Just a few pictures from today’s Rye IPA brew session. You can click on the thumbnails to see a larger version. For a a general overview of the brewing process see, The Brewing Process. The first thing we need to do is crush the grain to expose the starchy goodness inside. Through the mill it [...]
December 2007
Your brewing water is probably one of the last things you should worry about tweaking. I’m not particularly interested in making any mineral adjustments to my water, but I think it’s worth at least having the information on hand. So, I sent a sample of my tap water off to Ward Lab this morning. When [...]
What the heck is a California Common? You might better know it as Steam Beer. Unfortunately for the rest of us, those clever folks at Anchor Steam have trademarked the term Steam Beer, so it’s also been given this more general name describing its origins. Common, however, it is not. One of the few truly [...]
I was going to write a fabulous guide outlining all of the great breweries, brewpubs, taprooms and beer stores here in the Triangle area of North Carolina. As I was doing some research, however, I discovered that several people have already done all of the hard work for me. So, rather than make yet another [...]
This recipe is one every brewer should have in their repertoire. It’s probably the most cloned beer by home brewers ever. Feel free to alter the aroma hop additions if you’d like. Hopefully you won’t have too much trouble locating the Cascade hops while we’re in the midst of the great 2007 hop shortage. I’m [...]
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Hi there! My name is Jimmy VerVaecke and I’m a brewer. I discovered brewing in 2004 and have been hooked ever since.
My beer has won numerous awards, including one at the National level. 