In the name of doG
Had a nice little brew session this past Presidents’ Day. Great use of a day off work especially because Minneapolis got hit with a big snow storm (13 inches) the day before. Fortunately I’d purchased...
View ArticleCUJO SPICE v. 2.0 – pumpkin rye beer
Wow, I haven’t clicked the “brewing” category when posting to this blog in so long… Earlier this week, I had thought about all the “work” that goes along with brewing and was a little dismayed by the...
View ArticleCUJO SPICE v. 2.1 – pumpkin rye beer
The weekend after my first pumpkin spice rye beer brew day, I decided to do another batch of the stuff for the following reasons: My volume came up a bit lower than expected on the first brew day,...
View ArticleWet Dog Pale Ale
Season 1 of my hop crop harvest culminated this past weekend with – what else – a wet hop brew day! October 1st seemed an appropriate a day as any to pick the last of my hops and dump ’em into a...
View ArticleCUJO vs. CUJO, a dog fight!
During a recent wet hopped pale ale brew day, buddy Dave and I cracked open the very first bottle of CUJO SPICE pumpkin rye ale v2.1 as well as a bottle of v2.0 for comparison (checkout all my pumpkin...
View ArticlePitching on an active yeast cake
I planned my wet hop and imperial chocolate cherry stout brew days six days apart and used a relatively versatile yeast strain (WLP051 California V ale) so I could take advantage of the big yeast cake...
View ArticleBaby girl Belgian honey ale
I took this past Friday off from work to brew a celebratory beer for my daughter’s impending birth (due Valentine’s Day). Doesn’t get much better than outdoor brewing on a fall Friday afternoon. I’ve...
View ArticleCherry bomb the stout!
Back on 10/23 (16 days after brew day), I took Snot Snout, my imperial chocolate stout, and transferred it to another primary fermenter. Awaiting in that second vessel were six full pounds of...
View ArticleAlba Dog
I took last Friday 11/18 off work to burn through another vacation day and brew a beer. This was the first time in a while that I’ve brewed without… purpose. In July, I did two batches of pumpkin ale...
View ArticleIndian Pale Ale
I had some colleagues from India visit on a work trip in early September. Of course, when they asked what I would like them to bring from India, I requested spices… for brewing. This presents the...
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