Sometimes you give up too early. I’ve written about beers that didn’t work when I thought they would be great, and others that rose from the ashes to be wonderful. Last night I went out to the beer fridge int he…
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Never Give Up
Posted in Brewing, Uncategorized Tagged with: beer, brewing, harvest ale, home brewing, malts, spices
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…
Hangar 24 Gourdgeous – A Review
They’re everywhere now, clogging the endcaps at your grocery store, pushing regular beers out of the way with gaudy orange and black signage: pumpkin beers. Most are regular beers with some fake pumpkin flavoring added. And let’s really dig into…
Chai: Solved
The great chai mystery has been cracked. My previous attempts at making strong chai in the office, here and here, were foiled by physics (shakes fist at universe) and operator error (shakes fist at self). As is so often the…
Making Your Own Chai
What is it about spices that keeps me intrigued? It brings out the kid in me, opening up little jars with exotic powders, shaking in a bit here, a sprinkle there. Playing with spices is getting to experiment with a…
