December 23, 2012
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I’ve been having a blast working at the brewing laboratory at VTT, and today I thought I’d try a couple of beers brewed at work. The first two are research-related, while the third was brewed in honor of VTT’s 70th … Continue reading
December 21, 2012
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Brewery: Southern Tier Brewing Company Country: USA Style: Imperial IPA ABV: 9.5 % Size: 650 ml Bought from: Online Beer Advocate RateBeer To celebrate the start of my short winter holiday I thought I’d try another beer that has been … Continue reading
December 15, 2012
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I have forgotten to write about the double brewday we had last Sunday, so here is a short recap. It went quite well, and we ended up with 14.5 liters of 1.110 wort for the Barleywine and 17 liters of … Continue reading
December 8, 2012
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Brewery: 8 Wired Brewing (Brewed at Renaissance Brewing) Country: New Zealand Style: American IPA ABV: 7.3 % Size: 500 ml Bought from: Barley Wine, Copenhagen Beer Advocate RateBeer Tonight it is time to drink yet another beer that I … Continue reading
December 7, 2012
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On Sunday we (the same group of friends from the previous posts) will be brewing two batches of beer on my brewing equipment. I’ve just bought a new March 815 pump (hopefully making mash temperatures more even with faster recirculation … Continue reading
December 7, 2012
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Last Friday me and a group of friends joined together to brew a stove-top BIAB English Pale Ale hopped with East Kent Goldings and drink lots of good beer. We ended up making some minor improvised adjustments to the recipe … Continue reading
November 27, 2012
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On Friday I will be brewing my first English Pale Ale / ESB ever. After closer to 30 batches of mostly American-style beers, I will join a couple of friends (Ingemar, Marcus N and Rasmus) over at a friend’s place … Continue reading
November 23, 2012
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Brewery: Amager Bryghus Country: Denmark Style: Imperial IPA ABV: 9.0 % Size: 500 ml Bought from: Barley Wine, Copenhagen Beer Advocate RateBeer After beginning the evening with an IPA hopped with 10 different hop varieties, its time to up … Continue reading
November 23, 2012
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Brewery: Mikkeller (Brewed at De Proefbrouwerij) Country: Denmark Style: American IPA ABV: 6.9 % Size: 330 ml Bought from: Barley Wine, Copenhagen Beer Advocate RateBeer This evening I thought I’d taste through a pair of beers brewed with a … Continue reading
November 18, 2012
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Today I brewed up a batch of American Pale Ale for team Seamless. They asked me if I could brew them an easy-to-drink and flavorful ‘team beer’, so I chose to brew an American Pale Ale featuring a simple malt … Continue reading