St. Louis Mini Micro Brew Tour
This past weekend, I visited St. Louis and got to play a couple of rounds of golf and visit several microbreweries. As you can imagine, a very fun and relaxing weekend was had. On Friday evening, our first stop was The Stable, a somewhat new brewpub and microbrewery in the old stables of the Lemp [...]
Seriously Miller Light?
Watcing the NCAA basketball tournament I keep seeing ads for Miller Light. What bugs me about the ads are Miller’s references to their “triple hops brewed, adding hops at three points during the brewing process.”. First, having tasted Miller Light, I’m surprised they would brag about this since the hop flavor is barely noticeable. Second, [...]
Brewed a Pumpkin Porter
Finding the time to brew (and do other household projects) has been tougher and tougher, especially now that our 1 year old daughter is mobile (and loves to climb). Keeping an eye on our 1 and 3 year old has forced me to start brewing in the evening until late into the night (or morning). [...]
Brewed a Pale Ale
I brewed a Pale Ale this past weekend. It might be close to an IPA, but I’m not sure. Here’s the recipe… Steeped .5 lb of Crystal 40L for 24 hours in 5.75 gallons of hot water from the tap Brought up to 155F and let sit at that temp for 30 min. Brought to [...]
Moved Hefe to Secondary
Last week was busy and I had a wedding this past weekend, so I finally moved the hefeweizen over to the secondary after 2 weeks in the primary. Again, I’m experimenting a little… I went to a local flea market and bought a 5 gal. carboy for $6. This allowed me to split the 6 [...]
Say No to Bud InBev Deal
I’m not sure if you’ve been following the news lately regarding Anheuser-Busch, but they could be taken over by InBev. Here’s the story… Why discuss this in my media, marketing, advertising, online marketing, homebrewing blog? Anheuser-Busch has been a pioneer within the digital media space. Despite the fact that Bud.tv failed, both AB and the [...]
Brewed a Hefe Weizen
Brewed a Hefe Weizen. Here’s the recipe… Steeped .5 lbs Briess Wheat Malt crushed 6 row (lovibond 2.2) .5 lbs Briess Dextrine Malt crushed 6 row (lovibond 1.5) for 4 hours in 6.25 gallons of hot water from the tap Brought water to 155-160 F and let rest for 30 min. and brought to full [...]
Bottled the Dunkel
I’m not sure if it would be considered a dark hefe weizen or a dunkel weizen, but anyway, I bottled my Dunkel Weizen today (I always put the month it’s ready to serve as the month it was bottled on the label so friends don’t think it’s too old). I decided to call it “1474 [...]
Brewed a Dunkelweizen
This weekend I brewed a very wheaty wheat beer. It’s my first use of my new turkey fryer (my wife wanted me out of the kitchen and it allows me to do full boils). Here’s the recipe… .5 lbs of Briess Dextrine grains .5 lbs of cracked wheat Steeped and brought 6.5 gallons of water [...]
St. Louis Brewers Heritage Festival
This past weekend I went to the St. Louis Brewers Heritage Festival (well, in St. Louis, obviously). There were 8 breweries (Alandale Brewing Company, Anheuser-Busch, Schlafly, GriesedieckBros. Brewing, Augusta Brewing Co., O’Fallon Brewery, Square One Brewery, and Morgan Street Brewery), with over 60 beers to sample. Unfortunately, I was only able to try about half [...]
Subscribe
Subscribe via email