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halloween party 2011 tapping list

Thursday, October 27th, 2011

Come get some.

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breakdown water analysis

Monday, April 19th, 2010

UPDATED 11/2/11 Water is crucial to making great beer. Why is Dublin water excellent for stouts? Why does Burton make great pale ales? It’s all about the water baby. To help me learn water adjustments and to satisfy my geek-out requirements, I built a water analysis tool. Fundamentally, it is built on top of the [...]

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diy stir plate

Saturday, June 6th, 2009

I’ve been hearing and reading from a lot of sources that a making a yeast starter is another powerful tool to make great beer. Giving your yeast ample time to multiply and activate before you pitch is essential to meet proper pitching rates for both store-bought packs and cakes recovered from your primary of a [...]

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