Yesterday was the nation-wide event “Big Brew Day”. I participated at a local homebrew shop, Brew Brothers, in brewing a beer with approximately 30-40 other homebrewers. It was a beautiful day with plenty of sun and warm weather in the …
Son of Fermentation Chamber Build and Photos
Posted by Aaron Godfrey
on April 14, 2013
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For some time I have contemplated using some sort of cooling mechanism to give me prefect fermentation temperatures while I ferment my beer. Last summer I painstakingly used my chest freezer kegerator. It was a horrible process. It involved removing …
Cranberry Lambic: 1 Year Later
Posted by Aaron Godfrey
on March 10, 2013
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My Cranberry Lambic (Castalia) was bottled just over a year ago on 1/23/2012. It’s been conditioning in bottles since then (and quite a few have been opened, too), so I wanted to do another tasting post to see how the beer has evolved in the past 14 months.
Supplication Clone: Bottling and Tasting
Posted by Aaron Godfrey
on October 20, 2012
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The Journey and Bottling I brewed this beer on 6/18/2011. Between then and now it’s been exchanged between 3 different fermenters and traveled 2600 miles across the country. It was originally in a 6 gallon glass fermenter for initial fermentation. …
Tasting: Berliner Weisse Version 2.0
Posted by Aaron Godfrey
on July 25, 2012
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I’m finally getting around to posting a review of my 2nd version of a Berliner Weisse, after drinking about 1/2 a case! You can read up on my very interesting process here. Appearance: It pours very clear with a hint …
Brew Day: Berliner Weisse Version 2.0
Posted by Aaron Godfrey
on June 16, 2012
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I have been wanting to try to brew another Berliner Weisse style beer for quite some time. My first attempt never got sour, so I wanted to make sure that this time I would end up with a nice low …
PB & Stout (Chocolate Peanut Butter Stout): Tasting
Posted by Aaron Godfrey
on June 3, 2012
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Appearance: The beer pours a dark black, virtually opaque, there is only a little light that comes through near the top when held to the light. The pour produces an inch of delicious looking dark tan head. The retention is …
Brew Day: PB & Stout (Chocolate Peanut Butter Stout)
Posted by Aaron Godfrey
on May 24, 2012
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It’s been quite some time since I’ve posted. I have a huge backlog of posts to catch up, so I’m going to try to knock out a few this weekend. I brewed this beer back on 3/10/2012 at a fellow …
Most Used Brewing Books
Posted by Aaron Godfrey
on April 17, 2012
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Lambic Blending Seminar
Posted by Aaron Godfrey
on March 27, 2012
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I’ve been meaning to vist Bazi Bierbrasserie since I moved to the Portland area, but never got around to it. As I was browsing the weekends beer events I noticed they were hosting a Lambic Blending Seminar. Perfect opportunity for …