Crap, crap, crap… Yep, that’s right, three craps. The first crap was for not noticing until late last week that this year’s Sasquatch Brew Festival had been moved from June to mid-May and with it, the associated homebrew competition. The second crap was for looking over the list of categories being accepted and realizing [...]
The day after brewing my Rye Beer, I was back in the kitchen, standing over a brew pot. Although this time it was Jesse’s kitchen, helping him brew up a Milk Stout.
Milk Stout
7.0 lbs 2 Row1.0 lbs Chocolate1.0 lbs Crystal 80L1.0 lbs Flaked Oats0.5 lbs Roasted Barley
1.0 oz Goldings @ 601.0 [...]
Last year we experienced a small uptick (boomlet?) in Rye Beers, with many breweries releasing a rye pale ale or RIPA as their summer seasonal. Unfortunately this does not appear to be a trend that will repeat in 2010. Several of the beer I enjoyed last year are not slated to return. With the fate of one of [...]
The series of projects I have been slogging through at work has left me pretty burnt-out when it comes to coding in my free time. Fortunately my workload is starting to lighten, so I am finally going to put the Arduino a friend gave me for Christmas to use. Arduino is [...]
Wednesday night, my wife and I stopped by the Bier Stein for Oakshire’s O’Dark:30 release party. We arrived a little early, so we headed off to the bar to see what was on tap while the tasting table was being set up. While standing at the bar, Oakshire’s Brewmaster Matt walked up to Ninkasi [...]