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Homebrewing: Final Prep
IntroductionPart 1: Knowing your EquipmentPart 2: Understanding your Ingredients>>Part 3: Are you ready for this?Part4: Brewing your first BatchYou're getting very close to brewing your own...
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Who owns your beer? Anheuser Bush Edition
Lately the big boys at BMC have been disguising some of their beers. The most common example of this is Blue Moon, which is brewed by Coors. There are many more examples of this in the brewing world....
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Homebrewing: Brew Day
IntroductionPart 1: Knowing your EquipmentPart 2: Understanding your IngredientsPart 3: Are you ready for this?>>Part 4: Brewing your first batchWort ready to be measured with the hydrometerThat...
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It's all about the Bock
Label from a doppelbock beer I brew (soon so can you!)Springtime is Bock…In a big way.I have a special nook in my heart for bock beer. The first “dark” beer I started regularly drinking was AmberBock....
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Labotomy Bock
Better lighting next time, I promiseI have been/will be living in California for the next couple of weeks. I'm taking this opportunity to sample the local and exciting West-coast beers the region has...
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Russian River Damnation
Minutes later an Oklahoma wind blew over the beer, shattering the glass to pieces...no jokeThe Beer: DamnationThe Brewery:Russian River Brewing Company of Santa Rosa, CAThe Style: Belgian Golden Strong...
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Port Brewing Wipeout IPA
The Beer: Wipeout IPAThe Brewery:Port Brewing Company of San Marcos, CaliforniaThe Style:IPAABV: 7.00%Brewer's Description: With 78 IBUs. Our version of a West Coast IPA- brewed in the San Diego style....
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AleSmith IPA
The Beer: AleSmith IPAThe Brewery:AleSmith Brewing Company of San Diego , CaliforniaThe Style:IPAABV: 7.25%Brewer's Description: AleSmith IPA used to be known as "Irie Pirate Ale." However, some nasty...
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Bear Republic Racer 5
The Beer: Racer 5 India Pale AleThe Brewery:Bear Republic Brewing Company of Healdsburg, CaliforniaThe Style:IPAABV: 7.00%Brewer's Description: This is a hoppy IPA. Did I say hops? Your brewer is a hop...
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21st Amendment Brewery
photo courtesy of my friend at: The Exploded ViewOn December 5th, 1933 the United States enacted the 21st Amendment which repealed the alcohol-banning 18th Amendment. Some 66 years later the 21st...
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Firestone Walker Union Jack IPA
The Beer: Union Jack IPAThe Brewery:Firestone Walker Brewing Co. of Buellton , CaliforniaThe Style:IPAABV: 7.5%Brewer's Description: 70 IBUs. Simcoe bittering hops; Centennial, Cascade and Tomahawk for...
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Lagunitas Lucky #13
The Beer: Lucky #13The Brewery:Lagunitas Brewing Company of Petaluma, CaliforniaThe Style:Imperial Amber AleABV: 8.3%Brewer's Description: From the first day of the first mash of the first recipe in...
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Stoudt's American Pale Ale
The Beer: American Pale AleThe Brewery:Stoudt's Brewing Company of Adamstown, PennsylvaniaThe Style:APAABV: 5.0%Brewer's Description: This uniquely American beer offers a crisp, medium-body with a...
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Avery Karma Ale
The Beer: Karma AleThe Brewery:Avery Brewing Company of Boulder, ColoradoThe Style: Belgian (Pale) AleABV: 5.2%Brewer's Description: We believe in Karma. We suspect most of you do, too. It truly is a...
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An update from your humble Beer Geek
Spokane Falls from the Monroe St. bridge downtownI have recently (days ago) moved to Spokane, Washington(don't worry, I stopped at plenty breweries along the way) in pursuit of better career(and beer)...
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Cave Creek Chili Beer
The Beer: Chili Beer "Cerveza con Chili"The Brewery:Black Mountain Brewing Company of Cave Creek, ArizonaThe Style: Pale Lager (specifically: a Mexican-style lager with a Serrano pepper steeped in the...
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Dick's Best Bitter
The Beer: Dick's Best BitterThe Brewery:Dick's Brewing Company of Centralia, WAThe Style: Extra Special BitterABV: 5.5%Brewer's Description: Wonderfully balanced "session beer" in the ESB style. A...
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Help me brew
Homegrown hops from my front yard!I am finally starting to settle in to my new home in Spokane, Washington. I've started to rent a house and, to my surprise, the previous tenant had quite the green...
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The Father of Homebrewing's "Top Five" Beers
A friend, Charlie, and myself.With the (sold out) Great American Beer Festival looming in a couple of days I have been unable to contain my anticipation. I decided to go see what Charlie is up...
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Avery Redpoint Ale
The Beer: Redpoint AleThe Brewery:Avery Brewing Company of Boulder, ColoradoThe Style: American Amber AleABV: 5.1% Brewer's Description: Some beer lovers enjoy a rich, malty brew, while others go more...
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