Brewed Slowly: #4 American Cherry Wheat

January 24, 2010 by Ed · 3 Comments
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I've been MIA for a while as far as posting new material goes, but I've got some beer to write about. This bitch don't write itself, yo. About two weeks ago, I cooked up a batch of American Wheat, which was/is to become a Cherry Wheat beer--and hopefully not as overwhelmingly cherry as a certain cherry beer I've publicly berated. This beer has already been bottled and should be primed sufficiently about a week from now. If you want to find out what kinds of frog legs and tennis shoes I tossed in the pot, you know what to do. The software: 6 lbs Northern...

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Drinking It All: #9 Budweiser Tallboy

January 13, 2010 by Ed · Leave a Comment
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if you're gonna be a king, be a big king

Drinking It All is a document of my attempt to try every beer in circulation. It's a Herculean and tragic attempt at best. But it's the means, not the end that counts here. -- Even though I've previously said that PBR and High Life are my go-to beers as far as domestic cheap beer is concerned, I've got to admit that there's another domestic cheap beer that gets heavy rotation so to speak with me. Budweiser, the self-titled king of beers, is a beer that I'll get if the bar doesn't have PBR or High Life or if I'm not interested in...

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Brewed Slowly: #3 Red Ale

January 10, 2010 by Ed · Leave a Comment
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amarillo hop pellets and my hand

On to the next beer. Last Sunday, I brewed a Red Ale kit that was given to me as a Christmas present this year. I've put off posting about it most of this week. And for no good reason, really. But now I've found myself in front of the computer with my notes in hand, so here it is. The software: 12 oz. specialty grains (I have no idea what grains were included--this kit is secretive) 7 lbs Briess golden light extract (liquid) 1 oz. Amarillo hops 1 oz. Ahtanum hops Nottingham Dry yeast I brewed this beer by myself, but I followed the same process as we...

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