together into an opaque syrup. Add the nuts and stir well. Place the nuts on [...]
Carbonating Kegged Beer
We’ll be kegging our first batch of IPA later this week so I’ve been doing some research on how to properly carbonate kegged homebrew. Apparently, you can do it the same way that you would a bottled beer but with about half the dextrose you would use for bottling (so about 1/3 cup). However, this [...]