This month’s Session topic comes to us from Tom over at ‘Yours For Good Fermentables‘. Tom asks that everyone write about anything they want as long as it’s about cask-conditioned ale. Around here, cask ales are something of a special event. Pubs don’t feature them regularly and when they do word gets around quick. Usually [...]
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This beer was a big hit at the recent Charlotte Oktoberfest. I came home with an empty keg – which is either good or bad depending on how you want to look at it. I’m glad everyone enjoyed the beer, but it had a couple of minor flaws. So I was happy I didn’t have [...]
I mentioned awhile back that this recipe was formulated by accident – but it turned out pretty tasty anyway. This is also the unofficial start to a summer project inspired by some of the session beer talk that’s been going around lately. So stay tuned for a whole series of (hopefully!) interesting homebrew recipes centered [...]
If you’ve never done a group brew – where a bunch of brewers all make the same recipe and compare results – give it a try, its lots of fun. This particular recipe was from the Aleuminati internet group. The recipe is for an English bitter and to make it a little unique everyone selected [...]
Last time, we were talking about the difference between mashing and steeping your specialty grains. How to tell which grains can be steeped and which need to be mashed, and why. So now that we know about the ingredients – let’s take a closer look at the process. Assuming you’re doing a full wort boil, [...]
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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. 