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On Saturday I visited the State College Brew Expo for the second year in a row.  This thing has turned into something that I look forward to all summer long, it’s really that good.  I would venture to say that it’s THE best brewfest in the northeast.  The location is perfect to draw in all [...]

Brewing this sometime this weekend, which means it should be ready to drink just in time for St. Patty’s Day.  It’s based on a Guinness recipe but I attempted to go for something a little less chocolatey and a little more “roasty”.  I’ve been on a hot streak lately with making good brews… my Orchard [...]

There are two Brew Fests coming up on March 3rd, both in the Philadelphia area.  I’ve only ever been to the State College BrewExpo which I visited for the first time back in July.  That was a great time, so I’m definitely looking forward to hitting one of these ones.Â
The first is the Philly Craft Beer Fest, [...]

I’m kind of excited about this beer, even though the whole concept is kind of a gimmick.  I wanted to create a beer with four types of grain, but I really had no idea how to approach it… so I just used a barley base and added a half pound each of flaked rye, wheat, [...]

Brewing this over the Thanksgiving holiday.  It’s actually an attempt at cloning Unibroue’s Ephemere Pomme.  I don’t really have any ideas on what’s in there so the recipe itself is actually a clone of one of their other beers, Blanche de Chambly.  I figure it will make a good beer by itself, and I can add the apple flavoring [...]

I’m making this recipe tomorrow.  I adapted the recipe from the book Clone Brews by Tess Szamatulski.  What happened was, I bought the ingredients to do their all-grain version of the recipe, then I had 2 bad all-grain batches in a row.  Also, my propane burner broke, so even if I wanted to take a [...]