According to a story in the Santa Cruz Sentinel, a 28-year old graduate student (in chemistry, no less) was arrested last Friday for using dried poppy pods in his homebrew. Police believe that the student extracted opium from the poppy pods, convert…
This is the last Lost Abbey beer that I had while I was in California (fear not, I brought a couple back home). I got to say I’ve been impressed by Lost Abbey’s solid offering’s. So far neither of the previous two weren’t anything spectacular, but t…
by the second beer
he was starting to think that
his ex wouldn’t show
Written by Captain Hops.
Thing of the Day: Secrets of Power Negotiating
Last week, the only thing more chaotic than the stock market was the emotions of those who worked in the finance sector. We’d imagine stress levels reached an all-time high sometime around last Sunday night and, unlike the market, kept going up …
Three dozen northwest microbreweries will have beers available for sampling at this festival, which is now held on the same street as Fort George Brewing, where Jack Harris is even now tapping something special. There will be food vendors,…
Three dozen northwest microbreweries will have beers available for sampling at this festival, which is now held on the same street as Fort George Brewing, where Jack Harris is even now tapping something special. There will be food vendors,…
We were planning on brewing some good ol’ Drafty Kilt Scotch Ale… but our yeast starter failed to start. Then Jeff looked at the packaging. EXPIRED! This was actually my fault for not buying yeast with enough lead time.
So come on by Jeff&…
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In Friday’s Round-Up, reader Ryan Russell posted an interesting anecdote describing a possible struggle with trying to find out if he can get the new Budweiser American Ale:
So with this new “Budweiser Ale”, how do we order it in pub…
I have just returned from the Northern California Homebrewers Festival (NCHF from here on out) and I hardly know where to start. I wish I could have blogged while there so I wouldn’t have such a mountain of things pent up to write about, but a…