My nephew, Sean, is interested in brewing beer, and helped me brew my peppercorn amber ale. This time, though, I thought we would brew an extract beer. Mainly because I have not been very lucky with my all-grain batches.
The recipe is based on a rec…
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This week is a great week for tastings and learning how to taste. Sarah and I will be pouring at the Discounts Drinks Tasting for Rave on Thursday so stop on by and say, “Hi.” If you are closer to Howell, Mr. B’s is having is also h…
This week we got a chance to go down to beautiful New Glarus Wisconsin and interview Dan and Deb Carey, the brewmaster and owners of New Glarus Brewing Company. In this first installment, we discuss their background, the beginnings of their brewery, D…
Hard to believe, but tonight our Indiana Homebrewers Club celebrates one year of official existence. Well, not official in terms of being recognized by any actual authority, but at least official to those of us who run and attend the meetings, and off…
Sometimes it’s hard to keep up with the beers I drink. I take my notes, usually on my cell phone, then get to posting on them at some point down the road. This particular beer fell through the cracks, but I want to make sure you get a chance t…
As a reminder to everyone that they should get out and vote tomorrow, here’s an announcement sent out earlier today by Trafalgar Brewing announcing the results of their popular “Vote With Your Throat” campaign: PRESS RELEASE: VOTE WITH YOUR THROAT…
Well, I managed to survive another Great American Beer Festival. This one was my fifth going back to 1993. I know this because on my beer festival t-shirt collection, which tends to be a pretty accurate metric for most of my beer tourism.There were pl…
Today we have another ale from Rogue Brewing out of Newport, Oregon that is sure to be a delight. Dead guy ale, a Maibock is one of Rogue’s staple beers and has won to date 25 awards. So when I saw the double version I couldn’t resist pick…
The annual Great American Beer Festival has just concluded another eventful run in Denver and I just returned back to Boston after an early morning flight. During the trip, I spent time in both Colorado Springs and Denver, with attendance at two of t…