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Adonis
He’s strong and golden, a god among men, a lover among gods. The Festival of Adonis was celebrated by women sowing seeds of wheat and barley, so it’s an appropriate name for a beer. And Adonis was worshiped by girls…
Darkness in a Bottle
Ooh, I like the title of this post, it sounds like a noir film. But really it’s all about very, very dark stout all bottled up. As I bottled this I had a taste and I think this is going…
There’s Dark Beer and there’s DARK BEER
Holy crap! I’ve somehow made a black hole in the beer closet! This isn’t just any dark beer, it’s chocolate cream stout. Somewhere in that square fermenter is a bag of cocoa nibs, some cocoa-soaked rum, and vanilla extract. But…
Bigger is Better!
I’ve moved up to 3 gallon brewing instead of 1 gallon. And oh lawdy was it easy. How do you do it? First, go to Home Depot and get a 5-gallon water cooler. It’s $20, a bargain for what you’re…
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Brewing Stockpile
Now I know how the squirrel feels. With the warmth of summer still hanging in the air like the last note of a concert before the applause, the days growing darker but the cold not yet drawing the heat away.…
Brew Daze
Apologies for the punny title, I was inspired by a liquor store near my office called, sadly, “Happy Daze Liquors”. It seems like a name that would’ve been funny during the Great Depression but now stirs up the tut-tutters. What’s…
