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Brew Day - Angel's Wing's (Helles Bock)
I'm a loner Dottie... a rebelAs an only child who is a bit of an introvert, I tend to pursue most of my hobbies and interests alone. Being an independent learner means that most of what I have learned...
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I realize it has been quiet in these parts. Sadly I haven't brewed in six months; the longest I have gone without brewing since I started. I am going to fire up my kettle again soon. I need Irish ales...
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Revisiting seasonal beer
One of my favorite posts was my definitive guide to seasonal beer. Going by that schedule, I would be stocking up on spring seasonals if there was an actual spring training this year. It is hard to...
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Is beer-flavored-beer making a comeback? Observations from Homebrew Con 2022
Homebrew Con 2022 is in the books. Taking place in Pittsburgh, I made the drive from my Boston-area home to mule beer and other supplies for the show. The first in-person Homebrew Con since the Covid...
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Time to fill them kegs!
My last successful brew was August of last year. American Stout is a style I had wanted to tackle for awhile. Compared to Irish Stout, American Stout is higher in alcohol and often has an American hop...
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Tasting Notes: Summer Somewhere (2022) 1D American Wheat Beer
Summer Somewhere has been the summer seasonal beer at my home brewery since 2015. I have described Summer Somewhere as being the same British Golden Ale recipe every year but with completely different...
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Rebrew Day - Curly's Pumpkin Milk Stout
There were a few reasons why I decided to re-brew Curly's Pumpkin Milk Stout. I had not brewed any variant of Curly's Milk Stout or a Pumpkin Beer of any kind since my last batch in 2016. I also...
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Tasting Notes: Curly's Pumpkin Milk Stout 2022 (30A)
The experience of doing short and quick written evaluations on three American Wheat Ales using BJCP criteria of aroma, appearance, flavor, mouthfeel and overall impression was instructive. I decided to...
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Cheap pale lager tier list
Food and beverages websites do love listacles. Every so often you see a prominent website put out a ranking of American lagers or cheap beers. The first one I remember was Deadspin's ranking of 36...
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Tenth anniversary brew and reflections on a decade of brewing
September 1, 2012 was when we brewed our first batch. The fact that it was the first of the month is likely the only reason I remember the date. Ten years ago I was still young enough that I would...
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Forcing myself to brew and not think about the future too much
They say one of the signs of depression is no longer finding joy in the things that you love. The past few weeks I have certainly been feeling depressed. In early November I found out that Muntons was...
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Brew Year's Resolutions for 2023
What should my resolutions be for this year? I have no idea what I am doing with my life. Fuck do I know?My mental issues aren't this bad.That is only a slight exaggeration. It's been three years since...
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I finally started the long-needed refresh of the blog. When I set up the blog on Blogger, it was initially just an archive of what I wrote for Wicked Local. Then I started posting my content here and...
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Keeping an effective brew log - what I should have started doing from the...
Author David McCullough wrote all of his books on a typewriter. What makes this noteworthy is that McCullough only just passed in 2022, and his last book was published in 2019. His justification was...
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Tasting Notes: Pa's Lager (2022)
One of my Brew Year's Resolutions for 2023 is off to a great start! If you count the blog refresh I am working on, that's two. Harp Lager and Pa's Lager.In addition to writing down somewhat detailed...
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Tasting Notes: Bernie's Dunkel (Munich Dunkel)
I have always run hot and cold with beer names. Originally when brewing was something Jennie and I did together, our brewery had a baseball theme as did all of our beer names. After awhile I ran out of...
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Making great homebrew with a beer kit in a can or pouch
When I started brewing in the early 2010's, my first recipe kit came with two cans of un-hopped malt extract, some specialty malt to steep, and hop pellets to add in the boil. In that era many of...
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Brew Day: Simply the Zest (Fruit Beer)
So far in 2023 I haven't been brewing or writing a great deal. I did brew two batches for the summer; I need to write about that double brew day. Summer being my favorite beer season, I really should...
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Tasting Notes: Simply the Zest (Fruit Beer)
As we hit the beginning of August I was anxious to put this beer on tap to enjoy during the last weeks of summer. I went as far as to taste test the beer after only seven days. Usually I am the type to...
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Brewday & Tasting Notes: Inverted Fest (Marzen)
 A couple years ago I brewed a version of this award-winning recipe from Ian Anderson of the Boston Worts. I'll be damned if that was not one of the best beers I have ever made!Now, I did to make a few...
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Ales over ALS 2023
One thing I have always understood is that life is about choices. Humans have to make an innumerable amount of choices on a daily basis. Every once in a while we are confronted with important...
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Jockey box rebuild
When I volunteered to pour at Ales over ALS this year there were two things I needed to do. The first was to brew. I managed to do that successfully. The second was to dispense the beer that I had...
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Brew Day & Tasting Notes: International Amber Lager
So far I can best describe 2024 as painfully busy. After my position with Muntons Malt was eliminated at the end of 2022, I started working as a consultant for one of Muntons' distributors Pro Brew...
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Double Brew Day & Tasting Notes: Muntons American Light Lager and Sullivan &...
April arrived and I only had one brew day in the books for 2024; a mediocre one at that. With summer approaching that was not going to cut it. Starting in May, my schedule opened back up a lot, but...
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Brew Day and Tasting Notes:North Shore Brewers Q2 2024 Double IPA
As part of North Shore Brewers Quarterly in-club competition, the style chosen for Q2 was Double IPA. I haven't brewed a Double IPA in a long time, which is part of the fun of pulling a style out of a...
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