I feel like the majority of my posts now start with some apology for any absence or lapse in post frequency… this post is no different. Between having started a new job recently and the …
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Little Fuggles Review – English Dark Mild
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King Maker – Milk Stout
Winter is coming and so too are the styles best enjoyed in chilly weather. I haven’t done many stouts before, so I figured there was no time like the present to dive right into a …
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Nigel Thornberry’s SMASHing Red Pseudo-Lager
Let’s get back to the basics. This is the first thing I’ve been able to brew in a while – but I’m so happy that this is what I got to have be my comeback. …
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Tepache
Fermentation is one of the oldest methods of cooking in human civilization, and examples can be found in each and every bed of civilization across the world. Even when narrowed to the scope of fermented, grain-based beverages, the process is nigh-universal. Ignoring the centuries upon centuries of brewing innovations and traditions from Asia and the Early Americas is to ignore the history of beer itself.
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Ginger Beer
Many people interested in the hobby of homebrewing are often dismayed by the upfront cost. Getting a large enough kettle, fermentation buckets, airlocks, and the bare essentials, on top of ingredients, is a large, upfront investment for a curiosity; however, it doesn't have to be that way. Home fermentation can be easy and cheap, and it'll give you some room to grow into the hobby with small, incremental investments.
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Dirty Dealings IPA
So what is the brewer to do? Give up? Well, obviously not; however, brewing has required some... unusual modifications to the brewing process. That being said, no challenge is insurmountable.
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Earl Grey IPA
Like we mentioned in a recent tweet, we’ll be consolidating the recipe builds and their reviews into single posts now. For my first submission to that, I present my Earl Grey IPA recipe. Let’s take …
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Arminius WinterAle
Over the years I've spent as a dungeon master, I have only had a handful of opportunities to play in a campaign on my own. Several years ago, my friend Ben had decided to try life out behind the screen, and asked me to play a character that could babysit a party of newbies. Happy to oblige, I created a prim, proper, and morally inflexible paladin by the name Arminius Wintergale.
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MK IV: NormAleIzed Märzen
Hot off the success of the MK III, I decided to press my engineering hubris further and further. Seeing no sun to melt my Icarian wings, I sat down to make my next adjustments to …
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MK II: Chaos Wine
In the pursuit of greatness, there are bound to be bumps in the road. As the movie National Treasure puts it, which is itself paraphrasing Thomas Edison, “I didn’t fail, I found 2,000 ways how …
