Midwinter’s Porter

January 01, 2008 By: CarpetGuy Category: Beer and wine making, Cool Websites, Recipes 1 Comment →

Midwinter’s Porter

Posted by Brian in December 30th, 2007

Published in Recipes

This is the winter recipe from Mainstreet
Homebrew’s newsletter. They bill it as bigger and bolder than most
west coast porters. It will be interesting to compare it to the west
coast porter I brewed earlier this month.

Midwinter’s Porter
8 lbs Amber Malt Extract
12 oz CaraMunich
4 oz 120l Crystal Malt
14 oz Chocolate Malt
6 oz Melanoidin
6 oz Special Roast
3 oz Carafa Malt
2 oz No. Brewer Hops (1 oz @ 60 min, 1/2 @ 20 min, 1/2 @ 10 min)
1 tsp Irish Moss @ 45 min
1/2 tsp Yeast nutrient @ 5 min
British Ale Yeast (WLP005)
OG 1.065

This sounds like a good recipe!

This comes from a very nice site, HomebrewBlog.net Check them out for more great stuff!

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Happy New Year!

January 01, 2008 By: CarpetGuy Category: Beer Topics, Beer and wine making, Beer/Brew Equipment, Brewery Topics, Cool Websites, Grilling and Barbecue, Homebrew Competition, Wine Topics No Comments →

gorilla6 Happy New Year! Ok, we made it through one more year! I hope that everyone has had a wonderful 2007 and an even better 2008!

I just dread one thing, when I have to write the date on a check or something, somehow it seems to take until june before I get it right. This year I may add posts about brew pubs etc into the category list, why not right?

Anyone that has a favorite, beer, brew, bar or related site, post a comment here and I will check them out!

Again, I wish everybody a wonderful new year! Have a Cold one!

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Just to clear things up, what is the definition of BREW?

December 30, 2007 By: CarpetGuy Category: Beer Topics, Beer and wine making, Beer/Brew Equipment, Brewery Topics, Cool Websites, Grilling and Barbecue, Homebrew Competition 2 Comments →

img-display-nomark. Just to clear things up, what is the definition of BREW? Definitions of brew on the Web: prepare by brewing; “people have been brewing beer for thousands of years” sit or let sit in boiling water so as to extract the flavor; “the tea is brewing” drink made by steeping and boiling and fermenting rather than distilling ordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

Brew was a small, plain bay gelding who won the 2000 Melbourne Cup for trainer Mike Moroney and jockey Kerrin McEvoy. Brew carried thelightweight of 49.5 kilos, and defeated the veteran Yippyio and the stablemate Second Coming. …en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brew (horse)

(Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless) BREW can run on a number of CDMA phone types however is most commonly an application for CDMA Brew mobile handsets. It is a software function that can download and run small programs for playing games, sending messages, sharing photos, etc. www.nowwearetalking.com.au/Home/Page.aspx

Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless: A mobile applications platform created by QUALCOMM. BREW is a programming language based on C/C++, an end-to-end distribution system for getting applications to market. www.segamobile.com/support.php

(Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless) is a solution developed by Qualcomm for downloading small applications and content to mobile phones. Found almost exclusively in CDMA phones. …www.birdnest.com/glossary.cfm

Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless, BREWTM, developed by Qualcomm, is a service application developer’s platform. BREWTM technology gives developers the ability to enable numerous applications for users to download wirelessly from any BREWTM-enabled handset. …www.phonedog.com/cell-phone-buying-guide/glossary-of-cellular-terms.aspx

The specific taste of a properly made home brew.www.coffeezest.com/Glossary.html

That taste of a good home brewwww.cafeliving.co.uk/coffee/coffee_glossary.html

Based on this, what does a hacked playstation, Xbox, Radio etc. have to do with Homebrew? As in Brew at Home?Oh well, to each his (or her) own.Here is the link I foundOh, thanks for the pic, it came from TestMy.net If you want to test your Broadband speed, that is the place!Technorati Tags: definition of brew, what does homebrew mean?, brew, homebrew, beer, hophead, playstation, Xbox, bored, testmy.net

The Bearded Brewing Company

December 29, 2007 By: CarpetGuy Category: Beer Topics, Beer and wine making, Brewery Topics, Cool Websites 1 Comment →

beared-brewer The Bearded Brewing Company This is another site I have found that is totally awesome and has information and reviews about Home brewed beer. I have not found a site that has this much info on that many beers, that they have brewed, named, and drink the heck out of! I love this site and I bet anyone that loves homebrew as much as I do will also. I also have a live feed from that site in the left sidebar. (Visit them by clicking here)Technorati Tags: beer, brewery, homebrewed beer, homebrew blogs, beer blogs, hophead

Avery The Reverend

December 28, 2007 By: CarpetGuy Category: Beer Topics, Cool Websites No Comments →

Avery The Reverend

Found: Liquor store down in Kennesaw, Georgia
Price: 6 dollars a bottle
Website: http://www.averybrewing.com
What the company says: The Reverend, was created in tribute to the life of Sales Mgr. Tom Boogaard’s grandfather, an ordained Episcopal Reverend. Tom was inspired by the life of his grandfather and wanted to create a tribute beer that contained his sterling traits. True to both our “small brewery, BIG BEERS” philosophy and to the spirit and character of the departed Reverend, this beer is assertive, and pure of heart, a heart of candy sugar. It contains as many authentic imported Belgian specialty malts as the brewers could cram into our mash tun, and lots of Belgian dark candy sugar stirred into the brew kettle. A divinely complex and beautifully layered beer with hints of dark cherries, currants, and molasses, complimented by an underlying spiciness and a finish that is Sinfully smooth!Cellarable for 4 years.
(Read more at The Drunken Polack)

This is from yet another awesome site about Beer! I like this site and have added it to the Blogroll

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Clubby Reviews Affligem Noel

December 28, 2007 By: CarpetGuy Category: Beer Topics, Brewery Topics, Cool Websites No Comments →

Clubby Reviews Affligem Noel

Ok, so in my last blog I lied a little bit. Apparently the Dunkel we made, so far, smells like old eggs in the purse of a dirty prostitute. But, that’s to be expected, it is a lager…
Anyway….to the review we go! (Read more at CampfireBrewery)

This is from yet another awesome site about Beer! I like this site and have added it to the Blogroll

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Rocky Mountain IPA

December 28, 2007 By: CarpetGuy Category: Beer Topics, Cool Websites No Comments →

Rocky Mountain IPA

Rocky Mountain IPA - Fort Collins Brewery TheRocky Mountain India Pale Ale is my first review here with Beer Genius,so bear with… wait, you don’t even know who I am. Well, in that case,let me introduce myself. My name is Jeffrey Ward, friend and fellowdrinker of fine beers to Jameson. I went to and graduated fromUniversity of Kansas with a degree in Genetics and have plans of goingback, shortly. Anyways, we here at Beer Genius will strive to bring younews and reviews about all things beer. Thank you and on with thereview.(Read more at BeerGenius.net)This is from yet another awesome site about Beer! I like this site and have added it to the BlogrollTechnorati Tags: beer reviews, Rocky Mountain IPA, hophead

The Brew Site

December 27, 2007 By: CarpetGuy Category: Beer Topics, Cool Websites 1 Comment →

If you are looking for a great site about beer, The Brew Site is one of them!

After reading this post, I almost cried, I wanted some of everything on the page!

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Kegerator Do’s and Don’ts

December 27, 2007 By: CarpetGuy Category: Beer/Brew Equipment, Cool Websites No Comments →

Kegerator Do’s and Don’ts
TheDrunkMansBlog

Do’s

* Do get a kegerator. If you drink beer regularly, then it’s worth it. The beer is cheaper when you buy it by the keg, and it’s more convenient to just take your glass to the tap.
* If your wife or girlfriend objects to the kegerator, then tell her you are doing it to save the environment. After all, re-usable kegs are much more eco-friendly than all that glass for the bottles.
* Do clean your beer lines each time you switch out your keg(s). The beer in those lines is the perfect growth medium for bacteria and yeast that will make your beer taste like crap. Your lines should be cleaned once per month at the least.
(Read the rest at TheDrunkMansBlog)

I found this post by accident, got to looking around and found there is a lot of useful information at this site! I am putting this one in my Blogroll!

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