Last night, it was time to bottle my Mild Ale (Through a Mild Darkly from BCS). Looks nice and clear (first batch using Whirfloc) and the OG has been steady at 1.014 for 3 days. Slightly high by .001 but I think she’s ready. At the same time, I was trying to decide what to [...]
Posted on May 28th, 2008 by mapu
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Hey folks- a long weekend coming up. What is everybody brewing this weekend? If you are not brewing, are you kegging, bottling or something else? Post in the comments… Share on Facebook Tweet This Post
Posted on May 20th, 2008 by mapu
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Neat- yesterday zee (Thanks zee!) and I put up some posts in the hop garden. The day before, I checked my hops mounds and found that 7 of the 12 rhizomes I planted are coming up. Two of those rhizomes I just planted Friday- 7 of the original 10 are on their way. Right now, [...]
Posted on May 19th, 2008 by mapu
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What a day! I kicked on the propane burner at 9 am sharp to get some water heated up to warm my mash tun. I brewed a Robust Porter. My first beer ever was a Robust Porter last year at this time. It came out great and I just tried a bottle of it that [...]
Posted on May 18th, 2008 by snafui
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Well, last week I checked my special bitter, and it’s SG was at 1.022. Since it started at 1.044, I figured that, while it appeared to be a slow ferment, at least it was fermenting. However, I have now tested it again- 1 week later- and it is STILL at 1.022. Damn! After a bit [...]
Posted on May 9th, 2008 by mapu
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I stopped into GRB last Thursday with some co-workers. It was around 6:30 PM and we sat in the bar area. The bar was very smoky and I was really turned off. It’s so weird being in a state where smoking is still legal inside. It makes you really appreciate smoke-free atmospheres. It just made [...]
Posted on May 7th, 2008 by snafui
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I had the pleasure of stopping into HopCat last Wednesday on recommendation from some nice Grand Rapids locals I met at Founders (but I wanted to go anyway based on BeerAdvocate reviews). The bar is beautiful, very cozy, lively atmosphere. It was around 11:30 and there was a jazz band playing. The decor was very [...]
Posted on May 7th, 2008 by snafui
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usually we hit the moan and dove on tuesday evenings, but this week we’ll be there on wednesday instead. matt steinberg from mayflower brewing company will be there for the mayflower launch celebration with the ipa, pale, porter, and a cask of ipa dry hopped with aurora hops. can’t wait! Share on Facebook Tweet This [...]
Posted on May 5th, 2008 by sarita
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I’m in Grand Rapids for business and the first place I dragged my coworkers was Founders. We rolled in on 10 pm on a Wednesday, I wasn’t even really sure if the place would be open. Instead I found the place was packed! We grabbed 3 bar seats and had 3 rounds and some food. [...]
Posted on May 1st, 2008 by snafui
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