Another lovely weekend has passed here in Southern California. Another “Sip with us Saturday” is under our belts. One more shift in the weather patterns has occurred for many of us. If you’ll remember, I mentioned that this beer was something of a season bridging beer. The lager part says summer; the darker, drier malts [...]
Belgian candy sugar, for example, can be used to up the ABV of a beer while keeping the body thin (sugar from malt thicken the body of the beer) and adding some delicious caramel flavors.
Having posted a series on how to brew that dealt mainly with extract brewing, we thought it was necessary to expand the horizon a little bit. There are a multiplicity of reasons for including instructions on all grain brewing. First of all, we have gotten enough response to the initial series that it seems appropriate to [...]
My brother recently visited Pasadena and we had a chance to hang out, catch-up, and drink beer. He had all my newest homebrew creations during the week, but we bought some beers for the Colts game on Sunday. It was not intentional, but it ended up that we had three barrel aged beers. We had, [...]
On top of my refrigerator sits a bucket filled with bottle caps. Immediately after opening a beer, I rush to the refrigerator and deposit the small metallic lid into the bucket. I relish the soft clinking sound. I look forward to myfrequent deposits into this odd bank.
Another week is halfway in the books. Another weekend is on the horizon. Another “Sip with us Saturday” is here. Before you know it, all the Christmas beers will be showing up: all the spiced, cranberried, and a plethora of others. Unlike the ubiquitous pumpkin beers, there will actually be some things for which we [...]
A while back, I wrote about London beer as a bittersweet experience. I also called that post preliminary thoughts, so I thought I’d come back to it. To summarize the first post, I essentially stated that bitters dominate the landscape of London. If you plan on visiting England, go to London for sure, but make [...]
Apparently this style of beer was developed by a German order of Minim monks (St. Francis of Paula, Italian in origin).
Fellow beer enthusiasts, stoppers by, casual readers and regular readers: What are people supposed to do? Have you ever had a girl that you longed for, pined for, died to have as your girl…only to be thwarted in that effort? (The same could be said for a girl pining for a guy.) It happened to [...]
I’m a fan of Ommegang, which is from Cooperstown, New York. They always make solid, respectable, and sometimes surprising beers. I’ve had Rare Vos on a few occasions and thought that I ought to put up a review of this product. Do yourself a favor and try their stuff. Here is my review of Rare [...]
