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How much do you drink a day? (Equivalent of 12 oz / 341 ml bottles)
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2009.03.05 @ 18:26 |
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| In-and-of itself the Creemore Premium Lager is a very good beer. It is a golden colour going on slight copper (lighting here is poor unfortunately). The nose is clean with no estery notes - proper for a lager. I'm not getting any malt nose off it either - which is neither here nor there for a lager (you can have malt nose, or not, depending on what type of lager since there are a dozen or more beer styles under the banner "lager"). There is a distinct and ever-so-slightly sweet malt character on the palate - not thick and overwhelming, cloying; but solid and rather pleasant. Because of this I'm actually surprised I'm not getting a malt nose - gave it a very good swish in my glass but nothing.
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| The initial aroma succumbs to hints of golden aged brown sugar infused with fresh hops. To hold it up against the light and and marvel at its amber hue makes you think that you are standing around a large oak tree at the Shire with Frodo watching the golden yellow leaves fall as fall progresses into the colder winter months. Slighty sweet with hints of cherry and oak define this fine concoction. The graphic alone is worth the buy. Three monks in the cellar that sneak down into the cellar and consume this hearty beer to their hungry hearts desires in golden encrusted chalices. They hold candles by the keg and laugh heartifuly and hungrily as they consume and enjoy. At 9.3% ABV this beer will surely help you get through the cold months of the winter. Weyerbacher is based out of Easton, PA and proves that Belgian style is not merely an imitation.
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| The very first observation I made about this extra dry hopped beer is the wonderfully jolly logo on the front of the bottle. Who can resist buying a cold 6 pack when the graphic is of two happy old men sitting outside in the country side on lawn chairs in plad shirts wearing truckers hats, kicking, back, relaxing and have a cold brew on a warm day. Behind them is a trailer seemingly implying they are not part of the wealthy population and they couldn't care less because they are enjoying their life and their beer. The second observation I made is there is a fine and hearty yeast cloud on the bottom of the bottle which I always appreciate as it gives it adds to its prominent essence. If you close your eyes, allow your imigination to roam and endulge in the Smuttynose's aroma you can visualize yourself at the Brooklyn Botanical Garden on the first day of summer. It is so pleasant and invigorating. Smuttynose is named after a small Island off the shores Pennsylvania. Over the years pirates poets and beer brewers of all kind inhibited this enchanted land. The taste is so brutally bitter which gives proper respect to its make as an Indian Pale Ale. This brew hits your palate and makes your cheeks cringe with delight as the bitter hops dancefully engage your taste buds and stimulate your tongue. The carbonation is appropriate and the head is average.
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Bodensatz |
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2007.11.13 @ 20:22 |
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 I just got my xmas pressie to myself - one of these bad boys! It's basically a giant syringe with a coffee filter at the end.
Aeropress - mug not included
First impressions.
It's a great little rig! I swear by making coffee 1 or 2 cups at a time, but preferably only 1 since it really does taste better by most of the methods I know of. The Aeropress is all of the following : Easy to use, relatively portable, no electrical parts, nothing breakable, you can even reuse the filters.
The first coffee I used in it was ground about 7 out of 9 where 9 is the coarsest on this little PC burr grinder. The Aeropress really requires a very fine grind so I did another test a bit later.
The scoop it comes with is enormous - I have not measured it yet but likely 1/2 cup. My regular scoop is such that 3 scoops is exactly 2 tablespoons. I'm a 3 scoop-a-cup sorta guy at least when it comes to my Black and Decker Cup-at-a-Time machine. The 3 scoops in the Aeropress made a fairly weak (for me, strong for some I'm sure) cup of coffee when diluted. Non-diluted it will not make a full cup of coffee (about 400ml). It makes maybe 220 to 240 and you dilute with hot water.
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2005.02.25 @ 16:14 |
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The Original Bottle Cap Lure Company is situated in the Eastern Townships, Quebec, Canada. Recycling bottle caps from participating bars, restaurants, pubs, trade shows and so forth. The help of individuals, college groups and those who have an awareness interest in the recycling aspect make the recycling effort possible.
Although bottle carbonated beverages were already popular by the 1880’s, there was a constant problem in bottling: Most of them were unreliable, they did not seal the beverage sufficiently. There were always leaking problems with the drink. Many of the stoppers ruined the drink and with the carbonation gas (carbon dioxide)
William Painter invented the crown cork in 1891. He had to convince the bottle manufacturers to accept the crown cork design because the bottle needed a specific neck tip with a gripping area for the crown. Nowadays our Crowns are usually made of tinplate, electrolytically lined with tin, or chromium plated metal sheet metal (according to DIN 6099).
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2004.02.29 @ 15:10 |
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Professor Charles Bamforth is an experienced beer scientist with experience
in the massive operations of Bass and Anheuser Busch as well as stints in
brewing departments of Heriot-Wyatt University, Edinburgh and University of
California, Davis. Given these credentials, one would expect a text that is
dry and packed with objective evidence. Happily, this is not the case. This
book is an engaging read that is really aimed at an audience that is
unschooled in any brewery related information from historical practices
through evolution of brewing science to the current state of beer and
brewing on any scale. At the same time, it does not insult the intelligence
of the more beer knowledgeable and actually enhances the appreciation of
beer and beer history for the serious homebrewer and layman alike.
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perrona |
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2004.02.07 @ 13:23 |
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 Brewers are a funny lot. We (and yes I do include myself) tend to like shiny things and gadgets. Few things get the green-eyed monster going as much as a stainless steel conical fermenter, this is why I leapt at the opportunity to be the babysitter of one for an indeterminate period of time.
As luck would have it, the fermenter in question was to be delivered to my house on the very night of a beer tasting. Further to that, the person bringing it was one of the first to arrive, so there was 'my' conical proudly on display as everyone else got to the tasting. And stare they did...
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Bodensatz |
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2003.12.14 @ 07:10 |
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There is an old saying most oft spoken by optimists, which says very simply "If God gives you lemons, make lemonaid". And this pretty-much sums up my feelings on using heat belts. If your brewery is too cold for making ales, then make lagers! Indeed, an awful lot of brewers wish they had this problem, as it is usually the exact opposite and they are trying to keep the fermentation temperature down.
Right now in my own basement the temperature is steadily decreasing and currently sits at a very nice 55F / 13C - just getting nice for lagering. Given that I cannot lager in summertime, why in heaven's name would I waste this opportunity which is before me?
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Bodensatz |
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2003.11.13 @ 17:48 |
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| John Palmer, author of the great book How to Brew, has released the first in what will hopefully be a series of brew calculator slide rules. It is similar in concept to Randy Mosher's 'Go Round' series, except it is a slider and not round.
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Bodensatz |
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2003.01.05 @ 17:31 |
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Though I am certainly behind many of you, I just got through reading John Palmer's excellent book How to Brew, which is the next revision to the e-book he has at http://www.howtobrew.com/. It is a very good read and I would highly recommend it to anyone looking for a good book to start out in the hobby, and take you well into advanced allgrain brewing.
There is a lot of great information packed into almost 400 pages, some of which is not covered in any of the other books I've read. It is easy to read, but with lots of detail for beginner and advanced brewer alike. I know I learned quite a bit from it.
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