The old beer storage fridge. I use a small wine “chiller” fridge like the one posted above to both store my harder-to-obtain beer and to control the fermentation temperature in my carboy. The one above is a pretty standard wine fridge and I must admit I forked out the extra $25 to go a little…
I’ve been brewing for about 5 years now and the longer I do it the more complicated it seems to get. And, that is a good thing. I think the fact that I now understand how much I don’t understand at least opens me up to the idea that failure is INDEED the best learning…
At long last my Alt-Bier recipe is done. Where as in German Alt means “Old”, mine is turning out more to be an abbreviation for Alternative. Fundamentally, the beer has the same sorts of ingredients and style of brewing and conditioning. I always start with a style and then tweak because I don’t want to…
A few months ago Mrs B and myself decided we needed a vacation. We like to travel and the nature of my jobs affords us the opportunity to take a sizable trip every 4 to 6 months. We decided to take a 10 day stay in NYC. I’ve been here once before back in the…
My last post was my ‘End of the Year’ blog entry, which even then was a week late and subsequently published on this site on Jan 7th. I didn’t reread it before posting this, but I believe I remember promising/telling of some new blog posts that were coming up. Needless to say, those things did…
Don’t mind the corny title… Beer/Year… etc… Ok, so, I’m a few days…er…week…late. I should have posted this on New Years Eve, right? Forget that. We had friends over and some good beers to drink – this post can wait until today. 2013 was a BIG year for Mrs Wife and I. Our beer maturation also…
Winter cleaning time is here and me and the wife decided to start with the fridge. Gotta clean out those beers! In reality, we just want to clean out some of those 750ml and 22oz bottles because they take up too much room. Well, that and my trappist beer collection(which I am slowly getting rid…
A few weeks back I wrote up my review on Ommegangs Game of Thrones: Take The Black Stouts beer. This of course led to my admission that I hadn’t really watched much more than an episode of the show and had no idea how the beer tied into it other than possibly being a marketing ploy.…
Tonight I’ve stumbled across another beer by one of my favorite local breweries. Vanilla Porter by Los Angeles’s own Angel City Brewing. I can’t tell you enough how you should try Angel Cities beers if you come across them. This special limited(for now) Vanilla Porter is no different than anything else I’ve tried from them.…
I’m not shy about how much I love the pacific Northwests Rogue Farms. As I write this our entire bottom shelf of our fridge is packed with Rogue 750ml bottles. Waiting to slake our thirsts are 2 different Rogue Voodoo Doughnut Varieties, a Rogue Mama’s Hefe, a 2012 Rogue Pumpkin Ale as well as a…
I picked up the Northern Hemisphere Harvest Ale for several reasons: It’s a Sierra Nevada product It’s a Wet Hop ale. Wet hop ales typically mean fresh and tasty. I’m a hop addict. I love what they do and how they taste. Sierra Nevada claims to have invented the Wet Hop style of beer. What…
Cabrillo Kolsch is one of Golden Roads newer canned brew offerings. Its been one of my favorites from them though. Using German hops and a traditional Kolsch method of preperation, this beer really delivers. The beer is offered on tap at various pubs around SoCal as well as in 1-Pint 4-pack cans. An American 16-oz…
An excerpt from my “The beerginning” journals… “….Ever since my great beer maturation period when I switched over from Anhueser Busch products to local and craft beers I have been fascinated with the manner in which beer was bought, poured, and enjoyed. Be it from a can, glass bottle, tulip glass, pilsner, etc….” Cans vs.…
While out visiting my sister in Brea, CA, I stopped in to her local Cost Plus. I like going in to see what fun items and more specifically what kind of beers they are offering. A lot of Cost Plus stores around her offer more or less the same thing with a few select unique…
The Bruery – Or Xata The Bruery is a Southern California brewing company that has been making complex craft beers since 2008. Started by Patrick Rue, this place makes some of my favorite liquid enjoyables. My wife and I are beergeek enough to belong to the Bruerys Preservation Society. It’s a top secret club(actually, it…
Los Angeles Beer Scene 