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My ESB Is Nearly Ready
My Extra Special Bitter is nearly ready to be bottled/kegged. It’s been in secondary fermentation for nearly two weeks, and it’s developing a clear, amber color. I can’t think of anything to go better...
View ArticleBeer Exemptions
NRA isn’t the only one carving out exemptions for itself. Boston Beer company is getting in the game too: I would be in favor of the proposal to lower taxes on craft breweries, but I see no reason to...
View ArticleSeveral Food Freedom Issues
Bitter notes over at her gun-blog-turned-food blog how Bloomberg is being two-faced about food control, and also that home brewers in Oregon are getting screwed by a bureaucratic ruling that’s just...
View ArticleSomething Has Gone Horribly Wrong
PETA and HSUS are gonna love this. For that reason, I should probably approve, but really, it just freaks me out. Related posts: Sharks Smelling Blood in the Water PETA Urging Junior Hunting Ban Pigeon...
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National Coffee Day
According to my favorite state government reporter, it’s National Coffee Day today. Normally, I could care less. The only coffee we ever drink is the stuff from Starbucks that probably has some coffee...
View ArticleTax Cutting I Heartily Approve Of
Congressman Jim Gerlach (R-PA-06) has proposed cutting the federal beer tax. His district has a number of microbreweries. If you haven’t tried any of the breweries mentioned in the article, I would...
View ArticleMystery I Didn’t Even Know Was a Mystery Solved
Apparently there’s a strain of yeast in lager yeast that no one has ever been able to identify. Turns out it’s a strain of a wild Patagonian yeast that somehow made its way to Bavaria. The important...
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A Toast to Dr. Welch
With my first red wine now bottled, I can turn my attention to my next wine making endeavor. I made a few mistakes with my red which I will do my best not to repeat. My main complaint about the first...
View ArticleBurgundy
I consider the ability to make alcohol an important skill. Like guns, ammunition, and gold, you’ll probably always be able to trade it for something. Now it’s the time of year when you can get fresh...
View ArticleA Short Change of Topic
I’ve been in the office all day, part in meetings, and part at our new warehouse double checking some floor plans I’ve come up with to make sure everything fits in real life like it does on the...
View ArticleWhat’s With the Cheap, Expensive Whiskey Trend?
Sitting inside while watching the snow come down through the window I’m convinced is why man invented whiskey. Now that rye whiskey has made a resurgence, I can enjoy the weather the same way my...
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Homebrew Chiller Update
A few weeks ago I mentioned I was working on a home brew setup to act as a fermentation chamber, and a few people asked for updates, so here’s one. Typically a fermentation chamber is done with a deep...
View ArticleBrewing in the Mid 19th Century
Gun news is pretty slow this week, and what news there is I’ll do in the weekly gun news later today. So today I will talk about my other hobby, namely home brewing. I make a batch of beer about every...
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