Archive for September, 2008

beerasia: You Beer – Special Lager

You Beer is a special beer.I know this because it says so on the can!The beer certainly is special in its own way, like many other chemi-brews it stands out thanks largely to the noxious fumes that are released upon cracking open the can.The aftertast…

BeerSmith.com Home Brewing Blog: Scotch Ale Recipes: Beer Styles

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Scotch Ale brings forth visions of fog filled bogs, dimly lit pubs and a hearty pint of ale.  Scotland has always had its own distinct brewing style with an array of u…

beernews.org: Beer notes: Oskar Blues, Saint Arnold, Flossmoor Station, DuClaw, Elysian Brewing

Oskar Blues Brewery’s production will see a huge boost after the installation of newly bought equipment: “When the company opened the second brewing facility, it quickly produced 27,000 barrels — its maximum capacity — prompting Oskar…

The Beer Babe’s Brew Reviews: Weyerbacher Twelve

Of course, when I was looking for an anniversary brew to review for the last Session posting, I couldn’t find any. When I don’t need to write one on anniversaries and don’t have any anniversaries to celebrate, I find them everywhere.So, I think I’ve a…

Wort’s Going On Here?: Aud’s No Scufflin’ Ale Update

I just racked the barley wine into a carboy for extended aging in the closet. It’s at 1044, down from 1046 a couple of weeks ago. At this rate, It will hit the target gravity sometime in February. I am not going to look at it until December 28, whe…

Grizzly Growler: Tim’s Beer VLOG – Episode 3

Where Tim tries Quarry Brewing Co.’s brown ale and discusses that style of beer.

Also, just wanted to say, for those of you who are tech savvy, don’t forget to post replies to this video blog. [www.youtube.com] the reason I started them…

Belgian beer and travel: Brasserie Trappistes Rochefort

I visited Brasserie Rochefort at Abbaye Notre Dame de St-Remy, for a third time, on May 27. Danny Van Tricht and I were warmly greeted by brewmaster Gumer Santos, as well as Brother Pierre and Brother Antoine. Rochefort is currently brewing about 21,0…

Beer 4 Chx: For The Newly Hatched Beer Chick

During a very interesting 3 hour discussion with one of my best friends today, the topic of beer came up. Imagine that. Kind of like that conversation you have with your friends about the first time you did it, we started discussing the first time we…

It’s The Beer Talking: Home Brewing: Movin to the country, Gonna eat a lot of peaches

Finally got down to juicing the peaches and starting the wine today. All went pretty well. We quartered then and cut off all of the brown spots before getting down to the fun.
We juiced them in a nylon bag I picked up at Home Depot, normally used f…

The Mad Fermentationist: Lambic 2006 – 1st Tasting

After doing the write up for my second batch of Lambic, I thought it was probably about time to do a tasting of the first. This batch was brewed almost exactly 2 years ago and bottled in late July 2008. This marks the longest I have gone between brew…