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My personal blog, where I cover such topics as technology, blogging and other internet subjects.
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Revvy’s Vienna Lager
Yesterday I brewed a 5 gallon batch of Revvy’s Vienna Lager. I had to make some substitutions though. My homebrew store only had 3 pounds of Vienna Malt, and I needed 8. One of the employees told me that Munich malt would taste the same, although i...
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What’s that Green Stuff in my Beer?
UPDATE 08:29: I posted over at the Home Brew talk forums, and the consensus is that I’m looking at krausen (where the foamy yeast action happens) with hop particles suspended in it. Whew! That’s really a great site with some terrifically helpful ...
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Centenial Blonde Batch #2
Last Friday, I mentioned that I was going to be doing some brewing, which I did do yesterday. It was the first time I had attempted a 10 gallon batch, usually brewing in 5 gallon batches, and things went pretty well. It took quite a bit more t...
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Excitement is Brewing
Or is it that brewing is excitement? A few weeks ago, I set a brew date for myself, and it’s this Sunday! I started getting excited as soon as I set it, and have just been gearing up since. I won’t be brewing at Great Divide Brewing Co, but it...
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Good Boy!
This last Monday, October 19th, 2009, our family lost it’s best friend. For 14 years, you were our child, our companion, protector, and friend. Always happy to do whatever it is that we wanted, or go where ever we were going, enthusiasm wasn’t ...
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Poor Man’s Immersion Chiller
Now, is this what they meant by “immersion chiller” I was worried about getting my un-fermented beer cooled down quickly, and had been looking around at immersion chillers. Having spent enough this week on brewing equipment, I was thinking tha...

