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Yup, and today it is the CBC. They were hanging out at my house this morning for about an hour shooting footage for the news tonight. Then I'm doing their afternoon radio show, and they will also be stopping by the judging this evening to shoot more footage for a feature later in the week.
And CTV is already scheduled for Friday.
The media stuff is kinda fun, can't take it too serious, but also try to make homebrewing and craft beer seem cool and respectable.
Yup, and today it is the CBC. They were hanging out at my house this morning for about an hour shooting footage for the news tonight. Then I'm doing their afternoon radio show, and they will also be stopping by the judging this evening to shoot more footage for a feature later in the week.
And CTV is already scheduled for Friday.
The media stuff is kinda fun, can't take it too serious, but also try to make homebrewing and craft beer seem cool and respectable.
What time on CBC, I have satelite so I can grab the local CBC out west?
Yup, and today it is the CBC. They were hanging out at my house this morning for about an hour shooting footage for the news tonight. Then I'm doing their afternoon radio show, and they will also be stopping by the judging this evening to shoot more footage for a feature later in the week.
And CTV is already scheduled for Friday.
The media stuff is kinda fun, can't take it too serious, but also try to make homebrewing and craft beer seem cool and respectable.
What time on CBC, I have satelite so I can grab the local CBC out west?
Judged 17 Spice, Herb and Vegetable beers last night. Most interesting for me were a Hibiscus Wit (better the Dieu de Ciel's) and a Coconut, Lime and Curry Stout. Lots of coconut porters, pumpkin beers and xmas ales. I give full credit to anyone that attempts making a spiced beer, very tricky to get the balance just right, I have never made a good one myself.
Just poured the first taste of my Belgian Dark Strong into my new Westy 12 mini-goblet from the keg. 6 weeks since brewdate, 11.7%, extremely promising stuff, already tastes very good, tons of booze, but not hot whatsoever. In my experience, it is impossible to make a good one without using belgian dark candi syrup.
Also bottled off a keg of Belgian Blonde this morning, and of course had to have a sample - hoppy, very dry, 7.8%. Was able to get just over 3 vols of CO2 into this one; my Beergun worked like a champ, almost zero foaming, as long as I capped quickly. I had tried bottling it a few weeks ago with 3.5 vols, but too much foam.
Will likely have a glass or two of my belgian pale ale later.
not drinking it quite yet, but I just kegged The Nightman Cometh after 10 days of dry hopping with 3oz of Citra, and 3oz of Chinook. And now i am celebrating the occasion with a bottle of Beer Here Dark Hops.
a month after bottling, i tried my Funky Blonde (belgian blonde 2ndary ferment with brett brux and Cantillon dregs and, after 2 months, some JP dregs).
this beer was fermenting for 5 months in the carboy. i made it shortly into my homebrewing forray and i didn't expect much. also didn't expect much drinking it only 4 weeks after racking. but wow....the funk is so there...
i'd rather drink mine over Lindemans any day.
just wondering, though: those of you who brew with brett, do you find that it matters which primary yeast you use? will they impart much character after doing a 2ndary fermentation with brett? is the goal simply great attenuation with the primary?
