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A Day in the Life of a Writer
think think think think write research research think think think get up walk around pet the cat play ball with the dog think think think write research go to work wish you had a beerSounds exotic,...
View ArticleWe Need I.G.O.R.s
One of the things that Denny and I have been talking about behind y'alls back is some of the elements of the book. Listening to you kind folks it's definitely clear that we need some help with...
View ArticleBrewing Again!
My job has a very unstructured schedule. Sometimes it's a day of work here and there, sometimes it's 2 weeks straight followed by a week or 2 off. I'm heading into a 10 day stretch of no work and...
View ArticleTrue Confessions
A few years back in Zymurgy (March/April 2011, to be precise - go, go handy Zymurgy Index), I wrote about making your brewery organized and neat and welcoming of brewery activities. (Got a lot of "Man,...
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Cascade Brewers Society Iron Brewer 2013
Our club had its annual Iron Brewer competition last Saturday. In case you've never seen Iron Chef, the TV show that inspired the event, teams of brewers arrive at the brewing location, set up their...
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Ingredients - PB2
No big surprise, but a fair amount of Experimental Brewing will be about playing with your beer and that means playing with ingredients. So, what can we use?Inspired by my neighbors in BEAVR and their...
View ArticleFun Friday - Ingredient Exploration
Alright, my fellow IGORs and followers of the blog, yesterday's post on PB2 and its uses received good traction both here and on Facebook, so I'm now going to turn the floor over to you. What crazy...
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Sanitizing mushrooms - NOT!
I just got done writing up the recipe for my Wee Shroomy for the book. Basically a wee heavy with chanterelle mushrooms added to it. After trying various methods of dealing with the mushrooms, the one...
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Friday Fun Ingredient - Tea!
Today's fun ingredient - Tea! The last time I brewed with tea was for the San Diego NHC in 2011. As part of the giant fleet of saisons that I made for the conference, I made the Jasmine Dragon Saison....
View ArticleMy latest experiments
A couple years ago I began using Martin Brungard's excellent Bru'nwater spreadsheet to calculate additions to my water for various types of beers. I immediately began noticing improvements so I decided...
View ArticleSplitsville - The Beginning
For the first decade or so of my brewing career, I brewed nothing but 5 gallon batches. I went on the Brewing Network all the way back in 2007 to discuss my doofy way of brewing and to defend brewing 5...
View ArticleSplitsville - The Main Story
Earlier this week we talked a bit about the value of smaller brewing to the homebrewer. Today, let's talk a few different techniques to get more variety out of your brew day. Remember the idea is say...
View ArticleAm I Good or Just Lucky?
I wrote a while ago about my experiments to increase sulfate levels in my Rye IPA. My latest batch, with a sulfate level of 300 ppm, is far and away the best of the many batches of this recipe that...
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A Shift in the Plan
As I get ready to head out to Philly for the NHC, I thought I'd announce a shift in the book plan that we're engaged in, now. Feedback from y'all has been overwhelming and a sudden inspiration took...
View ArticleThings Drew is Looking forward to at the 2013 NHC
In no particular order: 3400 homebrewers? I'm not much of a crowd guy, but this should be damn interesting. Some interesting talks including some things right up this experimenter's alley like learning...
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Philadelphia NHC Day 1+ - so far
Not much beer stuff to report so far this Philly trip, but a few interesting things for y'all. I was right, the humidity sucks. California's softened meThe AHA Governing Committee meeting went about...
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Time is Short!
Since time is always tight, how about something quick that will impress your friends, neighbors and fellow brewers? Mary Izett of Fuhmentaboudit on the Heritage Radio Network gave a talk at this year’s...
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