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Distracted
So I’m reading the news about Josh Hancock obsessively. It’s just so shocking… I have the yankees/red sox game on mute for no particular reason and all I can hear is the trafffic outside and the pop, pop, pop, of my fermenting “esb but not really” (seriously, I think I’m going to call it that) [...]
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Fear not
I was too scared to try the Kolsch for almost a whole week after it was ready, but last night I plucked up the courage (the fact that I’d already consumed 1/2 a bottle of wine helped a great deal). I don’t know why I was so scared – the Forsch Kolsch may be my [...]
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Over the edge
So this morning I transferred the Kolsch over to the secondary. No major problems, although the beer was hazier than I liked. I even tasted it, and if I do say so myself: YUM!
As I was siphoning, an idea came to me. A wonderful, awful idea.
My roommate is out of town for the next [...]
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alarmingly bubbly
No, this isn’t my personality I’m referring to – it’s my airlock!
Actually, it’s interesting that I have this problem, because I neglected to properly “smack” my “smack pack” and wasn’t AT ALL certain that my yeast was viable anyway. I called Leah in a panic, and she was her cool and collected self, as usual, [...]
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John is funny
My roommate John saw my Holiday Carboy and thought that it looked so cozy, it a little something else – a book to read! See below:
I’m bottling today – wish me luck!
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the christmas carboy of love
Well, I’m feeling better about the brew than I did last night, because the Irish Red (which I haven’t actually named yet, but I’m leaning towards “Irish Redbird”) seems to be merrily fermenting away. Will wonders never cease? Maybe I didn’t mess up as much as I thought I did.
To ‘fess up to these [...]
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Cue up Celine Dion…
“All by myself… Don’t wanna be… All by myself!” (Sorry. So sorry. I couldn’t help it.)
Oh yes, I brewed tonight, and this time it was without the resident brewmaster Kev (he’s busy buying xmas presents or something). I was in charge, suckas, and took no prisoners. Unsurprisingly, my first solo pitch was somewhat of a [...]
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brewin’ up some holiday cheer
So Kev and I finally brewed up the gingerbread ale (which I’ll be calling “Pontipee Ale” in honor of my family’s favorite christmas movie) the other night. Here’s me brewing:
We had a lot of fun this time around. I wonder if brewing is one of those activities that’s substantially less fun if I’m doing it [...]
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My First Pitch
So I actually brewed my first beer one week ago yesterday, with the help of friendly neighborhood expert Kevin. Kevin was in charge and did most of the “head” work in terms of deciding how long to boil the wort and so on, but we actually got the recipe from my friend Leah. It was [...]
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A Learning Tool
So this would be my Adventures in Beer blog. I’m new to the hobby, having fairly arbitrarily decided to take it up about a month ago, and this here blog is basically a document of my progress. I’m hoping to post pictures, comment about my brewing process, and of course, talk about drinking too much [...]
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