I’ve been a brewing madman! Three beers in three weeks is definitely a personal best; I’ve enjoyed utilizing some new tools and techniques to make my brew day easier and the beer (hopefully) better. This time I am taking a whack at a black ipa/cascadian ale or whatever you want to call it. Throw in [...]

The yearly monster is back from the deaaaaaaaaaaad! This is the third year I’ve brewed a crowd favorite. The first batch in 2009 was jaw dropping, but the followup last year was muddled and blah. I think I have traced it the spices – I tried to use the same ground spices in 2010 that [...]

Returning after the wedding hiatus, I brewed a ‘simple’ session-able oatmeal stout. Essentially a clone of my very successful Unbalanced Breakfast Stout, I wanted to get myself antiquated with the brew day and some new process changes. The temperature controller you see displayed is actually my new fermentation temperature controller, but I was using it [...]