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 [...]
Tag Archives: Porter
Cracklin + Deschutes Abyss = Demonic Flavor Speedball of the Thrill Titans!!!
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Portabello & Porter Pate? Hell Yes.
In one of those inexplicable hiccups of collective development several friends and I have all seemed to have developed a working curiosity about making our own charcuterie in the past month or so. I suppose it’s not terribly surprising as the prevalence and diversity of cured and smoked meats seems to grow exponentially with every [...]
Follow Up on 2nd Runnings Brew…
Well, it didn’t work quite as I had hoped. The up side is it turns out we’re getting most of our mileage from our mash, washing the majority of the fermentable sugars from our grains in the first runnings. The down side is that that means we’re only going to get 1 batch per grain [...]
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2 Beers, 1 Grain Bill… Use Those Second Runnings, Bubba!
The smells of the brew house are one of my favorite parts of making beer and spent mash ranks towards the top of my olfactory hit list. Normally, after we dump our used grain into the garbage can, I’ll find myself spending most of the boil time hovering over the can, breathing in the nutty, [...]
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Sour Mashing for Added Complexity to Homebrew
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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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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