Jeff Sparrow, author of the one of the few great books on lambics and lambic brewing, “Wild Brews”, will be at Brew & Grow for a 5 hour session on Saturday May 14th starting around noon. I’m assuming from the time frame that he’ll be brewing something at their store, but there’s not really any [...]
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In Depth Description of Pliny the Elder Clone
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 [...]
Posted in Beer, Instructional, Recipes, Review Also tagged beeradvocate, Don Russell, Garrett Oliver, Mad Fermentationist, Pliny the Younger, Russian River Brewery, San Diego Union-Tribune Leave a comment
Dry Yeast
So we made our 3rd and what appears to be our most successful batch of our IPA on Monday evening. The entire process went incredibly smoothly, from mash to sparge to pitching and it seems the few variables we shifted were the right ones producing a yield we were hoping for. Our 2nd batch of [...]
Posted in Beer, Instructional, Recipes Also tagged AHA, dry yeast, homebrewtalk.com, howtohomebrew.com, IPA, slap pack 1 Comment
Motorcycles to New Glarus
“Some people paint, some sing, others write … I brew.” -Daniel Carey, Brewmaster, New Glarus Brewery, Wisconsin I was planning on hitting the AHA Teach Your Friend to Homebrew event at Brew & Grow tomorrow, I figure it’d be a good way to find those bits of information that only experience can offer a person [...]
Posted in Beer, Event, Motorcycling Also tagged AHA, Madison, New Glarus, Teach a Friend To Homebrew, Totally Naked, Up North, Willard Skynard Devotionliner, Wisconsin 2 Comments
AHA Teach Your Friend to Homebrew Day
Brew & Grow is hosting the 11th Annual Teach Your Friend to Homebrew Day here in beautiful Chicago. The event will go from noon until 4pm at the Brew & Grow store at 1824 N. Besly Ct. View Larger Map