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Understanding and controlling yeast growth in the brewery

Overview of the factors that affect the growth of yeast in brewery fermentations and how growth can be controlled. [...]

Sunrise, Sunrise

I was blessed with a beautiful sunrise on Tuesday morning. First I passed by Mt. Rainier, and the show just kept getting better and better as I made my way to the ferry dock. Cheers! Filed under: random [...]

An earthquake on the set and Brian gets in trouble? Yep. Part 3…

An earthquake on the set and Brian gets in trouble? Yep. Part 3 of our review of Tank 7…which involves an earthquake on the set of Beer School TV. Also, Brian is totally in trouble after being snippy with the lighting assistant…his wife. [...]

Stone IPA

Today I will be reviewing Stone Brewing Companies’ IPA. The Stats: ABV 6.90% IBU 77       This is a beer that I have often but have never really noted its characteristics.It pours a hazy golden brown and layers an almost bri… [...]

Alkon valtakunnalliset saldot nyt Olutoppaalla

Äyräväisen Seppo teki sen! Ilmeisesti oma blogipostaukseni ruotsalaisesta Systembolagetin saatavuustietoja hyödyntävästä sivustosta sai Sepon tarttumaan härkää sarvista. Nyt Olutopas.infolla on nähtävissä automaattisesti päivittäin maana… [...]

Kernel Porter

Я очень давно не делал пивных обзоров (впрочем как и вообще не писал, а материала на десяток постов в голове имеется, все виной природная л [...]

Old Forge Brewery

All being well, we’ll be getting at least one of these ales from The Old Forge Brewery based at The Radnor Arms in the National Trust village of Coleshill in Oxfordshire, run by owner of The Halfpenny Brewery Alan Watkins. [...]

Has Magic Hat lost its Magic…

I picked up a Magic Hat Spring Fever 12 pack the other day. It included the standard #9 and Circus Boy, as well as two new ones for me, Vinyl Lager and Demo IPA. My first thought was what happened to the days of Thumbsucker Russian Imperial Stout…tha… [...]

Day 2 Santa Rosa Road Trip

We hit downtown Santa Rosa at 9:15 this morning to find a small crowd of about 10 people waiting outside the brewpub (they open at 11). It was a bit chilly but with clear skies… kinda like the Rose Bowl on Jan 1. The sun was out and eventually in the… [...]

Okay, back to writing, on with the Super Bowl!

My small writing break definitely was needed. In the short amount of time that I was absent, I was able to resolve various personal issues, get over the flu ( which, I must say, sucked), and continue work on a book that a close friend and I are writing… [...]

Hazelnut Brown Nectar – Rogue

Ok, even though it is still too dang cold to do anything useful outside I made sure I would review a non-stout beer this week. Now, it is a dark beer just not a stout or a porter, but a brown ale. The Hazelnut Brown Nectar from Rogue to be exact. This … [...]

Rogue Nation Crisis

Today I received this e-mail from Rogue, which sealed the nail in the coffin of my dislike for their beers and their business in general… I’m not sure what the presence or absence of “hoes” within the fictitious Rogue Nation has to do with craft beer but then again, I don’t really care, because I’m not [...] [...]

CU4beer: CU Beer Weekend; Feb 4

CU4beer: CU Beer Weekend; Feb 4: “Seven Saints Avery DuganA Victory Storm King Tuesday: Tuesday Brewsday, Boulder Never Summer $2 bottles, Guinness imperial pints, $2.50 We…” [...]

The original beer & sausage festival

Our Original Beer & Sausage Festival will commence in its usual 3rd weekend of February spot this year starting on the 18th Feb.I have been holding off a little with naming some of the ales we will have available, since some of the brewers I have been … [...]

Rocherfort’s Burning: The Devil is in the Details

From the Beer Tap TV “circular file”… In late December the Belgian abbey at St. Remy-Rochefort, known for its famous Trappist beer, was severally damaged by fire. After perusing a myriad of news reports we came across one that was glaringly inaccura… [...]

Re-Brew

I’ve had a busy week of brewing.  This past Friday, I brewed an Oatmeal Stout but went high on my mash temperature coupled with a slow start on the fermentation.  This bothered me a great deal… to the extent I lost sleep over it.  On one hand, it revealed that I still have much to [...] [...]

Finally, Pliny the Younger

PtY at a packed pub in Santa Rosa. Huge line outside. They let us in at 10:30 instead of 11. Can't ask for a better day.Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile [...]

My cousin is getting scammed

I almost got scammed.I received an email today from my cousin, it said this. I’m writing this with tears in My eyes My Family and I came down here to ( London,England ) for a short vacation,unfortunately we were mugged at the park of the hotel where… [...]

7th Day IPA on Beer Bloggers Conference List

Check it out this site is now listed on the Beer Bloggers Conference site! Awesome group of other beer bloggers and hop heads. So who’s free in August to go to Portland? Lets do it! [...]

Beer for the Super Bowl

The American football spectacular known as the “Super Bowl” is a marketing paradise. In the beginning, when there was an American Football League and the National Football League and the Super Bowl actually meant something, brewing companies… [...]