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Archive for November, 2009

November Brewday – RyePA

I’m taking this week off from work in order to use up some vacation hours that I’ve accrued.  This gave me an opportunity to brew twice in a month for the first time since I went back to school.  I really love an IPA when the nights are cool, but I was also considering brewing [...]

Estate

Cream Ale Kegging

I just finished kegging the cream ale. It tastes fantastic, the hops may be a little too upfront for the style, but the citrus-y, earthy notes compliment the beer really well in my opinion. I couldn’t stop drinking the sample I pulled. It also attenuated really well, finishing at 1.006 (1.5 P). [...]

November Brewday – Cream Ale

It may be a little out of season, but I’m brewing a cream ale today.  I’m really excited for this batch because I’ll be trying out my new Sanke keg fermenter.  I’m still a little worried about how I’m going to keep it cool, but I’ll figure something out.  Here’s a quick shot of the [...]

Keg Cleaning

I’m cleaning some kegs today, which led to this sad scene.

To envision this properly you should be playing Taps in your head right now.  Mind you, the actual act of dumping this beer is an act of mercy and is not sad in the least.  What is sad is the infection that left this beer, [...]