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Rennet reboot
It has been too long since I wrote on this blog. There are reasons. I’ve not been brewing or making cheese in a while. It’s complicated, but mostly due to time and space management issues. A while ago I tried to … Continue reading
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A quick gushing update
…not gushing because I have an infected bottle. Not gushing because the beer in my carboy is blowing out the top. Gushing because: I LOVE BREWING. Recently I’ve been really busy. Really really busy. And little time to brew. I … Continue reading
Bringin it back
This has been a busy year for me. I’ve been doing a lot of travelling for work and research that takes me away from the house. As a result, my brewing activity has been very limited, I’ve made no cheese, … Continue reading
A moment of what’s in my pot bliss…
Here is my own beer and my cream cheese, which I was enjoying while brewing last week. I was very happy. Oh, and the beer I brewed turned out really well, too!
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New toys… er… tools
So I’ve been wanting to rebuild my wort chiller for a while. If you don’t know, at the end of the brew it’s important to chill the wort quickly so that, among other things, opportunistic infections and other things that … Continue reading
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Tagged DIY, home brewing, immersion chiller, wort chiller
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New Year’s Resolution
This is not really a new years resolution. I just thought, since this is the first post of 2012, I’d make it see topical and suggesting I’m into self improvement, however temporary. Given my headache and the Robbie Burns Day … Continue reading
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Tagged home brewing, recipe planning, trouble shooting
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The big stout save
I brewed an oatmeal stout last weekend. I’ve had a lot of trouble brewing stouts. In fact, I’d say I’ve never gotten it right. This was no different, but this time I may have pulled it off in an eleventh … Continue reading
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Tagged fixing problems, lactose, maltodextrine, oatmeal stout
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Hoppin’ on intertiaboy’s wave
A while ago my friend inertiaboy (Twitter: @inertiaboy) sent me a very nice present: 700gm of hops. This is a lot of hops, all grown on the very robust vines crawling up the side of his big suburban home outside … Continue reading
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Tagged fresh hops, home brewing, IPA
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Whew!
Just a quick update, and maybe later I’ll have the wherewithall to post pictures. And then figure out where the term “wherewithall” came from. A quick backgrounder, though. this is the end of the first full week of classes. Beginning … Continue reading
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Deep discounted inspiration
Planning to can peaches, I went to the Canadian Tire to get some lids for my jars. They cost me about $65. A few days later I went there to get a few keys cut. They cost me $50. Why … Continue reading
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