Breakfast and Brewing #2

Back in January, we invited people over to eat some bacon and brew some beer. It was awesome. So we’re doing it again. 10 months later. Last time we brewed an extract clone of Bell’s Best Brown. It turned out great. I think we might still have some to share, actually. This time, we’ll be [...]

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Bacon, part deux

So my first attempt at bacon bourbon (for a maple bacon bourbon stout) wasn’t so great. I left the bacon in the bourbon for over a week, filtered it, froze it, filtered it, and tried it. And almost passed out from dehydration on the spot. It was so salty! Ever take a big gulp of [...]

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Bacon.

I’m going to make a maple bacon bourbon stout. You heard me. Maple bacon bourbon stout. I don’t need to explain myself. You know why. The problem is getting the bacon flavor in the beer. There has been discussion on various forums, and some breweries (Garret Oliver of Brooklyn Brewery) have even made commercial examples. The main [...]

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Breakfast & Brewing #1

The first ever Breakfast & Brewing is planned for this Sunday (12/20). Around 11am, we’ll have omelets, bacon, coffee, and more, and maybe even some Fraggle Rock or Pinky and the Brain. Around 12 or so, we’ll kick off the brew. I’m not sure what style we’re going to make yet, but it will be [...]

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Let’s brew

I have an idea. Ok, I have a lot of ideas. How cool would it be if you could blink and be somewhere else in the world? See? Ideas. Anyway, I have some ideas based in reality as well. After some pretty intense discussions with my roommate Jim this weekend, I have an idea that [...]

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