I’ve been insanely busy, with a guest visiting, so not much blogging going on. Next week is the University festival, as well, but I’ll be going on a trip during part of the week, and expect not much blogging then. However, I’ll do some updates and program them to show up for the next week or so, asI have things to say, just not much time to say them. In the meantime, those following my brewing adventures will be happy to note that the sour mash I did last week actually worked much better than I thought, and that the …
Tag: BEER & HOMEBREWING
“mash aigre”?
This weekend is busy, I have cleaning up and stuff to do, but I absolutely had to get some serious brewing done as well. So I did the very first step, and I’m about to do one more thing and get it done, and the do the stuff I have to do, like cleaning up, laundry, and grading. (Oh, and wandering off to someone else’s computer to try get my Emart order sent off too. I’m pretty sure there’s something with my current installation of Internet Explorer 6.0, but I can’t seem to fix it.) Anyway, pardon my French in …
Wow, JAO Now…
Well, today’s a bit day for brewing stuff, as I have a few things to get done/out of the way before the weekend arrives, and because I decided to give myself a little fun to make up for the frustration I’m having with Emart’s website. (I’ve been ordering groceries online without real problems for over a year, but suddenly nothing is working again. Well, no, that’s not quite right. Rather, when I select my address for shipping, the dialog tells me I haven’t selected an address and can I please input one again?) It seems something has been changed in …
If You’re Both a Homebrewer and a Former Gamer…
You’ll probably pee yourself laughing at the Northern Brewer ad in this podcast, starting at around 16:09.
New Brew — Bangkok Summer Pilsner
As I write this, the Bangkok Summer Pilsner is on the stove. Summer Pilsner is what I call it simply because it’s intended to be something light, refreshing, and flavorful for the summer. If you’re interested, I’ve written up the “recipe” and procedure in the extended section of this post.
With a Slice of Orange, and What’s Planned
Just before we flew to Indonesia, Miss Jiwaku and I made a strong Scottish ale with some chocolate flavoring. Well, in theory it should have picked up a chocolate flavoring, from the cocoa we put into it. In reality, it was not so chocolatey at all. The only property the beer seems to have picked up from the cocoa is bitterness, in fact. I was trying to figure out how to serve it, therefore, and stumbled upon something: it was missing a balance for the bitterness — some sort of sweetness and acidity. My first response was to squirt a …
The Compleat Meadmaker by Ken Schramm
Those who know me personally know that my passions tend to kind of take over. When I am interested in something, it begins to occupy a big part of my mind. I think about it a lot. I talk about it a lot. Those who know me are used to it, I suspect. Hanging out with a homebrewer can be something like hanging out with a writer of the talky kind. I have friends who are writers of the non-talky kind, the sort who seem to feel that talking about their current projects is a way of abandoning the project …
Gula Gula IPA — Now Bottled
This is another beer post. I’m going to put it in an extended post so that only those interested see it.
Melomel, or Hot Pepper Pilsner? Why Not Both?
So, I just finished racking my chocolate stout over a good 3.5 kilos of bing cherries in syrup and about 2/3rds of a bottle of cacao liqueur, plus some dried cocoa powder. It’s going to start fermenting again, which is going to be interesting since the carboy is almost full. I need to check the blowoff tube every few hours once the fermentation restarts, because if enough cherry bits get into the tube to block it, then the carboy could explode and even if it didn’t kill me, it’d mean a humungous mess. Anyway, no worries to be had — …
New Brew: Cherry Chocolate Stout
Probably not of interest to anyone who isn’t a brewer too, but I haven’t yet gone into the system to segment this category away from the front page of the blog. Bear with me, folks, the days are all too short. But I figure it’s a good idea I start tracking my brewing. My friend Charles showed me his bread-baking diary, where he records all his recipes and trials and so on, and it struck me as a great idea for brewing. If I ever want to replicate something, this will be the place to look. And those who are …