Category: Brewing
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52 Books: The 2nd Half of 2016
At the beginning of this year, 2016, I set a goal to read 52 books. Why I didn’t give myself 2 weeks off for vacation I don’t know. The number 52 sounded catchy. On December 10th, I’d made it to 43. If I add the books I read at, used for reference or just couldn’t…
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My Beer Year
My Beer Year by Lucy Birmingham shares stories from her year of learning about beer by experience in preparation for the Certified Cicerone (beer sommelier) test. She went to a hop harvest participated in a beer judging contest as a judge cleaned the lines at a pub brewed beer with new friends attended a beer…
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Flowers American Pale Ale
Jennifer’s Summer Stout turned out well so I thought I would brew something else. I used to not like IPAs but after tasting a few realized the tremendous range available in what appears to be a narrow category. An IPA seemed like a reasonable thing to try. My favorites are Fort George’s Vortex IPA with…
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Brewing Day
Last summer , in pursuit of my dreams, I took a Brewing Basics: Going Beyond the Kit course at UC Davis and have been learning brewing lessons ever since including 3 great resources for drinking beer better. Recently, I tried my hand at brewing an American Stout. Jay at You Brew helped translate the flavor profile…
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In Pursuit of Dreams
Whether young or old, you’ll never have more time than you have today. So, all those things you’ve been meaning to do. You should do them. I’ve been saying I want to brew beer. But I wasn’t taking any tangible steps. So last summer, I bought an extract kit, went to a UC Davis brewing short course and gave…
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Brewing Lessons
We cracked open the first bottle of a Honey Porter that I brewed about a month ago. And it tasted GOOD! That was a first. The previous batch of beer tasted worse than sour. This one tasted like beer AND like a porter. Double bonus! Brewing is very time consuming on brew day and despite…
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Drink Beer Better in 2015
If you’d like to have a richer experience while drinking a pint, here are 3 great resources to expand your enjoyment: The first is a video series. The craft brewing revival and industry today owes much to the UK writer Michael Jackson, aka “The Beer Hunter”. The craft beer revival started around 1965. Jackson popularized the idea…
