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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Arminius WinterAle
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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 …
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Bach(elor) Brew
As you've probably come to realize, 99.99% of our brewing is about us. After all, if we're going through the work, we had better enjoy the fruits of our labors. That being said, on the odd occasion, we do brew for our friends too. In this edition of Wall Brew, we brewed for one of my friends from way back when in high school.
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Recipe: Piwo Grodziskie
A friend of mine and I brewed this weekend, and not a moment too soon – since I recently just kicked the keg of Beczka Piwo. To continue on with my Polish themed beer kick, …
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MK III: American Red Ale
This recipe is... unique. While it does appear to be the average overly-hopped American Ale, it is the product of an odd experiment. For those who know me, you already know my weird obsession with algorithmic analysis. For those that do not, buckle up.
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Recipe: Beczka Piwo
While we at the Wall have had a kegging system for about a month now, I actually haven’t kegged anything yet – though my co-brewer has his Four Horseman in his keg. To honor my …
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WutWut NEIPA
One of the joys of brewing is doing it with friends. In fact, I can’t remember the last time I brewed alone. A few friends of the Wall recently decided they wanted to learn how …
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KryptoKölsch
For my first post, I submit KryptoKölsch. Let’s start off with the build: Grain 2.5 lbs Pilsner 2 lb 2 Row 0.9 lb Carapils 3.3 lbs Pilsner LME Hops 1 oz Hallertau Blanc (60 mins) …
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The Four Horsemen
The Four Horsemen was designed to match my tastes as closely as possible, and spans my interests in IPAs, Witbiers, Rice beers, and Hefeweizen. Each component stands out as a piece of my beer preference, and should act more as a tour than an extravagant fireworks show.
