a pint of ’12 Surly Wet
About the time that the first pictures of fall steelhead get posted to social media sites, the year’s first wet-hopped beers start hitting the shelves. And, just a few days ahead of this natural...
View ArticlePolaris, polarization
The recent brew day with its test-drive of Polaris – and subsequent comments from several of you citizens – got me thinking about hop varieties that don’t have a gray area between love and hate. I can...
View Articlebrew day: Get The Acorn
It will probably be the last brew day of October, and it may well be the last brew day under the open sky before the looming winter of 2013/14 ushers operations into the garage and kitchen. It will be...
View Articlebrew day: Inevitable Conclusion Double IPA
Oh no, my hops are out. (video is NSFW, and not likely to make sense if you’ve never rolled a D20) Be aggressive – no subtlety, only immediacy. I’m making as much as I think me and my Humulovore...
View ArticleUtterly Groundbreaking (Last Year) Session IPA
Since it was last discussed here, my stance on this “style” has softened a bit. I have found it useful to view it as more of a Pilsner which used the wrong hops and was fermented with an ale yeast. …...
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