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Belgian Dubbel 2.0

Monday, May 12th, 2008

2.0 is so hot right now. So we figured we’d ruin our first Belgian Dubbel and start anew. Because sanitation problems are also apparently hot right now. Our main direction for this beer is to make it like the 1.0 version… but TWICE AS GOOD. Did we just blow your mind?
Come on over to Jeff’s […]

Two steps forward, one step back

Monday, May 5th, 2008

We received some disappointed news from Jeff this morning. Apparently our dubbel might also have gotten infected with some such yeasty nonsense. This would mean that 3 out of the last 5 of our batches have gotten the plague.
Instead of brewing tonight we’re going to do a full-scale sterilization of all of our equipment, and […]

More like Belg-YUMM! ZING!

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

Jeff, our itinerant Brew Nazi, really turned up the anal-retentive Monday. I didn’t even know the dial went past 10, but apparently it goes all the way to 11 (anyone? anyone?).
Fortunately, I think the fascist control of our mashing temperature can only help our latest pass at a Belgian. We decided to go with a […]

Belgium comes to Monday night

Monday, April 28th, 2008

As much as we love drinking them, it’s been awhile since we tried brewing our last Belgian, a Peach Abbey Ale, which we decided to call Southern Monk or Mulletproof Monk. Unfortunately, this beer was a lot better in theory than it was on paper. Or in glass. Or in stomach.
We really want to get […]

Back on track and brewing again

Monday, April 21st, 2008

It’s Monday.
Normally we brew Mondays.
Sometimes we forget yeast.
But tonight, we are ready to go. We’ll be trying to tweak our Swashchuckler IPA a bit based on feedback from the Brewhaha and our ongoing beer battle with Sir Travis McStupidhead. Unfortunately we won’t have much to drink given that our last 2 batches got a bit […]

Worst Monday EVER…Brewing Is Off

Monday, April 14th, 2008

So between the three of us, you’d think Joel, Jonathan or I could remember to pick up some yeast for a new batch of IPA. Turns out we can’t. The lack of a fermenting agent and the cold weather have depressed us so much that we’ve decided to cancel brewing. We’ll be […]

“Exactly how I planned”

Friday, April 4th, 2008

Such is Jeff’s new favorite quote. We’re debating legally changing his name to Jeff “Money” Heck because of how amazing his attenuation planning skills are. You see, Jeff has developed an uncanny ability to call the original gravity, final gravity – even a fluctuating reading mid-fermentation – on the NOSE. The only stipulation he has […]