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Winter is Coming. And That Means J.W. Lee’s Harvest Ale.

Beer geeks tend to love their barleywines, and there is no barleywine finer that the J.W. Lee’s Harvest Ale, which is released every year on (or about) 1 December. Imagine my delight when Beer Table tweeted yesterday that the Harvest … Continue reading

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Homebrew Sunday: Bottling and Racking

Today was a low key day at the apartment, with a pretty simple plan involving bottling and racking. First up was this year’s edition of St. Aedan’s Ale, the lightly spiced Belgian strong dark ale that I make for Christmas … Continue reading

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Massively Overdue Homebrewing Update

Goodness gracious, I’ve fallen behind on this. Pretty sure the last update ended with the Green Magpie, which was meant to be a dry, hoppy, and refreshing saison that turned out dry and hoppy, though I’m not particularly thrilled about … Continue reading

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Homebrew Sunday: Nothing But Magpies

And when I say magpies in the context of homebrew, I mean saisons. So here’s what’s happening on the homebrew side of things: Last weekend I racked the European Magpie Saison (straightforward yellow saison fermented with the Wyeast Belgian Saison … Continue reading

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Homebrew Sunday

And now, an overdue homebrewing update! As mentioned earlier, the plan for the summer is to make a series of saisons, as saison yeasts work well in warmer temperatures. All the beers will be named after various species of magpies, … Continue reading

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California, Part I: Auburn Ale House

We flew out to California for a week around Easter, with beer and birds on the agenda. Blastbeats would have to wait for our trip to Baltimore for Memorial Day weekend. Our first day in California, Martha’s dad drove us … Continue reading

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Homebrew Sunday

It was a busy day at the 5th Street Bedroom Brewery, with 3.2 batches of beer being attended to in the course of the afternoon. The primary project for the day was the Yellow-Billed Magpie Saison, the first of a … Continue reading

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I Brew (much of) the Beer I Drink

Having been publicly shamed, I suppose it’s time to start writing about the beer we make right here in our apartment. We got started at the start of August 2010, when Martha decided she was tired of listening to me … Continue reading

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Pretty Things December 6, 1855 East India Porter

Tuesday night found us at Rye House for the NYC launch party of Pretty Things December 6th, 1855 East India Porter, the latest in their “Once Upon a Time” series of historical beers. It was a bit of a special … Continue reading

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Local Brewery Makes Good Beer!

Ok, so the biggest and oldest of the local breweries in our borough, the Brooklyn Brewery, is neither obscure nor particularly hard to find, but I’ll admit I do go through phases where I’m not so impressed with their output. … Continue reading

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