Jeff’s parents probably tried to do the right thing. They followed Willie Nelson’s advice in Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to be Cowboys”, namely let them be doctors and lawyers and such. But what does it help when your son aba…
(Kansas City, MO) – Boulevard Brewing has plans to release a new beer apart from its Smokestack Series next year. Single-Wide IPA is a bottle-conditioned IPA that will tentatively be released next spring in 6-packs (presumably). The neck label read…
No more jokes for a while. Not until I travel again. It’s back to book extracts, I’m afraid. Today we’re taking a look at mashing.Fascinating subject, mashing. There are so many different ways to mash. I’ve been really intrigued by some of the older m…
If you don’t know Casey Huges, Head Brewer at Flying Fish, then you don’t drink beer at any bar in Center City Philadelphia. Casey is a good friend of mine and this Friday everyone is getting together to celebrate his B-day. Apparently Nic…
For those of you out there in Milwaukee or anyone else who happens to be reading that will be in Milwaukee on Halloween (does anyone travel from Madison on Halloween?!?), I’ve just been told that the Spooky Beer and Cheese Tasting is, sorta, being mov…
Conical fermenter: $450Stainless-steel pots: $500Grain mill: $160Various books on beer and brewing: $350Fermentation refrigerator: $160Kegerator: $300Corny kegs: $220Keg lube: $4CO2 regulator: $60CO2 cylinder: $70CO2 cylinder refill: $12High pressure …
“When the farmers were coming in — “The who?”The farmers, who were putting in the silo, from up in Lancaster,” Tom Kehoe explained.That’s when I knew that despite the big new digs at 901 N. Delaware Ave., the big new brewhouse, and the sign out front…
For those of you not lucky enough to attend the Trappist Beer Tasting at Wine and Cheese Place in Clayton, I snapped a few photos of the event. We had the ability to try beers from all seven Trappist Breweries, including the elusive Westvleteren. It …
For some reason, and I’m not sure why, I’ve been way into coconut lately. Maybe its because the end of daylight savings time is approaching and I’m mourning the end of sun-drenched days spent on the beach, as if I even did that once this year. Whateve…
Got a release on the next Iron Hill Brewers’ Reserve event: a ‘roll your own’ Black and Tan* cask ale event at their Newark brewpub on November 15, starting at noon. Iron Hill brewers will supply “cask conditioned dark and pale ales”, as will brewers …