The Bar Towel

As of Sunday they had on a Berliner Weiss with peaches and a new batch of Space Invader (all Citra Pale).

tickets bought for first session!

my biggest question (which i couldn't find answered anywhere on the CBA website or when I asked them directly on twitter) was how the decision is made for brewery of the year. generally if you're doing things BJCP style, brewer of the year is whoever gets the most medals, but that definitely isn't ...

Boiling homebrew would evaporate the alcohol and the product might be acceptable, but how would you know how much alcohol you evaporated? I searched online and found a few recipes that sound alright. One reference suggested heating on the stove or in the oven to the boiling point of ethyl alcohol (...

Has anyone ever tried to make a non-alcoholic homebrew? I've been thinking about this same subject for when/if I have a child at some point. If you boiled after the ferment instead of before, then cool, add some more yeast and prime as usual I wonder how well that would work. Maybe you'd do a shorte...

Are there any tell-tale signs that let one can know that the yeast can't be re-pitched? Unfortunately the only way to know for sure is to check the viability under a microscope. One tell-tale sign is a sluggish fermentation that slows towards the end or never fully reaches your target final gravity...

The Steam Whistle yeast is coming from a brewery in Hungary. A modern day and slightly more fun version of such a process diagram is found on their site here http://www.steamwhistle.ca/fun/comic-vol2a.pdf

Weebay wrote:I got two tickets, but I had to have them shipped to a family members address

Same here, sent them to some friends. That was a bit of a nasty curveball.

Steam Whistle uses the method that Derek describes of "capping" the tank just before the fermentation is complete in order to naturally carbonate. Take their tour!

I discovered recently that the bottle of Goudenband I had been cellaring for 5 years was actually a Jan van Gent. The wrapper fooled me.

Thanks for the great suggestions! I've thrown all my original ideas out the window in favour of: 1. Creemore UrBock 2. Hoptical Illusion 3. GL Pumpkin I love the weissbier upside down pour, but unfortunately I'm only doing small samples. Doesn't mean I won't be pouring a few for myself like that lat...

I'm running an informal beer tasting for about 20 people on Sat. Most of them know nothing about beer and some of them downright don't like the stuff. I've only got time for 3 samples, so I was thinking of trying to make it instructional about malt and hops, rather than pick 3 completely contrasting...

I haven't been for a few years, but I found Avli to be tasty and authentic. There's a 15% off coupon on the website too. http://www.avlirestaurant.com/home.html

Available now in growlers at the brewpub!

SteelbackGuy wrote:They are better tasters for sure. But I am fine with that as they are also better at doing dishes and cooking meals, and doing housework.

Not sure who's better at tasting but I think you proved which sex has more tact.