Archive for June, 2008
Friday, June 27th, 2008
Every Spring, BYO magazine runs a homebrew label contest, and every year I forget to enter. They just announced the 2008 winners, and I once again kicked myself for missing the deadline. Then I remembered - hey, I have a blog now, and can share my labels with you, my faithful ...
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Friday, June 27th, 2008
Today is my first Fermentation Friday, the brainchild of Adam at Beer Bits 2, and I've been looking forward to it! Unfortunately, I had two wisdom teeth removed, so this is getting posted a bit late. That is my level of commitment to the beer blogging community - not even ...
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Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
I'm not particularly proud of what I'm about to tell you. It's not something I like to talk about, and I wouldn't say anything at all, but I'd rather you hear it from me than someone else.
I drink Bud. Miller, too. And an occasional Coors.
There, I said it. Yes, I ...
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Tuesday, June 17th, 2008
Summer is upon us, and I am sad to say the kegerator is only functioning at 50% capacity - one tap. I was supposed to have the second tap full of a new batch of Engine 97, but disaster struck and I had to toss that batch. I was nervous ...
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Thursday, June 12th, 2008
This is pretty cool - Adam at Beer Bits 2 (now an official Friend of Lootcorp!) has started up a new, um, "beer blogging community day" - for lack of a better term... You know, where beer bloggers agree on a topic and all post about it on the same ...
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Tuesday, June 10th, 2008
Click here for this brew session's recipe...
Sunday, the first of June, was a beautiful and sunny day in Fairfield County – perfect for brewing. I had been planning to make a batch of a Leinenkugle’s Sunset Wheat clone for some time, so I seized the opportunity and fired up the ...
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Friday, June 6th, 2008
Happy Friday, and welcome to my first Session! The Session is a monthly event for the beer blogging community which was started by Stan Hieronymus at Appellation Beer. On the first Friday of each month, all participating bloggers write about a predetermined topic. Each month a different blog is chosen ...
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Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008
A stormy night and $4.35/gallon gas prices could not keep me from traveling deep into Red Sox territory, almost to the Connecticut/Massachusetts border – yes, I was able to get out to Granby, CT on Saturday to visit The Cambridge House brewpub.
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Sunday, June 1st, 2008
I stopped by our local beer emporium yesterday and noticed all the summer seasonals were back on the shelves. Some people might use Memorial Day as the official start of summer, but I use the appearance of witbiers, light wheats, and easy-drinking lawnmower beers in retail stores as my benchmark. ...
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